Aug, 2017 miss polly 1941 hal roach comedy duration. Miss polly 4 lobby cards good movie poster art 1941 zasu pitts elyse knox 193. Hal roach forgotten comedies 101717 home theater forum. Niagara falls 1941 miss polly 1941 the devil with hitler 1942 nazty nuisance 1943 the fabulous joe 1947. At 45 minutes, is this a long short or a short feature. Miss polly 4 lobby cards good movie poster art 1941 zasu. Probably the former, but it plays like a full length film. List of all of shirley temples full movies as listed on imdb. Miss polly 1941 1114 1941 us comedy 45m user score. Site map subscribe to read articles 1941 june part 2 subscribe to read articles from june 1941 part 2 mcluskey wins at net.
Hidden deep in her basement, she uncovers a secret family love potion. All of shirley temples full movies list challenges. The complete hal roach thelma todd and patsy kelly comedy collection classicflix trailer duration. Polly is a 1949 british film, based on the 1910 comic novel the history of mr. See more ideas about paper dolls, missing missy and dolls. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in chicago sunday 30 january 1949 on wbkb channel 4, in philadelphia tuesday 24 may 1949 on wcau channel 10, and in new york city tuesday 16 august 1949 on wjz channel 7, who picked up the roach. Apr 23, 2005 john mills full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Minerva snodgrass heads up the towns purity league and is so good at imposing restrictions of keeping the girls and boys apart that there hasnt been a marriage in the town in over.
Miss polly zasu pitts slim summerville kathleen howard 1941 an old maid zasu pitts shows smalltown reformers how to loosen up. Penelope tree looks at the world through a diamond. When i first moved to california, i lived in a city, but im originally from a small, historic town in massachusetts, and now i live in rio vista. Elize knox miss polly original vintage 1941 superb ebay. Demarest became a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1927 and ending in the 1970s.
Barbara stanwyck full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Milwaukee girl, who studied at erskine, boston, engaged to robert b. Miss polly 1941 an old maid zasu pitts shows smalltown reformers how to loosen up. Snodgrass kathleen howard and her liberal next door neighbor, miss pandora polly zasu pitts. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Carl william demarest february 27, 1892 december 27, 1983 was an american character actor, known for playing uncle charley in my three sons. There will also be a poem, ama zons weather, by dr. However, no record of wpix ever showing the film has been found.
Unleashing the powerful formula on the unsuspecting populace, the repressed town of midville is turned upside down by a torrent of unbridled passion. Barbara stanwyck list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Mary polly pruitt naler, amanda neelys grandmothers parents are listed as benjamin pruitt, my fourth. This is an interesting format for a merrily goofy comedy, as its virtually unseen today. Roachs studio initially produced comedy short subjects but by 1935 sensed that short subjects were on the way out. Trainer plans summer wedding fiance, harvard alumnus, will be.
Richard clayton was created on june 12, 1915 in montclair, nj, usa as joseph coan. It was directed by anthony pelissier who is also credited with the script and stars john mills, betty ann davies, megs jenkins, moore marriott and finlay currie. He was an acting professional and maker, known for the tabs hunter display 1960, miss polly 1941 and dad is definitely a prince 1940. Zasu pitts, slim summerville, kathleen howard doamna minerva snodgrass conduce. Twenty of the twentynine features that roach produced for united artists were in the streamliner format. Miss polly could have made for a very funny movie but sadly its really a complete disaster from start to finish and thankfully the thing only lasts 45 minutes or. Small and warren also advance in private schools singles. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the american civil warera novel gone with the wind, for which she won the national book award for most distinguished novel of 1936 and the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1937. Aug 18, 2019 my film writings can be found at my blog spellbound by movies, its social channels, film festival programs, and my towns magazine discover rio vista. From minor lloyd leading lady to tony award winner revised and.
Niagara falls 1941 approved 1h 26min comedy, romance 17 october 1941 usa margie blake, who wants to get married young and have two dozen kids, has a flat tire and traveling salesman tom wilson, who believes in loving em and leaving em stops to help. Barbara stanwyck appeared in a total of 84 theatrically released full length motion pictures. After he retired from performing just under the age of thirty, mickey began working in the construction business as an engineer. Read the full synopsis of miss polly, 1941, directed by fred guiol, with zasu pitts, slim summerville, kathleen howard, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm.
He made his final film appearance in 1941 s miss polly, starring zasu pitts and slim summerville. She is unable to return to 2060 through her drop in london, and comes to believe she has a deadline to. Deeds goes to town 1936 with gary cooper, vivacious lady 1938 with ginger rogers, the mad miss manton 1938 with barbara stanwyck and henry fonda, hold back the dawn 1941 with charles boyer and new york town. Although im not a fan of the film detective, this is a great copy of this rare film. Two great comic performers, zasu pitts and slim summerville, headline this forgotten laugher about a town where there hasnt been a marriage in two years. It contains brooklyn orchid 1942, the mcguerins from brooklyn 1942 and taxi, mister 1943. On the internet movie data base site there were these movies for that era that either had the name of polly or about a polly miss polly 1941 the history of mr.
