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Eve Arden costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Where There's a Will, There's a Wife." Once again, Red is cast as...
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On this broadcast from January 29, 1963 Red Skelton plays Freddie the Freeloader in the comedy sketch "Witness for the...
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The husband-wife team of Phil Harris and Alice Faye appear with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Children Should Be Seen But...
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Red Skelton's guest star on this telecast from January 1, 1963 is Martha Raye, who appears in the appropriately titled comedy...
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In the comedy sketch "Advice to the Loveworn," henpecked George Appleby seeks help from marriage counselor Dr. Joyce Sisters,...
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Red Skelton's guests on this broadcast from February 12, 1963 are Cesar Romero and the German singing duo The Kessler Twins...
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Comedian Don Knotts and singer Helen O'Connell appear in Red Skelton's final first-run telecast of the 1962-63 season. In the...
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Red Skelton's guest on this broadcast from February 26, 1963 is rotund musical comedy star Stubby Kaye. In a sketch titled...
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George Gobel pays another visit to The Red Skelton Show on this telecast from February 5, 1963. In the comedy sketch "Much...
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Oscar-winning Japanese actress Miyoshi Umeki is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from January 15, 1963. In the comedy...
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Tonight's guests are actor Sebastian Cabot and singer Jerry Lanning (the son of vocalist Roberta Sherwood). The comedy sketch...
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1963
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Marilyn Maxwell and Jackie Coogan join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "After the Bald Was Over." George Appleby (Red) tries...
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Amanda Blake takes time off from her Gunsmoke duties to appear opposite Red Skelton in this broadcast from March 26, 1963. In...
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Ginger Rogers joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Come to Me My Melon-Headed Baby." To get even with his mother (Ginger)...
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1963
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Red Skelton and guest star Janet Blair play George and Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "The Portrait of Dorian Appleby."...
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1963
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Wagon Train star Robert Horton shows off his flair for comedy and his musical talents in the April 16, 1963 edition of The...
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Pat Carroll and Forrest Tucker are Red Skelton's guests on this telecast from April 30, 1963. In the comedy sketch "Ah, Sweet...
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Songstress Keely Smith performs "One for the Road", "Where Is Love", "At Long Last Love" and "The End of a Love Affair", and...
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from May 21, 1963 are actress Rhonda Fleming and nightclub comic (and Frank Sinatra...
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Red Skelton's guests in this episode from November 13, 1962 are actor Cesar Romero and singer Jo Stafford. In the comedy...
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1962
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In tonight's main comedy sketch, King Marvin (Charles Ruggles) arranges a marriage between his son Rupert the Stupert (Red...
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1962
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On this November 20, 1962 edition of The Red Skelton Hour, Red brings back one of his most famous radio characters: Junior...
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Cyril Ritchard, best remembered for his bravura portrayal of Captain Hook in the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan, joins...
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The main comedy sketch on this episode from February 27, 1962 is titled "Calling Dr. Kadiddlehopper." The story opens at...
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Former I Love Lucy regular Vivian Vance makes a return visit to The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch "The Iceman...
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1962
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George Gobel costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "One Good Intern Deserves Another." Freddie the Freeloader (Red)...
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Veteran burlesque and nightclub comedian Joey Faye is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from February 13, 1962. In the...
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Vincent Price joins Red Skelton for Red's final program of the 1961-62 season-and his final half-hour show before launching...
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1962
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Pat Carroll returns to the role of Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "Go Van Gogh." Clara has taken up painting under the...
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1962
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Sebastian Cabot joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "This Goon for Hire. Cabot plays Dr. Pomerantz, the inventor of a...
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1962
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Tonight's comedy sketch is "Freddie and the Daily Freeloader." It all begins when hoboes Freddie the Freeloader and Muggsy...
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1962
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Ray Bolger plays "The Mayor of Central Park" in tonight's main comedy sketch. His honor receives a complaint from hobo...
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1962
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Singer Kay Starr and actor Jackie Coogan appear with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Booze Man of Alcatraz." During the...
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Dick Foran is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from May 22, 1962. In the comedy sketch "Best Man Blues", self-made...
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1962
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Juliet Prowse joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Greatest Schmo on Earth." Searching for his wandering sweetheart...
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1962
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Perennial Red Skelton Show guest stars John Carradine and Marie Windsor are back again. In the comedy sketch "Appleby's...
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1962
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On this episode from May 8, 1962, singer Helen O'Connell performs "Who Cares" and appears in a comedy sketch with Red...
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1962
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The title of tonight's main comedy sketch was to have been "How to Fail in Business Without Really Trying", a play on the...
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On this episode from December 18, 1962, Gordon and Sheila McRae sing a medley of their hits, and join Red Skelton in the...
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Red Skelton presents a rare all-pantomime edition of his popular CBS TV series on this telecast from April 17, 1962. Skelton...
