Tag: Irving Bacon
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YOU CAN’T FOOL YOUR WIFE
May 21, 1940 Director: Ray McCarey Producer: Lee S. Marcus and Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Writers: Jerome Cady, based on a story by Richard Carroll and Ray McCarey Synopsis ~ Feeling neglected by her husband Andrew (James Ellison), drab housewife Clara Hinklin (Lucille Ball) walks out on him, much to the delight of her busybody mother-in-law (Emma Dunn).…
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I’LL LOVE YOU ALWAYS
March 20, 1935 Directed by Leo Bulgakov Writers: Lawrence Hazard (story), Vera Caspary, Sidney Buchman Produced by Everett Riskin for Columbia Pictures Synopsis ~ Actress Nora Clegg marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will require him…
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A GIRL, A GUY, AND A GOB
March 14, 1941 Directed by Richard Wallace Produced by Harold Lloyd for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Bert Granet and Frank Ryan, based on a story by Grover Jones Synopsis ~ A shy, quiet executive for a shipping firm who finds himself with a dilemma: he’s become smitten with his young temporary secretary but she’s…
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IRVING BACON
September 6, 1893 Irving Bacon was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, as Irving Von Peters. He was a character actor who appeared in hundreds of films, mostly as bewildered small-town blue collar workers. His film debut came in 1923 with a small role in a silent film of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie starring Blanche Sweet. He appeared…
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LUCY & GONE WITH THE WIND
In one of the biggest publicity stunts in Hollywood history, over 1,400 actresses were considered for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in MGM’s Gone With The Wind. Producer David O. Selznick had the rights to the book, but did not have the money to make it. To keep interest alive in the project during pre-production,…
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The International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 Lucille Ball told producers she was born in Butte, Montana, because she thought it sounded more interesting than Jamestown, New York. She started making movies in 1933 (without screen credit) in “The Bowery” for United Artists. Also in the film were Irving Bacon, who would later appear as Ethel…
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“Ethel’s Hometown”
(S4;E16 ~ January 31, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed November 25, 1954 (the day before Thanksgiving) at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 113th episode filmed. Rating: 53.1/69 [Despite the above photo, this episode has never been fully colorized.] Synopsis ~ The last stop before Hollywood is Ethel’s…
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