Life with Father (1947) | Directed by Michael Curtiz - Full Movie

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

Life with Father is a 1947 Technicolor American 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.

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.

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
Cinematography: William V. Skall, J. Peverell Marley
Edited by: George Amy
Music by: Max Steiner
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: August 14, 1947 (US)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $4,710,000
Box office: $6,455,000