Life with Father

"Here for all!! All the happiness of the play that ran longer, the laughs that were louder than any known before!"

Sep 13 1947 Approved 1h 58m
Comedy

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

Plot

In late-19th-century New York City, a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their wings, discovering girls, and making money selling patent medicines. When it comes to light that he has never been baptized and everyone urges him to remedy this, it gets to be too much.

Written by

Clarence Day, Donald Ogden Stewart, Howard Lindsay

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English, Français

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
6,879
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
73
Popularity
NA