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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) and
Albert Hackett (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 June 1950 (USA) more
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You're invited . . . to a hilarious wedding ! more
Plot:
A father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, and the financial and organizational pain of arranging her wedding. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Spencer Tracy Catches the Bouquet more (36 total)

Cast

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Spencer Tracy ... Stanley T. Banks
Joan Bennett ... Ellie Banks

Elizabeth Taylor ... Katherine 'Kay' Banks
Don Taylor ... Buckley Dunstan

Billie Burke ... Doris Dunstan
Leo G. Carroll ... Mr. Massoula
Moroni Olsen ... Herbert Dunstan
Melville Cooper ... Mr. Tringle
Taylor Holmes ... Warner
Paul Harvey ... Reverend A.I. Galsworthy
Frank Orth ... Joe
Russ Tamblyn ... Tommy Banks (as Rusty Tamblyn)
Tom Irish ... Ben Banks
Marietta Canty ... Delilah - the Maid
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Trivia:
In the film, one of the gifts Kay gets as a present is a Venus de Milo statue with a clock in the stomach, which Spencer Tracy refers to as a "stinker". This same gift makes its' way into the 1991 re-make among the presents, and is still not received well. more
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Continuity: Early in the film in the scene where the Banks family are having a meal and talking about the forthcoming wedding the length of the candles on the table change from long, to short and back to long. more
Quotes:
Stanley T. Banks: You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic. more
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Referenced in Raging Bull (1980) more

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Spencer Tracy Catches the Bouquet, 15 August 2007
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Author: wesconnorsehny from Earth

An excellent vehicle for "Father of the Bride" Spencer Tracy. Mr. Tracy turns in an extremely engaging performance, under the direction of Vincente Minnelli. Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor are very beautiful; they look like they could be mother and daughter. Ms. Bennett works well with Tracy; overall, the characters form a "perfect" family. But, this isn't Arthur Miller. Some may find the Banks family dull.

Not to put it down (because it is a great movie), but I was really surprised that this family was "middle class"; they seemed too rich to be fretting about such things. This was 1950s "middle class"? Tracy's was the central performance. I liked his "nightmare/dream" sequences, and his narration helped in understanding the character. The ending, with Tracy and Bennett learning how to be closer, was sweet.

******** Father of the Bride (6/16/50) Vincente Minnelli ~ Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor

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