DaisyvonSherlerMayerdirectedthisfamilyfilm,anadaptationofthefamedbookseriesthatAustrian-bornwriter-illustratorLudwigBemelmans(1898-1962)launchedin1939withtheopeninglines,"InanoldhouseinParisthatwascoveredwithvineslivedtwelvelittlegirlsintwostraightlines.Intwostraightlinestheybroketheirbreadandbrushe...