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92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 77% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In late 19th-century New York City, stockbroker Clarence Day (William Powell) strives to maintain order in his bustling household ...
- (94)
- William Powell
- Michael Curtiz
- Comedy
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Moira Walsh America Magazine. The beguiling chronicle of the Day family, so long a fixture on the Broadway scene, has been transformed faithfully and...
Life with Father: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn. A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
- (6.2K)
- Comedy, Family
- Michael Curtiz
- 1947-09-13
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Life with Father. 73. Metascore. 5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 100. TV Guide Magazine. Powell is nothing less than magnificent as the mustached philosophizing patriarch, and Dunne casts a warm glow beside him.
Directed By: Michael Curtiz. Written By: Clarence Day, Donald Ogden Stewart, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse. Life with Father. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews. 73. User Score Available after 4 ratings. tbd. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Where to Watch. Prime Video (Subscription required) All Watch Options.
- (5)
- Michael Curtiz
- Approved
- William Powell
Life With Father, the story of an eccentric, excitable 1880s gentleman and his continually exasperating family is the perfect showcase for the under-appreciated talents of William Powell. Powell, best know for his work with Myrna Loy in the "Thin Man" series of films.
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.
