What's My Line? - Brandon DeWilde (Jan 10, 1954) [UPGRADE!]

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  • @donnacook8994
    @donnacook8994 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Brandon DeWilde was a wonderful contestant, and did very well as a contestant. He seemed quite mature for his age. What a handsome young lad!

  • @castinmeadows6956
    @castinmeadows6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    A delightful appearance by Brandon DeWilde. He was a child (acting) prodigy, first appearing, at age seven, in the Carson McCullers's play, and in the 1952 movie adaptation of, "The Member of the Wedding." By all accounts, he was a complete professional in that first role, and was as endearing as he was enchanting. Even the great British thespian John Gielgud had written high praise of DeWilde's talent in the original Broadway play.
    As many know, DeWilde was in the iconic film "Shane" (1953). An unforgettable performance - fresh, gently humorous, utterly natural, never saccharin or maudlin. For his portrayal, he was nominated for best-supporting actor among a cast of terrific veteran screen actors. Reportedly, DeWilde was the youngest Academy Award nominee at that time and in that category. [It's been written that he himself did not know of his nomination until years later. Apparently, his parents kept that information from him. If true, I don't know the source, however.]
    Another distinctive, moving performance by DeWilde (at 13-14 years old) was in a little known, quiet, family film called, "Good-bye, My Lady." In it, he starred with the great character actor Walter Brennan. Again, not a saccharine note in DeWilde's portrayal; instead, a convincing, unvarnished and moving one. Sidney Poitier also appears, and so well, in a very early role in his career. (To date, "GML" is available for sale on DVD, and via rental-streaming on Amazon.com.)
    There is also DeWilde's portrayal in an Alfred Hitchcock's Presents TV-series episode, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1962). It's a piece in which DeWilde's innocent screen reputation had an inverse advantage. That screen reputation - mostly one of uncorrupted, coming-of-age innocence - remains in this episode, but in a way that is meant to be disturbing, and is.
    Then came his performance in "Hud" (1963), playing across heavy-weight veterans Melvyn Douglas and Patricia O'Neal (and Paul Newman, albeit his having been a ho-hum performance,in a role which could've been far more complex and in-depth in, say, Marlon Brando's hands instead, and who would've given an incomparably fascinating portrayal, which Newman wasn't anywhere near capable of). In DeWilde's most pivotal scenes, he is quietly, deeply, credibly moving. The lack of falseness DeWilde brings to his performance is a constancy in his best work - marks of genuine distinction, especially when the material is well-written, well-directed, and his co-stars among the best.
    Even better, and more challenging, was DeWilde's portrayal in "In Harm's Way" (1965). He completely held his own across from John Wayne (and Kirk Douglas); a movie in which the wonderful Patricia O'Neal also starred. No small chops for a young actor transitioning from child to adult roles. DeWilde was completely, exceptionally convincing in the role. He demonstrated an impressive range in the emotional, identity and character development of his part. He was 22-23 years old when "IHW" was released. For any fan of DeWilde, this performance shouldn't be missed. (To date, this movie is also sold on DVD, and can be rented via streaming on Amazon.com.)
    It's also a treat to see DeWilde's acceptance of Melvyn Douglas's Academy Award for best supporting actor in "Hud." What poise, dignity and mature restraint in so young a person. One imagines it was fitting comportment, given Mr. Douglas's self-effacing, no-fanfare preference:
    th-cam.com/video/Qv4ok3oHyPA/w-d-xo.html
    Some wonderful, little-seen pictures of DeWilde:
    th-cam.com/video/G561G4zrFaI/w-d-xo.html
    There is also a biography: "All Fall Down: The Brandon DeWilde Story," by Patrisha Mclean.
    DeWilde was an utterly, uniquely appealing young actor. But, by his mid-late 20's, he couldn't escape the typecasting that stalled his career. HIs screen roles began to decline, in quantity and especially quality, and his perfomances were increasingly poor. His heart seemed not to be in the work at all anymore. At that time, he instead began to embark on a path in alternative country-rock music. A friend of DeWilde's said he told her that he was thinking to take a break from (screen?) acting, and return as a character actor when he reached age 40. A recording of DeWilde with his friend, musician-singer Gram Parsons is here:
    th-cam.com/video/VbW5gg6goTU/w-d-xo.html
    As with many young people during the late 1960s and early 1970s, DeWilde got caught up in the hard-drug scene, so contrary to the public's image of him from earlier years. He cleaned up, though. Drug-free and newly, happily married, he had also just returned to the stage, having appeared in the play "Butterflies Are Free." Soon after, an auto accident took his life, pinning him under the wreckage.
    The sensitive, intelligent, natural touch which DeWilde brought to his best work was rare for someone his age, and is much missed - a gentle spirit remembered and immortalized on film. Given his tragically short life in this world, may his soul be at eternal peace beyond.

