Father's Little Dividend (1951)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Writers:

Albert Hackett (screenplay) &
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 April 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

In this sequel to Father of the Bride (1950), newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father having to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Giving Birth | Baby Nursery | Marriage | Birth

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Spencer Tracy	...	Stanley Banks
Joan Bennett	...	Ellie Banks
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Kay Dunstan
Don Taylor	...	Buckley Dunstan
Billie Burke	...	Doris Dunstan
Moroni Olsen	...	Herbert Dunstan
Richard Rober	...	Police sergeant
Marietta Canty	...	Delilah (Banks' maid)
Russ Tamblyn	...	Tommy Banks (as Rusty Tamblyn)
Tom Irish	...	Ben Banks
Hayden Rorke	...	Dr. Andrew Nordell
Paul Harvey	...	Rev. Galsworthy

Also Known As:

Laugh Track: Father's Little Dividend (USA) (video title (redubbed comic version))

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The film was shot in 22 days.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The baby is christened 'Stanley Banks' but should have been christened 'Stanley Dunstan' or 'Stanley Banks Dunstan'.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple (2001) (V)

Father's Little Dividend

I loved this movie and have watched it a bazillion times. I enjoyed the old-fashioned values. I would like to know if anyone can tell me the name of the actor who portrayed the baby. Does anyone know the name of the actor who played the baby?? I can't find the baby's name in the credits anywhere?? Did you know that Don Taylor directed the original "Omen" movie? And now in the year 2006 the newest version of this movie has been made. I wonder what Don Taylor would think of this one?? Tom Irish who plays Ben Banks shows up in the remake called, "Father of the Bride". He is shown at the wedding and later at the reception. It's too bad they couldn't have gotten Russ Tamblyn to come back for the remake, too. No doubt, it would be too expensive to get Elizabeth Taylor to star in it??