Father's Little Dividend [Blu-ray]

Overview

This sequel to the 1950 comedy hit Father of the Bride finds Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett returning as Stanley and Ellie Banks, the parents of newlywed Kay Dunstan (Elizabeth Taylor). In the first film, Stanley Banks was forced to endure the chaotic events leading up to the wedding. This time, he must comes to grips with the prospect of becoming a grandfather. Once he's reconciled himself to this jolt of mortality, Stanley must contend with the little bundle of joy, who screams his head off every time Grandpa comes near him. Father's Little Dividend was remade in 1994 as Father of the Bride II, with Steve Martin assuming the Spencer Tracy role, and with the added complication of discovering that his own wife (Diane Keaton) is also pregnant. The copyright for Father's Little Dividend was not renewed in 1978; thus the film has lapsed into public domain.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2023
UPC:	0810134942622
Original Release:	1951
Rating:	NR
Source:	Unknown Publisher
Language:	English
Time:	1:22:00
Sales rank:	16,171

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Spencer Tracy	Stanley Banks
Elizabeth Taylor	Kay Dunstan,Buckley Dunstan
Joan Bennett	Ellie Banks
Billie Burke	Doris Dunstan,Actor
Moroni Olsen	Herbert Dunstan
Russ Tamblyn	Tommy Banks
Richard Rober	Police Sergeant
Marietta Canty	Delilah
Tom Irish	Ben Banks
Hayden Rorke	Dr. Andrew Nordell
Paul Harvey	Rev. Galsworthy
Frank Faylen	Policeman
Beverly Thompson	Nurse
Dabbs Greer	Taxi Driver
Robert B. Williams	Officer
Frank Sully	Diaper Man
James Menzies	Mike,Red
Harry Hines	Old Man
Nancy Valentine	Bridesmaid
Wendy Waldron	Bridesmaid
Lon Poff	Elderly Man on Porch
George Bruggeman	Gym Instructor
Donald Clark	The Dividend
Albert Sendrey	Composer

Technical Credits

Albert Hackett

Frances Goodrich

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

Scene Index

Introduction ix

My Half: Kind Candor xvi

Part I The Emotional Ingredients 1

Gratitude 3

Self-Awareness 11

Accountability 17

Optimism 23

Empathy 27

Kindness 33

Tenacity 39

Curiosity 45

Patience 51

Conviction 55

Humility 59

Ambition 65

Part II Real-Life Scenarios 69

Part III Exercises 175

Conclusion 191

The inspiration Behind This Book 195

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 199

Editorial Reviews

This sequel to Father of the Bride cannot really stand up to the original, but on its own terms, Father's Little Dividend is an amusing, lightly enjoyable little film. There's definitely a sense of déjà vu to the film, not only because it's a sequel, but because it is revisiting territory that has been trod many times. Complicating matters is the fact that there's no real plot to the film, merely a series of episodes which, on the surface, fit together but which don't really add up to a satisfying whole. Add to this some overly contrived situations -- including the climactic sequence in which the viewer is asked to believe that Spencer Tracy would leave a baby unprotected in a carriage while he plays with a group of boys -- and it's easy to see why the film falls short of classic status. Fortunately, it does have an expert cast to help it over the rough spots, with Tracy leading the way with his usual gruff-but-lovable routine. Director Vincente Minnelli seems a bit hampered by the script and by the necessity of filming in black-and-white, but he does find a number of arresting shots, and his staging of the sequence in which Elizabeth Taylor comes to feel overwhelmed by those around her is very well-handled. Dividend is not an outstanding comedy, but it is pleasant and diverting.

07/29/2019

Arnold’s debut is a lyrical but long-winded portrayal of a woman reckoning with the disappointments of her life. Ash passes her days swimming at a deserted lake with her seven-year-old daughter, Charlie. When she senses Charlie grow distant as she gets older, Ash commits an unforgivable act while trying to reconnect. This sets in motion the crumbling of Ash’s emotional world, revealing memories of an affair with her yoga instructor, a capricious bisexual woman, and a complicated relationship with her father. Ash slips into a depression that confines her to bed, forcing her husband into the arms of a family friend who comes by to care for Charlie. The narrator’s idiosyncratic, troubled personality is expressed through her obsessive interest in sounds and words. During her first date with her husband, she tells him that she collects words, stating that “finding the right word is like finding a pebble on a whole beach of pebbles.” Arnold uses language like a set of dominoes, connecting endings of sentences to beginnings with sounds and phrases to create an artful tumble of prose. However, the novel’s high style comes at the price of momentum, and it becomes opaque to the point of being inaccessible. With very little plot, Arnold’s novel asks questions of profound moral consequence that get lost in the fogginess of its narrator. (July)

Publishers Weekly

Any serious student of Reformed theology needs to sit at the feet of Petrus van Mastricht. The challenge has been that to do so you needed to know Latin or Dutch. Thanks to the herculean efforts of the folks at the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books, English readers can now learn the art of ‘living for God through Christ.’” —Stephen J. Nichols, president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries


“With each translation of the formative Reformed theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries comes the possibility of our churches being renewed by forgotten treasures. This is one of those gold mines. So important is van Mastricht that even Descartes felt obliged to respond to his critiques and Jonathan Edwards drew deeply from the well of his Theoretical-Practical Theology. It is a distinct pleasure to recommend this remarkable gem.” —Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California


“The very title of this work, Theoretical-Practical Theology, indicates why, three centuries ago, Petrus van Mastricht’s work appealed to Scottish ministers who studied under him or read his theology. Not least of these was his student James Hog, who would later famously republish The Marrow of Modern Divinity. In making van Mastricht’s classic available in English for a new generation of students, pastors, and scholars, the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books are giving a great gift to the Christian church as a whole, and to students, pastors, and scholars in particular.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; and teaching fellow, Ligonier Ministries

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