    • @519djw6
      @519djw6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A small correction, the movie he did with Walter Brennan was *Good-bye, Lady."*

    • @castinmeadows6956
      @castinmeadows6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@519djw6 Thank you, yes. A typo. Thanks for catching that! Wouldn't want others to look for the movie under a typo'ed title! A wonderful, modest film. A quiet gem, which could never be made today. (And, of course, no one could fill Brennan's shoes.) For those who wish to see it, it's available on Amazon.com for streaming rental or purchase.

    • @patriciaaznavourian3014
      @patriciaaznavourian3014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Disagree with your assessment of Paul Newman. He made that picture, one of the most underrated actors ever, his body of work speaks for itself.

    • @castinmeadows6956
      @castinmeadows6956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@519djw6 Thx for pointing that out. A typo. I have a copy of Good-Bye, Lady." (I'll correct it.) A wonderful film. Great lessons for any child and family. A well-crafted story of a boy and his dog. What's not to love? :)

    • @castinmeadows6956
      @castinmeadows6956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@patriciaaznavourian3014 He was one of our best screen actors, no question. I just think that his portrayal in "Hud" could have been more nuanced/psychologically complex, and therefore more dramatically compelling.
      You think his work overall is underrated? I don't think so. But, if so, it certainly shouldn't to be. In his best roles, he exuded qualities no other actor could: "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and many others. What (intelligent) charisma on screen. Just marvelous! You, obviously, already know this, and more. And what a good man, husband, father, and citizen off-screen. Quiet, self-effacing integrity. Virtually unheard of Hollywood, much less among celebrity actors.

  • @jollybee515
    @jollybee515 6 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    thank you so much for posting these! I am a high schooler who finds stuff from this time period so fascinating and charming

    • @3daypriest
      @3daypriest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      J. L. ... Good for you! This is from when people could spell and actually stored information in their brains.

    • @krytietv1684
      @krytietv1684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're welcome

    • @Dolphin-cb9sq
      @Dolphin-cb9sq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is wonderful!

    • @hawktchr8
      @hawktchr8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      God bless you, Child. You surely stand out among your peers.

    • @Garacha222
      @Garacha222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sometimes I have to remind myself that what we see is different than what they experienced... by this I mean they saw each other in 'living color' when looking and speaking with each other. What we see is early version of black and white (through un-coated camera lenses that tend to flare when shiny objects reflect bright lights.)
      It is odd to imagine they see each other as we'd see each other today... their eyes saw in full color, not the black and white we are shown.

  • @pgh45rpms
    @pgh45rpms ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Brandon was just 11 when this show aired. He began acting in 1950 when he was just 8. His career was cut short when he died in a car accident at just age 30.

    • @VinMar-m6w
      @VinMar-m6w 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If he were alive today in 2024, he'd be 82.

  • @monicaclark9581
    @monicaclark9581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for sharing these fun videos. I never tire of watching them. I never was a game show fan. But I enjoy Ms. Kilgalin's intelligence and discernment in solving the identity of the guests.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dorothy Kilgallen.

  • @tomklock568
    @tomklock568 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    One could gripe that there are so many drop out in the audio and video on these, but actually it is pretty amazing that these are still so well preserved for the primitive TV era they were filmed in. Thank you for posting these and glad I came across them by chance!

    • @shane8037
      @shane8037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A little misleading to call it a primitive TV era... this was peak entertainment!

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s weird to say that one could gripe about something when you haven’t and no one else has either. It’s almost weasel words - “SOME people would criticize this but not appreciative me!”

  • @jacktwist5907
    @jacktwist5907 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    What an amazing actor Brandon DeWilde was. And what a tragic end.

    • @bobbyfrancis8957
      @bobbyfrancis8957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In the play, "Member of the Wedding", Brandon's character had to die at the end of the play of a brain tumor! I've read the novel, "Member of the Wedding", and the play in book form; Frankie doesn't like these other girls walking across her lawn space, she's yelling at them, "Sons of bitches!" But in the 1950 movie version, she can't say anything (Phooey!).

  • @jlbaker2000
    @jlbaker2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Arlene Francis had it all - beauty, brains, charm, poise, sense of humor, grace

    • @thomaswwalker5928
      @thomaswwalker5928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      J. B Arlene Francis is buried about a mile from me.

    • @oksills
      @oksills 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      J. B I would add an amazing lack of ego as evidenced in her graciousness. An example of the type of person we see absolutely nothing like in our current “crowd” of entertainers!

    • @oksills
      @oksills 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Thomas W Walker Exactly where are you buried?

    • @oksills
      @oksills 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Vic We’re just pretty aren’t we Vic?? Maranatha!

    • @EmilyTienne
      @EmilyTienne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You should check out the episode where Ms. Francis shows up drunk. It’s on TH-cam and it’s funny as all get out!

  • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
    @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This was one of the rare times when the normally-poised Mr. Daly closed the show with a goofy face and voice. I love these people and hard to believe they’re all gone! 😥

    • @donnawoodford6641
      @donnawoodford6641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It seemed out of character for Mr. Daly

    • @sandrageorge3488
      @sandrageorge3488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😢

    • @lettiegrant9447
      @lettiegrant9447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This was when tv was worth watching.

