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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.
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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.
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- Comedy, Family
- Michael Curtiz
- 1947-09-13
Summaries. A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. In late-19th-century New York City, a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife.
Life with Father, American comedy film, released in 1947, that was based on Clarence Day, Jr.’s best-selling autobiography (1935) of the same name. The film chronicles Day’s childhood growing up in Victorian-era New York under the ironclad rule of his stern but loving father (played by William.
- Lee Pfeiffer
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Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Cast & Crew. Read More. Michael Curtiz. Director. William Powell. Father [Clarence Day] Irene Dunne. Vinnie [Day] Elizabeth Taylor. Mary [Skinner] Edmund Gwenn.
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. It tells the true story of Day and his family in the 1880s.
