@@ImpressionismFTW I really don't think that it could be rebooted. One of the big attractions of that show back in the day as you can very plainly see, is how special and rare it was to see interactions behind the scenes with celebrities before the internet and easily made video and everything else. Celebrities of the highest caliber now hobnob occasionally with their fans on social media. We see a million videos of them on places like TH-cam. And they used to groom their personalities very carefully and give them all sorts of training that doesn't exist anymore. I just don't think you could do it. I don't think it would have the same charm and appeal and specialness if it was recreated as a show because I don't believe you could ever recreate it as an experience for the audience. Some days are just gone forever in those old, upholstered memories of the past.
I was going to make the same confession as to my own "addiction" to this shoe, but you beat me to it. Ms. Garson is simply delightful.... and the befuddled Orson Welles is amusing.
So true! I LOVE it! The 3 regular panelists are perfect, don’t know how or who we would get that would be comparable to them. I absolutely adore Mr. Cerf!
Greer Garson taught my Texan grandmother how to draw a rose over English tea in New Mexico. My grandmother taught me. Both of them are long gone and greatly missed ... I’m still drawing roses 🌹 🌹 🌹
How utterly lovely! Thank you for sharing that, so much! Greer Garson really was the embodiment of grace, eh? And I bet your grandmother was, too. - Stay well and safe, VCH & Midlantic Theatre Co., z Newark, NJ
@@MaileyMcAslan ah! sorry, I thought she was doing something over the tea 🍵 you meant simply she taught her to draw a rose! and they were having tea when that happened. What a charming memory for her (and you). Thanks for your polite answer to my complete misinterpretation 💐
To those that may find it interesting, the reason the Scotsman had difficulty answering the question about "plaid" is because the fabric with the telltale stripe pattern is called "tartan." "Plaid" is technically the piece of tartan fabric sometimes, but not always, draped over the shoulder when wearing a kilt. However, the modern interpretation of the two terms is that a tartan pattern has stripes that are repeated the same horizontally and vertically and a plaid pattern does not.
Thanks a lot for the interesting explanation! I think, Bennett additionally pronounced the word differently from British/Scottish people, didn't he? plaid like made (Bennett) plaid like flat (=correct) Is that right?
My God...SOOOO theatrical. LOL Love all her exaggerated expressions/poses (learned from years on the stage), wow, what a pistol she was! And I just googled her--Good Lord, in her prime, she was a real beauty, with a boomin' figure! Before tonight, I only knew Greer as the narrator of the 1968 Little Drummer Boy TV special--what an extraordinary voice! ps~From her comment at the end, "Orson! For Heaven's sake.", I gathered she knew him quite well. Greer ranks up there with Debbie Reynolds' Gabor impression appearance, and one of Ester Williams' appearances as my favorite MG guests!
@@stevenhuckaby2902 Greer Garson spoke impeccably well and she had a voice, to coin a phrase: ‘charm the birds off the tree.’ She was a very elegant, aristocratic and sophisticated actress, who appeared in so many great films.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Agree with your comments about Greer Garson. She was a delightful and sophisticated actress who spoke impeccably well. Her large eyes, classic good looks and winning smile, made her one of the truly great Hollywood actresses. A confident and stylish lady who was treated with huge respect by everyone.
@@geoffm9944 I think if I had worked with Greer in her time, I would've fallen madly in love with her. And I don't say that about just any beautiful Hollywood actress.
I had a Greer Garson paper doll with pages of her wardrobe to cut out and tab on to the cardboard body, which was already in decent underwear--Sears catalog style. No, I didn't save it. It was probably vintage mid 1940s.
Orson Welles brought Arlene Francis and Martin Gabel together. In the 1930's, each was a member of Welles's Mercury Theater. At the time, Arlene was married to her first husband and Gabel was single. The two married in 1946. Gabel had played in Welles's famous anti-fascist production of Julius Caesar. One can certainly imagine that the two of them would have gained tremendous respect for each other when working in such an exciting, dynamic, accomplished. and compelling venture as the Mercury Theater.
This contrasted with Welles' apparent less-than-respect for Dorothy Kilgallen, dating back to 1941 when he put out "Citizen Kane" and she and the other Hearst columnists savaged him and his film and had him and RKO in their crosshairs over the picture.
@@aileen694 - The scuttlebutt was that Welles' character was modeled after William Randolph Hearst himself. His career would be hampered forever after. Their opinions carried weight, and then some. (Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, who penned the film, got to know Hearst - and hate him.)
@@wmbrown6 Thanks for that info on the back story to Dorothy and Orson. I also sensed that Dorothy wasn't giving proper respect to Orson when she introduced him as a "brilliant American actor." While Orson was certainly a great actor, he was also a great director, a great writer, and a great showman.
