
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.


“Here for all!! All the happiness of the play that ran longer, the laughs that were louder than any known before!”
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

William Powell
Clarence Day Sr.

Irene Dunne
Vinnie Day

Elizabeth Taylor
Mary Skinner

Edmund Gwenn
Rev. Dr. Lloyd

Zasu Pitts
Cousin Cora Cartwright

Jimmy Lydon
Clarence Day Jr.

Emma Dunn
Margaret

Moroni Olsen
Dr. Humphries

Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Whitehead
Derek Scott
Harlan Day
Life with Father is a comedy, family film released in 1947 exploring themes of family's daily life, broker, based on play or musical, family relationships, 19th century. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor. A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
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