    • @simons1543
      @simons1543 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel the same - I've developed a real affection for the quirky panel. Hard to believe they are no longer with us 💔

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lettiegrant9447 so you're saying for the last 7 decades it's been garbage?

  • @PlanetRockJesus
    @PlanetRockJesus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love these old shows. The host and panelists are very sharp. And they were all alive when I was a teen. I loved The Steve Allen Show when I was 15.

    • @robinheuver9620
      @robinheuver9620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i love old movies tv shows . i was born in 1973 so i have no idea who Brandon deWilde was

    • @mikejschin
      @mikejschin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robinheuver9620 You might enjoy the movie "Shane", a 1953 Western starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, and Brandon De Wilde. It is, in my opinion, the best Western ever made. There is some gunplay in it, but that is far overshadowed by the dramatic elements of the story.

  • @TakeYourSeats
    @TakeYourSeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    In 1954, there were no VIDEO RECORDERS, but there WAS a SYSTEM to RECORD TELEVISION called TELE-CINE which required a 16mm MOTION PICTURE CAMERA pointed at a TELEVISION SCREEN to record the Picture, and of course the sound could be recorded in synchronization with the picture at the SAME TIME; or the SOUND could be recorded separately on a tape or/ wire recorder and synchronized later...Thank goodness that these recordings even exist to this very date and in time in our collective history... and Thank You to TH-cam... And Thank You to the "TH-cam" CHANNEL here called what else but "What's My Line?" right here.
    Thank You for sharing these episodes with us !!!

    • @JD-rt8ym
      @JD-rt8ym 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is that also known as a Kinescope recording?

    • @Paul71H
      @Paul71H 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JD-rt8ym I'm no expert, but I think so.

    • @Tahgtahv
      @Tahgtahv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JD-rt8ym it is a kinescope recording. Tele-Cine is the reverse technology, used to capture and play film on a video broadcast.

  • @ladyyuna2000
    @ladyyuna2000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    So tragic for Brandon deWilde who passed away in a young age.

    • @nandofigueira2005
      @nandofigueira2005 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      30 years old

    • @roostero
      @roostero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@nandofigueira2005 Single car crash. He was driving. No passengers.

    • @tomtriffid
      @tomtriffid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@roostero His camper van struck a parked truck.

    • @Rabadamtimtimti
      @Rabadamtimtimti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who'd have ever thought they'd build such a deadly Denver bend ):

    • @mikesaunders4775
      @mikesaunders4775 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @z Quite right. its Dutch, means 'The'

  • @Code3forever
    @Code3forever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    My how time goes by. In grade school, junior high and high school, I went to school with Brandon deWilde's wife, Janice Gero. Janice was in the hospital in Denver, CO when Brandon was killed in a traffic accident while on the way to see her. We never saw her after high school but had heard she was in the Hollywood scene and that is where she met Brandon. A tragedy for both Brandon and Janice as she was only 20 or so at the time...

  • @andrewk2996
    @andrewk2996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I wish we had people and programs like this today

    • @Frederick-t8t
      @Frederick-t8t หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A MUCH BETTER COUNTRY.

  • @jillkjv3816
    @jillkjv3816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Such sweetness back then. So glad I was a child of the 50's when people were so much more cultured than they are today.

    • @joefpsunset
      @joefpsunset 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I was born in the 70s when people were still polite and cultured but I totally agree with you it's like night and day compared to today. I'm so happy I lived my childhood before the cell phone age.

    • @dinahbrown902
      @dinahbrown902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too 😊

    • @diananutt1517
      @diananutt1517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Please tell me that many of us prefer the fact that this ignorant bliss has been replaced by progress against animal abuse as in the cruelty of training animals to do bizarre tricks that mimic human behavior for circus acts. Most people have learned of the horrors behind the fur industry, clubbing of seals, etc (read Cleveland Amory's "Mankind?"), and lovely, polite folks like these thought fur wearing was the ultimate goal. I prefer aware folks like Bob Barker and his wife and the warriors of Greenpeace's fleets who exposed whale hunting for what it is.

    • @downbntout
      @downbntout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This behavior was most emphatically enforced in childhood, unlike today. People graciously served one another because they understood what Jesus has done.

    • @jillkjv3816
      @jillkjv3816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @notfiveo I only wish! Our nation could have been spared a nightmare as President! 🤣

  • @Maazzzo
    @Maazzzo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Thank you as always for posting these, they're lovely.

  • @TylerDeBoy
    @TylerDeBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What a great idea having the English Panelist on for a round. Cool episode

    • @winonafrog
      @winonafrog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes it was a headscratcher-and the comment about commercials which gave her away is such a dunk on American tv 😅

    • @Tahgtahv
      @Tahgtahv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@winonafrog It was possibly that, but I think it was also her voice, which she didn't bother disguising at all at that point.

  • @Rosey01222
    @Rosey01222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The ever gracious Arlene Francis had 47 years more of life ahead of her after this 1954 episode passing away in 2001 at age 93.

