Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie is a 1952 American historical drama film directed by Henry King and starring Jean Peters, David Wayne and Hugh Marlowe,[2] Sharing the name of a popular 1905 song, it charts the life of an Illinois family between the 1890s and 1920s.

Nellie gives birth to their two children, but wants so much to see Chicago that when Ben is away, she accepts an offer from Ed Jordan, a hardware store owner, to visit the big city together.

His children grow up, and Ben Jr. decides against his father's wishes to go to Chicago as a dancer in a vaudeville act.

Ben Jr. takes a job with a Chicago racketeer named Mike Kava, to his father's shame.

An elderly Ben Halper looks back on his life with regret, his greatest remaining pleasure being that his granddaughter, Nellie, grows up to strongly resemble the woman he long ago married.