I met Julie's daughter at Universal Studios and asked her what her mother was really like and she said, "She loves being home, she reads a book a day, and she is a great mom."
If she was anything as she appeared to be ;I would have been in love with her ! She reminds of a girl I had an enormous crush on when I was a kid ! Wish I could have met her !
Julie London was absolutely lovely and was a wonderful singer! There are many of her recordings out here on RU-vid and I listen to them often. Julie was once married to Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame, though they would divorce in the mid-1950's. She and Jack would remain close (they had two children together) and in 1972, Jack (now an executive producer) offered Julie the role of Nurse Dixie McCall in his new show, "Emergency!" Jack also hired Julie's second husband, Bobby Troupe, who played Dr. Joe Early on the same show. RIP dear lady!
This is the 2nd episode that I’ve seen her in & she stumped the panel both times. She is so funny & beautiful. Her eyes are absolutely stunning. Her version of the song WIVES & LOVERS is the best one that I have ever heard. So happy to discover her on the internet.
I've loved Dionne Warwick's and Nancy Wilson's versions, but I never knew Julie London sang it. I love her style and will certainly listen to her version. Thank you.
@Charlotte Tan. I love it too and I love the way that Arlene Francis reacts to him being that way. She never gets confused either. Sometimes a guest panelist will get confused and not know what John is talking about which can be very funny! Lol.
As a teenager later in the 1960s, I thought Brigitte Bardot was the most desirable woman in the world. In the 1990s, I stayed several times in a hotel in Cannes and was thrilled to find out that Brigitte used to stay there. Yes, my crush on her lasted all that time. By the way, the letter "B" is pronounced "bay" in French, and Brigitte was often called BB, or bay-bay. That is also the pronunciation of bébé, French for baby. Loosely speaking, this a French way of saying "babe". And she certainly was.
I was in school in the 1960s, and a teacher told us never to smoke, and said that if we did, it would be the equivalent of putting our heads in the oven. So I think some people were quite aware of the dangers in those days.
@Tally Koren. Another female with a great alto singing voice with the perfect pitch was the late Karen Carpenter. She had such a beautiful voice. Karen Carpenter was also an excellent 🥁 drummer!! She never smoked either. She died at the age of 32 because of a heart attack which was because of anorexia.
Contralto, same lowest-level, and very rare for women singers, as was Karen Carpenter. A very enticing and mesmerizing range to hear. No less an expert than Paul McCartney said Karen was the best female singer he has heard.
I like Tony Randall being on the panel far more than Joey Bishop, Shelley Berman or any other guest panelists. How kind of him to help Dorothy with her blindfold. Love her outfit and hair in this episode.
I am constantly amazed, especially when it's someone as intelligent as Tony Randall like it was on this episode, when a panelist says they can't tell if the answer was yes or no. If it's no, Mr. Daly indicates that it's "x" down and "x" to go.
I’ve very often thought of that. After two decades plus all I’ve come to is that it was a combination of the bad acoustics and the tunnel vision that accompanies being on stage sometimes. I’d love to ask one of them that were any still living.
EXACTLY...there’s something so appealing about those days. But they also had their own brand of social disorder and complexities. Look what happened to Dorothy!
Sultry is another word to describe the lowest-level for women singers. Technically, it is contralto, with mezzo-soprano the most common middle-range, and soprano, the highest range.
@@freeguy77 Sultry is a description of delivery and style, not range. While it might be difficult for a soprano to be considered smokey, sexy, and experienced in the ways of the world, in other words: sultry, a mezzo-soprano can be sultry in every sense of the word.
@@nankerphelge3771 "What does "experienced in the ways of the world" whatever that implies, have to do with sultry? Nothing at all. Incongruous. Her lower register corresponds to a deeper level of feeling, more than a mezzo-soprano could accomplish. It is not related to the style-delivery at all. It is the different feeling you get when hearing that deeper register from women. Sorry to disagree with your misdiagnosis.