    • @JD-rt8ym
      @JD-rt8ym 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I like Arlene Francis too when she appears on Match Game with host Gene Rayburn. Check out the television Anniversary Special of WML? with her and Mr. Daly. It's on TH-cam.

    • @DarylReeceJames
      @DarylReeceJames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just a pity she had alzheimers at the end :(

  • @t4texastomjohnnycat978
    @t4texastomjohnnycat978 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    If "Shane" is not my very favorite western, it's definitely in my top 5.
    Jack Palance played the best
    "bad guy" I've ever seen in a western. Brandon DeWilde was a cute kid.

  • @Dolphin-cb9sq
    @Dolphin-cb9sq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What a treat: 5 panelists. Great show.

  • @davidsanderson5918
    @davidsanderson5918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I cried my eyes out as a boy watching Brandon De Wilde call out desperately to Shane as he rides away to the horizon.

    • @jazzvictrola7104
      @jazzvictrola7104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And it was so sad that Brandon died so young at only 33 while doing live acting in Colorado in 1971!

    • @mrsjobo6458
      @mrsjobo6458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @lettiegrant9447
      @lettiegrant9447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too. It just breaks your heart even though you know it's acting.

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jazzvictrola7104 30 Years old! 42 to 72

    • @jazzvictrola7104
      @jazzvictrola7104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kingy002 Even sadder!

  • @allnitenurse
    @allnitenurse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    DeWilde such talented boy, grew into a handsome young man and tragically died so very young. Nice to see him in different venue outside of his movie roles

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A difficult death as I recall. Sad.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "Shane! Shane! Shane!" -- I can still hear that voice echoing off in the distance. And Shane just kept going.

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Wilson was fast; fast on the draw"

    • @mikevaluska7313
      @mikevaluska7313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shane was dead in the saddle

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mikevaluska7313 GOSH ALL MIGHTY, SHANE! Best western of all time.

    • @billdougan4022
      @billdougan4022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shane!!!! Come Baaaack...!!

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@billdougan4022 My friend Jerry used to do a loud imitation of little Brandon yelling that line over and over. Big difference: Jerry had a half-lit cigarette hanging off his his lower lip, so it was mockery, not a compliment.

  • @pattytanur3321
    @pattytanur3321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mrs Dorothy Killgallen , Mrs Francis, Mr Cerf, Mr Allen , Mr Daly , so wonderful so knowledgeable , fun . This was a great program . Those were the days… we saw you in my first 13 in Norfolk Virginia

  • @juliaread9115
    @juliaread9115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Awe Brandon de Wilde was so sweet in Shane. So tragic he died in a car accident at just 32. Memorable performance in Hud with Paul Newman.

    • @paulasnow8420
      @paulasnow8420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      loved him in Hud

    • @maryzorn3365
      @maryzorn3365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great job as John Wayne’s son in “In Harm’s Way”.

    • @donaldpype7018
      @donaldpype7018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shaaaaaane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @mwilliams1330
      @mwilliams1330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maryzorn3365 amazing transformation from the brat who hated him to the man who respected him.

    • @janejohnstone5795
      @janejohnstone5795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was soo....innocent and cute...did not know he died in a car accident....oh ...

  • @NoobsShadow
    @NoobsShadow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Dorothy looked very elegant in this episode. I can see why Ms. Ghislaine Alexander is her English WML panelist counterpart. She too had a very elegant, sophisticated look and manner about her. Now I'm wondering if any episodes of the British version of WML have survived? It would be a shame if they were indeed lost.

    • @shrillbert
      @shrillbert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Technically, Lady Isobel Barnett(who had just joined the UK panel a few months previously) was seen more as Dorothy's counterpart. Ghislaine Alexander didn't appear all that often by this point in the series unless Isobel was absent. Only one full BBC WML survives as far as we know, and it's right here on this channel.

    • @robbob1234
      @robbob1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alexander certainly did have all of that! Interestingly, her Wikipedia entry says she was "often described as one of the most beautiful women in the world."

  • @Ohgrowup1
    @Ohgrowup1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Holy mackerel...this aired on my ACTUAL BIRTH DATE!

    • @saran3214
      @saran3214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😗💨🎂👏

    • @Ctkare4k9
      @Ctkare4k9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mine,too!❤️

  • @H.pylori
    @H.pylori 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Amazing. I can still see him at the end of "Shane." And...I recall the name of the theater in which I sat to see Blue Denim. That it was going to be racy, but was quite boring. But a sensational topic at the time. Nothing compared to the trash we see today. You have done all of us a service by bringing back these old memories.

  • @ddivincenzo1194
    @ddivincenzo1194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Brandon reminds me of British child star Mark Lester. He looks like him, only Mark was maybe the same age in '69 as young Mr. DeWilde is here.

    • @Dolphin-cb9sq
      @Dolphin-cb9sq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mark was the star of "Oliver."

    • @janejohnstone5795
      @janejohnstone5795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes...both handsome, blonde hair boys...angelic looking....

