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(see this users gallery) Father Of The Bride aired from September 1961 until September 1962 on CBS.
The adjustments parents must make when their children grow up and seek a life of their own was the subject of this comedy. Stanley Banks ( Leon Ames), was not quite ready to accept his daughter Kay's ( Myrna Fahay's), decision when she announced that she was engaged to Buckley Dunston ( Burt Metcalfe). Despite the enthusiasm of his wife , Ellie ( Ruth Warrick), his son Tommy( Rickie Sorenson), his maid Delilah ( Ruby Dandridge), and almost everyone else. Stanley was not happy about it at all. Episodes on the series involved Stanley's tribulations at getting used to his prospective son-in-law and the son-in-law's parents, Herbert and Doris ( Ransom Sherman, Lurene Tuttle), the planning and carrying out of the wedding ( Kay and Dunston were married in midseason), and learning to live without Kay around.
This series was based on the 1950 Theatrical Film, Father Of The Bride which starred Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. |