---
title: 'Life with Father (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-with-father-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039566/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Life with Father (1947)

1947 · 118 min · Comedy, History · United States


## Synopsis

Life with Father is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film adapted from the 1939 play of the same name, which was inspired by the autobiography of American writer and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Donald Ogden Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-ogden-stewart)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Robert Buckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-buckner)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley), [William V. Skall](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-v-skall)
- **Editor:** [George Amy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-amy)

## Cast

- [Monte Blue](https://cinepixo.com/people/monte-blue)
- [Arlene Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlene-dahl)
- [Frank Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-elliott)
- [Edmund Gwenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-gwenn)
- [Jimmy Lydon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-lydon)
- [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey)
- [Elizabeth Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-taylor)
- [ZaSu Pitts](https://cinepixo.com/people/zasu-pitts)
- [Creighton Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/creighton-hale)
- [Philo McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-mccullough)
- [Philip Van Zandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-van-zandt)
- [Emma Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-dunn)
- [Irene Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-dunne)
- [William Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-powell)
- [Queenie Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/queenie-leonard)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-with-father-1947
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