The heart of the great gildersleeve series is that he does care for his family. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. Janet leight theatre the 19th summer classic movie series presents harold peary, jane darwell in the first of this classic series from 1942. Book two, the secret club, will appear from rpp in february 2020. I have a 16mm bw version of the great gildersleeve episode circumstantial evidence that was teletranscribed by dumont laboratories on march 31, 1954 in its original can.
Broad and clear comedy, relaying on confusion to fill its hour of laughs. After that, the great gildersleeve often covered issues as scrap metal drives, wanting to find ways to help the war effort, such as leroy running away to join the navy, etc. While this is certainly true, there is much more to the show than that. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was o. Television comes to summerfield colorful past easter sunrise service duration. Gildersleeve s ghost is a 1944 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas from an original screenplay by robert e. Great gildersleeve online using any of the 3 radio players below. The great gildersleeve, volume 1 hollywood 360 classic radio collectionaudio theater hollywood 360 on. Its a fun movie with a lot of great twists and wellworth watching. Book one, the power club, was published by rogue phoenix press in 2017. Folks wouldnt be that likely to tune their radios every week to hear the adventures in summerfield if it wasnt filled with characters they liked and cared about.
Listen to 468 episodes of the great gildersleeve for free. The great gildersleeve, volume 1 hollywood 360 classic. The great gildersleeve saturday, july 2, 2016 at 7. The plan backfires when the raft is discovered broken up downstream and leroy cant be found. Characters of the great gildersleeve get to know the people of gildersleeve s world. Gildersleeve graduated from thorn in fibber mcgees side youre a harrrrd man. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by leonard l. The falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a hollywood backlot. The great gildersleeve 1942 directed by gordon douglas. It is the third of four gildersleeve features, others were the great gildersleeve 1942, gildersleeve s bad day 1943, gildersleeve s ghost 1944.
Raising his too smart nephew leroy, he leans on his secretary bessie and tries to ignore the advice of housekeeper birdie. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. These are poorly edited often missing beginnings of scenes due to a clip too close, and its too grainy for something from 1955. The great gildersleeve this is a great opportunity to not only have a fun time listening to old radio but also small peak into the home front during world war two. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the u. Gildersleeve is one of my favorite comedy shows from the old time radio shows. The younger sister of actress amanda randolph, lillian was born in knoxville, tn, in 1898, the daughter of a. Great gildersleeves episode gildy the private eye video. Walter tetley june 2, 1915 september 4, 1975 was an american actor and voice actor specializing in child impersonation during radios classic era, with regular roles on the great gildersleeve and the phil harrisalice faye show, as well as continuing as a voiceover artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spokenword record albums. Mar 01, 2020 greg gildersleeve greg gildersleeve is the author of a midgrade superheroscience fiction series called the power club. The great gildersleeve 19411957, initially written by leonard lewis levinson, was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. The great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 520 gildy protects hooker from mona.
The gildersleeve program ran from 1941 to 1957and in 1942, peary brought the character to the big screen in the first of four films for rko, the great gildersleeve. It moves the title character from the mcgees wistful vista to summerfield, where gildersleeve oversees his late brotherinlaws estate and rears his orphaned niece and nephew, marjorie and leroy forrester. On a mission to new york, two women pursue gildersleeve. The great gildersleeve was my favorite radio show as a child. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. As an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeve s gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp, seven days leave. Before that happened, the great gildersleeve went from radio to feature films, including four that were directly adapted from the characters in the radio. Thats how it seems when he finds an abandoned baby girl in the backseat of his car. The great gildersleeve came from the fibber mcgee and molly radio show. Jan 28, 20 as an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeve s gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp seven days leave. Gildersleeve immortalized harold peary, whose voice is distinct in entertainment history, an unusual talent, a vocalgenius and facially, unparalleled with his often petulant and mischievous expressions, adding to him a sincere and gracious smile. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame.
The great gildersleeve, volume 1 hollywood 360 classic radio collectionaudio theater. Levinson, which ran from 1941 to 1950, this was the first of four films in the gildersleeves series produced and distributed by rko radio pictures. Apparently he was a very popular on radio in its day. Fire tv 4k ultra hd with alexa voice control echo dot 2nd gen smart speaker with alexa roku express hd stream. Gildersleeve, played by harold peary, began as a supporting character on the fibber mcgee and molly show, during the days when it was produced in chicago.
Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. The great gildersleeve, a sitcom aired on nbc radio from august 31, 1941 to 1957, was a spinoff from another popular comedy series fibber mcgee and molly, or fmam. Gildersleeve s nephew is the model for preteenage troublemakers, from dennis the menace to bart simpson. Willard waterman took the gildy role starting with season 10. Freddie mercer, harold peary, and lillian randolph in the great gildersleeve 1942. Their were two different actors that played gildersleeve, harold peary, or willard waterman. I thought the other 3 were great but the ghost one may be the best. The great gildersleeve is a 1942 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas.
