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What story is told in Michael Curtiz’s Life with Father?
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Directed by Michael Curtiz, the 1947 comedy Life with Father is based on the best-selling autobiography by Clarence Day, Jr.1
The film depicts Day’s childhood in Victorian-era New York, focusing on the domestic life of his stern but affectionate father, Clarence Day, Sr. (played by William Powell). Although the elder Day considers himself the absolute master of his household, the story highlights several humorous episodes that demonstrate his wife Vinnie’s (Irene Dunne) subtle influence over him, most notably her successful effort to persuade him to be baptized.1