I listened to the great gildersleeve about ten years ago and they became my bedtime pal. I have heard a few of these episodes till i bumped into this download. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular. The radio show is a1 and at the top of the heap of old time radio and had a cast that was amazing in its greatness.
Gildersleeve graduated from thorn in fibber mcgees side youre a harrrrd man. Their were two different actors that played gildersleeve, harold peary, or willard waterman. Gildy encourages leroy to build a raft and float down river from summerville like a modernday huck finn. 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. Harold peary had played several character roles on fibber mcgee and molly, including various pompous characters with the last name gildersleeve. For the 1942 film, see the great gildersleeve film. The correct title of the program is the great gildersleeve. The movie unfortunately is missing a few beats and cannot live up to the radio version. This show was one of the first spinoff programs and evolved from the old fibber mcgee and molly. The great gildersleeve was my favorite radio show as a child. These are poorly edited often missing beginnings of scenes due to a clip too close, and its too grainy for something from 1955.
Its a fun movie with a lot of great twists and wellworth watching. Great gildersleeve radio show 122042 christmas program. The mandalorian, gravity falls, and free solo top our list of the best. Apparently he was a very popular on radio in its day. And throckmorton gildersleeve s nephew leroy forrester proves it over and over again. Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. It centered on the story of throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, who was also the main character of the fmam. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. Even now when he and i get together we put on some radio shows in the car. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Our budding opera star the great gildersleeve gats a little upset as he is determined to win fame but he doesnt want to lose the friendship of the jolly boys. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs.
Gildersleeve was invented by actor harold peary, who would play him through most of the characters life. The plan backfires when the raft is discovered broken up downstream and leroy cant be found. The great gildersleeve movie collection warner bros. The screenplay was written by jack townley and julien josephson, and the film stars. The first lesson that is learned from situation comedy is that ten to twelve year old kids are always smarter than the adults in their lives. 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, etc. Singing lessons the great gildersleeve comedy old time. 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. The series was built around the character throckmorton p. Throckmorton p gildersleeve peary is a loveable rotund man, but also somewhat of a pompous windbag, who lives in the town of summerfield. 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. Im an enormous fan of the radio program, but this is a lousy product. The heart of the great gildersleeve series is that he does care for his family.
The great gildersleeve came from the fibber mcgee and molly radio show. The great gildersleeve movie collection, dvd, full frame, manufactured on demand, mono sound, comedyclassic, 883316692301. These movies have harold peary, he was my favorite. Gildersleeve is one of my favorite comedy shows from the old time radio shows. Great gildersleeve free downloads new episodes are available regularly come back often. For the best experience please update your browser. At one time, the mp3 encodes appearing on this page were considered the gold standard. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the persons given names to the link. The great gildersleeve 1942 directed by gordon douglas. Gildersleeve s nephew is the model for preteenage troublemakers, from dennis the menace to bart simpson. This page lists people with the surname gildersleeve.
One of the very first spinoff sensations, throckmorton p. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame. The great gildersleeve was a happy endeavor where great talent met with great writing. The great gildersleeve ran from 1941 to 1957 and since this jar lid says hilarious new comedy, 1941 is probably the vintage of this lid. 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. However gildy would also spend time under the stewardship of willard waterman.
A lot of goofiness comes out of gildersleeves quest, but his goals make you want to cheer for him. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by leonard l. Dec 20, 2014 gildy has been so busy trying to finish the annual report for the water department that he hasnt done any christmas shopping. In this first film in the series, a judge threatens to take the kids away from gildersleeve if he doesnt marry the judges spinster sister. Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and. We use to listen to the great gildersleeve and suspense with the family.
My older brother introduced me to otr when i was a kid. Great glimpse of small town america, when it and not car crashes was the focus of media entertainment. The thanksgiving and christmas episodes with harold perry are my favorite. The great gildersleeve movie collection by harold peary. Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly.
Walter tetley costars as nephew leroy, with mary lee robb as niece marjorie, and lillian randolph as housekeeper birdie lee coggins. The most distinct voice belonged to that of star harold peary, who continues the role in this film series. The great gildersleeve was one of radios first great spinoff shows. The great gildersleeve 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. 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. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. The great gildersleeve the great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. Gildys a perfect small town character, right down to his basso profundo grunts, groans, and cackles. The star was harold peary 19081985 who played throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve. Great gildersleeve online using any of the 3 radio players below.
Gildy has been so busy trying to finish the annual report for the water department that he hasnt done any christmas shopping. The great gildersleeve 1942 was the first of four gildersleeve films to be released during the war. The great gildersleeve is a 1942 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas. It had to do with his ancestors which are briefly in the film. Willard waterman stars as radios romantic water commissioner in twenty laughfilled episodes of the great gildersleeve. Im not too familiar with harold pearys character gildersleeve, except that hes turned up in a few movies ive seen.
Harold peary, the great gildersleeves originator, was the son of a portuguese immigrant. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the u. With harold peary, jane darwell, nancy gates, charles arnt. Recently, i came back to the series and decided to listen to them starting with season 1. The great gildersleeve gildys all american boy s1e32 public domain comedy tv series full. There were 552 episodes of which 514 are available at last count. File great gildersleeve 490223 316 singing lessons. The great gildersleeves the great gildersleeve was network radios first and most successful spinoff series. The great gildersleeve 1942 a spinster mary field tries to force throckmorton p. I thought the other 3 were great but the ghost one may be the best.
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