Reviews from critics were generally positive. Taylor went on to marry seven more times. Helen Rose, who designed Taylor's gown for the film, also designed the gown for her wedding to Nicky Hilton. The premiere of Father of the Bride took place two days after Elizabeth Taylor's real-life marriage - her first - to Nicky Hilton, an event that MGM exploited in its publicity campaign for the picture. The film premiered on at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Minnelli asked Katharine Hepburn to invite Tracy to a dinner party where he later convinced Tracy to join the production. When Tracy heard another actor was being tested, he turned down the movie. He was too comedic and couldn’t handle the dramatic aspects of the film. After some miscommunication with the producers, Jack Benny was brought in for a reading. Minnelli believed Tracy was capable of handling a role that balanced humor with fatherly tenderness. Īccording to Frank Miller for TCM, when creating the role for the father, the character was shaped around Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy wanted Katharine Hepburn for his screen wife, but it was felt that they were too romantic a team to play a happily domesticated couple with children, so Joan Bennett, who had previously co-starred with Hepburn in the 1933 film version of Little Women and Tracy in the 1932 motion pictures She Wanted a Millionaire and Me and My Gal, got the part.Larry Steers as Wedding Guest (uncredited).Fay Baker as Miss Bellamy - Stanley's Secretary (uncredited).Richard Alexander as Moving Man (uncredited).Kay calls and tells her father she loves him and thanks her parents for everything they have done for her. Ellie and Stanley survey the mess in their home and concur that the entire affair was a great success. During the reception, Stanley tries to find Kay so he can kiss the bride but only manages to see her leaving on her honeymoon. The wedding ceremony brings both joy and sorrow to Stanley, as he realizes that his daughter is now a woman and no longer his child. On the day of the wedding, chaos reigns at the Banks home as final preparations are made for the reception.
Kay reacts to the announcement with shock and calls off the wedding, but she and Buckley soon reconcile, and the two families begin their wedding rehearsals. The plans for a lavish wedding continue until the day that Buckley tells Kay that he wants to take her on a fishing trip in Nova Scotia for their honeymoon. Ellie strongly disapproves of eloping, which causes Stanley to express his disapproval too, making it appear the idea was originally Kay's. Kay is at first shocked by the suggestion, then reconsiders, supports the idea, and conveys that to her mother. To save costs, Stanley suggests to Kay that she and Buckley elope.
The task of paring down the guest list proves too difficult, however, and Stanley reluctantly consents to a 250-person reception. The Bankses' first meeting with Doris and Herbert, Buckley's parents, gets off to an awkward start, and goes from bad to worse when Stanley drinks too much and falls asleep in the wealthy Dunstans' living room.įollowing Kay and Buckley's engagement party, Stanley, who misses the entire party because he is in the kitchen mixing drinks, realizes that his plans for a small wedding have been swept aside and he will be expected to pay for an extravagant wedding "with all the trimmings." As costs for the June event spiral out of control, Stanley calculates that he can afford to accommodate no more than one hundred-and-fifty guests. Before the introduction, Stanley has a private conversation with Buckley, and is pleased to learn that the young man is the head of a small company and that he is capable of providing a comfortable life for Kay. Kay calls the tradition "old-fashioned rigamarole," but arranges the meeting nevertheless. Stanley's misgivings about the marriage eventually make Ellie anxious, and she insists that Kay introduce them to Buckley's parents. While Ellie ( Joan Bennett), Kay's mother, immediately begins making preparations for the wedding, Stanley lies awake at night, fearing the worst for his daughter. At the family dinner table, Kay's casual announcement that she is in love with Buckley and has accepted his proposal makes Stanley feel uneasy, but he soon comes to realize that his daughter has grown up and the wedding is inevitable. Banks ( Spencer Tracy), a successful suburban lawyer, recalls the day, three months earlier, when he first learned of Kay's engagement to Buckley Dunstan ( Don Taylor). Following the wedding of his daughter Kay ( Elizabeth Taylor), Stanley T.
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