What's My Line? - Dorothy McGuire (Jul 25, 1954)

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  • @frankies9465
    @frankies9465 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Goodnight, panel. And rest in peace. From a simple better time. I love watching these shows and getting lost in the past on a lazy sunday evening before facing a stressful monday. I feel alittle less lonely watching these old shows. I hope everyone is happy and healthy.

  • @JuanFernandez-jr2wz
    @JuanFernandez-jr2wz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "A tree grows in Brooklyn", "The spiral staircase" and "Gentleman's agreement" were great examples of the talent of Dorothy McGuire, one of the best actresses in movies, with elegance and style.

  • @michaelrudzick1399
    @michaelrudzick1399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    DOROTHY Mc Guire was one of the very best on screen and when I wrote her many years ago she answered Rutsch ins neue with: I have been very lucky in my career and with the films I have made. And the photo with her and her dog Marco Polo is my special gift from this so warmhearded lady.

    • @ChrisHansonCanada
      @ChrisHansonCanada 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She sent me the same photo.

    • @martinschweisthal5560
      @martinschweisthal5560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sprach sie Deutsch? Es gibt ja einige US Stars, die gut Deutsch konnten / können. Alfred Hitchcock sprach nahezu perfekt Deutsch, Kirk Douglas, Mel Brooks, Vincent Price , Edward G Robinson, Mickey Rooney unvam, konnten und sprachen auch ein bisschen oder ein bisschen mehr Deutsch. Ich hab 2 Filme in der Dorothy McGuire mitwirkt, auf DVD hab ich, ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn und erst neulich hab ich mir die Blu ray von die Wendeltreppe gekauft, die von Filmjuwelen herausgekommen ist. Tolle Schauspielerin.

    • @519djw6
      @519djw6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@martinschweisthal5560 „Ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn“ ist ein sehr schöner Film-obwohl er nicht besonders treu zum Roman ist.

    • @martinschweisthal5560
      @martinschweisthal5560 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@519djw6 Ja, dass stimmt, ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn ist ein sehr stimmungsvoller, schöner, aber auch trauriger Film. Alle Schauspieler sind großartig, allen voran Peggy Ann Garner. Ich hab den Film bereits wie gesagt auf DVD. Muss ihn mir auch noch mal anschauen, hab ihn lang nicht mehr gesehen, der passt gut in die Winterzeit, ich liebe es schwarzweiß Filme im Winter zu schauen. Schade dass es keine Blu ray von dem Film gibt, zumindest hier in Deutschland nicht. Weil dann würde ich mir den wenn die Qualität gut ist, nochmal kaufen. Ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn ist aber leider hierzulande auch nicht so bekannt, glaub ich, sowohl der Roman als auch der Film, leider.
      Liebe Grüße, Martin.:)

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Dorothy McGuire was a great actress. Watch her in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and you’ll appreciate her work.

  • @dearmakeupdiary
    @dearmakeupdiary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Dorothy, what a beautiful sophisticated lady! I would wear that dress without a doubt today 🤍

  • @dougtagg9162
    @dougtagg9162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love to see the respect the panelists give to older contestants.

  • @andrewm5402
    @andrewm5402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I had the pleasure of meeting Dorothy McGuire in the early 90's at a screening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was walking with a cane. Someone asked her what happened and she said "I had a facelift," very deadpan. Sweet, funny lady

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Always so pretty as well. She looks beautiful here.

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Great anecdote! = thanks for sharing it.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Aritosthenes They were real natural beauties. Liked the looks of both of them.

    • @johnbuggy9121
      @johnbuggy9121 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucky man. Incredibly talented actress, and beautiful lady.

  • @iacheson
    @iacheson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Dorothy McGuire, so charming..Just Loved her in Summer Place..& A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...

    • @karenmallonee3867
      @karenmallonee3867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two of my favorite movies! ❤️

    • @brookdale2740
      @brookdale2740 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Three Coins in the Fountain!

  • @hayleyolson4050
    @hayleyolson4050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The consumate Disney mother figure, love Dorothy McGuire.
    An early movie of hers, "The Enchanted Cottage" is a gem if you've never seen it.

  • @igkoigko9950
    @igkoigko9950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I enjoyed this celebrity guest more than any other entertainer. She brought out the best in each of the panelists: Bennett’s friendliness and honor, Arlene’s charm, Steve’s humor, and Dorothy’s cooperativeness. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the world were as ice as the people on this episode?

    • @cesarcueto1995
      @cesarcueto1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @reneshay889
      @reneshay889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, the world would be a much better place ! 😀

    • @reneshay889
      @reneshay889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cesarcueto1995 You must be a very unhappy, troubled person. ☹️

    • @deboraholsen2504
      @deboraholsen2504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, Igko, your thoughts are my thoughts. This show and the people on it have become so dear to me that I find myself wishing I had been born in their time! Even if people in the world weren’t as individually nice as they appear to be on this show, at least everyone seemed to know how to conduct themselves in public, and profanity wasn’t an accepted practice in mixed company and the hyper-sexualized world in the media that we put up with today didn’t exist!

