Life with Father is the title of a humorous autobiographical book of stories written in 1936 by Clarence Day, Jr., which was adapted into a 1939 Broadway play by Lindsay and Crouse, which was, in turn, made into a 1947 movie and a television series. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Clarence Shepherd Day, Jr. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lindsay and Crouse was the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, who collaborated from 1935 to 1962 on a succession of Broadway comedies and musicals. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

The book

Clarence Day wrote humorously about his family and life. The stories of his father, Clarence "Clare" Day senior are taken from the New Yorker magazine. They portray a rambunctious, overburdened Wall Street broker who demands that everything from his family should be just so. The more he rails against his staff, his cook, his wife, his horse, salesman, holidays, his children and the inability of the world to live up to his impossible standards, the more comical and lovable he becomes to his own family who love him despite it all. First published in 1936, Day's book is picture of New York middle class family life in the 1890s. The stories are filled with affectionate irony. Day's understated, matter of fact style underlines the comedy in everyday situations. New Yorker may refer to: the magazine, The New Yorker a resident of New York City the hotel New Yorker a named passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between Detroit, MI and New York, NY This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...

Broadway Play

The 1939 Broadway play ran for over seven years to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, a record that it still holds. It opened at the Empire Theatre on November 8, 1939 and remained there until September 8, 1945. It continued to be performed on Broadway until July 12, 1947 and closed after 3,224 performances. It starred Lindsay, his wife Dorothy Stickney, and Teresa Wright. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Dorothy Stickney was a Broadway actress in the long running Life with Father, co-starring her husband, Howard Lindsay. ... Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, known professionally as Teresa Wright. ...

1947 film

The 1947 comedy movie tells the true story of a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. In keeping with the autobiography, all the children in the family (all boys) are redheads with the exception of their beautiful cousin played by the teenage Elizabeth Taylor. It stars William Powell, Irene Dunne, Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon and Martin Milner. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... A stock broker or stockbroker or stock brokerage is someone or a firm who performs transactions in financial instruments on a stock market as an agent of his/her/its clients who are unable or unwilling to trade for themselves. ... Red hair is a hair color shared by several species, among them humans, orangutans and horses. ... Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (born February 27, 1932) is an iconic two-time Academy Award-winning English-American actress. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Edmund Gwenn (September 26, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a theatre and film actor. ... Zazu Pitts (1894-1963) sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894 (?) – June 7, 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... Martin Sam Milner (born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor best known for his performances in two popular television series, Adam-12 and Route 66. ...

The movie was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart from the play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, which was based on the book by Clarence Day, Jr.. It was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (William Powell), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Cinematography, Color and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) an American author and screenwriter, member of the Algonquin Round Table. ... Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1888 - February 11, 1968) was a Broadway producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor, best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. ... Russel Crouse (1893 - 1966) was a U.S. dramatist and journalist. ... Clarence Shepherd Day, Jr. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...

Television series

Life With Father was made into a television series in 1953, starring Leon Ames and Lurene Tuttle. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Leon Ames (born January 20, 1902 in Portland, Indiana; died October 12, 1993 in Los Angeles, California), born Leon Wycoff to a Russian family, was an American film and television actor. ... Lurene Tuttle (b. ...

Reference

C. Otis Skinner, Life With Lindsay and Crouse (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1976).

External links

• Life with Father at the Internet Movie Database
• Information about the film
• Information about the Broadway production