Father of the Bride (1950)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Stanley T. Banks

      Spencer Tracy

    • Ellie Banks

      Joan Bennett

    • Katherine Banks, 'Kay'

      Elizabeth Taylor

    • Buckley Dunstan

      Don Taylor

    • Mrs Doris Dunstan

      Billie Burke

    • Mr Massoula, the caterer

      Leo G. Carroll

    • Herbert Dunstan

      Moroni Olsen

    • Mr Tringle, the usher

      Melville Cooper

    • Warner

      Taylor Holmes

    • Reverend A.I. Galsworthy

      Paul Harvey

    • Joe, Massoula's assistant

      Frank Orth

    • Tommy Banks

      Tamblyn, Rusty

    • Ben Banks

      Tom Irish

    • Delilah

      Marietta Canty

    • [porcupine-haired fixing suitor]

      Wells Wohlwend

    • [be-bop suitor/usher]

      Carleton Carpenter

    • [radio fixing suitor]

      Hal Hatfield

    • [party guest]

      Boyd Davis

    • [party guest]

      Oliver Blake

    • [fat guest]

      Paul Maxey

    • [timid guest wanting mint-julip]

      Frank Cady

    • [Miss Bellamy, Stanley's secretary]

      Fay Baker

    • [usher]

      Chris Drake

    • [usher]

      Floyd Taylor

    • [usher]

      Don Anderson

    • [usher]

      William Mahan

    • [usher]

      Walter Kelly

    • [usher]

      Peter Thompson

    • [bridesmaid]

      Lucille Barnes

    • [bridesmaid]

      Erin Selwyn

    • [bridesmaid]

      Janet Fay

    • [bridesmaid]

      Wendy Waldron

    • [Fritz, the organist]

      Douglas Spencer

    • [woman in dream sequence]

      Ella Ethridge

    • [woman in dream sequence]

      Dorothy Phillips

    • [woman in dream sequence]

      Anne Kunde

    • [man in dream sequence]

      William Bailey

    • [man in dream sequence]

      Stuart Holmes

    • [foreman of movers]

      William 'Bill' Phillips

    • [Western Union boy]

      John Walsh

    • [mover with chandelier]

      Dick Wessel

    • [mover with chandelier]

      Joe Brown Jr

    • [mover with lamp]

      Dewey Robinson

    • [mover with door]

      Edward Gargan

    • [mover with marquee]

      Ralph Peters

    • [mover with screen]

      Richard Alexander

    • [mover]

      Jim Hayward

    • [mover]

      Gil Perkins

    • [florist]

      Brad Hutton

    • [photographer]

      Dave Willock

    • [Dixon]

      Willard Waterman

    • [Fliss]

      Nancy Valentine

    • [Effie]

      Mary Jane Smith

    • [Peg]

      Jacqueline Duval

    • [Duffy]

      Frank Hyers

    • [sad-faced man]

      William E. Green

    • [guest]

      Fred Santley

    • [guest]

      Philo McCullough

    • [guest]

      Harry Stanton

    • [guest]

      Lucille Curtis

    • [guest]

      Estelle Etterre

    • [guest]

      Peggy Leon

    • [schoolteacher]

      Lillian Bronson

    • [stranger]

      Thomas B. Henry

    • [barman]

      Mickey Golden

    • [barman]

      Gene B. Coogan

    • [motor cop]

      Lee Phelps

    • [guest]

      Betty Farrington

    • [wispy girl]

      Patricia Miller

    • [truck driver]

      Frank Richards

    • [policeman]

      William Haade

    • [policeman]

      Jeff York

    • [English teaching suitor]

      Frank Erickson

    • [.]

      Roger Moore

    • [.]

      Mickey McCardle

    • [.]

      Sherry Hall

    • [.]

      Aileen Carlyle

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Vincente Minnelli

    • [Assistant Director]

      Marvin Stuart

    • [Script Supervisor]

      Jack Aldworth

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Loew's Incorporated

    • Production Company

      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    • Produced by

      Pandro S. Berman

    • Production Executive

      Dore Schary

    • [Production Manager]

      Al Shenberg

    Writing:

    • Screen Play by

      Frances Goodrich

    • Screen Play by

      Albert Hackett

    • Based on the novel by

      Edward Streeter

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      John Alton

    • [Camera Operator]

      A. Lindley Lane

    • [Gaffer]

      Wes Shanks

    • [Grip]

      Joe Deace

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      Edwin Hubbell

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Ferris Webster

    • [Assistant Editor]

      Robert Watts

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Cedric Gibbons

    • Art Director

      Leonid Vasian

    • Set Decorations

      Edwin B. Willis

    • Associate [Set Decorator]

      Keogh Gleason

    Costumes:

    • Women's Costumes by

      Helen Rose

    • Men's Costumes by

      Walter Plunkett

    Make-up:

    • Make-up Created by

      Jack Dawn

    • [Make-up Artist]

      Terry Miles

    • Hairstyles Designed by

      Sydney Guilaroff

    • [Hairdresser]

      Lorraine Roberson

    Music:

    • Music by

      Adolph Deutsch

    Sound:

    • Recording Supervisor

      Douglas Shearer

    • [Sound]

      Standish J. Lambert

    Visitor to set:

    • Film Industry Visitor

      Gene Kelly

    • Film Industry Visitor

      Phil Silvers