Father of the Bride [Blu-ray]

Overview

Stanley Banks is a good father who adores his beautiful daughter Kay and his well-ordered life, a life that is thrown into chaos when Kay announces her engagement. A classic MGM comedy, the story is told via flashback and chronicles the many travails, financial and emotional, suffered by Stanley (Spencer Tracy) as he tries to give Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) a wedding to remember. A sequel, Father's Little Dividend, followed. In 1991, a remake of Father of the Bride starring Dianne Keaton and Steve Martin was a minor hit.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2016
UPC:	0888574389505
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	16,332

Special Features

Two newsreels: ; Wedding bells for movie star Elizabeth Taylor; President Truman meets Father of the Bride

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Spencer Tracy	Stanley T. Banks
Elizabeth Taylor	Kay Banks,Buckley Dunstan,Usher
Joan Bennett	Ellie Banks
Billie Burke	Doris Dunstan
Leo G. Carroll	Massoula
Moroni Olsen	Herbert Dunstan
Melville Cooper	Tringle
Rusty Tamblyn	Tommy Banks
Taylor Holmes	Wamer,Bits in Dream Sequence
Paul Harvey	Rev. Galsworthy
Frank Orth	Joe
Tom Irish	Ben Banks
Marietta Canty	Delilah
Willard Waterman	Dixon
Nancy Valentine	Elise
Mary Jane Smith	Effie
Jacqueline Duval	Peg
Fay Baker	Miss Bellamy
Frank Hyers	Duffy
Chris Drake	Usher
Don Anderson	Usher
William Mahon	Usher
Walter Kelly	Usher
Peter Thompson	Usher/Young Man
Brad Hatton	Florist
Carleton Carpenter	Usher
Lucille Barnes	Bridesmaid
Erin Selwyn	Bridesmaid
Janet Fay	Bridesmaid
Wendy Waldron	Bridesmaid
Douglas Spencer	Organist
Boyd Davis	Man
Oliver Blake	Man
William E. Green	Sad-faced Man
Frank Cady	Timid Guest
Roger Moore	Bit
Mickey McCardle	Bit
Sherry Hall	Bit
Ella Ethridge	Bits in Dream Sequence
Harry Stanton	Actor,Guest
William Norton Bailey	Bits in Dream Sequence
Dorothy Phillips	Bits in Dream Sequence,Foreman of Movers
Anne Kunde	Bits in Dream Sequence
Fred Santley	Guest
Philo McCullough	Guest
Lucille Curtis	Guest
Estelle Etterre	Guest
Peggy Leon	Guest
Betty Farrington	Guest
Lillian Bronson	Schoolteacher
Aileen Carlyle	Woman
Thomas Browne Henry	Stranger,Stranger
Mickey Golden	Barman
Gene Coogan	Barman
Lee Phelps	Motor Cop
Patricia Miller	Wispy Girl
Frank Richards	Truck Driver
Paul Maxey	Heavy Set Man
William Haade	Policeman
Jeff York	Policeman
Dewey Robinson	Mover
Edward Gargan	Mover
Ralph Peters	Mover
Dick Wessel	Mover
Richard Alexander	Mover
Joe Brown Jr.	Mover
Jim Hayward	Mover
Gil Perkins	Mover
Bradford Hatton	Florist
John Welsh	Western Union Boy

Technical Credits

Frances Goodrich

Albert Hackett

Vincente Minnelli	Director
Frances Goodrich	Screenwriter
Albert Hackett	Screenwriter
Pandro S. Berman	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Father of the Bride is a well-made light comedy, enhanced by a radiant performance from Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy at his subtle, comic best. The film encapsulates the self-image of the United States in 1950, depicting a traditional two-parent family's passing along the fundamental ritual of marriage. As such, it effectively defines what is sometimes referred to as a "family values" film, never mind that the United States in the 1950s may hardly have been this homogenized and wholesome. If not as opulent as MGM films of the Irving Thalberg era, Father of the Bride nonetheless represents the type of high-quality studio film often produced in the post-WWII era. It was a huge financial success, and it is sometimes cited as evidence that the reputation of director Vincente Minnelli has come to center too much on his musicals and not enough on his broader work, such as this comedy.