Synopsis
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
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Cast
- William PowellClarence Day Sr.
- Irene DunneVinnie Day
- Elizabeth TaylorMary Skinner
- Edmund GwennRev. Dr. Lloyd
- Zasu PittsCousin Cora Cartwright
- Jimmy LydonClarence Day Jr.
- Emma DunnMargaret
- Moroni OlsenDr. Humphries
- Elisabeth RisdonMrs. Whitehead
- Derek ScottHarlan Day
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
Powell is nothing less than magnificent as the mustached philosophizing patriarch, and Dunne casts a warm glow beside him. Elizabeth Taylor, Martin Milner, Jimmy Lydon, and Edmund Gwenn all contribute strong supporting performances; Michael Curtiz provides his usual sure-handed direction. - 90
The New York Times
All that the fabulous play had to offer in the way of charm, comedy, humor and gentle pathos is beautifully realized in the handsomely Technicolored picture. - 70
Time Out
Curtiz knocks it together without so much as breaking sweat. - 70
Variety
Irene Dunne and William Powell have captured to a considerable extent the charm of the play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse [based on the book by Clarence Day Jr]. The major humor of the story, based on Father's eccentric characteristics and Mother's continual mollifying of his tantrums, is still evident in the pic. - 50
The New Yorker
The director, Michael Curtiz, seems to be totally out of his element in this careful, deadly version of the celebrated, long-running Broadway comedy.