    • @drumbum3.142
      @drumbum3.142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *psst. Her Name is Dorothy McGuire..
      😐😉😊☺️☺️☺️😉

  • @Sublette217
    @Sublette217 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sportsman Park was a horse track up to 1999 when it was converted to a hard-surface auto track but failed within a few years. It was demolished in 2009.

  • @mw54470
    @mw54470 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I loved Dorothy McGuire in A tree grows in Brooklyn!

    • @oksills
      @oksills 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maurea Williamson My goodness! I dearly loved “A Tree Grows” and I loved Dorothy McGuire but I did not remember she was in it!! I’ve got to watch that again!

  • @geoffm9944
    @geoffm9944 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dorothy McGuire was a delightful and excellent actress. She exuded charm and style. With this celebrity section of the show, it became far more interesting and entertaining when they changed the rules a few years later, where members of the panel could only ask the mystery guest one question in turn.

  • @Poeme340
    @Poeme340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Dorothy was so smart and lovely. She was brilliant in so many roles and brought class to any film.

  • @sandrageorge3488
    @sandrageorge3488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I loved Dorothy McGuire in "A Summer Place" and "Friendly Persuasion".

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    • @lllowkee6533
      @lllowkee6533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A Summer Place has the best music score ever but the premise of the movie was so silly. One of the story lines was two divorced parents seeking custody of a grown college age son. ! ???

    • @grego5284
      @grego5284 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're right, but, the wife and I saw this movie in the early 70s, and loved it. 😊​@@lllowkee6533

  • @sabinebeyer9249
    @sabinebeyer9249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    nice, to see Dorothy MacGuire here. liked her acting in The Enchanted Cottage very much. Actually I heard first the Lux radio version before seeing the movie, what a moving story and what a brilliant cast!

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good movie.

  • @FreihEitner
    @FreihEitner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ha ha ha, love Steve's suggestion to Dorothy K. about passing.

  • @chuckc7375
    @chuckc7375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A very beautiful woman.

  • @sitarnut
    @sitarnut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The respect shown for the elderly second contestant when Bennett and Steve both rose from their chairs to greet her was touching, was how we were raised back then, and pretty much gone from the scene nowadays.. and Bennett's not the only one in love with Dorothy McGuire...she's lovely... they could have done the entire show with her for my money.

    • @jess4metoo
      @jess4metoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I noticed both Arlene and Dorothy also rose.

    • @randysills4418
      @randysills4418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm glad that the elderly lady won the full amount. That would be about $500 now, more or less!

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@randysills4418 $50 was a weeks pay or a mortgage payment 😊

  • @henridelagardere264
    @henridelagardere264 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945) ~ *The Spiral Staircase* (1946) ~ *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947) ~ *Mister 880* (1950) ~ *Invitation* (1952) ~ Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) ~ Friendly Persuasion (1956) ~ Old Yeller (1957) ~ The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) ~ A Summer Place (1959) ~ Swiss Family Robinson (1960) ~ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
    These are the movies I have seen with Dorothy McGuire, who combined impressive acting chops and magnetic looks with natural charm and appeal, including her *top five.* She was at her most radiantly beautiful in _Mister 880,_ a perfect movie for the Christmas holidays.

  • @janet8418
    @janet8418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I loved Dorothy McGuire in The Enchanted Cottage.

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These old shows are cool. Mr Murphy of Murphy Beds was a guest.
    Colonel Sanders was on one episode (not this one) and no one knew who he was.
    Dorothy McGuire is a great actress. Watch her in, “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”.

  • @sharonjudd7786
    @sharonjudd7786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My 5 favorites of WML❤️

  • @musik102
    @musik102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I always think of "Three Coins in the Fountain" wen I think of Dorothy McGuire; indeed, she was probably on the show to promote the movie

  • @Tramseskumbanan
    @Tramseskumbanan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    She sure was pretty, this Dorothy McGuire.

  • @saran3214
    @saran3214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Invitation is a great movie Dorothy McGuire is in. Spoiler alert..she plays a lovely girl who has a year to live but does not know it. Her rich father buys her a husband to make that year a good one. It's really good.

  • @jadeshannon5583
    @jadeshannon5583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Dorothy McGuire was lovely and I think Bennett Cerf is very good on the panel.

  • @riveranormanf.8770
    @riveranormanf.8770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well-Deserved Best Actress Oscar Nominee for GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947). Leading Lady status from the 1940's, 1950's & 1960's. 😀

  • @WintersWar
    @WintersWar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn she breaks the heart.

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very funny the panel acting like they know it's Dorothy McGuire and passing to the the next panelist was a very clever joke.

  • @bigoldinosaur
    @bigoldinosaur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "We used to romp through the honeysuckle together..."

    • @bobronson5049
      @bobronson5049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i know Im quite off topic but does anybody know a good site to watch new series online?