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Singer Rosemary Clooney and impressionist Will Jordan are Red Skelton's guests on this episode from December 11, 1962. In the...
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Singer Bobby Rydell and actress Audrey Meadows make return visits to Red Skelton's Tuesday-night laughfest. In the comedy...
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1962
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On September 25, 1962, Red Skelton launched his 12th year in television with an expanded version of his long-running...
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1962
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Jayne Meadows joins Red Skelton in a "Clem Kadiddlehopper" comedy sketch. Armed with his trusty "How to Be a Detective" kit,...
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On this telecast from January 23, 1962, Li'l Abner star Leslie Parrish appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem...
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1962
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First telecast January 30, 1962, this episode was videotaped while Red Skelton was performing "live" in Las Vegas. After a...
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Dorothy Provine, then the star of TV's The Roaring 20s, is Red Skelton's guest star. In the comedy sketch "Bride of Bolivar",...
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1962
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On this telecast from March 13, 1962, former Lineup star Warner Anderson again plays a cop in the comedy sketch "The Nine...
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Two of Red Skelton's most frequent guest stars, Jackie Coogan and Edward Everett Horton, appear in this episode from January...
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At least half of this 60-minute episode from December 25, 1962 is devoted to a rerun of Red Skelton's pantomime sketch...
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1962
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Appleby's Anniversary." Newly employed at Warwick's Jewelry store, George Appleby...
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1962
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Dick Foran and Phyllis Avery join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Nothing But the Tooth." Hillbilly Clem Kadiddlehopper is...
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1962
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from December 12, 1961 are Gunsmoke costar Amanda Blake and former Phil Silvers Show...
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1961
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Cedric Hardwycke appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Mr. K Goes to College," the title of which was a play on...
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1961
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Originally telecast December 19, 1961, this Christmas episode of The Red Skelton Show represented the first presentation of...
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1961
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This Red Skelton Show from May 23, 1961 is brightened by the presence of Don Knotts from The Andy Griffith Show and...
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1961
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In January of 1961, comedian Red Skelton underwent radical surgery, forcing him to miss several episodes of his weekly @CBS....
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1961
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The recent John Wayne movie blockbuster The Alamo is roundly skewered in the March 28, 1961 edition of The Red Skelton Show....
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1961
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Having recuperated from his recent surgery, Red Skelton returned to his weekly TV-series grind with the broadcast of March 14...
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1961
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Eve Arden is Red Skelton's guest on this program from October 3, 1961. In a "George Appleby" comedy sketch, henpecked George...
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1961
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Jackie Coogan makes another return visit to The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch "Freddie Gets Sick," Coogan plays Dr....
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1961
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On September 26, 1961, Red Skelton began his 11th year on television in a new Tuesday-night timeslot: 9:00 PM EST instead of...
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1961
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The TV series Candid Clem is spoofed in the Red Skelton Show comedy sketch "Candid Clem." Hoping to catch hayseed Clem...
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Red Skelton appears in this telecast from May 30, 1961 in the dual role of bucolic Clem Kadiddlehooper and larcenous Bolivar...
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On this telecast from December 26, 1961, Red Skelton rings in the New Year with one of his favorite guest stars, actress...
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John Carradine and Marie Windsor costar with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Great Brain Robbery." While looking for a...
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1961
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On this broadcast from June 6, 1961, Vivian Vance joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby's Sleepwalk." Upon...
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On this broadcast from January 3, 1961, Red Skelton tells jokes about his New Year's celebration and appears in a "San...
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Audrey Meadows joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Almost Late George Appleby." While Clara Appleby (Audrey) is...
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Cara Williams guest stars in Red Skelton's final TV show for the 1960-61 season. In the comedy sketch "Appleby's Remote...
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1961
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Two of America's greatest clowns-Red Skelton and Ed Wynn-were teamed on this Thanksgiving show, which first aired November...
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The popular western series Have Gun Will Travel is parodied on the October 17, 1961 edition of The Red Skelton Show. In the...
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Dennis the Menace star Jay North makes his second appearance on The Red Skelton Show. In a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch,...
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Rhonda Fleming is Red Skelton's guest in this telecast from October 31, 1961. In the comedy sketch "Freddie's Romance",...
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Singer Bobby Rydell makes another amusing Red Skelton Show appearance on this broadcast from October 24, 1961. This time,...
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1961
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Red Skelton's guest on this telecast from November 14, 1961 is erudite character actor Hans Conried. In the comedy sketch...
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1961
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Cauliflower and the Fight Fix." Hoping to earn enough money to marry his manicurist...
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1961
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Hans Conried and Leslie Parrish join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem's Theater." Conried portrays Mr. Randolph, a...
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In January of 1961, comedian Red Skeltonunderwent radical surgery, forcing him to miss several episodes of his weekly CBS...
