Shirley Booth was a great actress. During her long and distinguished career on stage, in movies, and tv, she won three Tonys, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and two Emmys.
i absolutely LOVE Shirley Booth. Watching Hazel reruns lets me be a little kid again living in the 60s. I call it "comfort" tv where i can release the burdens of being an adult for 30 minutes in this digital world.
Thank you for reminding me of that wonderful show. In 1961, I was I and loved Hazel. Just fou d the first season streaming online and watched the first episode.
@@sbalman Even up till 1965 it was still good even with a different cast. Most of them have died and how about Bobby Buntrock dying at such a young age, very very Sad !!!!!
Love Dorothy's laugh! And love love Arlene! I never knew who these people are until these videos, I really fell in love Arlene and her personality, what a beautiful woman she was, Dorothy too.
I enjoy these videos so much when the panel and Mr. Daley are so affectionate to their guests as they were here to Miss Booth. She was so deserving of their admiration and tenderness, too. Anyone reading this, who never saw COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA - find it, get it, watch it, be amazed at her first - ever film performance.
It seems that Shirley Booth, Lucille Ball and Jayne Mansfield were the most popular mystery guests throughout the entire 17 years of the legendary show ! Good for them... pleasure for us !
Shirley Booth such a lovely person & actress. U must watch her in the movie "Come Back Little Sheba" w/ Burt Lancaster. Spectacular performances by both. Thank u for this upload of "What's My Line"
Jonathon Edwards Jonathon you have great taste in movies. "Come Back Little Sheba" is also one of my favorite films. I most recently read that Burt Lancaster said in an interview that Shirley Booth was the most talented actress he had ever worked with. What a wonderful compliment. They were both legends.
Lancaster did indeed think that Booth was a fine actress. He was quite unhappy when she told him she would be playing Hazel on television. He protested that she was one of the best actresses in the business. She responded that on TV she would achieve a level of financial security she had never experienced before and how much that meant to her. "Isn't everyone?" indeed.
Shirley Booth was a big actress. I remember her in "Come back, little Sheba", "The matchmaker" and "About, Mrs. Leslie", to mention three of her distinguished work. Her Oscar for the first was well deserved.
I had to laugh at 20:46 when Shirley blurted out "Oh, you mean thing!" in the unique Booth voice. You've got to catch her in "Come Back, Little Sheba" if you haven't.
Shirley was a great actress. She was advised to not do television by Burt Lancaster. She decided to go ahead and had great success and made money beyond what she had before. She loved the Show.
Amazing some of the lines she got away with, routinely, on a high profile live broadcast. She was the main person responsible, I feel, for creating that chic, cocktail party sort of atmosphere that's so much of what I love about WML.
What's My Line? You can get away with almost everything, if you're gifted with charme and sex-appeal, of which Arlene had a lot. On the contrary, Dorothy had to stick to her "clever-girl-image". Exept giving birth to children, she was never a WOMAN.
SuperWinterborn What narrow definition of "woman" are you applying here? Misogyny at its finest - there are as many different kinds of women as there are women capable of defining themselves. Arlene offers one very attractive kind of personality, Dorothy an altogether different kind of charm. They're both fascinating individuals.
Pete Farrugia Of course this was an abbreviated description of what I tried to express, and I can assure you, that it had nothing to do with misogyny in any form. Dorothy was a brilliant woman, and the panel suffered a great loss, when she was gone! Ms Kilgallen, like a lot of MEN in similar positions, compared with their own sex, couldn't compete with others, who had "it", and with "it", I mean the gift of being 'rough' without really being 'rough'. If she had said those things Arlene often 'got away with', it would at its best, sounded clumsy, or at its worst, rather cheap. That's why she "had to stick to her clever-girl-image." This unwritten rule, concerns both sexes equally.
One of the greatest, and most heart-wrenching films of all time! (Remember the New Years Eve Times Square scene?) Truly unforgettable! Saw it last over 40 years ago at least - still crying! Shirley Booth was one of the greatest actresses ever. People who only remember her as Hazel have no idea..... and Come Back Little Sheba was not bad either!
