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"Life with Father" quotes

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

Director: Michael Curtiz
Writer: Clarence Day, Donald Ogden Stewart, Howard Lindsay
Production: Warner Bros.
Genre: comedy
Year: 1947
MetaScore: 73/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 13 Sep 1947
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

21 video clips

FatherVinnieClarence DayMaryWilliam Tyler Wickersham - One Of TwinsRev. Dr. LloydAnnieMiss WigginsHarlanWhitneyJohn Day
That's nonsense - Life with Father 00:25 That's nonsense After considerable thought - Life with Father 00:39 After considerable thought They can't keep me out of heaven on a technicality - Life with Father 00:05 They can't keep me out of heaven on a technicality Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats - Life with Father 00:05 Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats You don't seem to understand what the Church is for - Life with Father 00:13 You don't seem to understand what the Church is for Work never hurt anyone - Life with Father 00:16 Work never hurt anyone Now Mrs Day your husband is a practical man - Life with Father 00:42 Now Mrs Day your husband is a practical man I didn't pay anything - Life with Father 00:07 I didn't pay anything I just couldn't - Life with Father 00:28 I just couldn't All a man has to do is be firm - Life with Father 00:55 All a man has to do is be firm What's that doing in here - Life with Father 00:16 What's that doing in here Before I can let any girl go from this establishment - Life with Father 00:11 Before I can let any girl go from this establishment The words are the same - Life with Father 00:26 The words are the same I guess the minister is coming to baptize father so he won't have to go to hell - Life with Father 00:14 I guess the minister is coming to baptize father so he... I do the best I can to keep down expenses - Life with Father 00:20 I do the best I can to keep down expenses Another wreck on the New Haven - Life with Father 00:13 Another wreck on the New Haven That's the loveliest ring you ever bought me - Life with Father 00:14 That's the loveliest ring you ever bought me But it's a dollar a bottle - Life with Father 00:45 But it's a dollar a bottle I'm going to be baptized - Life with Father 00:04 I'm going to be baptized They're just staying in that little room of Clarence's - Life with Father 00:13 They're just staying in that little room of... You may as well face it - Life with Father 00:10 You may as well face it

Cast

Father - William Powell
Vinnie - Irene Dunne
Mary - Elizabeth Taylor
Rev. Dr. Lloyd - Edmund Gwenn
Cora - Zasu Pitts
All Cast