@@wmbrown6 To some degree, Kilgallen, had more than a bit-role in seeing undone, what Welles, himself, said was his greatest film. 'The Magnificent Ambersons,' following, 'Citizen Kane,' was butchered by RKO, no doubt, due to backing from Hearst. I'm rather surprised Welles would even touch a show in which DK reigned supreme.
Yes, she was appearing in character. I believe she replaced Rosalind Russell on Broadway who went to Hollywood to make the film version (outstanding movie!).
Greer Garson was truly one of the great actresses of our time. I almost didn't recognize her under all that glam now thanks to the comments I understand she was in character for Mame. My favorite Garson film was Random Harvest opposite Ronald Coleman. How they got on in real life I know not, but they were utterly charming together in that film..
It is my understanding that Ms Garson and Mr Colman were great friends and had a wonderful time making RANDOM HARVEST 1942 !! Colman said that it was his favorite film. I never tire of it amazingly!!!
Course I had to see if the nightclub was still operating. Turmoil among the siblings and a financial lawsuit spelled the doom of the enterprise. The El Morocco closed its doors for good in 1994. Thank you so much for your videos! It's wonderful to see how civilized we used to be.
From start to finish, the Scotsman's segment was a real hoot! Starting with the hidden-in-plain-sight occupation, we had John dancing circles around Dorothy's initial questions, Arlene's clever "I've had some of it!" quip, the guest asking Orson to show him his hands... and concluding with Bennett's classic move of uncovering a crucial piece of information, only to follow up with the wrong thing and get himself a "no", haha!
@@dbarker7794 Welles also appeared on Dean Martin's show in the 1960s. Apparently the panelist and mystery guest fees on 'What's My Line?' were extremely good and fair enough too considering how successful it was.
Week eight of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"! Tonight's episode is a ***really*** good one, the only episode to feature Orson Welles (as panelist), with a very memorable mystery guest segment with Greer Garson as icing on the cake. Every Sunday this summer, I'll be posting significant upgrades of episodes already posted here on this channel. Tonight's video replaces a prior version in somewhat rough video quality, with this high quality recording provided by Steve M. Russo. Many thanks to Steve, as always, for sharing his material! Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (as well as other game shows and a wealth of other vintage entertainment) can contact Steve directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net. 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
orgonko the wildly untamed They're both posted, yes. The whole series is posted, all episodes ever rerun on TV, and a few that never have been shown on TV since they originally aired.
It's the change in timbre of Greer Garson's voice that amazed me. Her voice in film was lighter. Others have mentioned she stayed in character. She took over from Rosalind Russell - which may account for the tone. The feigned dialect was a delight and the stage make up so changed her from what I was used to seeing her as in her films. This show is such a pleasure. The wit and intelligence is so lacking in any "quiz" show replayed today.
What I love most about John Daly's loquaciousness (or verboseness, if you prefer) is that it is a constant source of humour. His sentences are like a labyrinth sometimes, but he almost always finds a way to complete them. I am in awe of that. Sometimes it drives the panelists crazy, here he gets on Orson's nerves at least a couple of times. I love it.
And I noticed that they've been in business since the 1860's, and are still in the same family, now the 6th generation. That's extraordinarily rare these days.
@David Pinegar a royal warrent isn't what is used in the U.S. to arrest someone. In the UK a royal warrent means that that particular royal uses their store or services and grants the place the right to display that fact
3:48 "We are seen around New York..El Morocco and The Stork, and the other stay up late Cafes....I am on the town with you these days...that's the way it stands. Just a fellow and a girl...we have had a little whirl...and our feet have left the ground a bit...we've played around a bit...that's the way it stands. For we are strictly good-time Charlies...who like to drink and dance around...and maybe, kick romance around...and THAT'S the way it stands" - 1939 Oscar Hammerstein II
@@piustwelfth But Auntie Mame was an American, and did not have that French-sounding accent Greer put on. Unless....okay, are you saying that Greer is in character as Auntie Mame, and as Auntie Mame she is disguising her voice to a muddled European accent to throw off the panel?
@@Cosmo-Kramer I think her accent is more muddled European than French, but yes, she was appearing on the show to promote her contemporaneous appearance on Broadway as Auntie Mame. If you look at photos of Rosalind Russell in the same role, she wore similar outfits/accessories.
See him in "Citizen Kane" from 1941, seventeen years earlier, to get the true baby-faced Orson...at least in the earlier parts of the movie, after the initial scenes of boyhood, as a young newspaper publisher, before they started using old-age makeup on him for the later part of the film. Or there are stills from the 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" which can easily be found online.
