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elleng

(136,606 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 02:39 AM Nov 28

TCM Thursday

8:00 PM | Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
The father of 12 children has unique methods for dealing with the ordeals of an unwieldy family.
Dir: Walter Lang | Cast: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy

9:45 PM | Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten.
Dir: Melville Shavelson | Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson

11:45 PM | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country.
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige

1:45 AM | Life with Father (1947)
A financier from New York rules his numerous family members with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor

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TCM Thursday (Original Post) elleng Nov 28 OP
I must have seen Life With Father over 15 times BigmanPigman Nov 28 #1
Cheaper by the Dozen starts it off NOW!!! elleng Nov 28 #2

BigmanPigman

(52,340 posts)
1. I must have seen Life With Father over 15 times
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 03:02 AM
Nov 28

and I still watch it and laugh when ever it is on TV. They often show it on TCM for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

The only negative comment I have is the casting of Elizabeth Taylor. The rest of the cast, the writing, the acting, etc are top rate. It is actually written by Clarence Day Jr.

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