Although gildersleeve did his best to be both father and mother to leroy and marjorie, the household was not without a strong feminine influence, as well as someone to help put gildy in his place. It had to do with his ancestors which are briefly in the film. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. The great gildersleeve receives a lot of notice for being the first successful spinoff program, where a character from one show leaves and a new program is built around them. The great gildersleeve a treasure of old time radio and an early spinoff success. Im an enormous fan of the radio program, but this is a lousy product. It centered on the story of throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, who was also the main character of the fmam. With willard waterman, ronald keith, lillian randolph, stephanie griffin. In the spring of 1941, the needham, louis and brorby advertising agency gave hal peary a green light to record an audition program based on the various gildersleeve characters which he had developed and portrayed on the fibber mcgee and molly show, over the preceding few years.
Im not too familiar with harold pearys character gildersleeve, except that hes turned up in a few movies ive seen. Walter tetley costars as nephew leroy, with mary lee robb as niece marjorie, and lillian randolph as housekeeper birdie lee coggins. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Gildy encourages leroy to build a raft and float down river from summerville like a modernday huck finn. Birdie was a stereotypical black character, but lillian randolph played her with life and joy. Gildersleeve graduated from thorn in fibber mcgees side youre a harrrrd man, mcgee. Great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke video. Watch the great gildersleeve episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Jun 12, 20 the gildersleeve program ran from 1941 to 1957and in 1942, peary brought the character to the big screen in the first of four films for rko, the great gildersleeve. Jan 04, 2014 fire tv 4k ultra hd with alexa voice control echo dot 2nd gen smart speaker with alexa roku express hd stream. Throckmorton gildersleeve is a blustery ladies man who often finds himself in unusual predicaments. Gildersleeve was invented by actor harold peary, who would play him through most of the characters life. These movies have harold peary, he was my favorite.
This is the 194950 season and it is the last to star harold peary. Gildersleeve on broadway is the third of the four films based on the popular radio series, the great gildersleeve, which ran on the radio from 1942 until 1956. It is the fourth and final film in the gildersleeve s series, all of which were produced and distributed by rko radio pictures, based on the popular nbc radio program, the great gildersleeve, created by leonard l. The great gildersleeve 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So, he asks aunt emma to move in and the antics begin. When the popular radio blowhard refuses to marry judge hookeros spinster sister, gildy is ordered by the court to bring a woman into the house or lose custody of his niece and nephew, marjorie and leroy. The warner archives great gildersleeve movie features all four of these wartime movies plus the film seven days leave in which gildersleeve plays a. Levinson, which ran from 1941 to 1950, this was the first of four films in the gildersleeve s series produced and distributed by rko radio pictures.
The original lineup included the great radio actress, lurene tuttle sheriffs wife in pyscho and landlady in the ghost and mr. Ironically, pearys cbs show a virtual copy of the gildersleeve format only lasted one season, while watermans gildersleeve continued for several years after that. Throckmorton p gildersleeve the great gildersleeve old time radio show classic. The radio show is a1 and at the top of the heap of old time radio and had a cast that was amazing in its greatness. The great gildersleeve tv series 1954 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In those early appearances, gildersleeves personal life was somewhat hazily defined, but his bombastic attitude meshed well with jim jordans mcgee. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. The great gildersleeve 1942 streaming vf dvdrip film complet. His outrageous popularity on radio would morph into a film career with enormous success as the great gildersleeve in eleven different films. The great gildersleeve movie collection amazon canada.
One of the very first spinoff sensations, throckmorton p. Gildersleeve harold peary, summerfields most notorious bachelors on the prowl, about to adopt a third child. The movie unfortunately is missing a few beats and cannot live up to the radio version. Ctva us comedy the great gildersleeve hal roach studios. The great gildersleeve the great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast. Harold peary went go to star in honest harold the homemaker it lasts just one season. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame, manufactured. Great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke video youtube. Raising his too smart nephew leroy, he leans on his secretary bessie and tries to. I like fibber mcgee and molly but in my opinion the great gildersleeve spinoff is a better show. The great gildersleeve 1942 was the first of four gildersleeve films to be released during the war. The great gildersleeve old time radio original radio broadcasts on.
As an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeve s gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp seven days leave. Jul 08, 2014 as an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeves gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp, seven days. The great gildersleeve pranks at school 101941 hq old time radio comedy duration. The great gildersleeve was a happy endeavor where great talent met with great writing. Replaces otrr certified accurate and otrr certified complete. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet. Willard waterman stars as radios romantic water commissioner in twenty laughfilled episodes of the great gildersleeve.
Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. Informed that the child could be taken away from him. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeve s bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeve s ghost and seven days leave. Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman. The screenplay was written by jack townley and julien josephson, and the film stars harold peary and jane darwell.
The great gildersleeve premiered on nbc on august 31, 1941. The great gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest popularity in the 1940s. Walter tetley, the voice of leroy on the radio series, appears in this film in the role of the butler who shows gildersleeve how to woo a. The great gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing childrearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the. Well written and well acted im glad theres lots more of these i havent heard yet.
Built around throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, a. The return of the great gildersleeves danger danger. Jan 24, 2017 his outrageous popularity on radio would morph into a film career with enormous success as the great gildersleeve in eleven different films. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957.
She was never afraid to contradict her boss, and more often than not actually got in the last word. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by. The 19th summer classic movie series presents harold peary, jane darwell in the first of this classic series from 1942. However gildy would also spend time under the stewardship of willard waterman.
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