@@WendyDarling1974 - 42, I think. He had no time for Dorothy Kilgallen on this installment, given how he ignored her to the point of outright snubbing - evidently he remembered she was among the many in the Hearst stable of columnists who helped sink his masterpiece "Citizen Kane" and hog-tied his career forever after, to the point where he was in the situation he was in at the time of this show.
M Smith I'm SO glad you deciphered that. I was rolling it back and forth trying to understand and now it's OBVIOUS. Arlene rocks. She strikes me as being great fun away from the cameras.
Despite John Daly's shilly-shallying, Greer Garson was definitely better known for movies rather than the stage in 1958. She had only one Broadway credit at the time, Auntie Mame, where she replaced Rosalind Russell.
one of my favorites Greer Garson...was a joy in her films and her first one..goodbye mr chips...made her a star...she is the woman i would most want to go back in time to meet...
Thanks so much for these downloads! Not many compare to John Daly today. I loved seeing him and hearing him talk. Interesting that he was married to Chief Justice Warren's daughter. Does anyone else see Mr. Daly's hairpiece ..top to back of his head?
Not sure it's a hairpiece; some suggest that it's his own back hair grown long, combed forward then folded back again with the aid of pomade. One commented that she had seen it wind-blown but still attached to his head.
Cerf is a bore. He always has a fake question to get a little more screen time. Google famous writers school fraud and you’ll find that he is a scam artist too.
Greer Garson, Orson Welles, kilts and El Morocco, this was great! Although she really needed to keep it shorter after John said they were running late. Wrap it up dear ;-)
Her speech ran five minutes thirty seconds. But some claim it ran anywhere between thirty minutes to an hour and a half. She said later on, when she made the speech, she had a splitting headache from not enough sleep and had to be on the set the following morning.
He did not "wave" it. When asked by Arlene he showed it (and Orson examined it as well) And yes, I can imagine that today. If asked I would, and have, shown my sgian dubh, to anyone who wishes to see it. It's not a big deal (nor really a big knife)
@@Sylvander1911 You seemed to be divorced from the reality of today's modern world, where most shrink in terror if you mention you own a pistol or shotgun for home defense. Those same people nearly piss themselves when shown a knife outside of the kitchen.
@@md_vandenberg Maybe in your snowflake infested world, but in mine, no one has ever hassled me about any of my sgian dubh. (I can't fly with it in my carry-on but why would I?) And not sure where you are from but if you're an American doesn't EVERYONE on a pistol or shotgun for home defense.
The sgian dubh is an essential part of the outfit, it was originally a little dagger secreted in a sheath at the top of the stocking. Nowadays they are made completely blunt or there’s no blade at the end of the handle so you’re not carrying an offensive weapon when you attend a wedding or a black tie event. People sometimes think they were for defence or ambush but the modern style of highland dress (kilt outfit) really only dates back to the 1820s. In those days you took your own knife to dinner at other people’s homes and that’s mostly what they were used for!
Mystery guest Greer Garson was currently playing in the original Broadway Production of AUNTIE MAME, where she had replaced Rosalind Russell who had left the show to make the classic film version at Warner Bothers. Indeed, Ms. Garson is wearing Travis Banton's wonderful hostess outfit that Mame dons in Act 2, Scene 10, of the play when she hosts the Beekman Place party that is so fatal to her nephew Patrick's intended engagement to Gloria Upson. Greer Garson's delightful sense of absurdity in this TV appearance gives a fine idea of how well she would have handled the role of Mame. The mystery guest starts on 17:25
That holder HAD to be a stage prop! I've seen many dozens of holders on the street, but only in the movies (i.e. Breakfast at Tiffany's) have I ever seen another cig holder THAT long.
I could listen to Orson Welles talk 24/7. Was he ever on as a mystery guest? I think I have watched them all from the beginning but haven't seen him until now.
17:01 The Kilt Maker from Scotland greets Arlene, then pulls out a traditional "Sgian Dubh" (black daggar) from his outfit and points it directly at her...after which she sits back and remarks, "Thanks a lot...I just wanted to know." lol
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This show is totally addictive. No wonder it ran for 17 years.
I hope to be a guest here. From Vietnam
They could remake it and it would still work, with the right people on the panel and host
@@ImpressionismFTW I really don't think that it could be rebooted. One of the big attractions of that show back in the day as you can very plainly see, is how special and rare it was to see interactions behind the scenes with celebrities before the internet and easily made video and everything else. Celebrities of the highest caliber now hobnob occasionally with their fans on social media. We see a million videos of them on places like TH-cam. And they used to groom their personalities very carefully and give them all sorts of training that doesn't exist anymore. I just don't think you could do it. I don't think it would have the same charm and appeal and specialness if it was recreated as a show because I don't believe you could ever recreate it as an experience for the audience. Some days are just gone forever in those old, upholstered memories of the past.