  • @mulberryman1305
    @mulberryman1305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    this show is great because it quit often documents a way of life and (more specifically) jobs that simply don't exist anymore

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Jobs went to China.

  • @TheAuntieBa
    @TheAuntieBa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bless you for updating incomplete episodes and posting them for us! Lost material restored! “You have to be wearing something special to be wearing this...?”

  • @chriskidwell7518
    @chriskidwell7518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Brandon and Walter Brennen starred in Walt Disneys the Calloways with Brian Keith and other big names. A great movie ! I wish he could have lived longer.

  • @juliansinger
    @juliansinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mr. Goss was 59 here, and lived until 1976. (There's a Walter Goss Jr. who may have also worked at Smith & Wesson, but he would have been in his 30s during this era, which would just not work.)
    Mr. Goss Sr. had four or five kids, and moved to Agawam in his teens or 20s (probably the latter). It's about 10 miles from Springfield and Smith & Wesson, so that makes sense.

  • @WhatsMyLine
    @WhatsMyLine  8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Week three of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"!
    Every Sunday this summer, I'll be posting significant upgrades of episodes already posted here on this channel. Tonight's video replaces an incomplete version that was missing the last 7 minutes of the program due to major a/v dropouts.
    If you're not already a member of our Facebook group, now is a great time to join! Every Sunday evening (10:30pm NYC time, naturally) a bunch of us watch an episode at the same time so we can chat about it as we watch. We've been doing this all year, and it's always a blast-- the time ***flies*** by. If you're interested, please check out the group and join in the live chat tonight! And if you are interested in joining in, you'll probably want to delay watching this episode till the chat starts tonight! (There's more information in the group.)
    Link to the WML Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/
    Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: th-cam.com/channels/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w.html

    • @haintedhouse6069
      @haintedhouse6069 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      how do you know he was a mean adult?

    • @joanharrington7725
      @joanharrington7725 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's My Line? I was a contestant 1968-69 is these shows avaiable?

  • @innermindsports7797
    @innermindsports7797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I watch this to bring back the feeling of etiquette

  • @marylamb7707
    @marylamb7707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really love the game shows from back then.

  • @robertrinkewich4318
    @robertrinkewich4318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing, my. brother sent away for a copy of this show years ago, we have it somewhere. My Mom is the last contestant on the show. Joan Myers. She taught dance for over 40 years. She was 19 in this episode,

    • @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg
      @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. Amazing. What a nice souvenir of your mom.

  • @ToddSF
    @ToddSF 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Here, Brandon de Wilde is not quite 12 years old, having been born on April 9, 1942. Sadly, he died on July 6, 1972 at age 30, in a motor vehicle accident.

    • @richardfoster9846
      @richardfoster9846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only Dorothy and Bennett on the show passed away before Brandon.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    14:39 -- 14:45 --- they come quickly, but they are classic priceless Dorothy expressions.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would've been good candidates for "The DK Bunch". :)

    • @isitfunthere1
      @isitfunthere1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That is a riot -- thanks for pointing it out! She had a VERY expressive face!

    • @kevinmarkey9441
      @kevinmarkey9441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +What's My Line? we dont have commercials what a give away would have loved to have played poker with this woman 😂😂

    • @TheVetusMores
      @TheVetusMores 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not me -- unless we were playing with penny chits! She's entirely too smart; I wouldn't stand a chance. But boy, just to sit across the table from her, eh? What an amazing woman ... I could soak up her brainwaves for hours and hours !

    • @lauracollins4195
      @lauracollins4195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      soulierinvestments - Good catch! So fun.

  • @sstavsky
    @sstavsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Brandon DeWilde would be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Shane" within a couple of months after this broadcast, one of the youngest nominees ever. Apparently, he didn't find out about the nomination until years later; his parents didn't want it to go to his head.

  • @joshuaG_Sea
    @joshuaG_Sea ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m 38 and I’ve recently been binging episodes of this. I absolutely love it! Perhaps I was born in the wrong time 😂

    • @nicoledotson1605
      @nicoledotson1605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love it ❤

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When we pass 70 we realize all TIMES were wrong .Haha.

  • @stanochocki8984
    @stanochocki8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Brandon grew-up to be one Hottie....it WAS a shame that he died so young...one wonders, just how big a Leading Man star he might have grown-up, to be....

  • @bethg.9967
    @bethg.9967 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    He was a childhood favorite.

  • @jettrink7510
    @jettrink7510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I used to live close by where Brandon met his Kingdom Come...western Denver where the treeless landscape foothills starts to gain altitude.

  • @afonsords
    @afonsords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The pre-pandemicness of it all: "this fine young man has a cold, now go and shake everyone's hand"

    • @afonsords
      @afonsords 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alcedo_kf what? the common cold became “extinct”?

    • @patricia7823
      @patricia7823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was because MOST had common sense to wash and sanitize back then.

  • @Lizby109
    @Lizby109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ghislaine! A name I just heard for the first time in the past few weeks and now I hear it again. A name that is prominently in the news right now. July 2020. as in Ghislaine Maxwell.

