This new DVD release contains 3 episodes of THE GARRY MOORE SHOW, the 1959, 1960 and 1961 Christmas episodes of Gary's weekly CBS variety show. Marion Lorne costars with other regulars Carol Burnett and Durward Kirby.
Recommended for BW fans who'd like to catch Marion as herself, with a touch of "Clara", peforming in conversation, musical bits and comedy sketches with Julie Andrews, Jonathan Winters, Mahalia Jackson and Gwen Verdon.
A semi-related followup about Marion, and her film credits...
WB's Warner Archive released a 35 short subject collection a couple weeks ago, "Vitaphone Varieties Vol. Two 1927 - 1931," which I watched the past couple days. The last film in the collection is a two-reeler comedy starring Jack Haley ('The Tin Man'), SUCCESS (1931); the film's not listed on Imdb at all. Haley stars as a nearsighted blind-as-a-bat baseball player, and suitor of a young girl. I was pleasantly surprised to find John Hamilton ('Perry White') and Marion Lorne as the girl's disapproving parents.
on November 14, 2012, 11:31 am