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 American writer and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day.
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 he 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.
Credits:
William Powell as Clarence Day Sr.
Irene Dunne as Vinnie Day
Elizabeth Taylor as Mary Skinner
Edmund Gwenn as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
ZaSu Pitts as Cousin Cora Cartwright
Jimmy Lydon as Clarence Day Jr.
Emma Dunn as Margaret the Cook
Moroni Olsen as Dr. Humphries
Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Whitehead
Martin Milner as John Day
Johnny Calkins as Whitney Day
Derek Scott as Harlan Day
Heather Wilde as Annie, first maid
Mary Field as Nora, third maid
Monte Blue as The Policeman
Queenie Leonard as Maggie, fourth maid
Nancy Evans as Delia, second maid
Clara Blandick as Miss Wiggins, the Maid Service Employment Agent
Frank Elliott as Dr. Somers
Douglas Kennedy as Reverend Morley (uncredited)
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