| Life with Father | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay by | Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Based on | Life with Father 1935 autobiography by Clarence Day 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse |
| Produced by | Robert Buckner |
| Starring | William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall J. Peverell Marley |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,710,000 |
| Box office | $6,455,000 |
Life with Father is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film adapted from the 1939 play of the same name, which was inspired by the autobiography of stockbroker and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day.[1][2]
It tells the true story of Day and his family in the 1880s. His father, Clarence Sr., wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife, Vinnie, and his children ignoring him until they start making demands for him to change his life. The story draws largely on Clarence Sr.'s stubborn, sometimes ill-tempered nature and Vinnie's insistence that he be baptized. It stars William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence Sr. and his wife, supported by Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, ZaSu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon, and Martin Milner.[3]
- ^ "Kahn." (1947). "Life With Father/(Color)", review, Variety (New York, N.Y), August 20, 1947, page 16. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California; retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; August 16, 1947, page 131.
- ^ "Life with Father (1947)", Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y.; retrieved June 16, 2024.