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1961
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On this broadcast from May 16, 1961, Sebastian Cabot is Red Skelton's unlikely teammate in the comedy sketch "Freddie's...
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1961
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Billy Gilbert makes another Red Skelton Show guest appearance in the comedy sketch "Clem the Genius." Gilbert and Roland...
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On this episode from April 18, 1961, Red Skelton offers a "Freddie the Freeloader" comedy sketch. It all begins when Freddie...
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On this telecast from May 2, 1961, Marilyn Maxwell costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby's Castle."...
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Red Skelton headlines this 60-minute, full-color "tribute" to Hollywood Boulevard. Among Red's guests are such nominally...
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1960
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Knowing upon which side his bread is buttered, Red Skelton offers a half-hour tribute to his sponsor, Johnson's Wax. First...
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Child actor Jay North is Red Skelton's guest. In a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch, carefree hobo Freddie is forced to look...
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Tonight's comedy sketch, "San Fernando for Governor", takes place in a unnamed big city during an unspecified earlier decade....
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Cesar Romero is Red Skelton'sguest on this episode from May 3, 1960. In the comedy sketch "San Fernando's Marriage Mill", San...
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1960
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Audrey Meadows joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem's Fountain of Youth." The titular fountain is the genuine...
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1960
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Guest star Vivian Vance reprises her characterization of shrewish Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "Appleby's...
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1960
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Videotaped at the United Nations in honor of that organization's 15th anniversary, "Laughter, the Universal Language" served...
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This half-hour Red Skelton Show was one of Red's few live telecasts for the 1959-60 season; for the most part, he had...
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Keefe Brasselle and George O'Hanlon (the latter famous for his voiceover role as George Jetson) join Red Skelton in a spoof...
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Guest star Vincent Price satirizes his real-life status as an art connoisseur in the comedy sketch "Freddie's Masterpiece."...
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The fabulous Mae West makes one of her rare TV appearances on this episode of The Red Skelton Show from March 1, 1960. In...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Super-Cauliflower." Basil Rathbone and Elena Verdugo appear respectively as Hugh Rubicoff...
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Red Skelton offers his own spin on the popular TV crime series The Untouchables. During the Roaring 20s, dimwitted thug...
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In a takeoff of the recent "Great Debates" between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, guest star William Demarest appears as...
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Marilyn Maxwell guest-stars in one of Red Skelton's few live telecasts of the 1959-60 season. In the main comedy sketch,...
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Vincent Price and Marie Windsor are Red Skelton's guests on this telecast from October 18, 1960. In a comedy sketch, Price...
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On this broadcast from January 26, 1960, veteran movie tough guy George Raft joins Red Skelton in a "Cauliflower McPugg"...
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Red Skelton welcomes sultry singer Julie London and former child star Jackie Coogan to his telecast of January 5, 1960. In...
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This episode of The Red Skelton Show from January 12, 1960 is essentially a half-hour promo for the film version of the...
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Edward Everett Horton and Dick Foran costar with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Freddie in Las Vegas." Freddie the...
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Red Skelton closed out his 9th TV season with a virtuoso performance in the comedy sketch "The Many Skeltons." Relentlessly...
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1960
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Pop-music sensation Fabian makes his second appearance on The Red Skelton Show. Fabe and Red participate in a "San Fernando...
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An all-star cast appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem and the Beanstalk." This time it is Clem Kadiddlehopper...
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1960
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Vivian Vance joins Red Skelton in the domestic comedy sketch "Appleby's Fallout Shelter." Dithery henpecked husband George...
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1960
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Jackie Coogan joins Red Skelton in tonight's comedy sketch. Way back in the 17th century, a wheeler-dealer real estate agent...
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First shown on November 29, 1960, this was only Red Skelton Show of the 1960-61 season to be telecast in color. In the main...
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Virginia Grey shows up for yet another "George Appleby" sketch. This time, henpecked George (Red Skelton) invents a time...
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The recent spate of Senate Investigating Committee hearings is lampooned in the November 1, 1960 episode of The Red Skelton...
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British "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from December 6, 1960. In a "George Appleby"...
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Teenaged Tuesday Weld, who was rapidly ascending to stardom by virtue of her appearances on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,...
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Jayne Meadows guest-stars on Red Skelton's annual Thanksgiving program. In "San Fernando's Thanksgiving," loquacious con...
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This episode of The Red Skelton Show from November 17, 1959 is distinguished by the curious guest-star combination of Peter...
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Teen idol Fabian is Red Skelton's guest on this program, which originally aired live from Hollywood on November 10, 1959. The...
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Ever since lapsing into Public Domain in the 1980s, this January 13, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show has popped up with...
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First broadcast on October 20, 1959, This color episode of The Red Skelton Show features Jane Russell, spoofing several of...
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from November 3, 1959 are two popular TV western stars: Guy Madison of The Adventures of...
