Father of the Bride is a 1950 American romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the 1949 eponymous novel by Edward Streeter
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Stanley T. Banks (Spencer Tracy) and Kay Banks (Elizabeth Taylor) in the wedding scene
Joan Bennett in the film credits
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Joan Geraldine Bennett was an American stage, film, and television actress, one of three acting sisters from a show-business family. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70
Father of the Bride (1950 film)
…Minnelli from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the 1949 eponymous novel by Edward Streeter. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor, and follows a man trying to cope with preparations for his daughter's wedding. Father of the Bride was nominated for Academy…
Richard Bennett with his three daughters (from left), Constance, Joan, and Barbara (c. 1913)
Bennett in the trailer for Disraeli (1929)
Bennett in the trailer for Little Women (1933)
Bennett in the trailer for The Woman in the Window (1944)