In reference to Hedda Hopper's book "The Whole Truth And Nothing But": Mrs. Hopper's publisher, Doubleday, was forced to recall all unsold copies of the first edition and issue a revised edition, which excised the libelous passage that Stewart Granger and Michael Wilding had been allegedly involved in a homosexual affair in the 1940s. Not a word of that passage was true - except that Hedda may, indeed, have said so to Elizabeth Taylor as a "reason" for warning her not to marry Michael Wilding. I think that Hopper and Doubleday also had to issue a public apology to both gentlemen - which Hopper did, grudgingly and with bad grace.
Wilding sued Hopper for her lies and won the case. Hopper is the predecessor to today's popular big-mouthed media windbags you see on FOX "News" who make millions pushing fabrications and gossip to gullibles. Like her successors, she was most frequently on the wrong side of the facts and history, including her prominent role in using her newspaper column and political connections to blacklist and slander scores of Americans in and out of Hollywood over her career.
I never heard of Hedda Hopper before watching this video. If her Wikipedia entry is even remotely accurate, she kept pretty busy making more than a few enemies in her lifetime: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Hopper
While we're recommending Shirley Booth movies, I'd like to mention "The Matchmaker," the 1958 film based on Thornton Wilder's play, the source from which "Hello, Dolly" was adapted. I like the musical a lot, but it had to leave out a lot to make room for the songs. Shirley Booth as Dolly Levi gives a most touching performance.
Even Bette Davis demurred to Shirley Booth and refused to attempt the role in Come Back Little Sheba - only Booth could convey the 'vague gorgeousness' the writer demanded for the role.
I was thinking, 'Where do I know Shirley Booth from.' I remember the TV show "Hazel" ! It was a favourite. Wonderful to see these TV stars from your childhood.
Dorothy WAS show business. She should know that Tallulah never was never even nominated for an Oscar! Shirley Booth was always a treat. She probably didn't have time to be on the panel. I think she would have done fine.
Bankhead actually won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress "Lifeboat" (1944). (And yes, she wasn't nominated for an Oscar for it, which she should have been.) Perhaps that' s what Dorothy was thinking of.
+Daryl Holt You might be looking through the wrong end of the telescope: what if you were in charge of such a project? Problem #1: picking a panel moderator; #2: finding at least two intelligent, dynamic, amusing, people for the panel; #3 choosing a panel, all rotating panelists included, with enough on the ball that they would need not resort to cheap tricks-such as raunchy humor-to make it easier on themselves. If you were given complete control, it would be a tough swim; o/w, or in a sitch of slowly loosing control, it would be swimming in a rip tide! Just being given the same ignorant malodorous advice over & over would drive you up a wall.
I remember watching Hazel,💜💜💜 when I was a little girl... black n white TV 📺 era...I love❤ watchin it & "What's my Line"??? 🎭📺🌻I can watch on yt ... Funtastic time asa child🙏❤🙏❤🥰
Arlene is just...Arlene. haha! Such a minx!...And I do wish there were color eps available. Dorothy's blue eyes would have been a treat to see. This copy, for some reason, gives you the hint of her lighter colored eyes. I had no idea she had blue eyes until i read her bio.
Yeah I didn't know they were blue until I started reading her bio too. In every color treated picture I've seen of her, her eyes always are colored in green.
@@jillgordon1003 She and I went to the same eye Dr. ( Robert Morrison ) and she wore tinted hard lenses. She was so funny when she asked Carol Channing who fit her with lenses.. Carol replied " Dr Morrison" of course !!!
I love Shirley Booth. While I have seen both Hazel and the movie of Come back Little Sheba it 's her role of Mrs. Claus in a Year Without a Santa Claus the is my all time favorite role she has done.
Shirkey Booth is talking about meeting John Kennedy of course. He would be murdered just 8 months later. She was a great actress. I think this was her time on the show. Panel I think recognized her voice. She didn't disquise too good.
If you had said that Kennedy would be assassinated 8 months later back then, you would be a psychic. I wonder what those in 2063 would say about what is about to happen now.
Wasn't there previously a pair of girls on from Virginia who made nose warmers? I remember one or both modeling them afterward (they were tied on with yarn).
I totally believed Hedda when she hissed "Oh, I could kill you." So genteel. I half expected the mask to slip and Predator to spring out at Arlene. No wonder the stars "loved" her so much.
In a few months, Booth won her second Emmy award for "Hazel," defeating Lucille Ball {The Lucy Show], a young Mary Tyler Moore {the Dick Van Dyke Show], and Irene Ryan [The Beverly Hillbillies] All were fairly new or new programs. If you listen to her comments about Easter Seals in the White House, you see how much professional jargon changes in a mere 50 years. I used to show this clip to my composition students as an example of that point.
Interesting how some people with a stage name have no trouble signing that name, yet when Marilyn monroe changed her name the first time she signed something , she had to ask someone how to spell Marilyn 🤣. RIP both.
It is interesting how you often see John Daly look up and to his right during contestants, and in this episode right at the end during the good nights to the panel. My assumption is that there was a clock that he was looking at that helped him to ensure that he was keeping the show on the right time
Galileocan g Yes, it's often very conspicuous when John is checking the studio clock, one of the very, very few area in which he was less than completely smooth, suave and professional. You'd think after enough years, someone would come up with the brilliant idea of putting a clock somewhere he could see it without it having to be so obvious. :)
What's My Line? I noticed at the end of one episode that John put his glasses on. I think he preferred not to wear his glasses on camera and thus had to squint at the clock to see how he was doing for time. Of course, he also didn't have the advantage of an earpiece keeping him in touch with the control room who could have given him verbal instructions and time checks.
I like Shirley Booth so much that I enjoyed watching "Hazel," even though I could barely stand the character. She was a busybody, nosey, bossy, inserted herself where she wasn't wanted, and played the victim when she was chastised for it. There's just something so likeable about Shirley Booth that I'll watch the show again, after enough time has passed that I don't remember too many of the details of each episode.
Good question! I've always been more interested in the "ordinary people" whose lines had to be guessed than in the Mystery Guests. Peggy Goetz, where are you?
Who are these people who keep disliking these videos? Shame on you! Too bad I can't dislike you, too. If you don't have anything nice to say, then get a life and go away.
Welcome to the internet. :) It may make you feel better to know that as far as RU-vid is concerned, downvotes probably help videos in search rankings just as much as upvotes, because all RU-vid cares about is "engagement", not whether the engagement is positive!
ARLENE . . . . "THATS BECAUSE SHE'S ONLY 15 !" HAHAHAHAHA. SO FUNNY and Lawrence reaction was also so funny , love these shows and that's why I have about 40 of them in my collection. When I need cheering up I put on one of these episodes. I saw these shows that were live on TV when I was a teenager in the 50's; 10: 30 Sunday night. (I recorded them off the Game Channel and bought some . . . "The good old days !")
I've edited this from my first post. I had forgotten about Lucille Ball. From my list, it looks like Lucille Ball is the winner! 3/7/65 and 7/25/65. She also was mystery guest 2/21/54, 10/2/55 (with Desi Arnaz), 1/1/61, 5/5/63 (with Bob Hope), Second place is Carol Burnett : 5/7/61 and 12/17/61 (also was MG 2/16/64 and 3/20/66) More or less tied third place: Paul Newman - 1/25/59 (by himself) and 11/8/59 (with Joanne Woodward) More or less tied third place: Shirley Booth - 5/27/62 and 3/10/63 (also was MG 5/3/53) Carol Burnett and Paul Newman were triggered in my memory from your question. Later Lucille Ball; there could be someone else I'm not thinking of but think this may be right now.....?
WML had a policy that mystery guests could appear once a calendar year. There were exceptions. Shirley Booth appeared in 1961 and then in 1962, so she did not break the policy. Lucy is the closest appearances winner in 1965, but more should be said about Carol Burnett's two appearances in 1961. A few weeks into 1962, she appeared yet again as a mystery guest. This means that in 365 days, give or take, she came to bamboozle the panel thrice. That is the record.
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