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Kevin Butler | I've just written a review of the 1950 movie comedy"The Good Humor Man"with Mr.Jack Carson,Ms.Lola Allbright,Mr.Frank Ferguson and a pre-"Superman"George Reeves. Anyone here at The A&C Message page..who is interested in seeing my review of this neglected film comedy? You can see it in the film review section of www.kiddiematinee.com Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. |
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| Dear Paul, Art Space had worked with Bud and Lou in the 1942 remake of"Rio Rita" and in"A&C In Hollywood"(Actually.. Art worked with Lou's"Abercrombe"in that scene as the director). Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. |
| Sorry Kevin, but I cannot understand how your review was limited to the last paragraph. The rest of your review is just a synopsis of the film itself. And how come your grammar and sentence structure is well done in your review on that site and not here?? :) |
| Dear Ray, I enjoyed"The Fuller Brush Man"..but.."The Good Humor Man"is very funny too. Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. |
| Sounds like a great pedigree there, Ray! And since Arthur Space is in my favorite of the 1940s Laurel & Hardy films ("The Big Noise") which I've watched countless times, it will be interesting to see him in a different role (I know he played several parts over the years, but "The Big Noise" is the only one I can remember)... |
| THE GOOD HUMOR MAN was Roy Huggins' follow-up to his "FULLER BRUSH MAN" story that originally appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The 1948 Red Skelton picture was a bonanza for Columbia and Sylvan Simon followed it up with this picture and THE FULLER BRUSH GIRL. Inspector Quint was a running character in all three pictures, played by Arthur Space in the two "fullers". Columbia was hoping to star Red Skelton again but MGM wouldn't loan him out. Best they could do was a cameo in THE FULLER BRUSH GIRL. Two other pictures from this period that had Tashlin, Simon and Bacon's fingerprints on them were MISS GRANT TAKES RICHMOND with Lucy and KILL THE UMPIRE with Bill Bendix. After Joan Davis' misfire HAREM GIRL, however, the Columbia slapschtick was left to Jules White and the short subjects department while Cukor & Company made more refined feature-length comedies. Of all the Simon/Tashlin/Bacon pictures, THE FULLER BRUSH MAN was the first and certainly the best, featuring a wonderful score by Heinz Roemheld with one of the best chase finales of any picture since Sennett. |
| Dear Paul And Hey Abbott, There is one scene in the film(Which I didn't mention in my review of "The Good Humor Man")..where "Biff Jones" (Mr.Carson) and "Johnny Bellew"(Mr.Miles)are sitting inside of"The Captain Marvel Fan Club"house..they're listening to an episode of"The Captain Marvel Radio Show". In real life..there was no such program that was broadcast on radio. But? It would have been great to hear such a show on the air. Thanks For Your Replys And I hope Paul..that you will get a chance to see"The Good Humor Man"either on TCM or on DVD in the near future? Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. |
| MY DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND NAME IS MICHAEL ALBRIGHT,,,,HIS GRANDFATHER IS A COUSIN TO LOLA ALBRIGHT,,,,BUT HE HAS NEVER MET HER.... |
| I did - sounds like a film I'd enjoy. I particuarly found the Captain Marvel connection intriguing - an interesting example of cross-promotion. Also not lost on me is the fact that George Reeves is famous for playing Superman, and Superman's publishers ostensibly put Captain Marvel (and his publishers) out of business in a baseless lawsuit claiming Marvel was a Superman copycat (the reality was that other comic book heroes of the time actually were blatant ripoffs of Superman, but Captain Marvel had a lot of unique elements - including the fact that at a million and a half copies sold biweekly, he outsold Superman - the real reason for the lawsuit in my opinion). The ultimate irony was that Superman's publishers (National Periodical Publications, which became DC Comics) ultimately ended up owning the Captain Marvel character (who went on to star in the hit Saturday moring TV show called "Shazam!" in the 1970s). |
| Paul..Did you read my review of"The Good Humor Man"? Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. |
| Kevin - here's a direct link for anyone who wants to read your review - just click here and you'll be taken directly to it. |
