The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (Comedy1959) Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire

[@Janet-n9k]

Thank you, Clifton Webb is always good.

[@janlambert4174]

I LOVE Clifton Webb; anything that he does has a snappy spark! This is a movie not seen as much as others, but so worth your time. Life With Father is another movie where he played a great dad with loads of children. Just Delightful

[@Allencriss]

He was already trained in dance by the time he was 13 years of youth. When he dropped out of school to pursue drams and acting. 1944, was his first major film debut' and again in 1946. Both nominated his performances for Golden Globe awards.

[@stargazer0001]

That was William Powell in Life with Father

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

I love Clifton Webb ... he was a marvelous actor . I also love him on Cheaper By The Dozen .

[@mezulpo2567]

Clifton Webb was not in Life With Father. That’s William Powell.

[@mezulpo2567]

Clifton Webb was not in Life With Father. That’s William Powell.

[@sallytedesco2192]

Don't get so serious people, It's just a silly movie, intending to entertain and laugh at. I watched it through, it was silly but certainly kept me engaged. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KaiLuna1111]

It should have been called the Remarkable Mrs. Pennypacker

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

I love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 this film ... Clifton Webb , Dorothy McGuire and all the actors were wonderful .

[@jenihansen7201]

CLIFTON WEBB AND DOROTHY McGUIRE: WOW, WHAT A GREAT TEAM. ALL MOVIES I HAVE SEEN WITH CLIFTON WEBB, ARE EXCELLENT.

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

@@jenihansen7201 Brilliant actors they were . 💐🌸🪷🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🪻⚘️

[@jenihansen7201]

@@MaritzaAgosto-e1g Indeed. Thank you for your reply.

[@Karen-kc8om]

I just loved that film. It was beautifully made beautifully thought through I’m well-made thank you

[@katmarino4120]

What a great ole movie!!🤗🤗 hahaha!!!

[@daletheriault9956]

Bizarre!!!! I wouldn't accept that!!!😳😳😳

[@christinejackson1264]

Oh no! The church is on Elm Street. Watch out for Freddy!

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

@@christinejackson1264 Any town can have an Elm Street ... that's no joke .

[@kedo1500]

Title should read; The Remarkable Mrs. Pennypacker................

[@cousinevey]

Both of them!!

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

@@cousinevey nah just her.

[@gailgriffith6243]

My thought exactly!

[@RayPointerChannel]

I guess what is so remarkable is that this Victorian man had such an unbridled libido at a time when there was denial about sexual desire and activity even though children were produced.

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

I even love Dorothy McGuire's character ... she loves the children from the other marriage as she knows they're not be blamed for their father's doing . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kathybrown145]

@@MaritzaAgosto-e1g he should be in prison !

[@evetko]

One emotionally mature, secure woman who doesn't have a jealous streak. I don't think I could overlook the deception except for the kids.

[@katmarino4120]

I love this movie!!!! 🤗. Hahaha!!!

[@patriciahowellcassity767]

Remarkable is the mother that gave birth to them all.

[@CharityJESUSLOVEIngall-oy6jx]

❤Wounderful ❤

[@lruss5050]

Loved the movie! Just don’t take it too seriously!😅

[@kimberlytoler3061]

Well,lol..that was different 🤷‍♀️

[@CharityJESUSLOVEIngall-oy6jx]

❤Wounderful ❤JESUS’LOVE❤

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

lol

[@ssing2490]

What a sad twisted plot that never resolves, he only taught his children that commitment means nothing. I kept waiting for some common sense excuse for his betrayal but it only came down to he was "lonely?" Give me a break! I still saw no resolution to the minister accepting this either. What a dumb waste of my time.

[@RayPointerChannel]

I agree that the resolution is poor. What about the other family? It almost seems like a YOURS MINE AND OURS situation where the other family would be integrated with the second family and they would get to know each other. The comedic possibilities of this combined family making up the majority of the school body might have made a better story. Since Pennypacker pushes societal limits, it might have been more palatable to challenge some of the corporate culture of the Public School System of the early 20th Century. This subject was approached to a degree in THE HAPPY TIME (1952) directed by Richard Fleischer. This is a more successful comedy with far more interesting characters.

[@Karen-kc8om]

I just loved that film. It was beautifully made beautifully thought out of a

[@marthacanady9441]

The remarkable one is MRS. Pennypacker.

[@linasepulveda60]

Fro the time he was in jail, made sense 😮

[@carollillian3799]

The excuses he gave are just so selfish and ridiculous - he couldn't wait a month or live in his own home with servants - it made me angry to watch this as it is downright laughable that he is called Remarkable at being unfaithful and full of sef

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

True ... a full-blown narcissist!

