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Father's Little Dividend ()

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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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Stanley Banks
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Ellie Banks
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Kay Dunstan
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Buckley Dunstan
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Doris Dunstan
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Herbert Dunstan
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Police Sergeant
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Delilah
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Tommy Banks (as Rusty Tamblyn)
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Ben Banks
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Dr. Andrew Nordell
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Rev. Galsworthy
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Gym Instructor (uncredited)
Donald Clark ...
Baby Stanley Banks Dunstan (uncredited)
Jacqueline Duval ...
Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
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Men's Club Waiter (uncredited)
Janey Fay ...
Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
Ruta Fox ...
Baby Stanley Banks (uncredited)
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Green Taxicab's Driver (uncredited)
Harry Hines ...
Old Man (uncredited)
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Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Baby Stanley's Holder at Christening (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
James Menzies ...
Boy Soccer Player (uncredited)
Thomas Menzies ...
Red (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Old Man on Porch (uncredited)
Nicky Johnson Robertson ...
Baby Stanley Banks Dunstan (uncredited)
Warren Schannon ...
Boy (uncredited)
Erin Selwyn ...
Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
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Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
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Baby Shower Guest (uncredited)
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Traffic Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
George Woods ...
Policeman (uncredited)

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Vincente Minnelli ... (directed by)

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Albert Hackett ... (screen play by) and
Frances Goodrich ... (screen play by)
 
Edward Streeter ... (based on characters created by)

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Pandro S. Berman ... producer (produced by)

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Albert Sendrey ... (music by)

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John Alton ... director of photography

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Ferris Webster ... film editor

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Cedric Gibbons
Leonid Vasian

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

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Helen Rose ... (costumes: women)

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair designer
John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup creator

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F. Keogh Gleason ... associate set decorator (as Keogh Gleason)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor

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George Stoll ... conductor (as Georgie Stoll)
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Plot Summary

In this sequel to Father of the Bride (1950), Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) learns that his daughter Kay (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) is going to have a baby. When they get the news everyone except Stanley is overjoyed. His wife and grandmother-to-be Ellie (Joan Bennett) broadcasts it everywhere and all Stan can do is worry about the practical things like how his son-in-law Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor) can afford it. Well, having not long ago paid for the wedding, Stanley has no intention of bearing any of the expenses involved. Buckley's parents and Ellie are overjoyed at the news and virtually take over redecorating the young couple's new house. Crisis and false alarms take over their lives and when the child is born, the only person he doesn't seem to like is Stanley. A walk in the park - and absolute panic when Stanley misplaces his grandson - seems to resolve the situation. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines The blessed event of 1951...merrily surpassing "Father of the Bride"...again starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor...M-G-M of course! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Laugh Track: Father's Little Dividend (United States)
  • Allons donc, papa! (France)
  • El padre es abuelo (Spain)
  • 父亲的微薄红利 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 玉女弄璋 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 82 min
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Budget $941,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $3,270,000

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Trivia The baby's nursery is decorated with characters from The Wizard of Oz (1939). In that film, Billie Burke--who plays Doris Dunstan--played Glinda the Good Witch. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Father's Little Dividend (2022). See more »
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 & 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 & toilet case & a toothbrush.
Stanley Banks: Don't worry about it then, if she took her toothbrush, she's not headed for the river.
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