Life with Father

About Life with Father

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

Life with Father (1947) is a comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film is filed under family's daily life, broker, 19th century, and based on play or musical.

William Powell appears as Clarence Day Sr., Irene Dunne as Vinnie Day, Elizabeth Taylor as Mary Skinner, and Edmund Gwenn as Rev. Dr. Lloyd. It runs 118 minutes and was released in September 1947.

The screenplay is by Donald Ogden Stewart. It is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

Little Miss Sunshine, Les Misérables, and Nanny McPhee make useful companions to Life with Father, all filed under family relationships. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 73 votes and it carries a NR rating.