This installment is better written with more time devoted to the donkey, whos. Era loveseat, decked out in eyecatching san francisco hippie garb, cradling a drink and a huge smile. With donald oconnor, yvette duguay, gene lockhart, nancy guild. He takes a bumbling reporter named david prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Forrest lewis list of movies and tv shows tv guide. After three unsuccessful attempts at entertainment, this fourth entry worked well for me and is the best of the bunch so far. Chill wills full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. He made francis goes to west point 1952, it grows on trees 1952, which was irene dunnes last film, south sea woman 1953 with burt lancaster at warner bros, and francis covers the big town 1953.
Last movie was playing jones in francis covers the big town 1953. In september, the allies launched another major invasion, operation market. Francis covers the big town is a 1953 american blackandwhite comedy film from universalinternational, produced by leonard goldstein, directed by arthur. To the disappointment of his parents but delight of younger brother danny, crime has paid off handsomely for phil, but he. Francis covers the big town 1953 company credits imdb. Francis covers the big town 1953 francis covers the.
New york city newspaper columnist ed sullivan relates the story of crime boss phil daleys rise and fall. After starring in three fox features, she began freelancing, delivering a worthwhile dramatic performance opposite orson welles in black magic 1949 before going through the requisite leadinglady motions in abbott and costello meet the invisible man 1951 and francis covers the big town 1953. David sims is a staff writer at the atlantic, where he covers culture. He complained during filming the latter that he was becoming typecast as an animal director. A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. This installment in the francis series is no comedy classic, but i had fun with it.
Universal pictures 1953 usa theatrical as universalinternational. Find all of your favorite genres streaming online for free at accuradio. The distinctive voice of francis is a voiceover by actor chill wills. Two sinners was released as a second feature in some u. Forrest lewis full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. A story of the korean wah which centers around the bitterlyfought. His greatest source of news tips is his talking mule francis. Francis, the talking mule and not a donkey, though is boarding at the stables where the horses of the citys mounted police are kept, and mountedpolice horses are known for being gossips, so francis gets lots of inside information regarding local crime activity, passes it on to peter, and peter is soon leading the town in big time scoops. Small town girl 1953 as happy, jailer uncredited francis covers the big town 1953 as francis the talking mule voice, uncredited city that never sleeps 1953 as sgt. Francis the talking mule and his master, donald oconnor or is it the other way around. In this entry in the francis series, former army officer peter stirling becomes a reporter for a bigcity newspaper. Francis covers the big town voice of francis, the talking mule 1953. Four year earlier oscar had penned what i think might be his very best script, the 1950 james stewart film harvey in francis covers the big town, our heroes are mixed up in the.
Big town czar is a 1939 american mystery film directed by arthur lubin starring barton maclane and tom brown. And, when pete sets his sights on becoming a reporter, its up to his big eared buddy to come up with some hot scoops in francis covers the big town 1953. Screen debut playing a steelworker in hot steel 1940. Theres not a lot else to talk about here, the formula for the series is well established by this fourth movie, so it has a familiar texture, just with a fresh backdrop and. Production companies 1 distributors 7 production companies. A big part of that was due to the perfect cover art, depicting all the singers as dangerous. Donald david dixon ronald oconnor august 27, 1925 september 27, 2003 was an american actor, dancer, and singer. He came to fame in a series of films in which he costarred alternately with gloria jean, peggy ryan, and francis the talking mule.
Francis covers the big town 1953 release info imdb. Download free ebooks of classic literature, books and novels at planet. Alvin littlefield francis covers the big town 1953 dist. Universal bought this in june 1936 as a vehicle for boris karloff. Find the monthly tcm movie schedule and programming guide and learn what. When asked how he manages to stay abreast of the news, peter is, not unexpectedly. John loshiavo, and at bottom, private first class frank e. Following his radio career at age 31, he became an advertising executive. Francis covers the big town came out in 1953 and donald oconnor is still hanging around with francis the talking mule. Francis covers the big town is a 1953 american blackandwhite comedy film from universalinternational, produced by leonard goldstein, directed by arthur lubin, that stars donald oconnor, yvette duguay, and gene lockhart. The talking mule molly francis find a grave memorial. Oscar brodney pens his third and last francis script.
For a simple mule, francis certainly got aroundto the jungles of burma in francis 1950, the santa anita race track in francis goes to the races 1951, west point in francis goes to west point 1952, and to new york city in francis covers the big town 1953. Francis goes to west point 1952 as francis the talking mule voice, uncredited ride the man down 1952 as ike adams. Francis covers the big town parker 1953 the girl next door otoole 1953 the girls of pleasure island 1953 abbott. Create a free filter for a location or moment that is special to you. Francis covers the big town 1953 plot summary imdb.
Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. David stern full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Francis covers the big town 1953 joekarlosi 28 july 2004. The film impressed the holders of the rights to a w. A husband who believes his wife has disappeared is in a for a big surprise. Francis covers the big town 1953 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Francis goes to west point 1952, francis covers the big town 1953, francis joins the wacs 1954 and francis in. Francis tags along when pal pete gets pressed back into service, and has a horselaugh when hes erroneously assigned to an allwomens base, in francis joins the wacs 1954. Jacobs story which persuaded them to sell it to lubin years later to make footsteps in the fog. Gale gordon 1,754 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article bellows i love lucy 1952, two episodes mr. It was originally called murder on the mississippi, which was the title of the fred macisaac story on which it was based. The image measures 1587 3100 pixels and is 2464 kilobytes large. I tend to like the nonmilitary themed volumes in the franchise and this one is no exception, as it takes a light, brisk approach that leads to some.
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