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Edie Adams is Red Skelton's guest in this episode from January 6, 1959. Taking advantage of the 1898 Gold Rush, con artist...
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1959
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Musical comedy star Janis Paige appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Bashful Clem." Janis plays a pretty teach who...
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Tonight's sketch is titled "Clem and the Merry Widow." Frequent Red Skelton Show supporting players Gerald Mohr and Mary Beth...
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This March 3, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show was taped on location in Southern Florida. In the comedy sketch "Clem at...
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Lee Aaker, who played Rusty on the old TV adventure series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, is Red Skelton's guest on this...
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Tonight's sketch is titled "Appleby and the Ice Man." While exploring the North Pole, George Appleby (Red Skelton) and his...
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Red Skelton shows up in his familiar guise of Freddie the Freeloader in this filmed episode from February 17, 1959. In the...
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This filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show stars Frank Lovejoy as a gangster boss. Hiding from the cops, Lovejoy takes...
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Actress Terry Moore and leading man Cesar Romero are Red Skelton's guests in this episode from March 10, 1959. In a "San...
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The hallowed halls of CBS' Hollywood studios provide the backdrop for this videotaped Red Skelton Show from March 17, 1959....
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In honor of Mother's Day, Red Skelton offers a seriocomic "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. In the company of his pal Muggsy...
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Fans of Red Skelton were treated to two TV appearances by their favorite comedian during the second week of October in 1959....
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This full-color episode of The Red Skelton Show constituted both a beginning and an ending: It was Red's first program for...
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Singer Bobby Rydell makes the first of many Red Skelton Show appearances on this full-color telecast from December 8, 1959....
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Marilyn Maxwell is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from April 21, 1959 In the comedy sketch "Appleby's Formula", put-upon...
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On this episode from April 14, 1959, guest star John Carradine joins Red Skelton in a "Sheriff Deadeye" sketch. The townsfolk...
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Red Skelton makes his final appearance as Cookie the Sailor in this filmed episode from April 7, 1959. Cookie and his pal...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "George's Band." Ordered by his wife Clara (Mary Beth Hughes to rent their spare room,...
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Only a handful of Red Skelton Shows were colorcast during the 1959-60 season. Red's home network CBS was then feuding with...
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Vincent Price guest-stars on this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show. After Skelton comments upon the recent Russian...
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Audrey Totter, an actress most closely associated with intense dramatic roles, exhibits a fine comedy flair in this vintage...
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Eve Arden makes the first of several appearances as Clara Appleby, the nagging wife of put-upon George Appleby (Red Skelton)....
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The rock-music industry was thoroughly lampooned in this June 2, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch...
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Charles Ruggles and Terry Moore join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Deadeye Turns In His Badge." Saloon gal Lululbelle...
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Jayne Mansfield is Red Skelton's guest on this videotaped episode from October 6, 1959. In the comedy sketch "Clem's General...
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Peter Lorre makes a return appearance to The Red Skelton Show in this episode from May 12, 1959. In a comedy sketch, Red...
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Wanda Hendrix guest-stars in the comedy sketch "San Fernando the Swami." With his assistant Zenobia (Wanda), confidence...
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Liberace is the guest star in the opening telecast of Red Skelton's eighth season. Repeating a sketch he'd done earlier with...
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1958
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The Great Quiz Show Scandal of the late 1950s was only in its early stages when this Red Skelton Show first appeared on...
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William Frawley guest-stars in this all-pantomime Thanksgiving show from November 25, 1958. Broke and hungry as usual,...
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Virginia Grey, who usually played Mrs. George Appleby on The Red Skelton Show, essays a different role on this episode from...
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Marilyn Maxwell appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby Goes Hunting." Over the protests of his wife Clara...
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This evening's filmed comedy sketch is "Deadeye, the Indian Scout." Red Skelton is cast as bumbling westerner Sheriff...
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Ann Rutherford, who costarred with Red Skelton in the "Whistling" comedy-mystery films of the early 1940s, appears in this...
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Charles Ruggles and Marie Windsor join Red Skelton in a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. Ruggles plays ailing millionaire Mr....
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On this Red Skelton Show from December 2, 1958, Marvin Kaplan joins Red Skelton in a rewritten reprise of a sketch that the...
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The main attraction of this full-color Red Skelton Show episode is the comedy sketch "Appleby Wins a House." Appearing on a...
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The recent drafting of Elvis Presley was the inspiration for the Red Skelton Show comedy sketch "San Fernando's Singing...
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The ongoing "Race for Space" provided the comedy fodder in the October 7, 1958 episode of The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is "Appleby's Midnight Ride." After getting a blow on the head, 20th century history teacher George...
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This full-color edition of The Red Skelton Show from April 22, 1958, features John Carradine and Franklin Pangborn in the...
