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Life with father / directed by Michael Curtiz ; screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 435
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- CF silver series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Day, Clarence, 1874-1935--Drama.
- Day, Clarence.
- Middle class families--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Middle class families.
- Fathers and sons--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Bankers--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Drama.
- Bankers.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Day, Clarence, 1874-1935.
- Manners and customs.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Comedy films
- Biographical films.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, California : ClassicFlix, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) aspect ratio..
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- In turn-of-the-century New York, stockbroker Clarence Day, Sr. runs the family household in the same manner as he does his business. He's demanding and strong-willed, insisting that every detail measure up to his satisfaction. But he' a good provider and devoted husband to his patient wife Vinnie, who tolerates her spouse₂s tirades while lovingly looking after their four (red-headed) sons. After insisting that no relatives be allowed to visit, Clarence fights to keep his temper in check when he learns that Vinnie has invited her cousin Cora and her young protege Mary Skinner to stay for a week. But his mettle will truly be tested when he engages in a battle of wills with Vinnie over whether he₂ll agree to be baptized to avoid eternal damnation.
- Participant:
- William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts.
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
- Aspect ratio 1.37:1.
- Adaptation of the Broadway play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse that was based on autobiographical stories by Clarence Day.
- OCLC:
- 1371935197
- Publisher Number:
- 851968007996
- CFS-026DVD ClassicFlix
- 2546617X
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