I was going to make the same confession as to my own "addiction" to this shoe, but you beat me to it. Ms. Garson is simply delightful.... and the befuddled Orson Welles is amusing.
So true! I LOVE it! The 3 regular panelists are perfect, don’t know how or who we would get that would be comparable to them. I absolutely adore Mr. Cerf!
Greer Garson taught my Texan grandmother how to draw a rose over English tea in New Mexico. My grandmother taught me. Both of them are long gone and greatly missed ... I’m still drawing roses 🌹 🌹 🌹
How utterly lovely! Thank you for sharing that, so much!
Greer Garson really was the embodiment of grace, eh? And I bet your grandmother was, too. - Stay well and safe, VCH & Midlantic Theatre Co., z Newark, NJ
draw a rose? what does that mean?
@@virghammer1 thank you! 😘
@@Marcel_Audubon like pencil, pen, etc. … how to draw/render/recreate the image of a rose, the flower, using artist tools on paper, etc.
@@MaileyMcAslan ah! sorry, I thought she was doing something over the tea 🍵 you meant simply she taught her to draw a rose! and they were having tea when that happened. What a charming memory for her (and you). Thanks for your polite answer to my complete misinterpretation 💐
To those that may find it interesting, the reason the Scotsman had difficulty answering the question about "plaid" is because the fabric with the telltale stripe pattern is called "tartan." "Plaid" is technically the piece of tartan fabric sometimes, but not always, draped over the shoulder when wearing a kilt. However, the modern interpretation of the two terms is that a tartan pattern has stripes that are repeated the same horizontally and vertically and a plaid pattern does not.
Thanks a lot for the interesting explanation!
I think, Bennett additionally pronounced the word differently from British/Scottish people, didn't he?
plaid like made (Bennett)
plaid like flat (=correct)
Is that right?
@@elisabethlinz4256 plaid = "plad" American English and "played" British English
@@elisabethlinz4256 yes, that's correct. British people pronounce 'plaid' as "plad."
@@jamesr1703 I've never heard 'plaid' said as, "played" here in the UK.
@@elisabethlinz4256 Yes, Bennett has mispronounced words before on WML :))
"Is that your question?"
"No, no, it is my *prrreamble* ."
Orson Wells voice is so unique & powerful.
greer shows up IN CHARACTER!!...how fabulous...
I love watching these old WHAT'S MY LINES. They bring me back to childhood.
What a great show, such intelligent wit. Greer Garson was fabulous!
Greer Garson had style, class and grace. She was a great actress.
Pure phony
My God...SOOOO theatrical. LOL Love all her exaggerated expressions/poses (learned from years on the stage), wow, what a pistol she was! And I just googled her--Good Lord, in her prime, she was a real beauty, with a boomin' figure! Before tonight, I only knew Greer as the narrator of the 1968 Little Drummer Boy TV special--what an extraordinary voice! ps~From her comment at the end, "Orson! For Heaven's sake.", I gathered she knew him quite well. Greer ranks up there with Debbie Reynolds' Gabor impression appearance, and one of Ester Williams' appearances as my favorite MG guests!
@@stevenhuckaby2902 Greer Garson spoke impeccably well and she had a voice, to coin a phrase: ‘charm the birds off the tree.’ She was a very elegant, aristocratic and sophisticated actress, who appeared in so many great films.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Agree with your comments about Greer Garson. She was a delightful and sophisticated actress who spoke impeccably well. Her large eyes, classic good looks and winning smile, made her one of the truly great Hollywood actresses. A confident and stylish lady who was treated with huge respect by everyone.
@@geoffm9944 I think if I had worked with Greer in her time, I would've fallen madly in love with her. And I don't say that about just any beautiful Hollywood actress.
One never gets enough of Greer Garson - exquisite.
...Mrs. Minevar
@@jspadola8jkz Random Harvest was classic, too. She's amazing,
I had a Greer Garson paper doll with pages of her wardrobe to cut out and tab on to the cardboard body, which was already in decent underwear--Sears catalog style. No, I didn't save it. It was probably vintage mid 1940s.
They are all going on as if Greer Garson were a male. Weird.
She was truly a presence. Wish I knew more about her.
That feeling when you click thumbs-up before starting to watch.... you just know it'll be good.
legendary
Orson Welles calling out John Daly for excessive obscuring language is hilarious :-)
Edit: Greer calling out Orson on assuming her gender is amazing.
I've been watching for a while now in chronological order and immediately "like" each one!!! So thankful for these shows!
Orsen Welles was enough to get me to click like.
They're all fantastic 😊
Miss Garson and her husband were very generous to several institutions in Dallas. Their names are on lots of buildings.
Please post proof pronto, pics preferred
And Santa Fe....the now defunct arts school there has a theatre named for her. She supposedly haunts it.
Indeed they were!