[@kristinegaisford1592]

You're looking for something from a fictional story set in a different time

[@Malmo117]

Horace the narcissist.

[@roundtwo3321]

Anyone who needs him to demonstrate any sense of guilt is wasting their time. Just arrest him.

[@MarthaOprisko]

A sweet movie.

[@nandixon1247]

Such a sad movie that destroys the family. I was shocked. Two families in two towns. Heartbreaking😩

[@johnpjones182]

I thought they were going to move the Philadelphia kids to Harrisburg. This has an interesting premise but not very funny. "The Captain's Paradise" with Alec Guinness (2 wives, no kids) is much better.

[@winnepeterson6570]

Nothing remarkable about him. He’s despicable. Took him how many seconds to produce each child - whereas it took nine months for the mother to do so. Didn’t even watch it after learning from the comments what it’s about. How can you call infidelity a comedy. Disgusting.

[@asparagus3337]

Subversion is, apparently, nothing new.

[@simonf8902]

😂🎉😂

[@bj7057]

Didn't that girl say her mother has been gone for 8 years? Weren't there children under the age of 8 at that table?

[@stacyharris4824]

My thoughts exactly !!!

[@roundtwo3321]

Flowers in the Attic

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

I'm Birth Control! Try me! LOL

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

Wasn't exactly a thing back in 1899😉

[@sdragut]

GREAT MOVIE. It highlights the problems of marriage in and outside the restrictions of the law in a very realistic way. thanks for sharing

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

Law?

[@paisley293]

What law are you talking about?... in today's day and age, civil law in most societies allows for just about any arrangement to be called 'marriage'. The only law that truly matters is God's law, Who made marriage to be an indissoluble life-long covenant between one man and one woman exclusively, for the sake of the procreation and protection of children, that's it and that all. If people want to marry their parrot, their s-s-partner, their piano or anything else in between, they can call it whatever they like, but it's not a marriage.

[@sdragut]

You are talking shite. God didn't create marriage. Adam did. You never read the Bible for yourself or you wouldn't be writing such crap. Marriage is a human institution. There is no such arrangements in heaven. Go read what Jesus said about marriage in heaven.

[@sdragut]

@@paisley293 are you kidding? its referring to the marriage law in the states mentioned in the movie. Go watch it & stop talking nonsense that God created marriage law. learn to read & then go read Genesis 2:23-24

[@sputnik1315]

A more suitable title would be "the ridiculous Mr Pennypacker"

[@annebellette201]

I thought put up with one wife was a hand full but 2 wife your crazy ..if I was her I divorce him ..he did wrong ..and lie to his wife too he should have told her a long time ago . .he was in the wrong not her. Good movie thank you

[@MargaretWalkerCellist]

Clifton Webb didn't live like he knew ANYTHING ABOUT MARRIAGE and FAMILY! This movie represents his confusion as a person!

[@forwimp]

As a married man for 47 years, I have to say, "2 families? Are you nuts?"

[@crowznest438]

Weird to modern eyes how much littering goes on in old movies.

[@Lindableching]

Bigamy is not funny. Trying to normalize it is ridiculous. I turned it off halfway through!

[@madeleinebray5205]

This is the stupidest movie I've ever seen. Infidelity is nothing to joke about, its heartbreaking.

[@christienelson1437]

I believe that was the whole intent of this movie to poke fun at men who think they can have their cake and eat it too. At this time movies were used to bring these problems to the public in a large permanent way to subliminally make people talk about these serious issues. Men had all the financial power and women only obtained the right to vote it wasn’t until 1920 that women in the US in every state were given the right to vote when the nineteenth amendment was ratified.

[@Allencriss]

@@christienelson1437 There is a lot fact to back up what you are conveying across here. Social comments show what we have today. The themes of these films didn't quite pan out it seems. Younger kids. adult kids that is sadly don't have the time to really bother to learn.

[@Allencriss]

Stupid is what stupid does eh'

[@kathybrown145]

Well this film tried very hard to make this selfish male justified, but failed big time. As usual the Alfa male forgets everyone’s feelings but his own, trashing all their future lives forever. Marriage is a mockery, women and their children the tragic innocent victims. Tell me different if you can.Bullsh*t !

[@PatriciaPalmer-o3e]

​@@christienelson1437The whole INTENT was to sell tickets and entertain. In those days, we bought them and were !

[@beth_joy6591]

The reason I watch old movies is because they still have some repect for God in Some of them ... this one I stopped watching as soon as they starting saying we came from monkeys... so sad to see how people became to believe this lie though films backing it up ... and now you never hear about God in films at all so I don't bother with many films , most teach the opperisit to what I believe

[@forwimp]

I think we did evolve to ape like ancestors. My children are proof of that.

