Life with Father (film)

Life with Father
Life with Father
	Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Screenplay by	Donald Ogden Stewart
Based on	Life with Father; 1935 autobiography; by Clarence Day; 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Produced by	Robert Buckner
Starring	William Powell; Irene Dunne ; Elizabeth Taylor
Cinematography	William V. Skall; J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Max Steiner
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 13, 1947;
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4,710,000
Box office	$6,455,000

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 stockbroker and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day.^[1]^[2]

It tells the true story of Day and his family in the 1880s. His father, Clarence Sr., wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife, Vinnie, and his children ignoring him until they start making demands for him to change his life. The story draws largely on Clarence Sr.'s stubborn, sometimes ill-tempered nature and Vinnie's insistence that Clarence Sr. be baptized. It stars William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence Sr. and his wife, supported by Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, ZaSu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon, and Martin Milner.^[3]

^ "Kahn." (1947). "Life With Father/(Color)", review, Variety (New York, N.Y), August 20, 1947, page 16. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California; retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; August 16, 1947, page 131.
^ "Life with Father (1947)", Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y.; retrieved June 16, 2024.

[Variety1947-1] "Kahn." (1947). "Life With Father/(Color)", review, Variety (New York, N.Y), August 20, 1947, page 16. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California; retrieved February 25, 2018.

[2] Harrison's Reports film review; August 16, 1947, page 131.

[3] "Life with Father (1947)", Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y.; retrieved June 16, 2024.

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