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Just as he did on the Red Skelton Show broadcast of April 23, 1957, Red appears in the dual role of henpecked George Appleby...
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Actress Ruth Hussey joins Red Skelton in a "San Fernando Red" comedy sketch. Running for re-election to the town assembly,...
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"Twin titans of terror" John Carradine and Lon Chaney Jr. guest-star in this full-color episode from January 7, 1958....
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Originally scheduled for a later date, this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show was moved up to April 15, 1958 to...
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The "mad scientist" sketch on the January 7, 1958 edition of The Red Skelton Show went over so well that Red decided to...
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Perennial "dumb blonde" Marie Wilson is the special guest star on this color episode of The Red Skelton Show from March 18,...
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Billy Gilbert appears in the comedy sketch "Clem the Photographer." The life of rural rube Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red Skelton)...
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1958
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In a reprise of one of his classic routines, Red Skelton plays novice dental-school student Clem Kadiddlehopper. Though Red...
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1958
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The highlight of this full-color episode from February 25, 1958 is a gadget-laden "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. The ball...
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1958
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Tonight's comedy sketch is entitled "Clem Sings." Red Skelton plays hillbilly Clem Kadiddlehopper, who manages to wangle free...
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1958
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One of the few readily available episodes from The Red Skelton Show's 1957-1958 season, this one features a guest appearance...
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1958
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Jayne Meadows joins Red Skelton in a filmed "Cauliflower McPugg" sketch. Jayne is cast as Ruthie, the girl friend of punchy...
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1958
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This full-color episode from January 28, 1958 is highlighted by a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. Veteran movie tough guy...
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1958
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Dithery character comedian Franklin Pangborn appears in this episode of The Red Skelton Show, which originally aired in color...
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1958
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On this telecast from October 8, 1957.Hans Conried guest-stars as the muckraking author of a book exposing the Mob. To keep...
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1957
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Edward Everett Horton guest-stars in Red Skelton's Thanksgiving show from November 26, 1957. This time out, hobo Freddie the...
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1957
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Lola Albright, who played a prim Priscilla Alden in the 1956 Thanksgiving episode of The Red Skelton Show, returned to the...
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1957
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Peter Lorre makes a return appearance to The Red Skelton Show in this "living color" episode from November 5, 1957. It all...
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1957
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Less than four weeks after the launching of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, this momentous historical event served as grist for...
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1957
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Vincent Price camps it up on this full-color Red Skelton Show entry from November 12, 1957. Price is cast as Mr. Pierre, a...
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1957
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Mickey Rooney guest-stars in this full-color Red Skelton Show entry from December 17, 1957. In the main comedy sketch, ageing...
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1957
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Virginia Grey joins Red Skelton in his first color telecast of the 1957-58 season. In a "George Appleby"sketch, henpecked...
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1957
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Two of Hollywood's favorite blondes, Marie Wilson and Marilyn Maxwell, help Red Skelton usher in his seventh TV season on...
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1957
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First telecast December 10, 1957, this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show casts Red as hapless hayseed Clem...
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1957
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Adhering to tradition, Red Skelton appears as Freddie the Freeloader in his annual Christmas show. This time around, Freddie...
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1957
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In honor of New Year's Eve, Red Skelton reprises his characterization of perpetual souse Willie Lump Lump. Guest star...
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1957
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First telecast on October 22, 1957, this color episode of The Red Skelton Show features Cesar Romero. In the principal comedy...
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1957
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In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when...
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Dock Lapman
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1956
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The Kettles in the Ozarks was the eighth of Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series--minus "Pa" (actor Percy Kilbride had left...
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1956
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Rescuing Daniel Norton (Dewey Martin) from a watery grave, two-bit fight promoter Willy Wurble (Keenan Wynn) senses potential...
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Luke MacWade
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1954
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1954
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Director, Screenwriter
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical -- altogether appropriate, since its source material, Shakespeare's...
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1953
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1949
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1947
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1947
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A great old Western filled with Tex Ritter's songs, this one revolves around a manhunt by the Texas Rangers who are trying to...
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1945
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In this comedy drama a war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speeding...
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Cpl. Marion Scott
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1945
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The penultimate entry in the Texas Rangers lineup, PRC's super-low-budget rival to Republic Pictures' Three Mesqueteers...
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1945
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A gang which frees criminals and kills them to collect their reward is broken up by the Texas Rangers who plant one of their...
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1945
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In this western, the Texas Rangers must stop a range war between sheepherders and cattle ranchers from erupting. ~ Sandra...
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1945
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A policeman teams up with a drama critic to solve a mystery in this drama. They look into a case involving a wealthy, famous...
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Tony Woolrich, Drama Critic
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1945
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Sam White, brother of Columbia Pictures' 2-reel-comedy maven Jules White, served as producer of the quickie Columbia musical...
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Jack
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1945
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In this western, a gang of evil cattle rustlers wreaks havoc upon a community of ranchers. Three Texas Rangers come to the...
