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Life With Father COLOR movie starring William Powell, Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor

Life With Father COLOR movie starring William Powell, Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor.

This is truly one of the best family films ever made. Based on a popular Broadway play by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, the film explores family life in New York during the 1880s. Each scene is an amusing anecdote — for instance, the wife’s desperate attempts to have her despotic husband baptized or the father’s awkward moments explaining the facts of life to his unimpressed son. Earned major nominations from the Academy Awards and the New York Film Critics.