@@Ceelle2 That must be the theater for which she requested an extra large ladies room be built.
i do love how erudite john daly is...so confidently fluent...just love it.
yes, a total pro.
He's impressive. It's a treat to witness he and Wells, two wordsmiths going at it. Supreme eloquence, abounds.
Not just fluent, mellifluent: literally "flowing like honey" if you go back to the root words.
@@waynej2608 Bennett Cerf was no muck either in that regard. So,three wordsmiths actually.
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Indeed, just intelligent and charming people in the panel plus Mr Daley of course.
Orson Welles brought Arlene Francis and Martin Gabel together. In the 1930's, each was a member of Welles's Mercury Theater. At the time, Arlene was married to her first husband and Gabel was single. The two married in 1946. Gabel had played in Welles's famous anti-fascist production of Julius Caesar. One can certainly imagine that the two of them would have gained tremendous respect for each other when working in such an exciting, dynamic, accomplished. and compelling venture as the Mercury Theater.
This contrasted with Welles' apparent less-than-respect for Dorothy Kilgallen, dating back to 1941 when he put out "Citizen Kane" and she and the other Hearst columnists savaged him and his film and had him and RKO in their crosshairs over the picture.
@@wmbrown6 What exactly was Hearst's objection to Welles and his film?
@@aileen694 - The scuttlebutt was that Welles' character was modeled after William Randolph Hearst himself. His career would be hampered forever after. Their opinions carried weight, and then some. (Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, who penned the film, got to know Hearst - and hate him.)
@@wmbrown6 Thanks for that info on the back story to Dorothy and Orson. I also sensed that Dorothy wasn't giving proper respect to Orson when she introduced him as a "brilliant American actor." While Orson was certainly a great actor, he was also a great director, a great writer, and a great showman.
@@wmbrown6 To some degree, Kilgallen, had more than a bit-role in seeing undone, what Welles, himself, said was his greatest film. 'The Magnificent Ambersons,' following, 'Citizen Kane,' was butchered by RKO, no doubt, due to backing from Hearst. I'm rather surprised Welles would even touch a show in which DK reigned supreme.
John Daly sure seemed to be in a panic at the end, checking out the clock as Greer Garson continued speaking. 😄
After doing a bit of research, I have to believe Greer Garson was appearing in character as Auntie Mame here.
Yes, she was appearing in character. I believe she replaced Rosalind Russell on Broadway who went to Hollywood to make the film version (outstanding movie!).
the cigarette holder was an Auntie Mame prop
Exactly 😊
Miss Garson was a true lady of distinction. Classy and a brilliant actress.
Greer Garson was truly one of the great actresses of our time. I almost didn't recognize her under all that glam now thanks to the comments I understand she was in character for Mame. My favorite Garson film was Random Harvest opposite Ronald Coleman. How they got on in real life I know not, but they were utterly charming together in that film..
It is my understanding that Ms Garson and Mr Colman were great friends and had a wonderful time making RANDOM HARVEST 1942 !! Colman said that it was his favorite film. I never tire of it amazingly!!!
Orson Welles what a great filmmaker!
Course I had to see if the nightclub was still operating.
Turmoil among the siblings and a financial lawsuit spelled the doom of the enterprise. The El Morocco closed its doors for good in 1994.
Thank you so much for your videos!
It's wonderful to see how civilized we used to be.
From start to finish, the Scotsman's segment was a real hoot! Starting with the hidden-in-plain-sight occupation, we had John dancing circles around Dorothy's initial questions, Arlene's clever "I've had some of it!" quip, the guest asking Orson to show him his hands... and concluding with Bennett's classic move of uncovering a crucial piece of information, only to follow up with the wrong thing and get himself a "no", haha!
Orson wells was an amazing actor, writer, producer, director .
He started at the top and worked down
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It’s because the entertainment mogul William Randolph Hearst tried to destroy him
Storyteller supreme.
Kind of odd to see him on this show. But great.
@@dbarker7794 Welles also appeared on Dean Martin's show in the 1960s. Apparently the panelist and mystery guest fees on 'What's My Line?' were extremely good and fair enough too considering how successful it was.
Week eight of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"!
Tonight's episode is a ***really*** good one, the only episode to feature Orson Welles (as panelist), with a very memorable mystery guest segment with Greer Garson as icing on the cake.
Every Sunday this summer, I'll be posting significant upgrades of episodes already posted here on this channel. Tonight's video replaces a prior version in somewhat rough video quality, with this high quality recording provided by Steve M. Russo. Many thanks to Steve, as always, for sharing his material! Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (as well as other game shows and a wealth of other vintage entertainment) can contact Steve directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net.
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.)
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A very good episode. Thank you.