    • @sergiodakota4475
      @sergiodakota4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bo Bronson i would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google :)

    • @khalildiego4594
      @khalildiego4594 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sergio Dakota yea, been using flixzone for since april myself =)

    • @bobronson5049
      @bobronson5049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sergio Dakota thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it!!

    • @sergiodakota4475
      @sergiodakota4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bo Bronson you are welcome :D

  • @adamodeo9320
    @adamodeo9320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Dorothy McGuire was an example of how classy people were back then

    • @jamesrobiscoe1174
      @jamesrobiscoe1174 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always felt the same.

    • @drumbum3.142
      @drumbum3.142 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Precisely.
      Never saw a Performance of Hers that I didn't totally Adore.. 🎨.

    • @PBAncello-yl3kf
      @PBAncello-yl3kf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From Gentleman's Agreement to Keep Smiling (Highway to Heaven) she was a lovely lady .

  • @randysills4418
    @randysills4418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Gary Cooper thought that Dorothy McGuire was an inferior actress and was upset that she was slated to appear as his wife in Friendly Persuasion. I think she was a last minute substitute for that role. He changed his mind about her...

    • @drumbum3.142
      @drumbum3.142 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤨🤨🤨🤨😐😬🤨 (And) If that is Correct my Opinion of Gary Cooper just toppled several tiers.. . 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🙄😑😑😑🙄
      That's like saying Fay Wray can't act in Horror.. 🤨🙄🤨🤨🤨😬😬😬😬😬😬😬🤨😑

  • @michaelterry1000
    @michaelterry1000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    In 'The Enchanted Cottage' McGuire played a homely woman. I am glad that McGuire got the part but the film had to keep telling the audience that she was supposed to be homely even though you could still see her beauty.

    • @accomplice55
      @accomplice55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And I thought Robert Young was very handsome!

    • @michaelterry1000
      @michaelterry1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@accomplice55 Yea, sort of defeats the purpose of the film. I think they remade that film recently

  • @mcbrion1951
    @mcbrion1951 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just the Charm on this show makes one feel good, relaxed, happy and uplifted. Everyone is SO kind to everyone else that it is hard not to be smitten by everyone on the show. Where has charm and graciousness gone?
    It was almost a way of social life back in the 50s, even the 60s. And this panel exemplifies that warmth and goodwill to the Nth degree. It makes me smile and laugh.
    Yet, it also brings tears to my eyes for what we have lost, seemingly in the last 40 years ago. It was still this way in the '70s.

  • @amberola1b
    @amberola1b 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I was always waiting for the moment when a contestant wrote their name on the board that John Daly couldn't decipher . Everybody had such elaborate distinctive hand writing .

    • @philippapay4352
      @philippapay4352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The individual cursive signatures are all interesting to see, but Daly had their names on a card in front of him and had met them each ahead of time. You will note this especially when he has an Asian name written in the native calligraphy on the blackboard, yet he knows what it translates to in our phonetic system.

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@philippapay4352 Correct

    • @jessicaphillips4542
      @jessicaphillips4542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I only saw it once but he got it right

    • @Tahgtahv
      @Tahgtahv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jessicaphillips4542 Sometimes he doesn't seem sure. For example I think one time he wasn't sure whether the name ended in an n or an r. Did he just fake not being sure or forget what the card said?

  • @dianepowers9643
    @dianepowers9643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Two of my uncle's trained and raced harness horses

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Comedian Steve Allen was a genius. Too bad time passed him by. Like it will for us all! Great episode.

  • @imeanithonest5704
    @imeanithonest5704 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Almost totally forgotten today.....beautiful ldy.

  • @CammieInOz
    @CammieInOz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my very favourite actresses.

  • @santiagorodriguez3330
    @santiagorodriguez3330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my absolute favorite actress

    • @beloveddude
      @beloveddude หลายเดือนก่อน

      recently saw her in TRIAL w/ Glenn ford....she was best thing about the film, otherwise dark quality re racism & political violence...scene where she and Mr Ford [almost] kiss was powerfully erotic & romantic...forgot she was Gary Cooper's wife in FRIENDLY PERSUASION, WHICH i loved when seeing it 1st time as a kid...watching her in THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE now, loving it & her & Robt Young & Herbert Marshall..SHE IS SO GREAT HERE ON what's my line..will be checking out as many of her films as I can!!!!

  • @luvastandardbred8270
    @luvastandardbred8270 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Old Yeller! Heartbreaking 😭

  • @loissimmons6558
    @loissimmons6558 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The first challenger is another example of someone from NYC who identifies himself as being from Long Island. Mr. Murphy was from the Douglaston neighborhood in the NE portion of the Borough of Queens, bordered by Little Neck, Bayside and Little Neck Bay. A number of challengers from Queens in the earliest episodes of WML that survived identified themselves as being from Long Island and it led to a number of questions by other commenters. Here we see that the terminology was still in use by one challenger. However the final challenger, most likely not a native New Yorker, only identified herself as being from Forest Hills. That neighborhood is also in Queens and for years was home to the U.S. Open tennis championships.

