The return of the great gildersleeves danger danger. The barely relevant title comes from the fact that the film opens in a graveyard, where two spectral ancestors of springfield water commissioner throckmorton p. Ones media the great gildersleeve ultimate collection otr12cdgreatgildersleeve old time radio 12 cd 575 mp3 total playtime. If you like topper returns and the excellent ape suit from monster and the girl, this is a must. War bond drive the great gildersleeve comedy old time. The fourth and final in a shortlived series from 1942 1944 was gildersleeves ghost 1944. There were 552 episodes of which 514 are available at last count. One of the very first spinoff sensations, throckmorton p. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during 1944 between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts at least that we can find. The next two features would be released later the same year, and the fourth released the following year 1944. The last and least of rko radios bseries based on radios great gildersleeve, gildersleeves ghost is a standard scare comedy redeemed by some enthusiastic performances. In the early years of the show she is a pretty and popular young woman, finishing high school, but not quite ready to face the world as an adult.
The series was built around the character throckmorton p. Gildersleeve s bad day 1943 followed the mishaps around gildy s call to jury duty. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The fourth and final in a shortlived series from 19421944 was gildersleeves ghost 1944. Harold peary and nick stewart, who keep things entertaining during a plot that, even for a quickie, beggars belief.
The great gildersleeve was a radio sitcom and one of the first spinoffs. Charles laughton, robert young, margaret obrien, william gargan, reginald owen, rags ragland, una oconnor, donald stuart. The faculty, staff, and community of gildersleeve middle school are committed to providing a safe and caring environment in which all students can learn. Bad day 1943, gildersleeve on broadway 1943, gildersleeves ghost 1944. A richard gildersleeve of aldeburgh, widower, married 18 apr 1618 barbara patrick, a widow. Gildersleeve s ghost 1944 ghosts and an invisible girl marion martin help throckmorton p. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast history s earliest spinoff programs. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeve s bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeve s ghost and seven days leave. The character who is allowed to grow the most in the sixteen years that the great gildersleeve stayed on the air is throckmortons pretty niece, marjorie. In 1568, gildersleeves are recorded at bricett, brundish, newton in stow, grundisburgh, wetheringsett. Explore gildersleeve genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are.
Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. Ghosts and an invisible girl marion martin help throckmorton p. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 ghosts and an invisible girl marion martin help throckmorton p. Not bad for 63 minutes, even if gildersleeves campaign doesnt stand a ghost of a chance. Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 gordon douglas, harold peary. Unfortunately, the above quoted line is the best line in the film and comes early on when the plot involves two ghosts of gildersleeves ancestors rising from the grave and deciding to. Coming in at just over an hour, gildersleeves ghost manages to pack in a lot of plot, even more silliness, and the talents of harold peary and nick stewart all in one place. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeves bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeves ghost.
We are dedicated to the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of each child during this transitional period of development. The great gildersleeves the great gildersleeve was network radios first and most successful spinoff series. Gildersleeve harold peary discuss his chances in the. It finally came to tv in this 1955 syndicated sitcom with willard. Halloween comedies, variety, and specials collection. Download the canterville ghost torrents from our searched results, get the canterville ghost torrent or magnet via bittorrent clients. Jul 08, 2014 this twodisc collection features five films. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Its been a hundred years since ive seen this but i do remember liking it when i was young, probably cause there was a gorilla in it. I already had 3 of these flicks and was worried about the ghost one because it seemed to me that gildersleeve would be dead. Spinoffs from successful television shows became the norm by the seventies but in the forties it was all still relatively new. Unfortunately, the above quoted line is the best line in the film and comes early on when the plot involves two ghosts of gildersleeve s ancestors rising from the grave and deciding to help him become police commissioner.
With harold peary, marion martin, richard legrand, amelita ward. Recorded in an equally extraordinary number of spellings including gildersleve, gildersleeve, gilderslieve, gildersleaves, gilderslees, gildersleeue, gilderslev, and others, it is english. Gildersleeve makes an eloquent appeal for bond purchases. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 gordon douglas, harold peary, marion martin, richard legrand, comedy, fantasy, horror, scifi january 28, 2018 comedy, fantasy, horror, scifi throckmorton p. Gildersleeve on broadway is a 1943 american film starring harold peary as his radio character the great gildersleeve. One of radio s most popular comedy series in the 1940s was the great gilversleeve starring harold peary in the title role. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeves bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeves ghost and seven days leave. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. Roger is the first occurrence of the name in england, and a direct line has not yet been found.
The original lineup included the great radio actress, lurene tuttle sheriffs wife in pyscho and landlady in the ghost and mr. Gildersleeve graduated from thorn in fibber mcgees side youre a harrrrd man, mcgee. But the film certainly does not rely on the format of a radio show. 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. Gildersleeves ghost is a 1944 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas from an original screenplay by robert e. I thought the other 3 were great but the ghost one may be the best.
It centered on the story of throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, who was also the main character of the fmam. For fans of the great gildersleeve, the answer is a resounding yes. Halloween comedies, variety, and specials collection old. It was tremendously popular in the 1940s and led to four feature films and three 78 records. Included in this collection are the great gildersleeve, gildersleeve s bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeve s ghost, and peary s gueststarring gig in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp seven days leave. Heres yet another horror comedy that takes place in a spooky house with a killer gorilla running around. After that, the name of gildersleeve appears very frequently in the records of marriage and wills in norfolk and suffolk counties. Gildersleeve s ghost 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. This page lists the top songs of 1944 in the source charts. Find charles gildersleeves phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Great gildersleeve online using any of the 3 radio players below. Not surprising considering they were taking a half hour radio program and turning it into a feature film.
