Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.
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Nick Stewart
- Chauncey - Haley's Chauffeur
- (as Nicodemus Stewart)
Tom Burton
- Newspaper Reporter
- (uncredited)
Harry Clay
- Newspaper Reporter
- (uncredited)
Christian Drake
- Newspaper Reporter
- (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Mary Halsey
- Blonde at Rally
- (uncredited)
Jack Norton
- Drunk at Rally
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFrank Reicher plays Dr. Wells, who experiments with a gorilla. Eleven years earlier, Reicher had an encounter with another gorilla in King Kong (1933).
- GoofsThe newspaper in the first scene is the "Summerfield Indicator" in medium shots but the "Evening Dispatch" in insert.
- Quotes
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve: Women will back my campaign, because no one will point the accusing finger of scandal in my direction. Every woman knows that I've been the perfect gentleman in all... um, almost every woman knows that I've been... um... and in conclusion...
- ConnectionsFollows The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
- SoundtracksSweet Genevieve
(1869) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Tucker
Lyrics by George Cooper
Sung a cappella by Harold Peary
Featured review
Weakest of the Series
Looks like the comedic setup here is more suited to an Abbott and Costello romp than to the gentler humor of Gildersleeve. The material is pretty familiar to old movie fans—a fake gorilla, a real gorilla (sort of), and invisible people who come and go. Of course, there's a ready-made bonanza of cheap laughs in schtick like this, so I suspect this series entry was working on a shorter production schedule than the preceding three that required more difficult scripts.
Anyway, familiar material or not, there's still the surreal premise that guarantees obvious laughs as director Douglas keeps things moving expertly. And get a load of blonde bombshell Marion Martin who wiggles in and out as the Marilyn Monroe of the '40's. Still, I was expecting the subtler humor of small town eccentrics that the series was so good at. Unfortunately, this distinctive brand of humor gets lost in the hectic hijinks of the surreal, making this the weakest of the four series entries, maybe not in the number of laughs, but in overall Andy Griffith-type satisfaction.
Anyway, familiar material or not, there's still the surreal premise that guarantees obvious laughs as director Douglas keeps things moving expertly. And get a load of blonde bombshell Marion Martin who wiggles in and out as the Marilyn Monroe of the '40's. Still, I was expecting the subtler humor of small town eccentrics that the series was so good at. Unfortunately, this distinctive brand of humor gets lost in the hectic hijinks of the surreal, making this the weakest of the four series entries, maybe not in the number of laughs, but in overall Andy Griffith-type satisfaction.
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- dougdoepke
- Feb 18, 2014
Details
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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