[@TheFiown]

For a gay man, he certainly played fathers very often !

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

So? Why cant a gay man not be a father?

[@TheFiown]

@sjefhendrickx2257 That wasn't the point but I suppose that you are looking for an arguement, sorry, fish not biting today honeypie !

[@jollyroger2374]

@sjefhendrickx2257 Because sex perverts make poor role models.

[@lorrainefoster1320]

Oh wow! Never knew that about him.

[@TheFiown]

@@lorrainefoster1320 He had quite a sad life. He was always with his mother and when she doed, he gave up.

[@sandyfreyman3501]

Well now I loved this movie. He broke the sanctity of their marriage by not cleaving only to her but as a christian woman. It was time to forgive him his transgressions. It was a cute lifes story. I wonder how many men did this. Early americans had indian wives in some cases, and travel for work men did this. And mormons and Moses. So , its a forgivable situation.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I found the movie a bit a sadness, a bit of comic relief. However, just because the Bible mentions something, it does not mean each verse is Prescriptive. In other words, we don't open the Bible and close our eyes and swoop our pointer finger down and read that verse and go out and do it. That could be disastrous way to 'obey the Lord.' By the way, Moses did NOT have multiple wives...not at the SAME TIME anyway. After his first wife Zipporah died then he married again, which is perfectly acceptable to God, as long as they follow the Lord too. Mormons are NOT true Christians, so you cannot use them as a valid excuse for more than one spouse at the same time. Just because someone does a particular sin, does not mean God will automatically forgive someone. IF someone is repentant, and genuinely feels remorse for what they have done, then if they ask God, He will forgive. Why was it time for forgiveness for his transgressions to be forgiven? Because a few days had passed? If you remember, he (the husband) refused to apologize for all he had done, AND, insisted it was all really his wives fault! No remorse what-so-ever! Just a cocky "I am the god of my own life...& I'll do as I please" attitude! The Book of Proverbs has a lot to say to a person like that. I think she was a little too quick to forgive and renew her vows w/o seeing a distinct change in her foolish husband. 😊 📖

[@sandyfreyman3501]

@bonniemoerdyk9809 yes, Moses was married to other wives , that's what leaders of countries did , marry ceremonially and you know king David did that by the hundreds at least. Forgiveness is commanded by God 70x7 times or some such # meaning infinity. And pride is highly frowned upon by God, such as makeup , facelifts ECT. So that's how humanity is, we let men marry us to help with family and love but we are all frail in our love of self. As long as a woman thinks of Jesus as her husbandmon she will be on the narrow path that she needs to traverse. Never exhault a husband too highly for they are only mortal humans.

[@sharonfisher1308]

Looking at this is Sickening to see how many men behave...

[@Allencriss]

Why even post your opinion on it then?

[@christienelson1437]

This is why movies like this were made because men made the laws and rich ones were often allowed to break them. It also explains how foolish it is to blame the wife for a man’s infidelity due to his innate ability to control his emotions and needs. He could have hired someone to help him with the business instead of cheating. I have difficulty believing he learned his lesson by the end of the story only that his wife was a bigger man than him.

[@PatriciaPalmer-o3e]

​​@@christienelson1437 Christiene, movies made then were made to entertain, there was no deep seated meaning or attempt to educate behind it ! You can "read" anything you want into things, especially young people today, many seeming disconnected from reality. I "learned" I'm crazy about Clifton Webb !

[@PatriciaPalmer-o3e]

Don't watch ! I fear your skin too thin for its harsh subject matter 🤣

[@RayPointerChannel]

How "many men behave?" Who says that this is common? It's a fantasy based on some whispered stories about certain men who had women in other towns or produced illegitimate children. Most of them ran out on the mothers and never supported their children. It wasn't that common then, but is far more common now thanks to Welfare.

[@adelechicken6356]

He was totally miscast in Cheaper by the Dozen. Too humorless and way too skinny. Actually Charles Coburn would have been a much better choice. The books were wonderfully written by two of the children! 😊❤

[@lgsartbarn5129]

I thought it was cute.

[@deehart5866]

Ive hated this movie

[@christinejackson1264]

This is a horrible movie

[@RayPointerChannel]

It has a controversial subject that is awkwardly handled. It's an attractive subject and an attempt to push the boundaries of The Production Code. But the pacing is slow, and it takes too long to get to the resolution. There are too many dull sequences, and I found myself skipping to Clifton Webb's scenes since he is the more interesting character, and his acting the best.

[@truthisanabsolute]

I've never heard of this horrible movie. Mandela Effect movie maybe.

[@kellyburns7132]

what a loud movie