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2023: Garn Stephens, è stata un’attrice cinematografica, televisiva, teatrale e musicale americana e, in seguito, una sceneggiatrice. Era nota per i suoi ruoli nella serie televisiva Phyllis e nel film horror del 1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Debuttò a Broadway nel 1971 nella pièce Father’s Day e nel 1973 ha cantato il ruolo di Jan nella produzione originale del musical Grease a New…

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Samson Burke-Vicki Trickett-George N. Neise "Los tres chiflados contra Hércules" (The three stooges meet Hercules) 1962, de Edward Bernds.

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George Brent, Paul Lukas, and Hedy Lamarr in Experiment Perilous (Jacques Tourneur, 1944)

Cast: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, Carl Esmond, Olive Blakeney, George N. Neise, Margaret Wycherly. Screenplay: Warren Duff, based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter. Cinematography: Tony Gaudio. Art direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey. Film editing: Ralph Dawson. Music: Roy Webb. 

Cary Grant was the original choice to play the male lead in Experiment Perilous and Gregory Peck was the second. If the role had gone to either of them, the film might be remembered as more than just the other gaslighting movie of 1944, but it has been eclipsed by George Cukor's Gaslight. The part of the psychiatrist Huntington Bailey went to the stolid old reliable George Brent. Dr. Bailey gets caught up in the drama of the Bederaux family when he has a chance encounter on a train with the slightly dotty Clarissa (Cissie) Bederaux (Olive Blakeney), who tells him she's writing the biography of her brother Nick (Paul Lukas), who has a beautiful wife named Allida (Hedy Lamarr). Bailey is intrigued, but not much more, until a mixup in luggage puts him in possession of one of Clarissa's bags. That, and the enthusiasm of his artist friends Clag (Albert Dekker) and Maitland (Carl Esmond) for Allida's beauty, draws him into the Bederaux circle and arouses his suspicions that Allida is not the mentally fragile woman that her husband and others say she is. When he learns that Cissie has died of a heart attack, he opens her valise and finds the manuscript of her biography and her diary, confirming his suspicion -- and putting him in jeopardy. This is solid melodrama stuff, and director Jacques Tourneur, who directed the Val Lewton romantic horror movies Cat People (1942) and I Walked With a Zombie (1943), knows just what to do with it. He's hindered a little by an over-complicated screenplay based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter, which necessitates a lot of flashbacks and switches in point of view, so the film doesn't proceed as smoothly as it might. But he maintains the right atmosphere as the plot moves to its resolution, which involves literally lighting gas as well as gaslighting. There's a goopy happy-ending coda to the main story that strikes the wrong note for the film, but Experiment Perilous deserves to be known as more than an also-ran.

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From United Artists comes PHARAOH'S CURSE (1957), directed by Lee "roll 'em!" Sholem and written by Richard Landau! We give context around mummification and the making of this movie that stars Mark Dana, George Neise, Ziva Rodann and Diane Brewster.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:52; Discussion 51:32; Ranking 1:19:52

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The perfect track for my drive to work this morning

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From the Golden Age of Television

High Tor  -  CBS  -  March 10, 1956

Musical

A Presentation of Ford Star Jubilee

Running Time:  90 minutes

Stars:

Bing Crosby as Van Van Horn

Nancy Olson as Judith

Julie Andrews as Lise

Everett Sloane as DeWitt

Hans Conreid as Biggs

Lloyd Corrigan as Skimmerhorn

Dan Barton as Buddy

Bob Foulk as Elkus

James Gavin as Patsy

Kay Kuter as Dope

Charles Meredith as Biggs, Sr.

George Neise as Budge

John Pickard as Captain

Michael Miller as Pieter

Jack Pepper as 1st Sailor

Dick Keene as 2nd Sailor

Bob Jordan as 3rd Sailor

Lee Turnbull as 4th Sailor

High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio.

