Life with Father (1947)

Academy Awards, USA 1948

Nominated Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role William Powell
	Best Cinematography, Color J. Peverell Marley William V. Skall
	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Robert M. Haas George James Hopkins
	Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Max Steiner

Warner Bros.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Nostalgic and often hilarious look at an upper class family in New York City at the turn of the century. William Powell rules his household with a firm hand, or so he likes to think, but when visiting relatives reveal he has never been baptized, it's almost more than he can handle. His wife Irene Dunne not only believes that he won't get into heaven, but that they may not even be married at all. Meanwhile, their oldest son Jimmy Lydon falls head over heels for visiting cousin Elizabeth Taylor. The father and son talk about women is classic. It's all easy-going, the only drama comes from a brief illness due to accidentally drinking some "balm" one of the other son's is peddling (don't even ask), in gaudy Technicolor, but never, ever boring.