    • @kennethbutler1343
      @kennethbutler1343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've been reading your comments on the various contestants in all these WML episodes, and you always have such detailed information to share!

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I appreciate your comments that are very detailed and very informative 😊

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kennethbutler1343I agree 💯 😊

  • @johnwettermark
    @johnwettermark 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    So THAT'S the Murphy of the Murphy Bed!

    • @americanmanhood
      @americanmanhood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's not the inventor. The inventor was William Lawrence Murphy, who was born in 1876. That was likely his son or grandson.

    • @kennethbutler1343
      @kennethbutler1343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They said he's the son.

    • @veralugo
      @veralugo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually the inventor was Lawrence Holmes Sr. who developed the Holmes Disappearing Wall Bed and built apartments in LA and Boston (I think?) that featured the bed. Eventually he or his brother Bernard sold the rights to Murphy who then changed it into the foldout we know today. There was a fraught court case about it a few years later.

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They said he was the son of the designer.

  • @dameaustel
    @dameaustel หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dorothy Kilgallen looked exceptionally beautiful in this episode. Dorothy McGuire was a heartbreakingly good actress. Dorothy's Rock! Arlene was glittering as always

  • @americandreamer6092
    @americandreamer6092 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Dorothy McGuire is so lovely. Just don't understand why so many mystery guests don't disguise their voices. They are famous and everybody recognizes them.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Some of them clearly wanted to be recognized. Their egos couldn't take that they weren't famous enough. Makes the game much less fun.

  • @glennklipp6398
    @glennklipp6398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This episode aired the day after I was born

  • @peterchios9637
    @peterchios9637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Epitome Of Game Shows.
    ☮️👊

  • @ToddSF
    @ToddSF 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The typical Murphy bed, back in 1954 and years prior, was found in studio apartments where there was no separate bedroom. Typically, such apartments had a rectangular walk-in closet with hanging space and a shelf-above plus a chest of drawers, with an entrance door on the short side of the rectangle. Then, on the longer side of the rectangle, there would be another door, either a wide single door or double doors, each of which were narrower than a typical door. You'd open the door or doors and there would be the vertically stored Murphy bed on hinges that were spring loaded to counterbalance the weight of the bed. The springs had two good effects. When folding the bed down to its horizontal position to sleep on it, the springs kept the bed from crashing down heavily onto the floor, and also made it easy to lift it up to the vertical position, which would have been difficult without the counterbalancing effect of the springs, given how heavy a bed with an innerspring mattress is. With the bed folded up during the day, if you walked into the closet, you could see it in there. I've seen many a studio apartment in San Francisco with the Murphy bed gone because the springs failed, and people sleep instead on a "Hide-A-Bed" sofa, which is not nearly as comfortable. I've also seen modern studio apartments that have a nice wall unit along one wall of the living room with lots of bookshelves and even some drawers -- and in the middle is what appears to be a set of double cupboard doors that go from the floor to the top of the unit, but are not really cupboard doors. They're just styled to look that way -- and they're really the bottom of a Murphy bed that folds up into the wall unit during the day. I've seen them here in the U.S.A. and on television on _House Hunters International_, typically in London, England, where small apartments are fairly common.

    • @ironduke2000
      @ironduke2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I live in a one-bedroom bungalow built in the twenties, and there's a space in the living room where a Murphy bed used to be. There's also a servant's entrance and area in the rear, with a broom closet and an ironing board that comes out of the wall, and I've speculated that the Murphy bed was built with a live-in servant in mind. It was very common for servants to live with their employers in the days before they were replaced by appliances. Only the rich have live-in servants now, of course, but even middle-class people had them as recently as sixties, per TV shows like "The Brady Bunch" and "Hazel."

    • @slaytonp
      @slaytonp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The program "Sam Spade, Private Eye" on radio presented an episode on 6/5/49 entitled, "The Corpse in the Murphy Bed." I wonder if this was the first mystery story to fold up a dead man in a Murphy Bed? I think this was not the only time a dead person was folded up in a Murphy Bed, but this is the only one I have a recording of.

  • @44032
    @44032 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    John knows what the contestants do but he seems to have to read the signature to know what their name is.

    • @Sylvander1911
      @Sylvander1911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As was mentioned on an earlier episode, he's well prepped, but just filling what would be an awkward silence.

  • @drumbum3.142
    @drumbum3.142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Also (see my Nanette Fabray post) ADORE This Gorgeous, Beautiful, Actress 🌈🎨
    INSANELY, SINFULLY Underrated imho

  • @jessicaphillips4542
    @jessicaphillips4542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s the fan for me

  • @artcaldwell3468
    @artcaldwell3468 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The. Show. Should. Com back. For. Our. New. Kids. Today

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Surprised that the last contestant didn't bring in a few free samples to hand out!