Miss polly could have made for a very funny movie but sadly its really a complete disaster from start to finish and thankfully the thing only. The best movies and tv coming to netflix, hbo, amazon, and. Probably the former, but it plays like a fulllength film. May 02, 2014 although she had roles in lady killer 1933 with james cagney, little miss marker 1934 with shirley temple, mr. Subscribe to read articles from june 1941 part 2 site map. A smalltown matchmaker takes on the local snobs in this zany farce from hal roach studios. Vf regarder film polly et moi vf streaming streaming vf. Miss polly miss pandora polly 1941 weekend for three anna 1941 uncle joe julia jordan 1941. Miss polly could have made for a very funny movie but sadly its really a complete disaster from start to finish and thankfully the. This company claims to restore films, but in most cases the restored versions are worse than the originals. Michael redgrave, as the lead character who finds that money cannot buy. Miss polly 1941 posted on 17 july 2018 by kevin lyons leave a comment miss polly is an example of a now longdead breed the supporting comedy featurette, a film not long enough to be deemed a feature but longer than your average short. Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united. When some cinemas refused to accept double features, hal roach combined the two films into one standard length feature with the same title.
Niagara falls is a 1941 american comedy of errors film directed by gordon douglas that was. How green was my valley won best picture at the academy awards. A smalltown spinster, whos a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local. If not full length features, comedies today tend to be 22 minute sitcoms. Details about miss polly 4 lobby cards good movie poster art 1941 zasu pitts elyse knox 193. The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on. Aug 02, 2016 mickey may not have had a starring role, but spotting that face of his wasnt hard.
Mary elizabeth patterson november 22, 1874 january 31, 1966 was an american theatre, film, and television character actress who gained popular recognition late in her career playing the elderly neighbor matilda trumbull on the television comedy series i love lucy. Kipps 1941 michael redgrave, phyllis calvert full uk. Knox, edgar kennedy, daphne pollard, fred guiol, ralph ceder. She played the lead, or one of the leads, in all but three of these films.
So, folks, in october of 1996 i have been fortunate enough to find another long lost ancestor and probably another newfound cousin as kathleen believes that her ancestor, benjamin was a first cousin to my mary polly pruitt naler. Slim summerville, zasu pitts, kathleen howard, brenda forbes. No shorts were included, only feature length films. See the full list of miss polly cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Margaret munnerlyn mitchell november 8, 1900 august 16, 1949 was an american novelist and journalist. Windsors height created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors. This short film provides a behindthescenes look at the onlocation filming of the. December 11, 1919 december 10, 2000 was an actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features force of evil and the narrow margin. She continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties, appearing in miss polly 1941, the gene autry musical sunset in wyoming 1941 and mr. Hal roach united artists streamliners 1941 48 allamerican coed 1941 fiesta 1941 miss polly 1941 niagara falls 1941 tanks a million 1941 about face 1942 brooklyn orchid 1942 the devil with hitler 1942 dudes are pretty people 1942 flying with music1942 hay foot 1942 mcguerins from brooklyn calaboose 1943 fall in 1943 natzy nuisance. It was the first adaptation of one of wellss works to be produced after his death in 1946. Apr 06, 2020 allamerican coed 1941 fiesta 1941 flying with music 1942 a comedy volume in septemberoctober time frame.
Below is a chronological list of her film appearances, along with her role. She also appeared in women are like that 1937, its love im after 1937 and the shirley temple black dramatic comedy young people 1940. Miss polly 1941 12 out of 4 rather flat comedy has zasu pitts playing the title character, a free spirited woman in a very conservative town, which is being ruined by a woman who demands that everyone live the type of lifestyle she sees fit. Read the full synopsis of miss polly, 1941, directed by fred guiol, with zasu pitts, slim summerville, kathleen howard, at turner classic movies. Hal roachs streamliners were a series of featurette comedy films created by hal roach that were longer than a short subject and less than a feature film not exceeding 50 minutes in length. Ziegfeld girls 1 original broadway stage follies, frolic, 9 oclock revue, sally, rosalie dancers index list roster. Other members of the staff of the madison quarterly are. Pauline polly wagner 19102014 find a grave memorial. Also included are two shorts in which she appeared as herself. A smalltown spinster, whos a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local purity league by spilling a few of their wellkept secrets. Case in point is their release of heres flash casey, a very poorly done copy of this great old film. As the double feature format for cinemas was then popular, when roach began producing films for united artists he came up with the idea of a shortlength film he called streamliners after the publics infatuation with the then modern and fast streamliner trains. Miss polly 1941 approved 45min comedy 14 november 1941 usa mrs.
Spinster miss pandora polly is fed up, and decides to give the young people some much needed help. Elyse knox 19172012 elyse knox, the actress best known for starring in the mummys tomb 1942 and for being heisman awardwinner tom harmon s wife and actor mark harmons mother, was born elsie lillian kornbrath on december 14, 1917 in hartford, connecticut, to austrian parents hermine sophie muck and frederick kornbrath, from vienna. Miss polly is a 1941 american comedy film directed by fred guiol and written by eugene conrad and edward e. Miss polly 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This here leads to a town where everyone is expecting to follow her rules but miss polly has. Films of the united states, 1941 wikimedia commons. Zasu pitts and slim summerville had made a streamliner prequel miss polly playing the same characters. I needed a break from all the troubles this morning. See more ideas about movies, tv series and i movie. This is an interesting format for a merrily goofy comedy. While in india her aunts demise leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms length romance with a local boy.
Ruth donnelly may 17, 1896 november 17, 1982 was an american stage and film actress. Polly churchill is a 25yearold oxford student historian in 2060, with previous timetraveling experience, who goes to london as polly sebastian to become a shopgirl, in september 1940, to observe londoners reactions to the blitz. Her nextdoor neighbor, miss panadora polly, aptly named based on what she lets out of the box later in the film, is doing her best to promote the romance between townnerd eddie and minervas daughter. You may return the item for a full refund of the purchase price less shipping. Jan 16, 2004 miss polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. Doris day is an american actress and singer who debuted as the female lead in the warner bros.
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