John mentioned a 2 wk replacement Clifton Faddem(sp?) do you have either of the episodes he hosted?
orgonko the wildly untamed They're both posted, yes. The whole series is posted, all episodes ever rerun on TV, and a few that never have been shown on TV since they originally aired.
The volume is even better. Thanks for everything.
What's My Line?
My mother took me to watch Mrs. Miniver in 1942. I wouId like to watch it again someday.
It's on utube😊
I will watch. Thank you.
Greer Garson was delightful. Very good episode, thank you
I love Orson Welles voice. When he said should I go on talking I would say yes all day.
It's the change in timbre of Greer Garson's voice that amazed me. Her voice in film was lighter. Others have mentioned she stayed in character. She took over from Rosalind Russell - which may account for the tone. The feigned dialect was a delight and the stage make up so changed her from what I was used to seeing her as in her films.
This show is such a pleasure. The wit and intelligence is so lacking in any "quiz" show replayed today.
Perhaps smoking cigarettes had a lot to do with the change in her voice.
Cigarettes do that to the voice
@@WAL_DC-6B Right on, I sound like her
Exactly 😊
I love Orson Welles
Greer Garson. The most astonishingly well-played mystery guest segment, at least to this point, since the show began!
I wish they had kept playing until either the guest won or the panel got it. This was looking to be a battle of titans!
You should've seen Rosalind Russel, though I think Debbie Reynolds was my favorite.
Greer Garson is a tough one to pin down. I enjoyed this episode of What's My Line.
What I love most about John Daly's loquaciousness (or verboseness, if you prefer) is that it is a constant source of humour. His sentences are like a labyrinth sometimes, but he almost always finds a way to complete them. I am in awe of that. Sometimes it drives the panelists crazy, here he gets on Orson's nerves at least a couple of times. I love it.
So fun to watch this it's like taking a walk back in time.
Exactly 😊
I looked on the web. It looks like the company is still in business as KinlochAnderson and still holds 3 royal warrants
And I noticed that they've been in business since the 1860's, and are still in the same family, now the 6th generation. That's extraordinarily rare these days.
@David Pinegar a royal warrent isn't what is used in the U.S. to arrest someone. In the UK a royal warrent means that that particular royal uses their store or services and grants the place the right to display that fact
@@teriannebeauchamp254 Who is David Pinegar? Is this like an imaginary companion you have arguments with?
Greer Garson was a wonderful flamboyant character. Wonderfully bizarre.
Intelligent relaxation; thanks for putting these WML episodes up. We watch them while having dinner...
Arlene never disappoints with those dresses. Wish we could see them in Technicolor
All episodes are brilliant, but man this one was so great.
Never thought I'd see anyone pull knife on Arlene! Wonderful show.
LOL
Fabulous! Greer Garson was starring in "Auntie Mame" on Broadway at the time. Wonderful to see this.
3:48 "We are seen around New York..El Morocco and The Stork, and the other stay up late Cafes....I am on the town with you these days...that's the way it stands. Just a fellow and a girl...we have had a little whirl...and our feet have left the ground a bit...we've played around a bit...that's the way it stands. For we are strictly good-time Charlies...who like to drink and dance around...and maybe, kick romance around...and THAT'S the way it stands" - 1939 Oscar Hammerstein II
she was dressed for her role as Aunty Mame on Broadway
And she stayed in character. A real pro.
The posing and the cigarette holder made Greer seem very much the diva here. Lol
She's in character as "Auntie Mame".
@@piustwelfth But Auntie Mame was an American, and did not have that French-sounding accent Greer put on. Unless....okay, are you saying that Greer is in character as Auntie Mame, and as Auntie Mame she is disguising her voice to a muddled European accent to throw off the panel?
@@Cosmo-Kramer I think her accent is more muddled European than French, but yes, she was appearing on the show to promote her contemporaneous appearance on Broadway as Auntie Mame. If you look at photos of Rosalind Russell in the same role, she wore similar outfits/accessories.
"Have you made any records? I've broken a few..." lol
Damn she was classy as hell
The great Mis Garson...who rests here in TEXAS.
Paul Driscoll Texas is an honorable place to rest
I loved how she befuddled them because she was asked if she WAS a British SUBJECT--at that point she'd been living in the United States for years! LOL
@@ct6410 Not just residency, she was an American citizen.
I just ❤️❤️❤️ Greer Garson!!!
I love this episode, one of the best !
I was not expecting a clean shaven Orson Welles. He just looks so different (like a baby!) without his famous beard and mustache.
He hated his jowls all his life.
See him in "Citizen Kane" from 1941, seventeen years earlier, to get the true baby-faced Orson...at least in the earlier parts of the movie, after the initial scenes of boyhood, as a young newspaper publisher, before they started using old-age makeup on him for the later part of the film. Or there are stills from the 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" which can easily be found online.