  • @WhatsMyLine
    @WhatsMyLine  9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Comments left on prior version of this video:
    Saloni D 1 year ago
    I'm just wondering - what happens if the panel guesses correctly during the "free guesses"? Has this ever happened before?
    Serena Mae 1 year ago
    It has a few times. John would then still give the challenger some money & talk a little bit to them, that's it :)
    Saloni D 1 year ago
    Ahh I see :) I haven't yet any of the eps with that happening so thank you!
    What's My Line? 1 year ago
    According to producer Gil Fates, the main reason the free guess was eliminated was to avoid the rare occasions where one of the panelists guessed right.
    Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago
    Saloni D, check the episode just prior to this one dated 7/18/54 as it has Arlene guessing the occupation during the free guess segment.
    Saloni D 1 year ago
    +Jeff Vaughn Oh yes! I just saw that episode, and another one where Bennett Cerf guesses Marilyn Monroe's acting coach correctly :)
    Purple Capricorn 3 months ago
    I love seeing all of the panelist stand for the older people. I'm ashamed that my generation are so disrespectful.
    goldenthroat86 7 months ago
    Al Franken makes murphy beds?
    LOA1955 6 months ago (edited)
    As Steve Allen might have said: I Think Al Franken Beds Murphys. ;-)
    corner moose 3 months ago
    I see Dorothy hadn't given up her bad habits yet. Once she was sure it was dog racing, she asked several questions leading up to the big one. She must have been mightily surprised when she got a no.
    MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
    If there's an afterlife, I wonder if they are producing a version of "What's My Line?" there. I just hope they aren't producing a version of "Queen for a Day". (yeah, I realise this comment is an odd one).
    Purple Capricorn 3 months ago
    (From watching this show in order), Dorothy looks great since had the baby.
    tiffsaver 4 months ago
    Steve Allen was a comic GENIUS. He never got enough credit.
    MegaWetwilly 1 year ago
    This is a great show, but i'm pretty sure it's rigged, if you watch the pre-64,000 question shows, and compare the show afterwards, they didn't get the guest as much as things had changed because of the cheating scandle of the 64k question, but still a good show.
    What's My Line? 1 year ago (edited)
    I'm always surprised when I see people that people really believe the show was rigged. What would the point be? There was only a token amount of money involved, and the show was never about making the panelists look as smart as possible. John Daly delighted in confounding them (while remaining technically honest) at every turn.
    The only rigging was the use of "gambits", where they fed a general line of questioning to the comic member of the panel to boost the odds of getting some laughs. E.g., if the guest was a girdle salesman, they might tell Steve Allen to ask if he would be likely to use the product himself, and let Steve proceed to the laughs based on the audience response from there. But that's as far as they went, and the point was never, ever to help the panelists guess the lines more quickly-- the exact opposite, in fact.
    You are right, though, that even this little bit of nudging-for-pure-entertainment-value was reluctantly dropped after the quiz show scandals-- producer Gil Fates said as much in his book. It's a shame, because that little nudge towards laughs that the gambits provided was the source of many a classic segment in the pre-scandal era.
    MegaWetwilly 1 year ago (edited)
    From reading the history of the show the reason the prize was only 50.00 was the show was just for fun, they paid the contestants $500.00 to appear, so money wasn't the problem, the contestant made money no matter what. I only thought that originally because a lot of game show's got busted for cheating in a big scandal and i mistakenly lumped WML in with them, they're great shows and thank you for posting them.
    Mark DeNio 1 year ago
    +What's My Line? The NERVE of some people, thinking the show was rigged!
    David Evans 11 months ago
    But why? There's not much money involved even for those times. And how would rigging affect the payout? The ratings? Who would benefit? And what about the risk involved? Would the benefits, of which I see none, out weigh the risk?
    What's My Line? 11 months ago
    +David Evans I've given up on trying to convince people out of their being convinced the show was rigged. It wasn't, but some people are going to believe what they want to believe. As the great Louis Armstrong said, "There's some people out there who, if they don't get it, you can't tell 'em."
    David Evans 11 months ago (edited)
    So true. The panelists, Dorothy in particular, were just damn good at it, that's all.
    Matthew White 8 months ago
    No whistling for Dorothy McGuire?? What the Hell
    Flike 7 months ago
    Exactly what I was thinking.
    NG D 6 months ago
    The stars in those days had class.
    Scott Evans 1 year ago
    Big laugh from Steve Allen @ 18:28
    Carson was right -- Timing is everything!
    A JAXX 1 year ago
    That was a great show.
    torstvillinger 7 months ago
    Sir(s): If I may, whenever a Man might need, he can also use his E.S.P. among friends. Thank you. Et merci. --Jim D.
    Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago
    Bennett's guess concerning the second contestant was that she made machine guns. That was not said at random (!), since the lady was from Cicero outside Chicago, and it was there that Al Capone moved his criminal empire to escape the reach of the Chicago police.
    PepsiMama2 1 year ago
    Another one that the panel lost and didn't guess on purpose so the contestant gets the money... The panel has a soft spot for old people... I like that..
    joed596 6 months ago
    thank you :-)
    Dixie Alexander 1 year ago
    Daly really should have used "Mr. X" for Mr. Murphy.
    Tony Morris 1 year ago
    Every time I watch one of these I am reminded of how people actually used to sign their names in cursive, and many of them so beautifully, especially considering it's a chalkboard. Dorothy McGuire was not only a fine actress but truely one of the underrated beauties of her era.
    daniel stanwyck 1 year ago
    Really clever, witty panelists. McGuire is a wonderful actress and beauty to boot. ALWAYS liked to see her and listen to her unusual, mellifluous voice.
    Mark DeNio 1 year ago (edited)
    Curioisity question: Why were Dorothy's and Arlene's blindfolds tied on and elaborate? Was that to prevent hairstyle damage? I wish there could have been simpler blindfolds sometimes. I think they almost missed seeing Ed Sullivan in his mask because it took them some time to get the blindfolds off.
    RayNDeere 1 year ago
    The tie was to help their hair. The elaborate blindfold probably to go with their suits. Later on, the ladies had blindfolds that went on like glasses
    Dixie Alexander 1 year ago
    Arlene didn't miss Ed Sullivan's mask :)
    1013pka 1 year ago
    Love these old shows. I really enjoy watching them. Thank u so much for posting.
    Fabbiha Chowdhury 1 year ago
    Oh god when Mr. Allen whispered into Dorothy's their plan to pass and continued with the charade well i just laughed till i choked!
    dance4joy7@hotmail.com Seattle 1 year ago in reply to What's My Line?
    For sure! I love the full shows too. And they won so many awards for best. I am sure they would be stunned to know that here we are over 60 years later STILL watching... on our portable devices and phones, no less.. and STILL thinking they were the best ever!!
    What's My Line? 1 year ago in reply to dance4joy7@hotmail.com Seattle
    You're very welcome. I appreciate your interest in the channel-- there was so much of WML already floating around youtube, but mostly just clips, not full shows, and none of it organized and in one place. It's really nice to see folks watching these again. :)
    Aritosthenes 1 year ago in reply to What's My Line?
    It's such a blast of fresh air! :-)
    ....especially when one considers the amount of 'rubbish' that permeates the media today/these days.!
    yet another THANK YOU(!!) from another GRATEFUL viewer!
    LOL
    dance4joy7@hotmail.com Seattle 1 year ago
    Thanks for the new uploads! I have watched every one of your videos and was wanting to find some I had not seen. Whoop whoop

