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Life with Father (film) 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.
- $4,710,000
- Robert Buckner
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
A wealthy, uptight Wall Street stockbroker of the late 1800s runs his household with an iron fist, much to the amusement of his family and staff. These legendary tales, first written by Clarence Day, for the New Yorker Magazine, were developed into "Life With Father," the longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history.
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The movie Life With Father (1947 - with classic actors Irene Dunne, William Powell and Elizabeth Taylor) is offensive to me. I had to grit my teeth to watch it to the end. The father is an autocrat.
- (13)
- Comedy
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Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Distribution Company. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the play Life with Father by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, as produced by Oscar Serlin (New York, 8 Nov 1939) and the books God and My Father (New York, 1932) and Life with Father (New York and London, 1935 ...
