The Great Gildersleeve (film)
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas (assistant) |
Written by | Jack Townley Julien Josephson |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring | Harold Peary Jane Darwell |
Cinematography | Frank Redman |
Edited by | |
Music by | Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Great Gildersleeve is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. Based on the popular NBC radio series The Great Gildersleeve created by Leonard L. Levinson, which ran from 1941 to 1950, this was the first of four films in the Gildersleeve's series produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jack Townley and Julien Josephson, and the film stars Harold Peary and Jane Darwell. Other films in the series were Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943), Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943), Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944).
Plot summary[]
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Cast[]
- Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
- Jane Darwell as Aunt Emma Forrester
- Nancy Gates as Marjorie Forrester
- Charles Arnt as Judge Horace Hooker
- Freddie Mercer as Leroy Forrester
- Thurston Hall as Governor John Stafford
- Lillian Randolph as Birdie Lee Calkins
- Mary Field as Amelia Hooker
- George Carleton as Frank Powers
- George Chandler as Messenger Boy
References[]
- ^ "The Great Gildersleeve: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
External links[]
- The Great Gildersleeve at IMDb
- The Great Gildersleeve at AllMovie
- The Great Gildersleeve at the TCM Movie Database
- The Great Gildersleeve at the American Film Institute Catalog
Categories:
- 1942 films
- English-language films
- 1942 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on radio series
- Films directed by Gordon Douglas
- RKO Pictures films
- 1940s comedy film stubs