Stockbroker Clarence Day is the benevolent curmudgeon of his 1880s New York City household, striving to make it function as efficiently as his Wall Street office but usually failing. His wife Vinnie is the real head … See more

• William Powell as Clarence Day Sr.
• Irene Dunne as Vinnie Day
• Elizabeth Taylor as Mary Skinner
• Edmund Gwenn as … See more

The movie was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart from the 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, based on the 1935 autobiography by Clarence Day, Jr. Day had worked as a stockbroker and was an author and cartoonist for The New Yorker. It was … See more

Leading film critics in 1947 gave Life with Father high marks, especially with regard to the quality of Warner Bros.' screen adaptation of the popular Broadway play and the quality of the cast's performances. The New York Times in its review directed special attention to … See more

Life with Father was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (William Powell), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Robert M. Haas, George James Hopkins), Best Cinematography, Color and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture See more

Through a clerical error, Life with Father was not renewed for copyright and fell into the public domain in 1975.
Warner Bros. (or United Artists, the former owner of pre-1950 Warner Bros. films ) still owns the theatrical distribution and music rights to the film, … See more

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