The Great Gildersleeve

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Jane Darwell, Charles Arnt, Nancy Gates, Freddie Mercer, Harold Peary, and Lillian Randolph in The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids.Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids.Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids.

Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Jack Townley
- Julien Josephson
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6.0/10

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Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Jack Townley
- Julien Josephson
Stars

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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)

George Chandler

Telegraph Messenger
(uncredited)

Freddie Chapman

Freddie - Boy on Treadmill
(uncredited)

John Dilson

Mayor Appleton
(uncredited)

Bruce Edwards

Governor's Secretary
(uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Abigail - Second Gossip
(uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Bystander Assisting Emma
(uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Motorist Handed Flyer by LeRoy
(uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Photographer
(uncredited)

Clark Morgan

Country Club Member
(uncredited)

Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Jack Townley
- Julien Josephson
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A Funny Man

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.

dlp
Jan 7, 2002
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Trivia
This was the first of four feature films from RKO based on Harold Peary's popular radio character "The Great Gildersleeve" that aired on the NBC network from 1941 to 1950. The next two features would be released later the same year, and the fourth released the following year (1944).

Goofs
When Mort picks Emma up at the train station, a reflection of the boom mic is clearly visible in the upper left glass pane of the waiting room door.

Connections
Followed by Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Soundtracks
Lyonel's aria (M'appari, tutt'amor)
(1847) (uncredited)
from "Martha"
Music by Friedrich von Flotow
Libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
English translation (None so rare, none so fair) unknown
Played on piano by Mary Field and sung by Freddie Mercer in English