Never Too Late (1965)

A crotchety old codger (Paul Ford) is a tyrant both at home and at the lumber business he owns. But when his wife (Maureen O'Sullivan) announces they're having a late in life baby, everything begins to fall apart. Based on the play by Sumner Arthur Long (who adapted his play for the screen) and directed by Bud Yorkin (DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE). Painfully unfunny about sums it up. Astonishing that audiences actually ate this stuff up and the play ran on Broadway for several years! Paul Ford (recreating his stage role) is an actor best used in small doses and watching him blustering for two hours in a leading role is exhausting. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the other actors flapping their acting wings in desperation trying to make things funny. As family friends, Jane Wyatt and Henry Jones underact which makes everybody else look even worse. Vic Damone sings the title song. With Connie Stevens, Lloyd Nolan and Jim Hutton.