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Swing Out Sweet Land

Swing Out Sweet Land (1970) starring John Wayne and a host of celebrities Swing Out Sweet Land is John Wayne’s tribute to the United States of America. It’s a star-studded tribute to America starring John Wayne, Lorne Greene, William Shatner, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ann-Margret, Lucille Ball, Jack...

December 10, 2020 user Blog, Television No Comment

Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day

Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day (1941), starring Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton (Editor’s note: originally published at Red-Skelton.info, used with permission) 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...

December 28, 2018 user Drama No Comment

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good (1941), starring Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Eleanor Powell, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton, Virginia O’Brien Synopsis of Lady Be Good In Lady Be Good, married songwriters go through a series of ups and downs over the years, including divorce and remarriage. Review of Lady Be Good...

November 22, 2018 user Musical No Comment

Fresh as a Daisy lyrics

Fresh as a Daisy lyrics – music and lyrics by Cole Porter, sung by Virginia O’Brien, with Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, and Ben Blue in Panama Hattie [Virginia O’Brien] I’m fresh as a daisy, hard as a rock, Fit as a fiddle, proud as a cock, Bright as a...

June 12, 2018 user Song Lyrics No Comment

Half a Hero [Red Skelton]

Half a Hero (1953), starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen Synopsis of Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen In Half a Hero, Red Skelton stars as Ben Dobson, a freelance writer who no sooner starts working full-time as a rewrite man at a magazine then his wife (Jean...

February 9, 2018 user Comedy No Comment

The Great Diamond Robbery [Red Skelton]

The Great Diamond Robbery starring Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore

The Great Diamond Robbery (1953) starring Red Skelton and Cara Williams In The Great Diamond Robbery, Red Skelton plays Ambrose C. Park, a jewel cutter who was abandoned on a park bench as an infant (hence his name – Ambrose Central Park). He is looking for his family, thinking that finding them...

February 8, 2018 user Comedy, Romance No Comment

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies (1945) starring William Powell, Red Skelton, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Kathryn Grayson 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...

February 4, 2018 user Musical No Comment

Flight Command

Flight Command (1940) starring Robert 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...

February 4, 2018 user Patriotic No Comment

Neptune’s Daughter [Esther Williams]

Neptune’s Daughter (1949) starring Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn Neptune’s Daughter is a laugh out loud funny romantic musical comedy, which I enjoyed immensely. Although the movie stars the beautiful (and aquatic) Esther Williams and the dashing Ricardo Montalban (one of my...

February 3, 2018 user Comedy, Musical, Romance No Comment

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) starring Ann Sothern, Red Skelton In Maisie Gets Her Man, 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...

March 11, 2017 user Comedy, Romance No Comment