Ruth White

Starring Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Ruth Donnelly, Edward Brophy Directed by Alexander Hall Print: black/white Runtime: 80 min. Genre: comedy One review of Columbia's The Amazing Mr. Williams referred to its private-detective hero as "slap happy". As played by Melvyn Douglas, the giddy Kenny Williams is all that and more. On the eve of his wedding to longtime fiance Maxine Carroll (Joan Blondell), Williams is obliged to solve three mysteries in a row. One of these finds him handcuffed to convicted criminal Moseby (Ed Brophy), causing no end of discomfort and embarrassment on the dance floor. Another requires Williams to disguise himself as a woman, mustache and all. Finally, our hero goes undercover to prove the innocence of accused murderer Stanley (John Wray). Through it all, Maxine gamely remains at Williams' side, determined to march him to the altar come what may-at least until she herself is deputized by the police force!
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Length: 01:25:00
Posted: 11/22/2009

Starring Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Ruth Donnelly, Edward Brophy Directed by Alexander Hall Print: black/white Runtime: 80 min. Genre: comedy One review of Columbia's The Amazing Mr. Williams referred to its private-detective hero as "slap happy". As played by Melvyn Douglas, the giddy Kenny Williams is all that and more. On the eve of his wedding to longtime fiance Maxine Carroll (Joan Blondell), Williams is obliged to solve three mysteries in a row. One of these finds him handcuffed to convicted criminal Moseby (Ed Brophy), causing no end of discomfort and embarrassment on the dance floor. Another requires Williams to disguise himself as a woman, mustache and all. Finally, our hero goes undercover to prove the innocence of accused murderer Stanley (John Wray). Through it all, Maxine gamely remains at Williams' side, determined to march him to the altar come what may-at least until she herself is deputized by the police force!
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Length: 01:25:00
Posted: 11/22/2009

In 1988, I had the pleasure to meet and talk baseball and broadcasting with six Hall of Fame announcers: Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Brickhouse, Jack Buck, Curt Gowdy and Ernie Harwell. I was producing this documentary about them, a labor of love which took me from California to Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, New York, and Tallahassee, Florida. Along the way, we stopped in Washington D.C. to film our host, Larry King. Making Ball Talk also took me back in time, first to 1934 and Red Barber's first big-league game behind the mic (and first he ever saw!). I visited 1947 and heard about Jackie Robinson's breaking the color line and how Red reported it. Then 1951 and the Shot Heard 'Round the World as witnessed and broadcast by Red and Ernie (although nobody remembers their calls of it!). Then tales of Yankees victories and Dodgers defeats. The struggles of the Cubs, White Sox, Red Sox, Orioles and Tigers. The stars: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Bank
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Length: 51:00
Posted: 8/12/2008