    • @alansorensen5903
      @alansorensen5903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always thought Dorothy and Arlene were readjusting their fake eyelashes after removing the masks, but I noticed Steve wiping his eyes in this episode, too. It must have been hot under the masks, resulting in a bit of irritating perspiration. Ya think?

  • @ironduke2000
    @ironduke2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The lovely last contestant has the open-mouthed MM smile. Was that a "thing" back then? You rarely see it now.

    • @ladya1953
      @ladya1953 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ironduke2000 Yes, Hollywood starlets were taught to "smile" this way to reduce or eliminate facial wrinkles. Some girls of the time did emulate the practice. I find it off-putting myself.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      French women were know to smile to be more attractive 😊

  • @iwinzeazy
    @iwinzeazy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just watched her in Ole Yeller😎

    • @robertfiller8634
      @robertfiller8634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In 1957, when I was 8 years old, my mom took me and three friends to see "Old Yeller" at a movie theatre here in Montreal. A beautiful memory!
      Dorothy McGuire, a charming lovely female and a much underrated actor!

  • @joycejean-baptiste4355
    @joycejean-baptiste4355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It was so polite and sweet how even the women stood up for the race track timer contestant out of respect for her age. Very proper in those bygone days.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    John Charles Daly just lapped up those compliments fed to him by Bennett Cerf.

  • @hansendesigns
    @hansendesigns 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    last contestant, Zita Landy, became a painter. see her work here: zita-landy.com

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow, if I'm reading this correctly she lived to be 99 years old. Thanks for posting.

  • @RalphOnofrio
    @RalphOnofrio หลายเดือนก่อน

    Murphy beds....I love to see this kind of stuff.

  • @anaprado5282
    @anaprado5282 ปีที่แล้ว

    Na foto da capa do vídeo me lembra a atriz brasileira Françoise Fourton.

  • @DavidEJacob
    @DavidEJacob ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t know (handsomeist) was a word. I thought is was (the most handsome). But if Bennett Cerf said it, it must be legit!