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1944
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In this western, the Texas Rangers ride out after "The Whispering Skull" an enigmatic killer who murders his victims in the...
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1944
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Replacing James Newell, country and western crooner Tex Ritter joins Dave "Tex" O'Brien and Guy Wilkerson in the last eight...
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1944
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A "Texas Rangers" series entry from PRC, this low budget western features Dave "Tex" O'Brien as a stranger in town...
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Tex Wyatt
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1944
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Trail of Terror is a PRC Studios western starring Dave O'Brien (here billed as Dave "Tex" O'Brien) and Jim Newell. Texas...
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Tex Wyatt/Curly Wyatt
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1944
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No, the "Pinto Bandit" doesn't go around stealing beans. This is another of PRC's "Texas Rangers" series, starring...
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1944
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Partners in most of the low-budget Texas Rangers Westerns, Tex Ritter and Dave O'Brien are at loggerheads through the greater...
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1944
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The Texas Rangers ride again in the PRC oater Gunsmoke Mesa. As in earlier series entries, the rangers are played by Jim...
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Tex Wyatt
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1944
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Songwriter, Tex Wyatt
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1944
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In this western, the residents of a town are terrorized by the presence of a mysterious ghost. The Texas Rangers investigate...
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1944
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In this western, the Texas Rangers take on a shyster who is trying to bilk a family of their money after he learns that an...
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1944
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In the second of PRC's ramshackle Texas Rangers Westerns, Tex Wyatt (Dave "Tex" O'Brien) is blamed for a murder actually...
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1943
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A would-be Western epic soundly defeated by an almost nonexistent budget, West of Texas was the third of 22 "Texas Rangers"...
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Tex Wyatt
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1943
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In the first entry in PRC's Texas Ranger series, Tex Wyatt (Dave "Tex" O'Brien) and Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) are...
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Tex Wyatt
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1943
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In this western, the Texas Rangers round up rustlers by masquerading as the same. Trouble ensues when while in disguise one...
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1943
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Another low-budget entry in PRC's interminable Texas Ranger series, Border Buckaroos is perhaps the only B-Western to...
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Tex Wyatt
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1943
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The Fighting Valley is another of PRC's "Texas Rangers" westerns, with Dave O'Brien, Jim Newell and Guy Wilkerson as the...
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1943
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In this wartime comedy drama an ultra-macho but aging Marine sergeant does all he can to keep his men intimidated and towing...
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1943
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In this upbeat WW II musical, a popular band joins the army with the idea of putting on shows for troops overseas. During...
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1942
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The macabre, overripe war melodrama Prisoner of Japan was produced and directed by the always fascinating Arthur Ripley....
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1942
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In this western, set in the Western wilderness, a wily and dangerous wild stallion threatens all that enter his domain...
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1942
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In this drama, a courageous Indian fights to preserve his native culture and to prevent European settlers from taking over...
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1942
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In this episode of the "Billy the Kid" series of westerns, outlaw Billy (Buster Crabbe) is mistakenly appointed Sage Valley's...
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1942
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1942
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Bowery at Midnight casts Bela Lugosi as Professor Brenner, a psychology instructor at New York University (which looks a lot...
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1942
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Monogram's "Rough Riders" rolled along smoothly with the 1942 entry Down Texas Way. Once again, the star trio consists of...
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Dave
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1942
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Jeff
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1942
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Larry "Buster" Crabbe's "Billy the Kid" is once again unfairly accused of a crime and on the run with friends Fuzzy Q. Jones...
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1942
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The East Side Kids, featuring Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell and Huntz Hall, star in this spirited blend of action and comedy. The...
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1942
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Also known as Billy the Kid in Law and Order, this PRC sagebrusher stars Buster Crabbe as Billy "The Kid" Carson and...
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1942
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Tim McCoy is the Texas Marshal in this better than usual PRC western. McCoy is forced to take on a hooded vigilante group...
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1941
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Mugs McGinniss (Leo Gorcey), top dog of the East Side Kids, takes a job at an airplane plant. Here he grows suspicious of Dr....
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1941
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1941
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The "Rough Riders"-Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton-are back in the saddle in Forbidden Trails. As was customary, the...
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1941
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Stars-on-the-downslide Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh briefly rallied in the above-average Monogram melodrama Murder by...
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1941
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In their first of two Monogram spook comedies, the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi square off in yet another haunted house. On...
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1941
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PRC's "Billy the Kid" series had two different stars over a six-year period. Bob Steele plays the title role in 1941's Billy...
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1941
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Although rather grandly dedicated to "the law officers of the Old West, who led the fight for law and order in the pioneer...
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1941
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In this comedy, funny Langdon and Rogers end up working at a bean factory and getting into deep trouble when they...
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1941
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The sequel to Columbia's 1938 hit The Spider's Web, this typical war-time serial again starred the stalwart Warren Hull as...
