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The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
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2 January 1943 (USA)
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"GILDY'S" A SCREEN STAR NOW! One Of Radio's Biggest Laugh Shows On the Screen For The FIRST TIME! more
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Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids. full summary | add synopsis
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A Funny Man
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(Complete credited cast)| Harold Peary | ... | Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve | |
| Jane Darwell | ... | Aunt Emma Forrester | |
| Nancy Gates | ... | Marjorie Forrester | |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Judge Horace Hooker | |
| Freddie Mercer | ... | LeRoy Forrester | |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Governor John Stafford | |
| Lillian Randolph | ... | Birdie Lee Calkins | |
| Mary Field | ... | Amelia Hooker | |
| George M. Carleton | ... | Frank Powers (as George Carleton) |
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62 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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This was the first of four feature films based on Harold Peary's popular radio character "The Great Gildersleeve". The next two features would be released later the same year, and the fourth released the following year (1944).
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Referenced in The Brothers O'Toole (1973)
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Lyonel's aria (M'appari, tutt'amor)
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Harold Peary played the good role of Gildersleeve. His laugh was his trademark. He use to be in radio, before coming to movies. In one episode I like was when the bicycle split into going in separate directions and he yelled LeRoy. This was funny. We need more movies of this gender.