Allons donc, papa!

Original title: Father's Little Dividend

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6.5/10

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Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.

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Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Tommy Banks
(as Rusty Tamblyn)

Tom Irish

Ben Banks

Hayden Rorke

Dr. Andrew Nordell

Paul Harvey

Reverend Galsworthy

George Bruggeman

Gym Instructor
(uncredited)

Donald Clark

Baby Stanley Banks Dunstan
(uncredited)

Jacqueline Duval

Baby Shower Guest
(uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Men's Club Waiter
(uncredited)

Janey Fay

Baby Shower Guest
(uncredited)

Ruta Fox

Baby Stanley Banks
(uncredited)

Director
- Vincente Minnelli
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All cast & crew
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7didi-5

charming family picture

A befuddled Spencer Tracy and a scatty Joan Bennett find out they are to become grandparents in this charming sequel to 'Father of the Bride'. Although the original film was better, this is a funny, warm, and worthy follow-up.

Elizabeth Taylor again appears as daughter Kay, looking beautiful and radiant. Husband Buckley (the slightly wooden Don Taylor) struggles to cope with his pregnant wife's mood swings, while the in-laws (Moroni Olsen as the pompous ex-Harvard father-in-law, Billie Burke as the twittery mother-in-law) almost come to blows before baby has even arrived.

The star performance in this film is, as ever, Tracy, as he comes to terms with his little girl growing away from him, with his life 'slipping away' with the arrival of the new baby, with his resentment of the rich in-laws. It's a winning performance, and his scenes with Bennett and with Taylor are pure gold.

Sean26

A classic!

Last night on the Turner Classic Movies channel, I saw Father's Little Dividend. It was a very funny movie! Spencer Tracy shines as he plays Stanley Banks. Just as good as the original Father Of The Bride. Despite the airheadedness of the last commenter, this movie is very much worth seeing. It's a classic! Not Tracy's best movie, but it's a gem!

8planktonrules

A wonderful and realistic followup from FATHER OF THE BRIDE

I absolutely loved FATHER OF THE BRIDE. This was my favorite Spencer Tracy film in that it gives him a chance to play an "everyman" and you really grow to care about him and his growing family. So, I was thrilled that MGM made this sequel (and I ordinarily hate sequels). Now that his lovely daughter, Liz Taylor, was married off in the last film, this movie tackles the next big life-changing event in Tracy's life--the imminent birth of his grandchild. All the worries and changes are dealt with so deftly that you soon forget that nothing earth-shattering or amazing happens in the film--it's just a wonderfully written, directed and acted slice of life film that is enhanced by its realism and gentle humor.

Kirpianuscus

couple life

Each sequel is a risky adventure. in this case, it is just a great idea. because it is a charming slice from a lovely period. because the rhytm and the humor and the performances are admirable. and the script remains seductive at whole. it is more than a comedy but...a chronicle. about perspective about a young couple, about birth and about child, about parents and about future. many well known by parents and young couples. and that does it a beautiful eulogy to family institution. so, chronicle of a couple first steps in marriage.

Pat-54

Excellent Sequel!

I usually do not care for sequels, but this one is a complete joy! The first film; "Father of the Bride" was rightly nominated for the Academy Award for best picture, so this film had a lot to live up to. Spencer Tracy does not come to mind when you think about comedy, but he is hysterical as Stanley Banks, who has to come to terms on grandparenting. Joan Bennett is a perfect co-star for him, they work extremely well together. Her "double takes" with him are particularly funny.

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Trivia
Elizabeth Taylor was suffering greatly with her physically-abusive marriage to Conrad Hilton Jr. during filming. He was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he beat her to the ground while she was pregnant and kicked her in the stomach, provoking a miscarriage. After that, the overall concept of this movie proved hard for Taylor, as she played a woman expecting and having a baby.

Goofs
The baby is christened "Stanley Banks." It may appear to be a goof that he is not christened "Stanley Dunstan" or "Stanley Banks Dunstan." However, in Roman Catholic and Anglican/Episcopalian baptisms, only the Christian names are used, not the surname.

Quotes
Stanley Banks: [Telephone rings at night] Hello. Buckley, do you know what time it is? It's a quarter to three.
Buckley Dunstan: I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Is Kay there?
Stanley Banks: [Sarcastically] But of course she, where would she be?
[Whispers]
Stanley Banks: Hello, I'll take this downstairs, hang on
[Puts down the receiver & quietly tiptoes downstairs to hall, then picks up the extension phone]
Stanley Banks: What do you mean, is she here?
Buckley Dunstan: Well, I thought if she were there I could come and pick her up if she were there.
Stanley Banks: When did she leave? What time did she leave?
Buckley Dunstan: I don't know, I've been out for a few hours, I just got back a little while ago.
Stanley Banks: What was it, a fight?
[Long pause]
Stanley Banks: DID you have a FIGHT?
Buckley Dunstan: We had an argument, yes. Look if anything happens to her, I'll kill myself.
Stanley Banks: Don't worry, I'll do it for you. Did she take anything, a bag or anything?
Buckley Dunstan: She took her hatbox, umbrella and toilet case and a toothbrush.
Stanley Banks: Don't worry about it, then, if she took her toothbrush, she's not headed for the river.