The Courtship of Eddie's Father | |
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Directed by | Vincente Minnelli |
Screenplay by | John Gay |
Based on | The Courtship of Eddie's Father 1961 novel by Mark Toby |
Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
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Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
Music by | George Stoll |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2 million (U.S./Canada)[1] |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, and stars Glenn Ford as Tom Corbett, a widowed father and Ronny Howard as the titular son. The film was taken from a 1961 novel by Mark Toby. The film was subsequently adapted into a television series of the same title with Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz, which ran from 1969 to 1972 on ABC.