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Dina Merrill, Gene Roth, Glenn Ford

Decades may pass, but The Courtship of Eddie's Father never loses any of its abundant charm. Long before he became an Oscar®-winning director, 8-year-old "Ronny" Howard (then appearing on ...( read more  read more... )TV's The Andy Griffith Show) costarred with Glenn Ford in this heartwarming family classic, later adapted into a TV series (1969-72) starring Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. While the later show adopted a hip, late-'60s sensibility, this 1963 production is more straight-laced and, for its time, remarkably frank--and disarmingly funny--about the many questions that precocious son Eddie (Howard) has for his widower father (Ford) as they recover from the death of wife and mother. A perfect director for this delicate material (wonderfully adapted from Mark Toby's novel), Vincente Minnelli hits all the right notes of sadness, hope, and parental concern; Ford's unspoken love for a helpful neighbor (Shirley Jones) may be a foregone conclusion, but romantic subplots (and Eddie's diligent matchmaking) add plenty of domestic drama. Sweet but never saccharine, this timeless Courtship is guaranteed to make you smile. --Jeff Shannon

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Unrated, 117 min.

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Release Date: March 27, 1963

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • bballgirl1334
    August 17, 2009
    bballgirl1334
    I was so surprissed that I liked this movie
  • asa810732
    October 15, 2008
    asa810732
    very good family movie
  • jjnxn
    July 21, 2008
    jjnxn
    Utterly charming delicate story of the sometime rocky love between a boy and his recently widowed father. Some of the standards are of course different but how could they not be in a film over 40 years old, ignore that and just enjoy the sweet simple story. Shirley Jones is incre...( read more)dibly lovely and Stella Stevens is wonderful in her small role, a vastly underrated actress.
  • madcat612
    June 18, 2008
    madcat612
    I remember the show and what a cool theme song
  • shirleychase1
    April 28, 2008
    shirleychase1
    This was a cute little comedy, but there's a lot of depth to it as well. I'd forgotten what a good little actor Ronnie Howard was.
  • Bjelki
    April 3, 2008
    Bjelki
    One of my favorite movie with Glenn Ford. May he rest in heaven with his friends. Fantastic. Great movie. Funny but also a little sad. Stella Stevens and Ron Howars are also great in this movie.
  • RuthieGreenGirl
    December 30, 2007
    RuthieGreenGirl
    Pretty good movie. Fun to see Howard at such a young age.

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