Father's Little Dividend (1951)

Released: 1951-04-05 Duration: 1hr 22min

Genres: Romance Comedy

Rating 6.4

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Funnier than "Father of the Bride!"

Overview

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	6.411

Directed By

Vincente Minnelli

Crew

Director
Vincente Minnelli

Producer
Pandro S. Berman

Screenplay
Albert Hackett

Screenplay
Frances Goodrich

Characters
Edward Streeter

Hair Designer
Sydney Guilaroff

Makeup Designer
William Tuttle

Assistant Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason

Recording Supervision
Douglas Shearer

Conductor
George Stoll

Director of Photography
John Alton

Sound Recordist
Douglas Shearer

Original Music Composer
Albert Sendrey

Editor
Ferris Webster

Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction
Leonid Vasian

Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design
Helen Rose

TOP CAST

Dick Martin

Baby Stanley's Holder at Christening (uncredited)

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