Bing Crosby had seen Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend, and invited her to appear in High Tor. It was Andrews' first work in a filmed production, and her American television debut. Because Crosby was uncomfortable with the exigencies of live television, he insisted that it be filmed instead. For this reason, High Tor is sometimes considered the first TV movie.

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GEORGE N. NEISE.

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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

The Stooges work at Dimsal's Drug Store in Ithaca, New York, where they befriend Schuyler Davis (Quinn Redeker), the owner of the shop next door, who is attempting to build a time machine. With the boys' "help", the machine transports the boys, Schuyler and disaffected girlfriend Diane Quigley (Vicki Trickett) back in time to Ithaca in ancient Greece during the reign of the lecherous King Odius (George N. Neise). The King, after defeating and imprisoning Ulysses because the Stooges are believed to be gods, has a yearning for Diane. Realizing they have disrupted the proper course of history, Schuyler and the boys free Ulysses, after which Odius banishes them to the galleys, where Schuyler builds impressive muscles while constantly rowing.

After an escape and shipwreck, they kill a monster with the help of Joe's sleeping pills and start billing Schuyler as Hercules at a local gladiatorial arena. The real Hercules (Samson Burke) gets wind of their game and confronts them, but after single combat the Stooges convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane in a chariot chase. The time travelers remove Odius and, navigating by observing the progress of military technology, manage to set history straight by dumping him off into the Wild West where a tribe of Native American warriors chase him off into the distance. After that, the travelers return to Dimsal's Drug Store. Dimsal touches the time machine and disappears, but eventually returns with a pillory. The Stooges manage to remove the pillory with an electric tool.

Source: Wikipedia

(image via Lewis Wayne Gallery)

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George N. Neise-Virginia Mayo "Valle prohibido" (The tall stranger) 1957, de Thomas Carr.

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Diese Woche gesehen (28. März bis 1. April 2017): Sechs Episoden von Dezernat ’M’ (Originaltitel: M Squad), Fernsehserie, USA, 1957-1960. Erstausstrahlung: 20. September 1957 (USA), 20. April 1966 (BRD). Sender: NBC (USA), ZDF (BRD). Laufzeit: ca. 25 Min. pro Episode. Bild: s/w. Drehbuch: Jack Laird, Stuart Jerome, Joel Murcott u.a. Produzent: John Francis Larkin, Maxwell Shane, Richard Lewis u.a. Produktion: Latimer Productions, Revue Studios. Regie: Don Medford, Herman Hoffman, Don Taylor u.a. Regelmäßige Stammdarsteller: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan. IMDB-Bewertung: 8.6/10 (für die gesamte Serie)

Anfang der Woche habe ich die zweite DVD-Box von Dezernat M erhalten, die jüngst (17. März 2017) bei Pidax erschienen ist (veröffentlichter Titel: Dezernat M, Volume 2). Alle Laufzeiten, die nachfolgend genannt werden, beziehen sich auf diese DVD-Veröffentlichung.

Bislang habe ich mir sechs Epiosoden angeschaut:

Episoden

#1. Wie vom Erdboden verschluckt (OT: The Phantom Raiders). EA: 07.11.1958 (USA), 20.07.1966 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 7. Laufzeit: 24:16 Min. Regie: Bernard L. Kowalski. Drehbuch: Merwin Gerard. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Eine Motorrad-Bande überfällt Tankstellen. Jedesmal verschwinden sie spurlos. Als sie bei einem Überfall einen Tankwart niederschießen, verliert einer von ihnen eine Armkette. Der Hinweis führt Frank Ballinger auf die richtige Spur. Dazu begibt er sich „undercover“ in eine Bar, die von Motorradfahrern besucht wird.

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

John Brinkley: Robert „Bob“ Michaels

Yvette Vickers: Sally

Nicky Blair: Joe

Ed Nelson: Lenny Maston

Elizabeth Harrower: Mrs. Michaels u.a.

