The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family, mostly the father, prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why this was remade in 1991. The colorized version doesn't add much. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture, Best Actor-Spencer Tracy, Best Screenplay.

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.37
Audio:
Mono 1.0 English, French

Distributor Notes: Father of the Bride

"I would like to say a few words about weddings," a weary man says from the middle of a muddle of rice and scattered bottles. What follows is a warm, witty look at what it means to be Father of the Bride.

Spencer Tracy is the father and Elizabeth Taylor the bride in this lively Vincente Minnelli-directed classic. Taylor is glowingly showcased - and reflected in three mirrors when first seen in a wedding gown. Tracy's performance captures every loving father's exasperations and joys as the day approaches. It also captured the fourth of his nine* Best Actor Academy Award* nominations. The film also earned nominations** for Best Picture and Screenplay. Here comes the bride, there goes dad's wallet - and everyone's heart. What sparkling fun!

Source: Warner Home Video

Spencer Tracy: Oscar winning american actor, BOYS TOWN
Joan Bennett: American actress
Elizabeth Taylor: Oscar winning actress, GIANT, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Billie Burke: American actress, THE WIZARD OF OZ, MERRILY WE LIVE
Don Taylor: Actor/Director
Moroni Olsen: American Character Actor
Leo G. Carroll: British Actor/"Mr. Waverly"
Taylor Holmes: American Character Actor
Melville Cooper: British Actor
Paul Harvey: American Character Actor
Frank Orth: American film & tv actor
Russ Tamblyn: American Actor/Dancer/Singer

Vincente Minnelli: Prominent director of MGM musicals

Pandro S. Berman: Producer

Frances Goodrich: 
Albert Hackett: 

Adolph Deutsch: 

Ferris Webster: