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Program: Screen Guild Theater
Episode: Irish Eyes are Smiling
Original Airdate: 03/11/1946
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Program Summary:
The Screen Guild Theater was a popular charity anthology series, it aired from 1939 to 1952. It featured some comedy and music, but its main draw was having big stars play in adaptations of popular current motion pictures such as Destry Rides Again, Notorious, and Rebecca.
The money generated by the show was used to help the Motion Picture Relief Fund - which maintained the Motion Picture Country House for retired actors.
It initially was heard on CBS from January 8, 1939 until June 28, 1948, continuing on NBC from October 7, 1948 until June 29, 1950. It was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1950 to May 31, 1951 and returned to CBS on March 13, 1952. It aired under several different titles: The Gulf Screen Guild Show, The Gulf Screen Guild Theater, The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater and The Camel Screen Guild Theater.
Actors on the series included Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Johnny Mercer, Agnes Moorehead, Gregory Peck, Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra.
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Episode Summary:
For St. Patrick’s Day, our podcast is going musical!
Irish Eyes Are Smiling chronicles the life of popular Irish song composer Ernest R. Ball. (At this point it may or may not be important to point out that Ball was not Irish.) Ernest Ball falls for Mary O’Neil whose nickname is “Irish”, and her eyes sparkle when she laughs. But she is leaving Cleveland to go to New York to get a job, even though he’s sure he’s going to sell a song soon, anytime now, real soon. Will he win the girl’s heart? Will his song “Irish Eyes are Smiling” become a hit? Will Irish get a job? Will she become a star?
Spoiler alert: yes. It’s a romantic comedy, the song’s a hit, her eyes do sparkle, and both of them are smiling happily ever after.
17 мар 2019