#2. Gift im Auto (OT: Contraband). EA: 19.12.1958 (USA), 28.09.1966 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 13. Laufzeit: 24:10 Min. Regie: Don Medford. Drehbuch: Merwin Gerard. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Rauschgiftschmuggler verstecken Pakete mit illegalen Substanzen in Fahrzeuge, die aus Europa importiert werden. Bei einer Lieferung entdeckt die Polizei ein Päckchen, bevor der Wagen ausgeliefert wird. Ballinger und sein Chef lassen den Wagen nicht aus den Augen. Sie wollen die Schmuggler auf frischer Tat ertappen. Aber die Gauner schlagen ihnen ein Schnippchen ...

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

Ross Martin: Bert Corbin [oder Corvin] a.k.a. Mr. Arlington

Marti Stevens: Miss Eve Parker

King Calder: Roger Taylor

Bill Cord: Det. Dave Price

Thom Carney: Howard Harley u.a.

#3. Ein Zeuge muss sterben (OT: Prescription For Murder). EA: 26.12.1958 (USA), 27.07.1966 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 14. Laufzeit: 24:06 Min. Regie: Mark Sandrich Jr. Drehbuch: Palmer Thompson. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Ein Zeuge, der gegen den lokalen Mob-Boss Lucky Cortello aussagen möchte, wird vor seinem Haus niedergeschossen. Dabei erleidet er einen Kopfschuß, den nur ein Experte behandeln kann. Um das zu verhindern, läßt Cortello die Frau des Spezialisten entführen. Ballinger muß nun gegen die Zeit rennen, um sowohl das Leben des Zeugen als auch das der Arztgattin zu retten.

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

George Neise: Dr. Stephen Renzig [oder Renzik?]

John Beradino: Lucky Cortello

John Duke: Patch

Helen Mowery: Anita Renzig [oder Renzik?]

George Brenlin: Bennie Harris a.k.a. William Henry u.a.

#4. Ein Star in Gefahr (OT: The Last Act). EA: 06.02.1959 (USA), 03.07.1968 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 19. Laufzeit: 24:59 Min. Regie: David Lowell Rich. Drehbuch: B. X. Sanborn (d.i. Bill S. Ballinger), Don Sanford. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Der Star eines geplanten Musicals wird bedroht. Ist es eine Schutzgelderpressung oder steckt etwas anderes dahinter? Ballinger läßt die Darstellerin bewachen und beginnt zu ermitteln.

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

Donald Buka: Jerry Stewart

Elaine Edwards: Laura Dennis

Jim Bannon: Sam Harding

Stewart Bradley: Ernie Roper a.k.a. Mr.Smith

Robert Gibbons: Mike u.a.

#5. Freiwillig gestellt (OT: Voluntary Surrender). EA: 06.03.1959 (USA), 24.07.1968 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 23. Laufzeit: 22:53 Min. Regie: Virgil W. Vogel. Drehbuch: Joel Murcott. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Der Kleinkriminelle Harry Frost bezichtigt sich selbst, einen Einbruch begangen zu haben. Er sei betrunken gewesen und habe danach ein schlechtes Gewissen bekommen. Als Frost aber 500 Dollar Kaution aufbringen kann, obwohl er -- eigenem Bekunden nach -- Pleite ist, wird Ballinger stutzig. Denn gleichzeitig hat ein Einbruch stattgefunden, bei dem die Hausbesitzerin ermordet wurde. Will Frost sich ein falsches Alibi geben?

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

Bert Remsen: Harry Frost

Mary Adams: Mrs. Frost

Mary Treen: Miss Cosgrove, Haushälterin

Paul Dubov: Gil Kirby

Virginia R. Lee: Dorothy „Dottie“ Warren

Hal Baylor: Det. Finley u.a.

#6. Der Mann mit dem Narbengesicht (OT: The Terror On Dark Street). EA: 24.04.1959 (USA), 31.07.1968 (BRD). Staffel 2, Folge 30. Laufzeit: 23:56 Min. Regie: Sidney Lanfield. Drehbuch: Jack Laird. [CTVA] | [IMDB]

Handlung: Auf der Dark Street treibt ein narbengesichtiger Mann sein Unwesen, der Passanten überfällt, niederschlägt und beraubt. Als ein wohlhabender Architekt aus seiner Wohnung spurlos verschwindet, wurde ebenfalls ein Mann mit Narbe im Gesicht gesehen. Die Ehefrau des mutmaßlichen Opfers gibt sich ahnungslos. Weiß sie mehr als sie zugibt? Ballinger beginnt mit den Ermittlungen.