Julie London is a bit of an enigma. Sources indicate that she "was a withdrawn and introverted woman, and rarely granted media interviews." Lest one think this was just later in life, she was described by friends and family as "a shy child without much self-confidence." Yet she was a night club singer, a fashion model, a movie actress, and a television star. She appeared on WML four times and was even a pin-up girl in WWII. Those seem like strange vocations or predilections for a shy withdrawn introverted gal.
Richard Nixon was another shy, introverted person, who forced himself to be in the public spotlight. So, it is not a contradiction of an introverted personality deliberately being in public for that person's job.
I did not realize or know Julie was a real "pin up" girl, as she was only 17 when her pics were in Esquire magazine in its Nov. 1943 issue. She must have had her mom give permission to photograph and publish pics before.
She is one of the most urbane woman ever to appear on TV. Stunningly beautiful both mentally and physically. Always looked a little odd coupled with Martin Gable
Great disguised voice by Julie London to fool the panel. Wonderful jazz singer. Surprised to see her in the role of a teenage temptress in "The Red House" with Edward G. Robinson and Rory Calhoun. Still don't know what she saw in Jack Webb.
HI BW, I saw "The Red House not too long ago. It was made in 1947, Julie was barely 21 years old at that time (9/26/26), died 10/18/2000. Pretty lady, loved her husky voice.
Miss Arnold declined to name her prediction for the Kentucky Derby which was held on May 6, 1961. The winning horse was Carry Back (the favorite), Johnny Sellers up, by 3/4 of a length. A popular horse because it usually won by coming from behind with dramatic stretch runs, he also won in the Preakness two weeks later. But he failed to win the Triple Crown when he finished 7th in the Belmont Stakes. It was later revealed that he had an injured ankle during the Belmont.
Apparently Jobie Arnold was a contestant on "To Tell The Truth" the previous July. The singer Brian Hyland ("Sealed With a Kiss", "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" which he performed on that episode) also appeared as a contestant.
@@greydogmusic Bobby Troup must have been a really great guy to have the ex-husband like the current husband so much. Jack used Bobby for a couple of his shows.
At 25:23, an announcer says, "Learn what you can do in the battle for freedom. Write for a free digest of the report of the President's Commission on National Goals." This may be related to a speech that President Kennedy gave to a joint session of Congress on May 25 on urgent national needs. It was billed as a kind of second State of the Union Address. Three days after the broadcast of this episode of What's my Line, on April 12, the Soviet Union sent the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin. The U.S. sent its first man, Alan Shepard, into space on May 5. But Kennedy wanted to set in motion a race that the United States could win. So in the May 25 speech (which dealt with many subjects), he said, "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Kennedy himself didn't get to see it, but his goal was achieved in July, 1969.
He could have said it more normally as "You are a remarkably, healthy-looking woman." Instead of specimen, which sounds like he is looking at a bug under a microscope!
I was at a concert when the handsome incredibly well fit Nathan Gunn walked out on stage, the older gentlemen sitting behind me exclaimed "What a magnificent specimen!!" I tried not to laugh but I couldn't disagree with their commentary.😂❤
Wow, that look on John Daly's face as Jobie was leaving. Maybe he was reacting to Arlene, who was doing more than a little staring at Miss Arnold as she left.
I am sure she was quite satisfied with the audiance's reaction. I think stumping them would make her happy also. She seemed to be enjoying herself to me.
@gcjerryusc I always thought they wanted to be guessed and seemed happy when they were. I felt bad for Shirley Jones when no one guessed her. IT was only a year or two after she won the Academy Award for 1960 Elmer Gantry; a well-deserved win BTW.
Mine favorite Marilyn Monroe. However I think Miss Sophia Loren do not need her nationality as her identity, she is a great star of her own merit. I watched Jayne Mansfield, highly intelligent lady, totally miscasted as blonde damshell in distress or blonde bad bomnbshell roles in Bollywood; she had not got the chance to show her talent properly.
Two inadvertent puns by Arlene in questioning the race horse handicapper: "You bet!" at 15:20 and asking whether her clients become better (bettor) human beings at 15:40. There's a moderate audience response the second time, but I was expecting an even bigger reaction.
