Jump to content

The Great Gildersleeve (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Gildersleeve
Directed byGordon Douglas
William Dorfman (assistant)
Written byJack Townley
Julien Josephson
Produced byHerman Schlom
StarringHarold Peary
Jane Darwell
CinematographyFrank Redman
Edited byJohn Lockert
Music byConstantin Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Release date
  • December 17, 1942 (1942-12-17)[1]
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Great Gildersleeve is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. Based on the popular NBC radio series The Great Gildersleeve created by Leonard L. Levinson, which ran from 1941 to 1950, this is the first of four films in the Gildersleeve series produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jack Townley and Julien Josephson, and the film stars Harold Peary and Jane Darwell. Other films in the series are Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943), Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) and Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944).

Plot summary

[edit]

Throckmorton P Gildersleeve is amorously pursued by the sister of his rival in town, Judge Horace Hooker. Also, Gildersleeve's niece and nephew concoct a campaign to make him the most popular man in town so the judge won't force the kids to become wards of the court if Gildersleeve doesn't get married and provide the children with a mother.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "The Great Gildersleeve: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
[edit]