Darsteller:

Lee Marvin: Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan: Captain Grey

Jocelyn Brando: Esther Bonzell (IMDB: Bonsel)

Carleton G. Young: Arthur Princely

Barbara Drew: Mrs. Vinton

John Milford: Charles Saturis

Jack Rice: Mr. Carmedy u.a.

Notiz

Beim zweiten Filmfall Gift im Auto (OT: Contraband) wird gezeigt wie Autos aus Übersee im Hafen von Chicago ausgeliefert werden. Wie kann das sein? Mit meinen Geografie-Kenntnissen ist es vielleicht nicht weit her, aber soviel weiß ich, daß Chicago am Lake Michigan liegt, einem Binnengewässer! Seehäfen für den Warenverkehr nach Übersee gibt es an der Atlantik- und an der Pazifikküste. Man denkt zum Beispiel an New York oder San Francisco. Wie kann ein Frachter, der über den Atlantik kommt, in den Michigansee gelangen?

Quellen: [Classic TV Archive]; [Wikipedia (de)]; [Wikipedia (en)]; [IMDB]; [Pidax]; [OFDB]; [Serien im Deutschen Fernsehen]

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MY THREE SONS at 60!

September 29, 1960

“My Three Sons” was a situation comedy produced at Desilu Studios. It premiered on ABC TV on September 29, 1960 and finished its first run on April 13, 1972, with 380 episodes making it the second-longest running live-action sitcom in TV history after “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett” (1952-66). 

Seasons 1 through 5 were aired in black and white on CBS.  In 1965 it moved to CBS when ABC declined to underwrite the costs of airing in color.  The series was initially filmed at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, but at the start of the 1967–68 season, the cast and crew began filming the series at the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California due to Lucille Ball’s sale of Desilu to Gulf + Western, which owned Paramount Pictures. The sale also affected the filming location of another family sitcom, “Family Affair.”

Incredibly, “My Three Sons” ran concurrently through both “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.” Both Steve Douglas and Lucy Carmichael (and later Carter), where single parents raising children. 

September 16, 1965 was a big night for CBS airing the very first episode of “My Three Sons” after moving from ABC titled “The First Marriage”. It was also the first episode of the series broadcast in color, something “The Lucy Show” did three days earlier with “Lucy at Marineland” (TLS S4;E1). The premise of the series is a widowed father (Steven Douglas) raising his three boys with help of his extended family.  Initially, the three sons were Chip, Robbie, and Mike, but in 1967 Mike was written out and replaced by Ernie, whom Steve adopted.  The extended family at first consisted of Bub, Steve’s father-in-law and the boys’ maternal grandfather, but in 1964, that character was replaced by Uncle Charley, Steve’s uncle and Bub’s brother. 

The leading role was played by film star Fred MacMurray, who the series was built around - including his hectic schedule. To suit MacMurray, scenes would be shot out of sequence and even alone on a soundstage and later edited to create a complete episode.  This was not MacMurray’s first time at Desilu. In 1958 he played himself on the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in “Lucy Hunts Uranium” set in the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas. He was joined by his second wife, actress June Haver. MacMurray (1908-91) appeared in over 100 films in his career but is perhaps best remembered for the film Double Indemnity (1944), which Lucy references in this episode. MacMurray’s name was first mentioned by Ethel in 1953 in “The Black Eye” (ILL S2;E20) when flowers arrive for Lucy mistakenly signed “Eternally yours, Fred.”

Although Lucille Ball was their landlord (and ultimate boss) she never acted on the show, but many of the actors who appeared on Lucille Ball’s sitcoms did appear on “My Three Sons”.