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      70 years ago words had a different interpretation 😊

  • @WhatsMyLine
    @WhatsMyLine  8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Today's TH-cam Rerun for 3/1/16: Watch along and join the discussion!This is one of those videos that, for whatever reason, drew a lot of comments from folks insisting that the show had to have been rigged (it wasn't). I gave up trying to change people's minds about this a couple of years ago-- those who think the show was rigged simply can't be convinced otherwise, having seen through the facade of the world's most nefarious conspiracy to entertain us.
    -----------------------------
    Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! 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?sub_confirmation=

    • @jadeshannon5583
      @jadeshannon5583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's my line;I'm sorry now I can say no.

  • @vampyros1
    @vampyros1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a friend in high school who was always bragging about his mother, Dorothy McGuire, having been been in the McGuire Sisters. Eric, you were a little annoying…

  • @amberola1b
    @amberola1b 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I know this is ano odd question, but does anyone know how large the studio audience was on this show? 100, 200 people?

    • @fredkruse9444
      @fredkruse9444 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This was broadcast from CBS Studio 59 (aka Brooks Atkinson Theater), capacity 1,069 per Wikipedia.

  • @paulbradley5842
    @paulbradley5842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish they would bring the show back

  • @ChrisHansonCanada
    @ChrisHansonCanada ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MANUFACTURES MURPHY BEDS
    OFFICIAL RACETRACK TIMER
    DIAMOND BUYER

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a continuation of the week before when Steve's tie had been un-clipped.

  • @Frederick-t8t
    @Frederick-t8t หลายเดือนก่อน

    AND 4 DAYS LATER OUT CAME ME.

  • @k5laman
    @k5laman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can anyone tell me the meaning of Arlene's French term she uses between 1:20 & 1:22 regarding Bennett?

    • @ladya1953
      @ladya1953 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      k5laman A bon vivant is a person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle, according to the dictionary.

  • @kennethbutler1343
    @kennethbutler1343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Harness racing is horse racing...it's not the harnesses that are racing; it's the horses. Daly blew that one IMHO.

    • @418-Error
      @418-Error 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kenneth Butler Unless he's referring to harness racing as if it were like chariot racing. Still misleading, by today's terminology.

    • @anthonybopp4607
      @anthonybopp4607 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In those days it would have been near-scandalous to refer to harness racing as horse racing. Harness racing was regarded as almost elegant entertainment, while horse racing was viewed as the purview of organized crime, particularly in certain areas of the country. A person of breeding would never be so vulgar as to equate the two things.

    • @neilmidkiff
      @neilmidkiff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anthonybopp4607 A great example is in "The Music Man", in Professor Harold Hill's "Trouble in River City" number, comparing respectable harness racing with races where "they sit right down on the horse" (or words to that effect; I'm quoting from memory), leading to Trouble.

    • @mwilliams1330
      @mwilliams1330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@neilmidkiff I had to go back and see the lyrics of that song (one of my favorite movies). I knew the song was about the differences between Billiards and pool, but forget the reference to horse racing..good call.

    • @sagarsaxena6318
      @sagarsaxena6318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anthonybopp4607 thanks for putting it in context. It is quiet amazing how so many words come to different meanings & undertones in just 5-6 decades. It's like there is a cultural update every one two decades.

  • @judd1157
    @judd1157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Mr. Murphy is actually Al Franken!

    • @gregorykayne6054
      @gregorykayne6054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is a slight resemblance. Franken's illegitimate grandfather!

  • @morganrussell6783
    @morganrussell6783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful Women I'm born in the wrong era 😪💖💯

  • @golden-63
    @golden-63 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Murphy should have signed in as Mr. X.*

  • @augerontgen8240
    @augerontgen8240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's a pity that the show mostly runs out of time when the last contestant appears.

    • @leesher1845
      @leesher1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know; I hate when they rushed the last contestant. It wasn’t really very nice or very fair to that contestant.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The last contestant walks away with the full $50😊

  • @leannsherman6723
    @leannsherman6723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, they should have called Mr. Murphy Mr. X

  • @shirleymcclaran5581
    @shirleymcclaran5581 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    murpey bed was funny

  • @thunderball6908
    @thunderball6908 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm glad when they stopped the initial walk of shame and let the contestants shake hands with the panel afterward.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don’t know how that woman was the official harness race timer. She seemed like she was slow as molasses and was missing something in the area of cognition.

  • @allanshulstad8023
    @allanshulstad8023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was Dorothy McGuire related to the McGuire Sisters?

    • @accomplice55
      @accomplice55 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the McGuire sisters is named Dorothy, but the sisters are not related to the actress seen here.

  • @jimwednt1229
    @jimwednt1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "Lady" diamond buyer's Adam's Apple is bigger than mine !

  • @randylovering24
    @randylovering24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Flip some more cards

  • @oswaldomilano3848
    @oswaldomilano3848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I GUESS THey NEVER SHOWED THE audience.that mustA BEEN GREAT¡

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The audience was shown numerous times 😊

  • @terryniblett9329
    @terryniblett9329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dorothy...quit beating around the bush!!!

  • @butziporsche8646
    @butziporsche8646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back when TV had class!