At 21:00 she said "Nah" on whether she appeared regularly on a tv show. In 1961, no. She did years later as nurse Dixie McCall in "Emergency" with husband (and songwriter of "Route 66") Bobby Troup (m. 1959-99 when he died). "Emergency" was produced by her ex-husband, Jack Webb (m. 1947-54), and also had Bobby as Dr. Joe Early. How's that for a triad of husband-wife-ex in a tv series! Age 74. Sep. 26, 1926 Santa Rosa, CA - Oct. 18, 2000 Los Angeles, CA.
Raoul Levy shot himself and died 31 December 1966, aged 44. He had just lost his fortune on Marco Polo a film which flopped. He had also just broken up with his current mistress. He was survived by a wife and 15 year old son.
Daly always falls for the "Do you have to have training" question. I don't know any job where there would not be some amount of orientation and training when you first start. Then Daly pretty much gives them the answer if it's formal training or not for free.
I'm channeling a message from Hal Block. He says that of course the second challenger would be excellent at picking the winners of horse races. After all, she was quite knowledgeable about things being well out in front.
Her and Dorothy watch EVERYONE. There was a really early one where Dorothy watched Elizabeth Taylor's behind for ages as she walked off. But then I realised they check out all of them pretty much, the styles, pinching ideas!!
John did it again, saying the panel did "very well tonight" when they didn't. They didn't get the handicapper and didn't get Julie London. The only contestant they identified was the producer and that took quite a while. I would say getting one out of three is certainly not doing "very well," but Daly often states such, and it's annoying.
That was just the most entertaining episode I think I’ve seen so far. I’ve seen a whole bunch. But that handicapper laughing at the questions and the answers and Mr. Daly’s wordy explanations and Arlene’s response to them, I was was in tears laughing so hard. Great entertainment!
I think John's explanation on the first guest around 6:20, made my eyes bleed. Dang. He did it again with guest 2. John was on a roll that night. Think I lost a few pints.
How old do we think the middle gal (horse woman) is? She looks mature and is very attractive. I'm guessing anywhere from late 20's to 40's. But people aged so differently in that era.
In association with Mr. Dalcon's below comment...is it against Bennett Cerf's religion (or perhaps creed) to be terse? He NEVER asks a 4-word question when 16 words will do just as well.
2 unrelated observations: 23:33 "Ask her if she's got these spectacular measurements" LOL 15:21 - I've been watching these shows on here for a long time, and never really thought they were fixed. But then Arlene says "you bet" to the handicapper, and I thought she knew but let that slip out. Then other questions were so off-base I thought it couldn't be. So now I think I'm back to not believing the show is rigged.
It only meant to imply the woman is extremely attractive. It's not an insult! I don't see anything wrong expressing that sound on a tv show, or on the street, as long as the whistler doesn't otherwise harass the good-looking woman! Now, if she walks back to him after hearing it...that's up to her! "Oh, Pretty Woman" --Roy Orbison (#1 for 3 wks 9/26-10/10, rel. Aug. 1964)
He was, but you have to remember that Bennett was born in the 1800s. What we now consider to be male chauvinism was thought of by his generation as simply the normal order of things. In another 100 years, people will look aghast at some of we now think of as natural and obvious.
MOVIE PRODUCER (BRIGITTE BARDOT'S MOVIE PRODUCER) HORSE RACE HANDICAPPER (WRITES DAILY TIPS FOR BETTORS) 🤪18:43 John noticed that Bennett was forcing himself not to look at the woman as she exited.
Is this your first viewing of an episode of What's My Line? This happens in every episode of What's My Line from 1950 to 1975 (including the syndicated episodes), except for someone of extraordinary means, like Eleanor Roosevelt.
@@RonGerstein I've seen this happened in many episodes I've watched but it doesn't change the my question why. So women only get up for Mrs Roosevelt and that was the custom in those days?
First, as always seems to be case with the "semi-mystery" guests, the panel gets the "line", but the game continues for some reason. This is the third time I've seen Julie London on WML. I wonder why, given that I don't believe she was that big of a star back then.
"Cry Me a River" was a big hit in 1955, but she never really had another one. I have to agree with DisVids that her frequency on WML was a bit in excess of her general popularity.
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