Life with Father (1947) IRENE DUNN

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The film LIFE WITH FATHER (1947) was adapted from the 1939 Broadway play, which was based on Clarence Day's autobiographical stories about his family and father, a governor on the New York Stock Exchange. The Broadway production ran for 3,224 performances and still holds the record as the longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history.

Stars: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
Director: Michael Curtiz

In late 19th-century NYC, a stockbroker strives to maintain authority over his bustling household, but it's his wife who truly rules the roost.

TRIVIA: Since both leads demanded top billing, half of the released prints billed Dunne first and the other half listed Powell first. First-run theaters were required to these alternate prints and advertising alternated the same way.