    • @IAintTheDaddyMaury
      @IAintTheDaddyMaury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha right

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, Maxwell was the only one I’d heard of before too but when I looked Alexander up on Wikipedia there were a fair few. Apparently American girls started being given the name after this appearance.

    • @winonafrog
      @winonafrog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, a shame its a pretty name now besmirched by that weird daughter of an Israeli spy…

  • @Grisostomo06
    @Grisostomo06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When Ethel Waters was mentioned one of the panelists guessed his identity. Check out the film "The Member of the Wedding".

  • @balconi89
    @balconi89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    May I be the first to congratulate the family of Joan Myers of Union Beach, as she is now part of television history which has not been lost.

  • @trumancapote9097
    @trumancapote9097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Such a sad story. BRANDON DE WILDE (pronounced DA WILDA) died at only the tender age of 30 in a Colorado car crash. He was such a talented young man who co-starred opposite PAUL NEWMAN and Oscar winners MELVYN DOUGLAS and PATRICIA NEAL in one of my all-time favorite films called HUD from 1963. He happens to be buried in a cemetery on Long Island where a young cousin of mine is buried who also died very young at age 28 from a heroin overdose. RIP to both of them.

  • @jo8726t
    @jo8726t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How elegant the ladies dressed even with sparky evening purses!!!

    • @mynamedoesntmatter8652
      @mynamedoesntmatter8652 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And gloves, often. Very proper and mannerly. Fitted garments, class all the way.

  • @cynthialyman2636
    @cynthialyman2636 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    These are priceless: the greatest.

  • @castinmeadows6956
    @castinmeadows6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    DeWilde wanted to win! How intelligent and savvy he was. Fast on his feet, he recognized how to shade/avoid certain responses in way that wouldn't sway against him in the game. And with host John Daly being a sly partner in crime. Such a refreshing child with genuine politeness, self-confident modesty, and a wonderful sense of fun. Here, he is far sharper than many of the show's adult mystery celebrities. He kept the panel guessing, alright. Impressive.

  • @bramlintrent1145
    @bramlintrent1145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Miss Francis was so cute when she got all tangled-up in the definition of a "very young juvenile".

  • @erichanson426
    @erichanson426 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    great episode, especially the second guest, the audience reactions to the panelists guesses was great

  • @MsGatorsmom
    @MsGatorsmom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We watch reruns daily. Kindness, grace….

  • @lllowkee6533
    @lllowkee6533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most perfect panel! Not to leave out Tony Randall.❤

  • @jonnychingas5757
    @jonnychingas5757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great and classy show Guys in tuxedos women in evening gowns . The great John Daley as the moderator. Never missed it. Still watching the reruns

  • @creekbandit
    @creekbandit ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for posting

  • @NewtonWashinton
    @NewtonWashinton 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    very sad about Brandon DeWilde killed at age 30 in a car wreak.

  • @simonbuttons9582
    @simonbuttons9582 8 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I just love the old -fashioned manners from the male pannelists, standing up as the ladies pass, addressing them as madam.
    Something that appears lacking in today's society.

    • @cynthialyman2636
      @cynthialyman2636 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Simon Buttons sadly, it appears lacking because it is.

    • @stevenpatrickstone766
      @stevenpatrickstone766 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That's because back then women were ladies and deserved to be treated as such, now most are far from being ladies.

    • @sandybeach123
      @sandybeach123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Women don't like that form of courtesy (standing up....etc.) because it makes them feel less than a man....subordinate to men.

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      exactly It's a trade off for women having no positions of power and making less money than men

    • @stevetuttle8529
      @stevetuttle8529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well I guess I'm old-fashioned

  • @jrt9
    @jrt9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brandon was so adorable.

  • @crybllrd
    @crybllrd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am addicted to this show..

    • @carol-q9q5g
      @carol-q9q5g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Corey Bullard Me too!

    • @LauraMorland
      @LauraMorland 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me three! WML has become the *only* thing I like to watch during my "down time".
      I'm barely old enough to have seen some of the later episodes as a child, but sadly, I don't remember my parents choosing to watch it on Sunday nights (it was apparently on then, from what I've gleaned). Most of the episodes on TH-cam appear to be from the 1950s, though. However, I haven't searched out any particular year or episode -- I just watch whichever episode TH-cam suggests. It doesn't matter -- they're *all* great!
      Once I even watched the "modern" version of WML, and I liked it more than I thought I would. It was in color, and had a couple of features I didn't care for. Yet Arlene and Bennett were on the panel, but a different moderator. Soupy Sales was apparently a regular panelist, and he was amazingly good -- kinda like Dorothy in his ablity to hone in on the right answer. Still, the original B&W episodes can't be beat!

  • @Michelle-jz8vl
    @Michelle-jz8vl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Just to think
    Brandon would’ve been 77yrs.
    2019..

  • @mimimonster
    @mimimonster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I admire the 50’s when people were classy. Love it.

  • @HolgerRuneFan
    @HolgerRuneFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brandon's facial expressions are so adorable here.