From 1960 to 1965, MacMurray was joined by William Frawley as Bub O’Casey, the family’s live-in maternal grandfather. Of course, Frawley came to fame on “I Love Lucy” as the crusty landlord Fred Mertz. Frawley had worked with MacMurray in the 1935 film, Car 99. When Frawley had to leave  the show due to ill-health (and it was too costly to insure him) he was replaced by another Desilu alumni, William Demarest, as Uncle Charley. Like his previous co-star, Vivian Vance, Frawley was not especially fond of Demarest personally or as an actor. Demarest had, however, done three films with Lucille Ball. Frawley kept watching “My Three Sons” on his TV set bitterly. He never really got over being replaced by Demarest. On March 3, 1966, Frawley died of a heart attack.

For Christmas 1959, Frawley and Demarest both appeared with Lucy and Desi in “The Desilu Revue” (above with “December Bride’s” Spring Byington). At the time, Demarest was working on the Desilu lot appearing in NBC’s “Love and Marriage.”

On “My Three Sons” two of  Steve Douglas’ boys had been seen on “The Lucy Show”: Don Grady (Robbie Douglas) had played Chris Carmichael’s friend Bill and Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas) had played Mr. Mooney’s son Arnold. Ted Eccles, who assumed the role of Arnold Mooney when Barry Livingston was busy on “My Three Sons,” also did an episode. 

The children of “The Lucy Show,” Ralph Hart (who played Viv Bagley’s son Sherman), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), and Candy Moore (Lucy Carmichael’s daughter Chris) were also on episodes of "My Three Sons.”

Other “Lucy” performers who were on “My Three Sons” include: 

Mary Wickes ~ Jeri Schronk (1964)

Doris Singleton ~ Helen & Margaret, 8 episodes (1964-70)

Shirley Mitchell ~ Sally, 2 episodes (1968) 

Barbara Pepper ~ Mrs. Brand (1966)

Verna Felton ~ Mub (1962)

Kathleen Freeman ~ Lady Checker (1967)

Jerry Hausner ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1964 & 1966) 

Reta Shaw ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1965) 

Elvia Allman ~ Maude Prosser (1967) 

Eleanor Audley ~ Mrs. Vincent, 9 episodes (1969-70)

Burt Mustin ~ Various Characters, 5 episodes (1962-70)

Olan Soule ~ Various Characters, 5 episodes (1963-70)

Alberto Morin ~ Professor Madoro (1967)

Herb Vigran ~ Caretaker (1967)

Maurice Marsac ~ Various Characters, 3 episodes (1964-72)

Tim Mathewson ~ Various Characters, 3 episodes (1962-63)

Bill Quinn ~ Doctors, 4 episodes (1964-66)

Barbara Perry ~ Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Hoover, 3 episodes (1964-72)

Nancy Kulp ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962)

George N. Neise ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1960 & 1967)

Maxine Semon ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1964 & 1967) 

Roy Roberts ~Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1967) 

Lou Krugman ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1966 & 1967)

Richard Reeves ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1965)

Dorothy Konrad ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1961 & 1962)

Ed Begley ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1968)

Gail Bonney ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1970)

Rolfe Sedan ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1968 & 1971) 

Tyler McVey ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1967)

J. Pat O’Malley ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1963 & 1964)

Paul Picerni ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1967)

Sandra Gould ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1963 & 1964)

Richard Deacon ~ Elderly Man (1960) 

Mabel Albertson ~ Mrs. Proctor (1964) 

Joan Blondell ~ Harriet Blanchard (1965) 

Leon Belasco ~ Professor Lombardi (1966) 

Dayton Lummis ~ Dr. Blackwood (1963) 

Lurene Tuttle ~ Natalie Corcoran (1968)

Robert Foulk ~ Pop Action (1962) 

Dick Patterson ~ Bunny Baxter (1963)

Jamie Farr ~ Itchy (1964)

Larry J. Blake ~ Policeman (1968) 

Amzie Strickland ~ Cora Dennis (1968) 

