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The Show-Off (1946) starring Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell Synopsis of The Show-Off Amy Fisher falls in love with Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lowly clerk he is. She marries him, over her family’s objections. Aubrey can’t seem to stop insulting others or...
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January 8, 2017 Tom Raymond
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Panama Hattie (1942) starring Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Rags Ragland, Virginia O’Brien Synopsis In Panama Hattie, the brassy but gold-hearted proprietress of a Canal Zone hotel, where she performs, is used to a rough-and-tumble crowd of sailors. But she falls for a wealthy socialite soldier, and doesn’t know...
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March 17, 2015 Tom Raymond
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Red Skelton had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare movie series, providing comedy relief as orderly Vernon Briggs. In Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day, he has three memorable comedy routines — as well as a serious moment that we’ll address later:
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October 19, 2014 Tom Raymond
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Flight Command (1940) starring Rod Taylor, Walter Pidgeon, Ruth Hussey, Red Skelton I originally watched Flight Command because it was one of Red Skelton‘s earliest movie roles — which is technically true; Red’s in the film as part of the Hellcats squadron, acting as the class clown, but...
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February 19, 2014 Tom Raymond
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Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) starring Ann Sothern, Red Skelton Ann Sothern stars as Maisie Ravier in this seventh entry in the “Maisie” series — here, vaudeville performer Maisie has to leave the knife-throwing act when her partner, “Professor Orco” is jilted by his girlfriend, and decides to...
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February 16, 2014 Tom Raymond
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Watch the Birdie (1950) starring Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller In Watch The Birdie, Red Skelton plays his normal lovable klutz (Rusty Cammeron), who runs a camera shop with him father (also played by Red Skelton, using his Newton J. Numbskull character) — and his grandfather (also...
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November 24, 2013 Tom Raymond
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Thousands Cheer (1943) starring Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson Thousands Cheer is a musical romance, set in the U.S.A. during World War II. The first half of the movie deals with Kathryn Roberts (played by Kathryn Grayson), a concert singer who is retiring from the stage to work...
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October 30, 2013 Tom Raymond
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945) starring Red Skelton, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Kathryn Grayson, William Powell and many more Ziegfeld Follies is an attempt at recreating the spectacle of Flo Ziegfeld’s famous Broadway shows – and so the film is a series of unrelated musical and...
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September 28, 2013 Tom Raymond
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Synopsis of Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen Red Skelton stars as Ben Dobson, a freelance writer who no sooner starts working full-time as a rewrite man at a magazine than his wife (Jean Hagen) decides that they should have their first child. Afterward, she pushes...
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October 6, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Movie review of A Southern Yankee (1948) starring Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Brian Donlevy A Southern Yankee is a very funny movie, set at the tail end of the American Civil War, where Red Skelton plays the role of Aubrey Filmore, an inept bellboy at a Northern hotel,...
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March 6, 2012 Tom Raymond
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