Life with Father(1947) Clarence Day (William Powell), a straight-laced turn of the century father, wants to be master of his house, but it's not working out. William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon, Emma Dunn, Moroni Olsen, Elisabeth Risdon, Derek Scott, Johnny Calkins, Martin Milner, Heather Wilde, Monte Blue, Mary Field, Queenie Leonard, Nancy Evans, Clara Blandick, Frank Elliott, Director: Michael Curtiz.