Barbara Morrison ~ Mrs. Murdock (1969) 

Louis Nicoletti ~ Caddy Master (1962)

Frank Gerstle ~ Policeman (1964)

Gil Perkins ~ Painter (1963) 

Tommy Ferrell ~ Mr. Griffith (1964) 

Eve McVeagh ~ Clara (1966)

Remo Pisani ~ Pepe (1970) 

Dub Taylor ~ Judge (1963)

Frank J. Scannell ~ Emcee (1968) 

Ray Kellogg ~ Henshaw (1965) 

Romo Vincent ~ Charley (1964) 

Stafford Repp ~ Sergeant Perkins (1969)

Jay Novello ~ Vincenzo (1966) 

Leoda Richards ~ Restaurant Patron (1966)

CHILD STARS!

Other child stars who appeared on “My Three Sons” included Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”), Jay North (“Dennis the Menace”), Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, Angela Cartwright (“Make Room for Daddy”), Flip Mark (”Lassie”), John Walmsley (”The Waltons”), Tony Dow (“Leave It To Beaver”), Erin Moran (“Happy Days”), Maureen McCormick (”The Brady Bunch”), Ann Jillian (Gypsy), and Heather Menzies (The Sound of Music). 

On November 22, 1977, ABC TV (and Dick Clark Productions) brought together a reunion of two of television's favorite sitcoms "The Partridge Family" and "My Three Sons." Hosted by Shirley Jones and Fred MacMurray this would be the only time that the surviving cast members would get together to celebrate the series which included clips, a song from David Cassidy, and an update of what each cast member was doing in 1977.

Also in 1977, some of the stars of the series reunited on a morning program titled "The Early Show", including Stanley Livingston (Chip Douglas), Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas), Tina Cole (Katie Miller Douglas), and Don Grady (Robbie Douglas).  

TRIVIA

In “Lucy Helps Danny Thomas” (TLS S4;E7) in 1965, there is a large framed photo of Fred MacMurray in the studio hallway.  He is joined by other Desilu stars like Jim Nabors (of “Gomer Pyle USMC”), Andy Griffith (of “The Andy Griffith Show”) and Danny Thomas (of “The Danny Thomas Show”). 

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FRED MACMURRAY

August 30, 1908

Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois. His aunt was a vaudeville performer and actress. Before MacMurray was two years old, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where his father was a music teacher. He later attended school in Quincy, Illinois before earning a full scholarship to Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. At Carroll, MacMurray played the saxophone in numerous local bands. He did not graduate from the college. Before signing with Paramount Pictures in 1934, he appeared on Broadway in Three's a Crowd (1930) and alongside Bob Hope in Roberta (1933).

Fred MacMurray (1908-91) appeared in over 100 films in his career. He is perhaps best remembered for the film Double Indemnity (1944). 

MacMurray’s name was first mentioned by Ethel in 1953 in “The Black Eye” (ILL S2;E20) when flowers arrive for Lucy mistakenly signed “Eternally yours, Fred.” 

LUCY: “Oh, now, Ethel, you certainly don’t think that these are from Fred Mertz, do you?” ETHEL: “Well, this card certainly wasn’t written by Fred MacMurray.”

MacMurray’s 1954 film The Caine Mutiny was often mentioned on “Lucy” sitcoms, often in the context of the film’s source material, a book and a play. In “Lucy Writes A Novel” (ILL S3;E24), Lucy plans to name the sequel to her novel “Sugar Cane Mutiny,” a pun on Cuba’s main export and the title of the (then) recently released film. In “Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50?” (HL S1;E11) Van Johnson orders security guards to escort Lucy Carter out of the studio. A bitter Lucy says that now she’s glad he got court martialed The Caine Mutiny.

The first time that MacMurray appeared on screen with Lucille Ball was in “Lucy Hunts Uranium” a 1958 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” set in the Nevada desert and Las Vegas. MacMurray played himself, and was briefly joined by his real-life second wife, June Haver. The storyline has MacMurray competing with Lucy for a claim on Uranium discovered in the desert. 