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1941
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Buster Crabbe makes his first appearance as frontier do-gooder Billy Carson in PRC's Billy the Kid Wanted. The film also...
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Jeff
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1941
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1941
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This campy, entertaining cheapie from PRC Pictures features Bela Lugosi as a chemist who plots an elaborate revenge scheme on...
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Johnny Layton
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1941
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Veteran action and western director Spencer G. Bennet certainly opens this the second of Monogram's eight "Rough Riders"...
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1941
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This adventure is based on Jack London's tale of a Northwestern woman who owns a riverboat who sends her daughter to...
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1940
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Renfrew of the Royal Mounted rides again in the Criterion/Monogram "northern" Danger Ahead. There's not a whole lot of plot...
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Kelly
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1940
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Sherman Scott is credited as director of Billy the Kid's Gun Justice, but you can't fool us: Scott is none other than the...
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1940
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Carl Krusada (aka Val Cleveland) was credited with the screenplay for this typically inferior Jack Randall oater from Poverty...
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1940
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A young boy teams up with a Texas ranger in this western. Together they round-up the bad guys. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1940
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Hoof and mouth disease reared its ugly head in this unusual Tex Ritter singing Western from Monogram. Ritter played Tex...
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1940
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The 1940 Warner Bros. quickie A Fugitive From Justice is based on Leonard Neubauer's short story "Million Dollar Fugitive."...
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1940
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James Dunn and Frances Gifford were husband and wife when they costarred in PRC's Hold That Woman. Dunn plays Jimmy Parker,...
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1940
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In this Navy drama, a young sailor finds himself interested in everything but marriage. But then he encounters a runaway...
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1940
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Police detective Pat O'Day (Leon Ames) involves himself with a gang of slum kids led by Dutch Kuhn (Hally Chester) and Danny...
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Knuckles
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1940
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In their second Monogram caper, Knuckles (Dave O'Brien) and the East Side Kids (Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Sunshine Sammy...
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Knuckles
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1940
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Don't be fooled by the opening credits: the "Peter Stewart" listed as director Gun Code was actually PRC workhorse Sam...
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1940
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In this adventure, the final entry in the "Renfrew of the Mounties" series, the intrepid RCMP officer and his girl friend...
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1940
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In the sixth of eight Renfrew of the Royal Mounted "Northwesterns," mounties Renfrew (James Newill) and Kelly (Dave O'Brien)...
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Kelly
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1940
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Despite the ridicule of the rest of the East Side Kids, Mugs Maloney (Leo Gorcey) aspires to be a jockey. He gets his chance...
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Knuckles Dolan
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1940
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Yukon Flight is one of several Monogram programmers starring James Newill as Renfrew of the Royal Mounted. This time Renfrew...
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Kelly
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1940
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In her final of three "singing cowgirl" Westerns for low-budget Grand National, Dorothy Page learns that her neighbors, the...
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Dick Williams
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1939
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Tim McCoy once again played Department of Justice agent "Lightning Bill" Carson in Code of the Cactus, and once again he...
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1939
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This adventure is the last entry in the "Renfrew of the Mounties" series. This time the tuneful Mountie travels to the north...
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1939
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Not exactly famous for its innovative story lines, Monogram's Jack Randall Westerns were mostly written by genre hack Robert...
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1939
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Forever keeping apace of current headlines, Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series came up with the 1939 entry Wyoming Outlaw....
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1939
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Fighting Mad was the second of producer Phil Krasne's "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted" films to be released by Monogram (taking...
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Kelly
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1939
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The FBI goes up against a female gang leader in this ultra-low-budget thriller directed by Raymond K. Johnson. Grant Withers...
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Jerry
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1939
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In this mildly entertaining Tex Ritter music Western, a crooked attorney, Watkins (Harry Harvey), attempts to drive the...
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1939
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The first of Coronado Pictures' three "Singing Cowgirl" Westerns, Water Rustlers stars Dorothy Page as rancher Shirley Martin...
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Bob Lawson
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1939
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In this exciting western, a mysterious masked hero helps tired settlers protect their lands from the wicked land-grabbers....
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1939
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In this complicated western, a group of explorers head to Mexico to hunt for an Indian burial ground. The hero, who has been...
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1939
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Cowboy star Ken Maynard goes the "Lone Ranger" route in Phantom Rancher. Upon inheriting his uncle's ranch, Ken Mitchell...
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Luke
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1939
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Ticket buyers got two Tim McCoys for the price of one with this low-budget Western, one of McCoy's eight Lightning Bill...
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1939
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A typical Tex Ritter "Boots and Saddle" singing Western from low-budget company Monogram, Sundown on the Prairie featured...
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1939
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Though it probably isn't saying much, Flaming Lead is the best of Ken Maynard's starring vehicles for low-budget Colony...