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When people had class😊

  • @thesweeples3266
    @thesweeples3266 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    17:54

  • @melianna999
    @melianna999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    July 31 1954 Steve Allen got married to Jayne Meadows.

  • @tmac8892
    @tmac8892 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Elmer fudd in da house

  • @Baskerville22
    @Baskerville22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've loved Dorothy McGuire since I saw her in Friendly Persuasion 50 years ago.
    The old lady racetrack-timer segment should have been scrapped. She barely answered any questions clearly and seemed befuddled. I would question her capacity to "time" anything accurately.

    • @nancylee9014
      @nancylee9014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was beautiful in that movie!

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mark Richardson Really ? And you called me a "jerk" for my other comment

    • @randysills4418
      @randysills4418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Friendly Persuasion was when I fell in love with Dorothy McQuire and Anthony Perkins too...

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randysills4418 Both ? Randy by name....

  • @michaelgasiciel9317
    @michaelgasiciel9317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    John Daley lied about horses.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      70 years ago certain terms were used differently 😊

  • @jauafonso
    @jauafonso 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If John Daly checked Wikipedia he would know that harness racing is a form of horse racing.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wrong, this was over 70 years ago 😅

  • @ToddSF
    @ToddSF 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For me, "horse racing" at racetracks is of two types, harness racing and, as Harold Hill put it in _The Music Man_, the kind "where they sit down right on the horse". I think that saying "no" to horse racing as something that does not include harness racing was downright disingenuous of John Daly.

    • @bradtorville5526
      @bradtorville5526 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree, they might have qualified it but an outright no just doesn't seem right all.

    • @MrRwk314
      @MrRwk314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nascar and Formula 1 are all cars but you don't just call them both auto racing.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      70 years ago certain sports were called by different terms of reference 😊

  • @stephenvincent4989
    @stephenvincent4989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Again and again BC with the see thru mask sincerely ridiculous - his ego was front and centre

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're totally wrong 😮

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess it was a lot of fun the way the panel played the Dorothy McGuire segment, but it wasn't very nice.
    How many times does Miss McGuire get to be on What's My Line.?
    They should have played the game.
    Jeepers!

  • @thezmanchar
    @thezmanchar ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this show but I cringed when they had guests walk in front of the judges. That was tacky.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This was done so the panel could get an idea of what their work might be. 😊

  • @evanshiong3557
    @evanshiong3557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No sorry TWO days after 9/11

    • @evanshiong3557
      @evanshiong3557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The reason I mention that is because she lived through the two worst terrorist attacks in the history of the United States; Pearl Harbor and 9/11. And she continued acting into the 1980s. She was alive at two of America’s darkest hours.

    • @preppysocks209
      @preppysocks209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@evanshiong3557 I see you corrected yourself. Thanks

  • @janetwilliams7665
    @janetwilliams7665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this show was definitely rigged as evidenced by an episode with Phyllis Newman that went something like this:
    First Panelist: Are you in the field of entertainment?
    Answer: No
    Phyllis: Are you a translator for the United Nations?
    Like that is something that would just come to mind w/o any question leading into that area.

    • @brookehanley3659
      @brookehanley3659 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Janet Williams I have to agree. Some of these questions came out of the air. Also the guest panelists were given questions to ask that would be funny. Some of these occupations were so out there none of them would have ever guessed them.

    • @jvcomedy
      @jvcomedy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It just so happens I just watched that episode and I didn't recall it unfolding this way so I rewatched that segment. It came from the 8/27/67 show. When Miss Newman made the guess they already had 9 down and 1 to go so obviously had already asked many questions. By the time it got to MIss Newman they had determined this lady was involved in government services. No question was ever asked about being in the field of entertainment. The lady was from a foreign country and spoke with an accent and lived in NYC. After it was discovered she worked in government services Miss Newman asked if she had anything to do with languages (remember she was foreign, with an accent, living in NY and worked in government services) and she replied yes. She then asked if she was a translator which led to her asking if she worked for the UN. I thought the line of questioning was very rational and came to a conclusion that made good sense. You might want to rewatch it as it's not the way you recall it at all. There is only $50 at stake and the show would have absolutely nothing to gain by "cheating" because each contestant got the full amount no matter what happened. Actually John took some pride in fooling the panel. It was strictly harmless entertainment....nothing more. This wasn't that many years after the big game show scandals so nobody would dare go that direction again.

    • @jadeshannon5583
      @jadeshannon5583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Janet Williams ;Yes I think it is.

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think it was rigged. If it had been rigged, it would have been boring. It is the spontaneity that makes the show entertaining even 50-70 years later. As an example of something that could not have been scripted, take a look at the segment in which the panel tried to guess the occupation of a nudist camp owner. You can find it on TH-cam as a stand-alone segment.

  • @irontribeissues9104
    @irontribeissues9104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Irritating that the grandma can’t answer her own basics.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Her voice was very soft, so John spoke for her😊

  • @Frederick-t8t
    @Frederick-t8t หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rock and Roll was about to take over the music charts.