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Life with Father

  • 19471947
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
5.8K
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William Powell, Irene Dunne, Johnny Calkins, Jimmy Lydon, Martin Milner, and Derek Scott in Life with Father (1947)
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A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
IMDb RATING
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5.8K
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    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Clarence Day(memoir "Life with Father")
    • Donald Ogden Stewart(screen play)
    • Howard Lindsay(from the original play by)
  • Stars
    • William Powell
    • Irene Dunne
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Clarence Day(memoir "Life with Father")
    • Donald Ogden Stewart(screen play)
    • Howard Lindsay(from the original play by)
  • Stars
    • William Powell
    • Irene Dunne
    • Elizabeth Taylor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 64User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Nominated for 4 Oscars

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    Trailer 2:26
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    Photos36

    "Life With Father" Elizabeth Taylor, James Lydon 1947 Warner Bros. MPTV
    "Life With Father" W. Powell, Z. Pitts, E. Taylor 1947 Warner Bros. MPTV
    "Life With Father" Elizabeth Taylor wardrobe test 1947 Warner Bros. MPTV
    William Powell and Irene Dunne in Life with Father (1947)
    William Powell, Irene Dunne, Johnny Calkins, Jimmy Lydon, Martin Milner, and Derek Scott in Life with Father (1947)
    William Powell and Irene Dunne in Life with Father (1947)
    Elizabeth Taylor, William Powell, and Jimmy Lydon in Life with Father (1947)
    Elizabeth Taylor and William Powell in Life with Father (1947)
    Elizabeth Taylor, William Powell, Johnny Calkins, and Jimmy Lydon in Life with Father (1947)
    William Powell, Irene Dunne, Johnny Calkins, and Emma Dunn in Life with Father (1947)
    Life with Father (1947)
    William Powell and Irene Dunne in Life with Father (1947)

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    William Powell
    William Powell
    • Father
    Irene Dunne
    Irene Dunne
    • Vinnie
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Mary
    Edmund Gwenn
    Edmund Gwenn
    • Rev. Dr. Lloyd
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Cora
    Jimmy Lydon
    Jimmy Lydon
    • Clarence
    Emma Dunn
    Emma Dunn
    • Margaret
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Dr. Humphries
    Elisabeth Risdon
    Elisabeth Risdon
    • Mrs. Whitehead
    Derek Scott
    • Harlan
    Johnny Calkins
    Johnny Calkins
    • Whitney
    Martin Milner
    Martin Milner
    • John
    Heather Wilde
    • Annie
    Monte Blue
    Monte Blue
    • The Policeman
    Mary Field
    Mary Field
    • Nora
    Queenie Leonard
    Queenie Leonard
    • Maggie
    Nancy Evans
    • Delia
    Clara Blandick
    Clara Blandick
    • Miss Wiggins
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Clarence Day(memoir "Life with Father")
      • Donald Ogden Stewart(screen play)
      • Howard Lindsay(from the original play by)
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    • Trivia
      Before filming began, the cast was taken to Perc Westmore's salon on a Sunday morning to have their hair dyed red. When it was time to rinse the dye, the beauticians discovered that the water had been turned off for the entire block because the street was being repaired. Because dyes were so strong then, leaving them on could have caused the cast to lose their hair. Luckily, someone suggested diluting the dye with cold cream.
    • Goofs
      Clarence Jr. tells Whitney some baseball news about the New York Giants. In 1883, the team was called the New York Gothams, changing to the Giants in 1885.
    • Quotes

      Vinnie: Is that suit of your father's too tight for you?

      Clarence Day: No, it's not too tight.

      Vinnie: Well, what is it?

      Clarence Day: Mother, very peculiar things have happened since I started to wear this suit. I can't seem to make these clothes do anything Father wouldn't do.

      Vinnie: Oh, that's nonsense. And not to kneel in church is a sacrilege.

      Clarence Day: Making Father's trousers kneel seemed like more of a sacrilege.

    • Crazy credits
      Although William Powell is listed first and Irene Dunne is listed second in the viewed print on AMC, half of the actual prints listed Dunne first and Powell second. Not only did each version alternate daily in theaters, but so did the advertisements of the movie in newspapers.
    • Connections
      Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Life with Father (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Sweet Marie
      (1893) (uncredited)

      Music by Raymon Moore

      Lyrics by Cy Warman

      Sung by Irene Dunne and William Powell

    User reviews64

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    7/10
    The Red-Headed League
    Once again Michael Curtiz demonstrated his bewildering versatility by moving from black & white noirs to this nostalgic Technicolor whimsy whose success doubtless led a couple of years later to the superior 'Cheaper by the Dozen', in which the wife was appropriately played by Myrna Loy, for whom Irene Dunne here provides a most satisfactory substitute as Mrs William Powell.

    Even more than Mr Gilbreth in the latter film the title character is really just a pompous boor whose supposed charm largely resides in the fact that he's played by Bill Powell; and it's a shame we don't see more of Heather Wilde as the short-lasting maid Annie who carries the first twenty minutes before quitting in tears, never to return.
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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1947 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes

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