Life With Father - DVD

The longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history, "Life With Father" was brought to joyous comedic life on film in 1947. Based on Clarence Day's writings about his own family, Life With Father stars screen legends William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence and Vinnie Day. Clarence is the headstrong yet loving family patriarch, while Vinnie is his "dizzy" wife, whose real genius is letting her husband believe it is really he who

Life with Father is a 1947 American comedy which tells the true story of Clarence Day, a stockbroker who wants to be master of his home, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his personal life by being baptized to avoid going to Hell. The film stars William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence and his wife. Also, starring Elizabeth Taylor as a beautiful teenage girl with whom Clarence's oldest son becomes infatuated. This movie is beautifully filmed with buildings and decor and costume design pertinent to the Victorian era in America. You will thoroughly enjoy the comedic moments as well as the sweet, sentimental scenes in this film. It is a real treasure! This is a beautifully told story of life in America in the 19th century. Full of humor, comedy, and very touching moments, it is a film which has withstood the test of time. (115 minutes - 1947 - Color - 4 3)

Life with Father is a 1947 Technicolor American comedy film. It tells the true story of Clarence Day, a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. The story draws largely on the insistence by his family that Clarence be baptized to avoid going to Hell and Clarence's stubborn, ill-tempered nature. In keeping with the autobiography, all the children in the family (all boys) are redheads. It stars William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence and his wife, supported by Elizabeth Taylor as a beautiful teenage girl with whom Clarence's oldest son becomes infatuated, along with Edmund Gwenn, ZaSu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon and Martin Milner. The film and it's audio entered the public domain in 1975. 118 min. Standard; Soundtrack English.