Based on the true story of author Dale Eunson's father who, as the eldest orphaned son, found homes for his siblings on Christmas.
Twin brothers Mark Easton and Paul Easton played twin infants in the movie. They were born in Los Angeles, CA, on Wednesday, February 29, 1956.
Glynis Johns (Jo Eunson) and Reta Shaw (Mrs. Runyon) would play characters more friendly to each other in Mary Poppins (1964) as Mrs. Banks and one of her domestics, Mrs. Brill, respectively.
According to information attributed to The Clark County Press (WI): 'Dale Eunson, author of "The Day They Gave Babies Away," was born in Neillsville August 15, 1904.' The story was originally published in the Cosmopolitan magazine, also produced for radio, and later a movie titled "All Mine to Give". 'Dale was well known for his work as a fiction editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine as well as writer of some of the stories on TV shows such as Little House on the Prairie (1974), The Waltons (1972), and Leave It to Beaver (1957).
Prologue: "This is a true story, told the way it happened, in a mid-western American village--a little more than 100 years ago."