I think he was probably around 40 yrs old here.
@@WendyDarling1974 - 42, I think. He had no time for Dorothy Kilgallen on this installment, given how he ignored her to the point of outright snubbing - evidently he remembered she was among the many in the Hearst stable of columnists who helped sink his masterpiece "Citizen Kane" and hog-tied his career forever after, to the point where he was in the situation he was in at the time of this show.
@@neilmidkiff - Who'd've known that the older Welles bore almost no resemblance to the older Kane . . .
Thank you for posting. Watched WML as a child and now I get to enjoy it as an adult.
Glad you're enjoying the videos-- and thanks for the comment. :)
I hid behind the sofa to watch😊
I get such a kick out of the reticence of the 1950's! I'm sure though, it didn't look that way back then! ;)
What an episode. Cerf blows one, Arlene’s humor explodes, Dot’s logic foiled and the MG gender confusion was apropos for the unisex name Greer.
Greer Garson is always delightful!
RIP Greer Garson. Long long overdue condolences to the family :-(
And the panelist, audience, TV producer,guest😢
I laughed so hard when she thought he imported scotch and she said "well let's have a little of it". haha
M Smith I'm SO glad you deciphered that. I was rolling it back and forth trying to understand and now it's OBVIOUS.
Arlene rocks. She strikes me as being great fun away from the cameras.
Orson Wells’ introduction of Arlene Francis actually gave me a little bit of goosebumps
I absolutely love watching these videos of what’s my line episodes, thank you so much for posting them here!!
Greer Garson holds the record for the longest Academy Award acceptance speech - watching her run on here I can understand how that happened.
I thought of that when she kept talking, even after John Daly told her they were running over. I guess she just couldn't help it!
@@johnfd0210 Totally.
I love the fact that they treat the studio and home audience with respect.and don't insult their intelligence, especially their vocabulary acumen.
Ironically, Cerf is just a ham
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath You must not know he has a son at Hahvud!
Miss Garson befuddled the panel exquisitely!
Best channel on You Tube.
Amazing channel 😊
Despite John Daly's shilly-shallying, Greer Garson was definitely better known for movies rather than the stage in 1958. She had only one Broadway credit at the time, Auntie Mame, where she replaced Rosalind Russell.
one of my favorites Greer Garson...was a joy in her films and her first one..goodbye mr chips...made her a star...she is the woman i would most want to go back in time to meet...
Thanks so much for these downloads!
Not many compare to John Daly today. I loved seeing him and hearing him talk. Interesting that he was married to Chief Justice Warren's daughter. Does anyone else see Mr. Daly's hairpiece ..top to back of his head?
one of the most articulate men I have ever heard
Not sure it's a hairpiece; some suggest that it's his own back hair grown long, combed forward then folded back again with the aid of pomade. One commented that she had seen it wind-blown but still attached to his head.
A toupee for many years 😊
Miss Dorothy was a social butterfly! Of course she got the first guest!
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
When stars were TRUE movie stars. I miss them all.
Orson Welles! Orson frickin Welles just casually sitting on the panel as if he isn't the epitome of talent!
Even though Bennett didn't get a chance to ask his question to the kilt maker, I knew EXACTLY what question he was thinking of.
And the proper answer should be, - no nothing is worn under the kilt, it is all in good working order.
A true Scotsman wears nothing under his kilt.
Cerf is a bore. He always has a fake question to get a little more screen time. Google famous writers school fraud and you’ll find that he is a scam artist too.
Why do people think that's an appropriate question anyway? I've always found it a bit rude. It's like asking a woman what she wears under her skirt.
Miss Carson is so delightful. My favorite of her roles is as Elizabeth Bennett in "Pride and Prejudice" ( 1940) with Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy.
Loved her in “Mrs. Miniver.”
Her last name is Garson not Carson just saying
Greer Garson, Orson Welles, kilts and El Morocco, this was great! Although she really needed to keep it shorter after John said they were running late. Wrap it up dear ;-)
Today it would be very hard to find such fantastic persons for a "Panel"!
Almost impossible 😊
That cigarette holder is EVERYTHING!
Exactly 😊
The Greer Garson theater in Santa Fe, NM is beautiful, huge, and shows all kinds of current, international films.
Orson Welles appeared to be ignoring Dorothy during both the introductions and the goodbyes. He was entirely focused on Arlene.
Greer Garson LOOKS like Rosalind Russell, the original Auntie Mame!
That's why the producer picked her😊
Greer Garson is the English Edwige Feuillère in looks and class. Both so beautiful. Greer was truly wonderful here!
Greer's Academy Award speech actually was only 5 minutes plus a few seconds.
I love seeing these famous nightclub owners on the show.
