Life with Father
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 American writer and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day.
Plot
In New York, 1883, Clarence Day is a benevolent but curmudgeonly patriarch who strives to manage his household as efficiently as his Wall Street office to no success. He is married to Vinnie, who manages the household, and his four sons—Clarence Jr., John, Whitney, and Harlan—are redheaded boys. After breakfast, Clarence rants against the local political corruption in his home office. This frightens the new maid Annie who falls the stairs, breaks a tray of coffee, and then quits. As Clarence leaves for work, Vinnie welcomes her cousin Cora Cartwright and Mary Skinner as they arrive to stay for the week, despite her husband's contempt for visitors.
Cast
- Arlene Dahl
- Clara Blandick
- Creighton Hale
- Douglas Kennedy
- Edmund Gwenn
- Elisabeth Risdon
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Emma Dunn
- Frank Elliott
- Fred Kelsey
- Irene Dunne
- Jean Del Val
- Jimmy Lydon
- Martin Milner
- Mary Field
- Monte Blue
- Moroni Olsen
- Philip Van Zandt
- Philo McCullough
- Queenie Leonard
- William Powell
- ZaSu Pitts
More details
| author | Donald Ogden Stewart |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | George Amy |
| genre | comedy historical |
| keywords | audubon park audubon park historic district build drive episcopal church episcopalian home office married methodism methodist morning patent medicines poison political corruption shop wall street |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score |
| producer | Robert Buckner |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |