Description: WILLIAM POWELL, IRENE DUNNE, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, EDMUND GWENN, ZASU PITTS, JIMMY LYNDON, EMMA DUNN, MORONI OLSEN, ELISABETH RISDON, DEREK SCOTT, JOHNNY CALKINS, MARTIN MILNER, HEATHER WILDE, MONTE BLUE, NANCY EVANS, MARY FIELD, QUEENIE LEONARD, CLARA BLANDICK, FRANK ELLIOTT, CLARA REID, ARLENE DAHL, RUSSELL ARMS. A STERN BUT LOVING AUTHORITARIAN RULES HIS VICTORIAN HOUSEHOLD WITH AN IRON HAND & A BAMBOO CANE. HIS WIFE LOVES HIM AND SO DO HIS RED-HEADED CHILDREN, BUT SHE DOES OCCASIONALLY BECOME RANKLED BY HIS CHAUVINISTIC WAYS, WHICH CAN BE EPITOMIZED BY A CONVERSATION HE HAS WITH HIS SON, IN WHICH HE STATES THAT "WOMEN HAVE NO CAPACITY FOR THOUGHT. THEY SIMPLY GET ALL STIRRED UP". HE SAYS THAT HE NOW KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT NEED BE KNOWN ABOUT WOMEN & URGES HIS SON TO RUN ALONG. THE CHARACTER EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE MALE VICTORIAN OF THE LATE 1880s, & THE FILM REVOLVES AROUND HIM & THE URBAN, URBANE LIFE THE FAMILY LEADS. ALTERNATES BETWEEN QUIET & RAUCOUS MOMENTS OF LOVE & LAUGHTER. HIS WIFE BECOMES DEATHLY ILL & THAT SO UPSETS HIM THAT HE PROMISES THAT HE WILL GET BAPTIZED IF & WHEN SHE RECOVERS. SHE DOES COME BACK FROM DEATH'S DOOR. HE'S A MUSTACHED PHILOSOPHER WHO IS CHARISMATIC ENOUGH TO CHARM THE SPOTS OFF A LEOPARD. THE FILM DELVES DEPPLY INTO THE LIFE STYLE OF THE WEALTHY OF THAT BYGONE DAY. BOY PLAYS VIOLIN, ACCOMPANIMENT ON PIANO. ANGRY MAN. RIDING IN HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE.
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