William Powell
Clarence Day Sr.
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Synopsis
A forceful New York father tries to run his nineteenth-century household as efficiently as his office. His wife and four sons repeatedly frustrate that ambition. Family routines reveal the limits of authority and the affectionate negotiations beneath it.
Cast
DirectorsMichael Curtiz
Inspirations
Clarence Day's autobiographical writing reached the screen through the stage adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Family recollection is reshaped as comedy, rather than presented as a documentary record.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- William Powell — George Hurrell for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Public domain
- Irene Dunne — Harry Warnecke / Robert F. Cranston · CC0
- Elizabeth Taylor — Studio publicity still · Public domain
- Edmund Gwenn — Barkin, Herman & Associates-public relations for Schlitz, the show's sponsor. · Public domain
