At age 18, dorothy maloney made her film debut in gildersleeve on broadway gordon douglad, 1943. He later acted in television series such as blondie 1957 and fibber mcgee and molly 1959, and he appeared in the film clambake 1967. Amber gildersleeve theatre credits, news, bio and photos. New york had the highest population of gildersleeve. 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. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. This was about 82% of all the recorded gildersleeves in the usa.
Nevertheless, the showing was good enough for kraft to renew for a second season which proved to be a smart move. The warner archives great gildersleeve movie features all four of these wartime movies plus the film seven days leave in which gildersleeve plays a much smaller part. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeves bad day, gildersleeve on broadway. Gildy heads to new york to talk pharmaceutical heiress billie burke out of closing up shop in gildersleeve on broadway 1943. Youre entering an exquisite world thats genuine, unique, wonderful, and with. One of the very first spinoff sensations, throckmorton p. Gildersleeve harold peary meets a rich widow billie burke and a gold digger claire carleton in new york. Before that happened, the great gildersleeve went from radio to feature films, including four that were directly adapted from the characters in the radio. 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. The gildersleeve project began as one hobbyists effort to acquire and share this wonderful program with all otr enthusiasts who enjoy this kind of wholesome family entertainment. In 1840 there were 42 gildersleeve families living in new york. The screenplay was written by jack townley and julien josephson, and the film stars.
New homes for sale used homes for sale apartment rentals park history and information gallery. Gildersleeve and his family in this classic sitcom. Their were two different actors that played gildersleeve, harold peary, or willard waterman. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states. Gildersleeve, the portly, pompous water commissioner of summerfield waterman had taken over from the original gildersleeve, harold peary, in 1955. The younger sister of actress amanda randolph, lillian was born in knoxville, tn, in 1898, the daughter of a methodist minister and teacher. Gildersleeve was invented by actor harold peary, who would play him through most of the characters life. It is the third of four gildersleeve features, others were the great gildersleeve 1942, gildersleeves bad day 1943, gildersleeves ghost 1944.
Willard waterman repeats his radio role as throckmorton p. Watch the great gildersleeve episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. 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, gildersleeves bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeves ghost. It centered on the story of throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, who was also the main character of the fmam. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. The great gildersleeve 1942, gildersleeves bad day 2943, gildersleeve on broadway 1943, and gildersleeves ghost 1944. The great gildersleeve is a 1942 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas. Jul 08, 2014 this twodisc collection features five films. Gildersleeve, water commissioner and resident blowhard of the town of springfield. The film s promotion helped the great gildersleeve become one of the eight new shows to reach the 194142 top 50 although barely, finishing in a tie for 50th place. Peary and crew starred in four rko great gildersleeve films.
The role of margie forrester, which had been portrayed by nancy gates in the first two gildersleeve films, was portrayed by margaret landry in this film. Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. With harold peary, jane darwell, nancy gates, charles arnt. The great gildersleeve old time radio golden age of radio. 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. Stories for children, told in his own way by the great gildersleeve 1945, childrens stories as told by the great gildersleeve 1946, and a second volume of. Gildersleeve was one of the most popular of the oddball characters that lived in wistful vista, the home of fibber mcgee and molly. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by leonard l.
This was about 82% of all the recorded gildersleeve s in the usa. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 cast and crew moviefone. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 cast and crew throckmorton p. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame. The lovely brunette continued as a rko starlet in the frank sinatra musicals higher and higher tim whelan, 1943 and step lively tim whelan, 1944, and a couple of the falcon mysteries. The character was introduced in the october 3, 1939, episode of that series. Last, the spirits of two of gildys ancestors also played by peary decide to aid his run for office in gildersleeves ghost 1944. The great gildersleeve was a radio sitcom and one of the first spinoffs. Nbc for firstrun syndication produced by matthew rapf directed by charles barton created by harold peary on radios fibber mcgee and molly a radio spinoff followed in 1941 featuring the great gildersleeve. Ucla film and television archive the great gildersleevehal roach studios inc. An accomplished character actor, peary also played guest roles in many.
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 leave. Peavy, but he is the only actor whose character name appears in the credits. The great gildersleeve a treasure of old time radio and an early spinoff success. Gildersleeve park for mobile homes new homes for sale used homes for sale apartment rentals park history and information gallery contact info. The great gildersleeve movie collection by harold peary. The great gildersleeve single episodes internet archive. The gildersleeve voice in this cartoon was done by radio actor and voice. The first show was broadcast on august 31, 1941, sponsored by parkay margarine. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 directed by gordon douglas. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 the movie database tmdb.
Partly as a result of shose efforts, today, gildersleeve programs in mp3 format. What these companies have in common is an ability to make a difference in the vacation ownership business. Actor harold peary had played a similarly named character, dr. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 centered on leroy as the odd boy out as. Telecharger gildersleeve on broadway film complet en.
Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 graduated from thorn in fibber mcgees side youre a harrrrd man, mcgee. Watch gildersleeve on broadway full movie in hd visit movie 73429 on a trip to new york, a smalltown blowhard gets caught between. In the span of the last two years, larry gildersleeve has introduced several new players to the vacation ownership industry, cardconnect, and nrc among them. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Last, the spirits of two of gildys ancestors also played by peary decide to aid his run for office in gildersleeve s ghost 1944. Willard waterman, lillian randolph, ronald keith, stephanie griffin, forrest lewis, burt mustin, barbara stuart, harry antrim. Gildersleeve on broadway passed 1h 5min comedy 28 october 1943 usa on a mission to new york, two women pursue gildersleeve. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeves bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeves ghost and seven days leave. Gildersleeve on broadway harold peary billie burke claire carleton 1943 throckmorton p. On a trip to new york, a smalltown blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger. Bowery to broadway universal, 1944 which stars jack oakie and donald cook as stage performers with a strong rivalry. The great gildersleeve, gildersleeve s bad day, gildersleeve on broadway, gildersleeve s ghost and seven days leave.
The surname was originally gyldensleve from the middle english gyldenesleve, meaning golden sleeve, or sleeves heavily braided with gold, an insignia of office in the early court of flanders, before the norman conquest, 1066, and later was introduced into the court of england, probably through the. Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly. She is descended from richard gildersleeve through richard ii, thomas, richard, richard and stephen. Gildersleeve on broadway is a 1943 american film starring harold peary as his radio character the great gildersleeve. He moved to summerfield, where he and takes on an instant. At one time, the mp3 encodes appearing on this page were considered the gold standard. Birdie was a stereotypical black character, but lillian randolph played her with life and joy. However gildy would also spend time under the stewardship of willard waterman. Gildersleeve harold peary discuss his chances in the. Happy birthday, gildy the great gildersleeve debuted on. The gildersleeve family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920.
The films promotion helped the great gildersleeve become one of the eight new. The great gildersleeve was one of radios first great spinoff shows. Gildersleeves nephew leroy did not put his comic books away to the. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. 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. While this is certainly true, there is much more to the show than that. These movies have harold peary, he was my favorite. Gildersleeve on broadway 1943 gordon douglas synopsis. The faculty, staff, and community of gildersleeve middle school are committed to providing a safe and caring environment in which all students can learn. In a wartime broadcast, a fantasy comic book club was mentioned. Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husbandhunting woman and two helpful kids.
Descendants of stephen gildersleeve credit for the information on the descendants of stephen gildersleeve is due to willard harvey gildersleeve s book, gildersleeve pioneers, to dorothy wass who sent me her material. It was tremendously popular in the 1940s and led to four feature films and three 78 records. For fans of the great gildersleeve, the answer is a resounding yes. 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.
The warner archives great gildersleeve movie features all four of these wartime movies plus the film seven days leave in which gildersleeve plays a. Other articles where the great gildersleeve is discussed. Gildersleeve is one of my favorite comedy shows from the old time radio shows. Its like hearing the beatles for the first time in music. The younger sister of actress amanda randolph, lillian was born in knoxville, tn, in 1898, the daughter of a. The great gildersleeve was a happy endeavor where great talent met with great writing. Old time radios first bona fide spinoff, throckmorton p. The gyldenslevegildersleeve family is one of the oldest english families on record. The great gildersleeve movie collection, dvd, full frame, manufactured on demand, mono sound, comedyclassic, 883316692301. On a mission to new york, two women pursue gildersleeve.
Decouvrez toutes les informations sur le film gildersleeve on broadway, les videos et les. The series was built around the character throckmorton p. Ctva us comedy the great gildersleeve hal roach studios. 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. Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and. 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. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame, manufactured. Read the full synopsis of gildersleeve on broadway, 1943, directed by gordon douglas, with harold peary, billie burke, claire carleton, at turner classic movies. 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.
That final broadcast from june 14, 1950, complete with pearys extensive. He continued making a few films throughout his career, but nothing notable after television. Harold peary played the title character throughout the 1940s. The least of the three gildersleeve films, this one sees the big man trying to fix his nieces somewhat troubled relationship by traveling to new york to talk to her.
Great gildersleeve movie collection one of the very first spinoff sensations, throckmorton p. The most gildersleeve families were found in the usa in 1880. With harold peary, billie burke, claire carleton, richard legrand. I wish i could be with anyone who has taken an interest in otr or has loved it for awhile, and has yet to be inducted into the gildersleeve series. Great gildersleevegildersleeves bad daygildersleeve on broadwaygildersleeves ghostseven days leave. Gildersleeve on broadway in october, 1943, and gildersleeves ghost, in june. The great gildersleeve american radio program britannica. The movie is a musical with beautifully performed numbers. Gildersleeve on broadway was the third in a series of rko bpictures inspired by the radio sitcom the great gildersleeve. Dalton james smith provided the information on the first family of stephen. 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. She was never afraid to contradict her boss, and more often than not actually got in the last word. Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a.
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