This is just clips of my favorite Arlene Francis moments. I wish I could be as charming and witty as her. I tried to do the editing as best I could. Disclaimer: I do own any of the clips in this video.
She had the warmest smile & charming cheeky disposition. Simply put she was fabulous. Can't help smiling when i see her on WML. I thought John Charles Daly was the consummate professional. Just great.
I love this woman even though I only came to know her a couple of months ago on What's My Line. I'm so glad I found that show. I'm addicted and my fav is Arlene. When she smiles it's like her eyes smile too. I love her personality and wit. I wish I had known her..
I love this woman! I especially love when she would used very clever double entendre or do her naughty laugh. I'll bet that she was really fun at parties.
Her humor, her charm, her good taste in general... She was way before her time. The public today would be very receptive 2 her. I've always wondered why she never made it big time. She had everything going for her. She must've had the right connections...
My guess is she didn't want the big time ...although shows on Broadwsy are no small feat. She recognized she really had a wonderful life. So few in show business are content with what they have. Getting a series or something bigger would have taken her away from her husband and son, whom she adored. She was already a busy woman. I heard Martin complain once that his wife was rarely home as it was. Martin died way before she did. I would have loved to have seen this couple on the game show: "Tattletales" another Goodson-Todman production. I'd love to read her book.
And thank you for compiling this collection. Thank heaven for the Game Show Network and RU-vid -- for if it weren't for them a lot of Arlene Francis would be sitting on some warehouse shelf doing nothing. RE: that sequence of Arlene in her eyeglasses -- there was an early WML episode where all the panelists Dorothy and Arlene included said goodnight wearing their spectacles.
Wonderful moments and a wonderful lady! Love how you got those great lines from "One, Two, Three" in there as well. I laugh myself silly at the Stephenson remark!
@tardistou Thank you for watching it. That would be the jazz trombonist that was teaching Arlene at the time how to play the trombon. Arlene had to learn it for the play she was going to do Mrs. Dally Has a Lover.
@Kate8790 Thank you so much! this is where I saw the other parts, I just had one more link to go! :) It's in part 5! Thank you for being so prompt too, oh and I absolutely LOVE your videos, Arlene Francis Favorites 1 and 2 respectively. :)
@Kate8790 I know the feeling, but thankfully I've relatively recently started digging up Arlene videos on youtube, so I've got some left to go (but I'm blowing through them all too quickly!). I'm so glad people have taken upon themselves to upload all of the videos they have though. And I would definitely enjoy a 3rd favorites video. And a 4th. And however many others you would like to post. :) And of course the movie...
one of my favorite episodes was of her when her son was on the pannel 3:24 but it seems like revealing who he was , was a mistake by john daly haha, ( i noted that idea when i first saw the episode) :) either way i love arlene (im only 30) she was quite before my time. but she was just such a class act , one of a kind. anyone who would be like her today would be a very lucky person
Thank you for these! I just adore Arlene. :) What are the first clip, 1:58, 3:02, 3:43, 4:03, 4:54, and 7:26 from? Sorry for the long list - I've seen a lot of the WML clips, but far from all of them (thankfully, because this means I still have more to watch!). In any case, those looked particularly interesting, although Arlene is obviously wonderful in all of them. :)
Kate8790 ah bummer! thanks anyways :) i keep hoping some I've Got a Secret superfan will start posting eps so we'd see a couple more Arlene appearances.
@Kate8790 Thanks for the quick response! And that's okay about the links, I know youtube is weird like that. On a side note, have you seen the clip of Arlene on I've Got A Secret, where her secret is that she's learning to play the trombone? She even plays a little bit. You probably have, but I thought I'd mention it just in case you'd missed it. :)
@soulierinvestments Thanks for commenting! :) I love Arlene Francis, can't have her sitting on a shelf, lol. I haven't seen the other one. Is it around?
@CapereAstra 1:58 What's my line sardine taster, 3:02 is What's my line steve allen (there are a few with him as a guest but it's there), 3:43 What's my line jazz trombonist (this one is my favorite. It's hilarious. Arlene was the only one blind folded because the woman was teaching Arlene how to play the trombone), 4:03 and 7:26 what's my line search pins and it should be the first one that comes up, 4:54 search what's my line sal and it should be the first one with part 1.
@2:53 was that Ralph Bellamy? I love Arlene... she's so hilarious. And some of the things she said... were HILARIOUS! I would watch everything she appeared in if I could!
@IEnjoyHippies She is talking to Tony Randall in the first clip if you type in both their names you can see the full clip. It isn't very long though. And yes I love the Password ones, very funny! :)
Well, Kate8790, I'm sure you are just as witty, charming and beautiful as Arlene is! Thank you for posting this. Right at the end, where her son is making remarks about her, it seems to come from some sort of documentary. Would you have any more details of this? Thank you...
@CapereAstra Yup, lol, I've seen that video too. I think I've seen almost all of them of Arlene on here. I'm hoping new ones pop up soon. I'm trying to post not only a 3rd Arlene favorites but also the movie The Thrill of it All with Doris Day. I have yet to figure out how I can cut and convert the video to post on youtube.
Where did you find the first clip, and the clip from 2:27? I've seen the others but I can't find these. Well I've seen the episode from 2:27 but not that part. I'ld like to see all of the first part, please help. I'ld really appreciate it! :)
I'm interested in knowing who the woman is from 3:39 to 3:56... There's Arlene Francis, and what seems to be Carol Channing and then the mystery guest.
I think this was the episode where a contestant had something to do with maternity clothes, and someone asked whether Dorothy would have more use for "the product" than Arlene, to which the answer was "no." Dorothy was protesting because she had three children while Arlene only had one, so obviously Dorothy would have had more use for that type of clothing.
That was the episode in which the contestant made diaper pins. Dorothy asked if she would have applied the product to a suitable object and got a "yes." Arlene got a "no" earlier on a similar question.
