Father of the Bride (1950 film)

"I would like to say a few words about weddings. I've just been through one. Not my own. My daughter's. Someday in the far future I may be able to remember it with tender indulgence, but not now. I always used to think that marriages were a simple affair. Boy meets girl. Fall in love. They get married. Have babies. Eventually the babies grow up and meet other babies. They fall in love. Get married. Have babies. And so on and on and on. Looked at that way, it's not only simple, it's downright monotonous. But I was wrong. I figured without the wedding."

"Right then I knew we'd lost her. She'll always love us of course, but not in the old way. From now on her love will be handed out like a farmer's wife tossing scraps to the family rooster."

"The Bride gets the THRILLS! Father gets the BILLS!"

"Spencer Tracy — Stanley T. Banks"

"Joan Bennett — Ellie Banks"

"Elizabeth Taylor — Kay Dunstan"

"Don Taylor — Buckley Dunstan"

"Billie Burke — Doris Dunstan"

"Moroni Olsen — Herbert Dunstan"

"Marietta Canty — Delilah"

"Russ Tamblyn — Tommy Banks"

"Tom Irish — Ben Banks"

"Paul Harvey — Reverend Galsworthy"

"Leo G. Carroll — Mr. Massoula"

"Ellie (wife)"

"Kay (daughter)"

"Buckley Dunstan (son-in-law)"

"Tommy (son)"