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When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family? From finding a house big enough for all of them to learning to make 18 school lunches to coping with a son going off to war and an unexpected new addition to the family, this film attempts to blend two families into one and hopes to answer the question is bigger really better?
Widowed nurse Helen North moves to San Francisco with her eight children to work at a naval base. There, she meets Naval Officer Frank Beardsley, who is widowed too. They are immediately attracted to each other and go out on a date. Although they feel their attraction to each other could lead to a more permanent relationship, they decide to call it off when they learn that she has eight children, and he has ten. However, his colleague, Naval Officer Darrell Harrison, who also knows Helen, sees the attraction between them and does whatever he can to push them together. Despite the obstacles of such a large, combined family, and their respective childrens dislike of the idea of having a new parent, Frank and Helen decide to get married. They end up having all eighteen children living under one roof with them. Together, the children have a "ours" and "theirs" mentality toward their new family unit. The only real bond that immediately emerges is between Helens adolescent son, Phillip, who wants so much to be known as a "Beardsley", and Franks oldest son, Mike, who is Phillips protector in navigating through the trials and tribulations of the lives of sixteen other siblings. But things change even more in the household when Mike makes a decision about his future, Frank and Helen make a decision about the children, and when it looks as if there will be a new addition to the family, who will not have the burden of being known by any of the other children as one of "them".
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