"A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost."
William Powell
as Clarence Day Sr.
Irene Dunne
as Vinnie Day
Elizabeth Taylor
as Mary Skinner
Edmund Gwenn
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Zasu Pitts
as Cousin Cora Cartwright
Jimmy Lydon
as Clarence Day Jr.
Emma Dunn
as Margaret
Moroni Olsen
as Dr. Humphries
Elisabeth Risdon
as Mrs. Whitehead
Derek Scott
as Harlan Day
Johnny Calkins
as Whitney Benjamin Day
Martin Milner
as John Day
Heather Wilde
as Annie
Monte Blue
as The Policeman
Mary Field
as Nora
Clara Blandick
as Miss Wiggins
Arlene Dahl
as Girl at Delmonico's (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
as Waiter at Delmonico's (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Director
Clarence Day
Author
Howard Lindsay
Theatre Play
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Robert Buckner
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Russel Crouse
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
William V. Skall
George Amy
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Marjorie Best
Costume Design
Rydo Loshak
Wardrobe Master