Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Courtship Of Eddie's Father (1963)

Courtship of Eddie's Father, The - (Original Trailer)

A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) starring Glenn Ford & Ronny Howard.

Courtship Of Eddie's Father, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) May I Borrow Your Son?

Eddie (Ronny Howard) picks out Dollye (Stella Stevens) who, it turns out, needs a favor from his widower father Tom (Glenn Ford), on a visit to a Manhattan arcade in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1963.

Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) It's Indelible

Newly-widowed dad Tom Corbett (Glenn Ford) has to locate his son Eddie (Ronny Howard) in the apartment on the first day back to school in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1963.

Courtship of Eddie's Father, The -- (Movie Clip) I'm in Love

Eddie (Ronny Howard) sits his dad (Glenn Ford) down for a solemn talk during a summer-camp visit in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1963.

Courtship Of Eddie's Father, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I've Seen Too Many Rosalind Russell Pictures

Their double-dates reversed at the bowling alley, New York radio host Norm (Jerry Van Dyke) with ingenuous Montanan Dolly (Stella Stevens) and his widower boss Tom (Glenn Ford) with the dignified, fetching professional fashion consultant Rita (Dina Merrill), in The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father, 1963.

Courtship Of Eddie's Father, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Very Fond Of My Pectoral Girdle

After his new year’s party and unsatisfactory outcomes with two other prospects, Tom (Glenn Ford) meets divorceè neighbor Elizabeth (Shirley Jones) wrapping up her date, and they break new ground together, baby-sitting Mrs. Livingston (Roberta Sherwood) pretending sleep, in The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father, 1963.

Courtship Of Eddie's Father, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Liquor Won't Solve Anything

First evening with new housekeeper Mrs Livingston (Roberta Sherwood), learning Spanish, Glenn Ford as newly-widowed Tom doing fine, discussing Elizabeth (Shirley Jones) and plausibly dazzled by her first appearance, Ronny Howard (title character) delighted too, early in Vincente Minnelli’s The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father, 1963.