Comedy · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 10m

Bringing Up Father

Director

Cast

Marie Dressler as Annie Moore Polly Moran as Maggie Jiggs J. Farrell MacDonald as Jiggs Jules Cowles as Dinty Moore Gertrude Olmstead as Ellen Grant Withers as Dennis

Crew

Margaret Booth — Editor Frances Marion — Writer George McManus — Writer Ralph Spence — Writer

Tagline

The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life.

Synopsis

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.

Mood & Themes

based on comic strip

Key Collaborators

Jack Conway Director Margaret Booth Editor Frances Marion Writer George McManus Writer Ralph Spence Writer

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