Movie review - "Father's Little Dividend" (1951) **1/2

Sequels weren't as common in the 1950s as they are now but a follow up to Father of the Bride seemed natural: the father (Spencer Tracy) becomes a grandfather. So everyone fusses over the mum to be (Elizabeth Taylor, very pretty and then still not very good an actor, though A Place in the Sun would be soon), there are clashes with the in-laws, the daughter's marriage is threatened through a silly misunderstanding, dad comes to love being a grandad. There is the whiff of that 50s prosperity women-stay-at-home, but the film still has the aura of truth - grandparents fighting over the baby, everyone getting excited, people worried about their ability to be parents. Tracy pulls off his role with aplomb once again.