  • @MerleOberon
    @MerleOberon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Poor Brandon died young.

    • @Qermaq
      @Qermaq 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wasn't wearing a seat belt. He could have lived.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Back then they were rarely worn.

    • @33maisie
      @33maisie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not all vehicles back then were even equipped with seat belts, depending on the age of the truck.

    • @klausweasley
      @klausweasley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think it was a motorcycle accident.

    • @swrennie
      @swrennie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So did Dorothy...

  • @stanmaxkolbe
    @stanmaxkolbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember Brandon DeWilde in Shane and In Harm's Way so sad he was killed in a car accident at the age of 30. RIP.

  • @adrianezzo1696
    @adrianezzo1696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Brandon de Wilde...the highlight of the show...and never forgotten..

  • @hannibalscipio10
    @hannibalscipio10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First time they did two special guests!

  • @carol-q9q5g
    @carol-q9q5g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well, well, whaddya know! They do have extra chairs in the back.

  • @Kuklapolitan
    @Kuklapolitan หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brandon de Wilde added so much to the few films he was in. From "The Member of the Wedding" (stage & screen) to" Shane" and beyond, he was a handsome and talented young man.

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love Steve's hair in this epi.

  • @mynamedoesntmatter8652
    @mynamedoesntmatter8652 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The clothes, the jewelry and accessories, gloves and handbags. Stunning but always so pleasant and down to earth. Manners never went amiss, but today that’s gone, sadly. Sadly.

  • @jesuselrocker4595
    @jesuselrocker4595 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Now even most of adults in USA don´t know to write in cursive!!

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if those who have never written it have a hard time reading those of us who do? anyone know?

    • @manueladarazsdi9675
      @manueladarazsdi9675 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, they do. I know someone with that issue, Marcel.

    • @Beyondthe5thPanel
      @Beyondthe5thPanel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jesús el rocker thankfully I was taught in homeschool

    • @NoobsShadow
      @NoobsShadow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The fact that U.S. Public schools no longer teach cursive to their students is a subject I'm very familiar with. I went to private school thank God. My father however went to public and it's so funny to hear him exclaim "Well then, How the Hell do they sign their signature for contracts!" whenever it's brought up that they no longer teach it. lol

    • @floris.927
      @floris.927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes they do. It’s ironic that not being able to write in cursive should be taken as a sign of lack of cultural or intellectual sophistication, when even when we sat in exams for the master’s programme, they advice us not to write in cursive just in case they cannot read it properly.

  • @phillipecook3227
    @phillipecook3227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dorothy's expression at 14.40 is absolutely priceless!

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Use a colon rather than a full stop in such times and TH-cam will autolink it for you.

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@icturner23 Thank you!

  • @Bloomfield246
    @Bloomfield246 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He was wonderful in All Fall Down. Would have had a great career.

    • @Ace1King1
      @Ace1King1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those two films are the only ones I saw him in. He was truly gifted.

  • @gingerfellah5665
    @gingerfellah5665 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Happy to hear Dorothy refer to the “British” version of wml which is absolutely correct. It appears that at this time wml did not conceive that the BBC didn’t just broadcast in England and that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were included too.

  • @celticecho
    @celticecho ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very sad when the question was asked of Brandon was he over 40 - he never actually made it to 40 in his life. Such a tragic end.

  • @TS-qq7vr
    @TS-qq7vr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "He has a cold changing his voice anyway. Now go shake everyone's hand."

    • @AndrewMacLaine
      @AndrewMacLaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It continually astounds me how often the mystery guests were sick for their appearance!

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AndrewMacLaine It would often be because they were scheduled for breaks between shoots or tours. People frequently get ill right after an intensive run of work, because they’ve been running on empty and then when they don’t have to just keep going it hits them.

    • @SR-iy4gg
      @SR-iy4gg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@icturner23 I'm a teacher. That is what has often happened to me. I often spend breaks like Christmas break or spring break sick. It's like my body knows it can finally give in and collapse.

  • @SW2799
    @SW2799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had another thought about this one. This show was recorded in 1954. Just think that was in the days before transatlantic jet service. The first scheduledLondon to New York trans-Atlantic jet service was in 1958. I wonder how Ghislane Alexander got there, Maybe she took a cruise ship?

    • @LauraMorland
      @LauraMorland 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's almost certain she did... but it would have been called a "transatlantic liner," I believe, because the goal was to get from point A to point B... no "cruising" involved. My husband travelled from Boston to Paris in 1962, and he took a liner... it was still the only way to go.
      It would be interesting to learn the point at which it became standard to take a jet rather than a ship across the Atlantic. Sometime in the mid-60s is my guess.

  • @soulierinvestments
    @soulierinvestments 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Interesting to compare Brandon's reactions (1954) to those of Eddie Hodges (1959) when the boys were mystery guests. Eddie looked thrilled that they guessed him. Brandon's expressions suggest he had hoped to bamboozle them thoroughly. He was too famous for that.