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1939
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An above-average entry in the Monogram Tex Ritter series of music Westerns, Song of the Buckaroo proved to be a memorable...
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1939
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As in his previous two Westerns, Mexicali Kid and Wild Horse Canyon (both 1938), Jack Randall goes in search of his brother's...
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1939
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A frequent visitor to contemporary TV cable services, Monogram's Mutiny in the Big House affords stalwart supporting player...
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1939
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Tall-in-the-saddle Tim McCoy essays a dual role in the low-budget western Outlaw's Paradise. As luck would have it,...
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1939
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The Three Mesqueteers attempt to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western starring John Wayne,...
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1939
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1939
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Tex Ritter's final music Western for floundering company Grand National, The Utah Trail was yet another low-budget patch-up...
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1938
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This 15-chapter Columbia serial is largely set on a remote Carribean island (which looks suspiciously like Catalina)....
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1938
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The first Tex Ritter Western from Monogram Pictures, Starlight Over Texas contained the singing cowboy's trademark mix of...
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1938
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Although Monogram claimed that Jack Randall received an average of over 1,000 fan letters a week, the studio was quietly...
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1938
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Frontier Scout was one of a handful of western vehicles for opera star George Houston, who adapted surprisingly well to his...
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Steve Hickok
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1938
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In his second music Western for Monogram, Tex Ritter had the dubious honor of being accompanied by hillbilly acts Louise...
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1938
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The first of six Ken Maynard Westerns produced on the cheap by the Alexander brothers, Max and Arthur, Whirlwind Horseman...
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1938
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Law of the Texan is another of the above-average Buck Jones westerns produced by Coronet Films for Columbia release. Jones...
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1938
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As cattlemen battle, a gunman arrives in Arizona for peace and quiet only to be entangled in their mess so assists the good...
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1937
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In this western, brand new rancher Bob Steele, a former gunslinger in search of a more peaceful life, finds his quiet...
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1937
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An uneven mix of '30s crook melodrama and Rose Marie-inspired mountie romance, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted of radio fame...
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1937
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Even for a Sam Katzman production, the 1937 Tom Tyler western Brothers of the West is remarkably tacky. The steely-eyed...
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1937
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Produced by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures, $1,000,000 Racket stars Katzman's biggest "name," ex-Olympic athlete Herman Brix....
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1937
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In this tuneful, romantic drama, an Australian opera star (Grace Moore) wants to perform in a major U.S. festival but cannot...
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1937
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Kermit Maynard, the talented brother of cowboy legend Ken Maynard, stars in this low-budget horse opera. The elementary story...
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1937
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In yet another unusual Western from short-lived Puritan Pictures, Tim McCoy is a Wild West performer in a Manhattan...
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1936
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The first of three inexpensive serials produced by Louis Weiss for Poverty Row company Stage and Screen Productions, The...
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1936
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This unabashed propaganda film (also known by the title Tell Your Children, a dead giveaway) has become a cult classic of...
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1936
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In this romantic drama, a horsewoman is forced to work in a society dame's stable. There she meets and falls in love with a...
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1935
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In this comedy, a con artist gets elected to the chamber of commerce in his home town. He then goes there with three fellow...
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1935
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MGM regularly churned out films in the 1930s that were all "star power" and very little plot. No More Ladies is a good...
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1935
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Rudy Vallee made his third feature-film starring appearance in the breezy Warner Bros. musical Sweet Music. Vallee is...
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1935
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Anti-Communist politics and screwball romance make strange bedfellows in this comic tale that plays like a cross between the...
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1935
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1935
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Shirley Temple's first costume picture -- and one of her best pictures of any kind -- was 1935's The Little Colonel. The...
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1935
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Beyond the fact that both films shared a "railroad" background, RKO Radio's 1935 actioner The Silver Streak bore no relation...
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1934
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1934
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In this musical, a radio-announcer is fired after giving a false interview. For consolation he begins to drink heavily. It...
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1934
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Based on Al Jolson's 1931 Broadway hit, Wonder Bar transposes the "Grand Hotel" formula to a lavish nightclub in Paris'...
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1934
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1934
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Student Tour looks like an MGM musical two-reeler that was expanded to feature length as it went along. Charles Butterworth...
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1934
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The last--and to some aficionados, the best--of choreographer Busby Berkeley's three Warner Bros. efforts of 1933, Footlight...
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1933
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The quintessential "backstage" musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to...
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1933
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1933
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This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses. ~...
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1933
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A mentally unstable naval officer goes mad with jealousy when his wife's recent lover shows up as a lieutenant on the...
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1932
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This comedy/drama (which is really more drama) tells the tale of Ruth Brock (Nancy Carroll), a young woman who is at odds...
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1932
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It's hard to separate fact and fancy from the many accounts of what happened on the set when all three of the fabulous...
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1932
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1932
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