Life with Father

Sep 13, 1947

1h 58m

★ 6.6

Here for all!! All the happiness of the play that ran longer, the laughs that were louder than any known before!

Overview

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Clarence Day Sr.

William Powell

Vinnie Day

Irene Dunne

Mary Skinner

Elizabeth Taylor

Rev. Dr. Lloyd

Edmund Gwenn

Cousin Cora Cartwright

Zasu Pitts

Clarence Day Jr.

Jimmy Lydon

Margaret

Emma Dunn

Dr. Humphries

Moroni Olsen

Mrs. Whitehead

Elisabeth Risdon

Harlan Day

Derek Scott

Whitney Benjamin Day

Johnny Calkins

John Day

Martin Milner

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