  • @txalex
    @txalex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "he's got a cold..." *immediately shakes everyone's hand*

    • @savethetpc6406
      @savethetpc6406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @txAlex LOL!

    • @daviderobinson875
      @daviderobinson875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Have to think of the time period then. They didn't walk around in fear of everything like we do today.

    • @mwolfod
      @mwolfod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So what?
      I'll bet not a single person in that studio caught his cold.
      Saner, more intelligent times.

    • @robbob1234
      @robbob1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No masks? No social distancing? Unbelievable!

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robbob1234 No, they did have masks!

  • @erichanson426
    @erichanson426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been watching these in order, and I believe this is the first time the panel was asked to put on their masks, in what I will call the first round or guest

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not all episodes are available, though. And the concept of the masks and the mystery guest would have been explained much more clearly had it been the first time.

    • @suelutz5364
      @suelutz5364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It actually happened pretty frequently.

  • @savethetpc6406
    @savethetpc6406 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Breadbox" watch: Dorothy asks the handcuff-maker: "Is it smaller than a breadbox?" at about 11:32.

    • @TakeYourSeats
      @TakeYourSeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      STEVE ALLEN in 1967 wrote a book titled "BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX". You will note in this Episode here, that same Quotation is made during this particular episode, I would suggest that American Audiences will have heard Steve Allen use that very same expression and often, and that it is used here during "WHAT'S MY LINE" in tribute to the Guest Panelist: Steve Allen here, who died at the age of 78, October 30, 2000 due to injuries he sustained in a minor traffic accident that day, when a man backed into Steve Allen's vehicle... Might I suggest we all DRIVE MORE CONSIDERATELY AND CAREFULLY ...Take Care with one another...

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TakeYourSeats Another lesson from that tragic accident is that when a person, especially an older person, is in a traffic accident and then does not feel completely well, he should go quickly to the hospital for observation rather than lie down at home, after minimizing matters to his family.

  • @rubensdeliz
    @rubensdeliz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brandon DeWilde almost in the end of movie ''SHANE" shouting! "Shane! Come back Shane. I and mom love you Shane! R.I.P. little warrior.

  • @dcf3204
    @dcf3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the british accent of mrs Arlene frances from Boston

    • @icturner23
      @icturner23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, both her and Dorothy’s accents mysteriously changed once Ghislaine was on.

    • @cristiradu9982
      @cristiradu9982 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not British, it's mid-Atlantic or Transatlantic, which mixes British with American English. Francis was an excellent user up till the 70s, then she apparently dropped it. In her last interview (1986), she uses a standard American accent.

  • @janejohnstone5795
    @janejohnstone5795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes ...people were more well mannered and polite in those days....over 60 years ago...time flies...more precise and perfect...in behavior in those days...

  • @byronp2311
    @byronp2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always loved Steve Allen, the original host of the Toniight Show. He once had on a suited, clean shaven Frank Zappa who showed him how to play a bicycle. It's a hoot.

  • @brookdale2740
    @brookdale2740 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brandon deWIlde was wonderful in two forgotten movies. Well worth seeking them out: Blue Denim and All Fall Down.

  • @magnificentfailure2390
    @magnificentfailure2390 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fun times on the WML? page!

  • @dantzmusic
    @dantzmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Shane, Come Back!

  • @shilohauraable
    @shilohauraable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had such a crush on Brandon as a young girl! 💖

  • @thehapagirl92
    @thehapagirl92 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brandon died at 30 after the camper van he was sleeping in rolled onto it’s side and pinned him in it. Gruesome way to die.

  • @SW2799
    @SW2799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The British what’s my line panelist appearing for one round in the American show is interesting. I wonder if that would even be allowed today because of the show business unions? If someone was going to do something like that today, wouldn’t they have to be under some sort of contract?

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cute as they come..his performance in Shane was terrific...he grew up to have leading man looks....starring with the in his prime warren Beatty ..in the somewhat confusing they all fall down...staring also karl malden and angela lansbury........sadly dying in a car crash...very young

  • @petemarshall8094
    @petemarshall8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “The natural habitat [of handcuffs] is outside the home”. Ah, what an innocent era the 1950s was. Today they’d also be considered bedroom equipment, together with riding crops, blindfolds, garter belts and long leather boots. I wonder what Hal Block would have made of it.

  • @michaelpcooksey5096
    @michaelpcooksey5096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Show.

  • @yougottabekidding7476
    @yougottabekidding7476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've noticed that after the mystery guest's identity is revealed, the host doesn't give him/her a chance to even talk. All of the conversation comes from Mr. Daily or the panel. This happens often.

    • @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg
      @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. It was strange, given that they got some of the biggest stars of the day, that they didn't let them say much once they were actually revealed. Just thanks for coming and good night. I wish they had been allowed to speak more.

  • @janettejoseph1430
    @janettejoseph1430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I moved to the US in 1970 so I knew about these shows but never saw them. I love Password and To Tell The Truth.

  • @debsmith8219
    @debsmith8219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shane. Shane Shane I can watch it over and over come back Shane