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. Great gildersleeve free downloads new episodes are available regularly come back often. Ones media the great gildersleeve otr12cdgreatgildersleeve old time radio 12 cd 575 mp3 total playtime. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. The canterville ghost torrents download limetorrents. Gildersleeve s ghost is a 1944 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas from an original screenplay by robert e. Charles gildersleeves phone number, email, address spokeo. Levinson released on september 6, 1944, the film stars. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 based on the radio series, someone decided that what the gentle, domestic comedy of the great gildersleeve called for was a comedy horror movie.
Gildersleeve was one of the first spinoff characters in radiotelevision history. He moved to summerfield, where he and takes on an instant. The plot begins when two ghosts of gildersleeves ancestors decide to help him win an election for police commissioner by hypnotizing a gorilla of a mad scientist so. The series centered on throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve nicknames included the great man or just gildy, a lovable windbag who first appeared on fibber mcgee and molly in 1939. I enjoyed at least 8 seasons of the series before watching these so they were gold to me. This halloween remember the ghoul times with henry aldrich, jack benny, and all your comedic friends on their halloween radio specials. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 gordon douglas, harold peary, marion martin, richard legrand, comedy, fantasy, horror, scifi january 28, 2018 throckmorton p. This was an insignia of office at the court of flanders before the norman conquest. Listen to 468 episodes of the great gildersleeve for free. Then a john gildersleeve is recorded as rector of little cressington, county of norfolk, in 1588. The fourth and final film in the series, gildersleeve s ghost 1944 had gildersleeve s ancestors, randolph and johnson, rise from the dead to help his campaign for police commissioner.
The great gildersleeve is a 1942 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas. Gildersleeves campaign for the office of mayor continues. The correct title of the program is the great gildersleeve. Of course it s based on the old nbc radio series the great gildersleeve, and like most comedies that contain a gorilla, it also features a guy dressed in a gorilla suit, just so everyone can get confused. In the early years of the show she is a pretty and popular young woman, finishing high school, but not. Specializing in business development, advisory and financial services for domestic and international resort developers and traditional hospitality companies. This is not likely to be the richard who moved to massachusetts in 1635, since that richard was approximately 17 years old in 1618. The last of these, gildersleeve s ghost 1944, is undoubtedly the silliest but contains two winning elements. Sep 29, 2017 a year into its run, rko radio pictures felt there was enough potential in the characters and possible comedic scrapes to transpose the show and most of its original cast into bmovies the first radio show ever to make the transition to cinema. Happy birthday, gildy the great gildersleeve debuted on.
The name was derived from sleeves braided with gold. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. Jun 12, 20 the great gildersleeve is certainly episodic in its structure. It is the fourth and final film in the gildersleeves 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. One of radios most popular comedy series in the 1940s was the great gilversleeve starring harold peary in the title role. Throckmorton p gildersleeve great gildersleeve old time.
Halloween episode of the great gildersleeve titled halloween party. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 the character of throckmorton p. A year into its run, rko radio pictures felt there was enough potential in the characters and possible comedic scrapes to transpose the show and most of its original cast into bmovies the first radio show ever to make the transition to cinema. I have also seen gildersleeve s wife listed as experience. Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. Gildersleeve of radio fame is running for police commissioner against incumbent haley. This used to show up on the good old amc, and i believe it s from rko, so it might appear some time on tcm.
Gildersleeve was a character created by writer don quinn for nbc s fibber mcgee and molly show. Built around throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy. Peary went on to continue his career often billed as hal peary in films and television well into the 1970s. This was the first of four feature films from rko based on harold peary s popular radio character the great gildersleeve that aired on the nbc network from 1941 to 1950.
Gildersleeve harold peary become police commissioner. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. Read the full synopsis of gildersleeves ghost, 1944, directed by gordon douglas, with harold peary, marion martin, richard legrand, at turner classic movies. Warner archives released a dvd collection of all of the gildersleeve rko movies in january 20. Lets follow the ups and downs in the career of throckmorton p. Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman. The character who is allowed to grow the most in the sixteen years that the great gildersleeve stayed on the air is throckmorton s pretty niece, marjorie. Actor harold peary had been with the show from its beginning, playing a variety of doctors, waiters, and store clerks. It is the third of four gildersleeve features, others were the great gildersleeve 1942, gildersleeve s bad day 1943, gildersleeve s ghost 1944.
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. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcast s network. It had to do with his ancestors which are briefly in the film. Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly. Notable gildersleeves basil lanneau gildersleeve 18311924 virginia gildersleeve 18771965 willard gildersleeve 18861976 links wikipedia gildersleeve genealogy, gildersleeve family history there are 1099 profiles for the gildersleeve family on. Gildersleeves ghost 1944 out of 4 gildersleeve harold peary is in the middle of a heated election but soon gets caught up with a mad scientist, a mean gorilla and an invisible woman. Great gildersleeve movie collection my video classics. Gildersleeve was one of the most popular of the oddball characters that lived in wistful vista, the home of fibber mcgee and molly. Gildersleeve genealogy, gildersleeve family history. Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and. Old time radios first bona fide spinoff, throckmorton p. Well the great gildersleeves vacation likes everyone elses has come to an end and our hero full of new health and vigour is about to take up again the task of guarding, purifying and distributing summerfields water supply.
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