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Father of the Bride (1950) 7.2
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. Director:Vincente Minnelli |
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Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords:
wedding | chaos | wedding present | father daughter relationship | empty nest |Taglines:
The Bride gets the THRILLS! Father gets the BILLS! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 June 1950 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El padre de la novia See more »Filming Locations:
All Saints' Episcopal Church - 504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written by Rudy Vallee, Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reginald Connelly
Heard in the last scene as Stanley and Ellie dance
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At the party to announce the engagement, Stanley is fixing drinks, and opens two Cokes which spray all over him. In the next shot, the bottle opener has disappeared from the kitchen cabinet, and a bottle of Brandy appears in his hand, which he must put down to wait on the next person. See more »Quotes
Ellie Banks: Oh, Stanley. I don't know how to explain. A wedding. A church wedding. Well it's, it's what every girl dreams of. A bridal dress, the orange blossoms, the music. It's something lovely to remember all the rest of her life. And something for us to remember too.See more »
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"Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight"(uncredited)
Written by Rudy Vallee, Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reginald Connelly
Heard in the last scene as Stanley and Ellie dance
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"Father of the Bride" is a mainly delightful family comedy which benefits from a strong central performance...
One night at dinner, daughter Kay casually announces her engagement... Father and mother react on cue...
Following practically all the events of Edward Streeter's charming novel, the Oscar-Nominated screenplay is a series of comic and warm set pieces: the loving father asks his daughter to invite his future son-in-law for dinner; girl's parents meet boy's parents; prospective bride quarrels with prospective groom... The vignettes are applied with the light Minnelli touch at its most charming, and they are acted with captivating nonchalance by the incomparable Spencer Tracy in the title role and by the beautiful performances of Joan Bennett, Liz Taylor, and Don Taylor…
As the complaining middle class father, thoughtful to his daughter's welfare and watchful as to the distributing of his money, Tracy is incredibly amusing... Torn by jealousy, Tracy is all good-natured father exhausted by the complete weight of the problems leading up to the happy day...
But it's an ensemble show, and as the typical spoiled daughter of a typical mid-American bourgeois, Elizabeth has one of her joyful screen moments, altering and urging her beloved ones with such gentle, persuasive, winning, and gracious manners…