Me too, but I found it strange that he had too look at John and hesitate before answering even simple, straightforward questions.
love love WML. Watched them with my grandmother as a child. Life was so simple then.
Just the Russians, the atomic bomb, and trouble in Cuba to worry about.
Simple if you were white, straight, and male.
Greer Garson was a classy lady. She married the actor who played her son in Mrs Miniver.
"OR-son, for heaven's sake"
Greer Garson was born in UK therefore a British Subject.
If not mistaken Greer Garson gave longest speech in Academy history Great actress Orson Welles even greater
Her speech ran five minutes thirty seconds. But some claim it ran anywhere between thirty minutes to an hour and a half.
She said later on, when she made the speech, she had a splitting headache from not enough sleep and had to be on the set the following morning.
Greer Carson was a beautiful actress 😊
Greer Garson was a sophisticated, stylish and delightful actress, who was equally home in the theatre as well as the cinema.
Exactly 😊
A Great episode.
legend!
greer garson did mystery guest twice. 1st time was 1953 and this time in 1958
The kilt maker BROUGHT. A. KNIFE.... And he waved it at the panel! Can you imagine that today? holy shit
He did not "wave" it. When asked by Arlene he showed it (and Orson examined it as well) And yes, I can imagine that today. If asked I would, and have, shown my sgian dubh, to anyone who wishes to see it. It's not a big deal (nor really a big knife)
@@Sylvander1911 You seemed to be divorced from the reality of today's modern world, where most shrink in terror if you mention you own a pistol or shotgun for home defense. Those same people nearly piss themselves when shown a knife outside of the kitchen.
@@md_vandenberg Maybe in your snowflake infested world, but in mine, no one has ever hassled me about any of my sgian dubh. (I can't fly with it in my carry-on but why would I?) And not sure where you are from but if you're an American doesn't EVERYONE on a pistol or shotgun for home defense.
@@Sylvander1911 No.
The sgian dubh is an essential part of the outfit, it was originally a little dagger secreted in a sheath at the top of the stocking. Nowadays they are made completely blunt or there’s no blade at the end of the handle so you’re not carrying an offensive weapon when you attend a wedding or a black tie event. People sometimes think they were for defence or ambush but the modern style of highland dress (kilt outfit) really only dates back to the 1820s. In those days you took your own knife to dinner at other people’s homes and that’s mostly what they were used for!
In Greer Garson's biography is says she didn't actually smoke in her life even though for the role of Mame she was clearly required too
It's not that hard to puff on a cigarette without inhaling the smoke.
That's why she lived to her 92nd year -- way longer than most stars of her era.
Mystery guest Greer Garson was currently playing in the original Broadway Production of AUNTIE MAME, where she had replaced Rosalind Russell who had left the show to make the classic film version at Warner Bothers. Indeed, Ms. Garson is wearing Travis Banton's wonderful hostess outfit that Mame dons in Act 2, Scene 10, of the play when she hosts the Beekman Place party that is so fatal to her nephew Patrick's intended engagement to Gloria Upson.
Greer Garson's delightful sense of absurdity in this TV appearance gives a fine idea of how well she would have handled the role of Mame.
The mystery guest starts on 17:25
The Upsons thought that they were so definitely "top drawer".
Bennett: here is a question millions of people would like to have the answer to.
John: don't ask.
Audience: laughter.
so Orson Welles was a normal person too 😊 I always thought of him as a Kubrick type, never to speak in public.
He did several of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts in the 70's
Kasper Joonatan - Orson was a genius!
To the contrary, Orson Welles LOVED to talk in public. He was a natural raconteur.
Orson! For heaven sake.
When Dorothy asks her question at 13:43, the sound Bennett makes after is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard on WML.
I believe that's Arlene saying, "Well, let's have a little of it!"
I love the cig holder! Class!
...she WAS Auntie Mame!
That holder HAD to be a stage prop! I've seen many dozens of holders on the street, but only in the movies (i.e. Breakfast at Tiffany's) have I ever seen another cig holder THAT long.
@pdquick1: That's hilarious. A servicemember is the last person in the world I would imagine using a cigarette holder. :D
Greer seems such a diva!
In character! Auntie Mame on broadway!
She was doing her Auntie Mame character, including the cigarette.
She was very funny, it's called acting dear!
@@madeleine9907: It's called acting dear? No, it's called acting Mame! :D
I could listen to Orson Welles talk 24/7. Was he ever on as a mystery guest? I think I have watched them all from the beginning but haven't seen him until now.
17:01 The Kilt Maker from Scotland greets Arlene, then pulls out a traditional "Sgian Dubh" (black daggar) from his outfit and points it directly at her...after which she sits back and remarks, "Thanks a lot...I just wanted to know." lol
Best mystery guest ever! ❤️