Lucille Ball later said that MacMurray was “fine enough” in this episode, but she really had to work with him on his comic timing, especially in the telephone booth scene. Ball and MacMurray clearly had different styles.

MY THREE SONS 

MacMurray is perhaps best remembered for playing Steve Douglas on “My Three Sons” (1960-72).

MacMurray and the long-running show was on the cover of TV Guide nine times! 

From 1960 to 1965, MacMurray was joined by William Frawley as Bub O’Casey, the family’s live-in maternal grandfather. 

When Frawley left the show due to ill-health he was replaced by another Desilu alumni, William Demarest, as Uncle Charley. Demarest did three films with Lucille Ball. For Christmas 1959, Frawley and Demarest both appeared with Lucy and Desi in “The Desilu Revue”. At the time, Demarest was working on the Desilu lot appearing in NBC’s “Love and Marriage.” 

On “My Three Sons” two of  Steve Douglas’ “sons” had been seen on “The Lucy Show”: Don Grady (Robbie Douglas) had played Chris Carmichael’s friend Bill and Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas) had played Mr. Mooney’s son Arnold. Ted Eccles, who assumed the role of Arnold Mooney when Barry Livingston was busy on “My Three Sons,” also did an episode. Ralph Hart (who played Viv Bagley’s son Sherman), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael) and Candy Moore (Lucy Carmichael’s daughter Chris) were also on the show.

Other “Lucy” performers on “My Three Sons” include: Mary Wickes, Doris Singleton, Shirley Mitchell, Barbara Pepper, Verna Felton, Kathleen Freeman, Jerry Hausner, Reta Shaw, Elvia Allman, Eleanor Audley, Burt Mustin, Olan Soule, Alberto Morin, Herb Vigran, Bill Quinn, Barbara Perry, Nancy Kulp, George Neise, Maxine Semon, Flip Mark, Roy Roberts, Lou Krugman, Ted Eccles, Richard Reeves, Dorothy Konrad, Ed Begley, Gail Bonney, Jay North, Rolfe Sedan, Tyler McVey, J. Pat O’Malley, Paul Picerni, Sandra Gould, Richard Deacon, Mabel Albertson, Joan Blondell, Leon Belasco, Dayton Lummis, Lurene Tuttle, Robert Foulk, Dick Patterson, Jamie Farr, Larry J. Blake, Amzie Strickland, Barbara Morrison, Louis Nicoletti, Frank Gerstle, Willy Lally, Gil Perkins, Tommy Ferrell, Eve McVeagh, Remo Pisani, Dub Taylor, Frank J. Scannell, Ray Kellogg, Romo Vincent, Stafford Repp, Jay Novello, and Leoda Richards.

The show’s Dialogue Coach / Director was Adele Sliff, whose name was used in the dialogue of “In Palm Springs” when Rock Hudson tells Lucy and Ethel a sad story.  Adele was also the “I Love Lucy” script clerk.

In 1961, MacMurray took part in “This is Your Life: William Frawley” in tribute to his co-star. Naturally, Lucille Ball also took part in the show. 

MacMurray was cast as Frank Beardsley in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) opposite Lucille Ball, but withdrew and the role went to Henry Fonda.

In 1978, Lucy and MacMurray took to the dais to tribute Henry Fonda in “AFI Salutes Henry Fonda”. 

Two months later, Lucy and Fred were both seen in “Happy Birthday, Bob: A Salute to Bob Hope’s 75th Birthday” taped at the John F. Kennedy Center.

In 1986, they were both back for “AFI Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder”. Curiously, neither MacMurray nor Ball had ever worked with Wilder. 

The last time Lucy and MacMurray shared the small screen (with June Haver) was at the “All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood” in 1986.

He married Lillian Lamont on June 20, 1936, and the couple adopted two children. 

After Lamont died of cancer on June 22, 1953, he married actress June Haver the following year. The couple adopted two more children in 1956. MacMurray and Haver's marriage lasted 37 years, until Fred's death at age 83 in 1991.