This week’s mystery movie was the 1940 Warner Bros. picture Father Is a Prince, with Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, John Litel, George Reeves, Jan Clayton and Lee Patrick.
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creenplay by Robert E. Kent.
From a play by Sophie Kerr Underwood and Anna S. Richardson.
Associate producer William Jacobs.
Photographed by Ted McCord.
Dialogue direction by Gene Lewis.
Art direction by Charles Novi.
Edited by Frank Magee.
Gowns by Howard Shoup.
Makeup by Perc Westmore.
Sound by E.A. Brown.
Directed by Noel Smith.
Further information about Father Is a Prince is available from the AFI Catalog.
Father Is a Prince is not commercially available.
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I try to never pass up an opportunity to be tricky, so I was pleased to find Father Is a Prince, a highly modified remake of our recent mystery movie Big Hearted Herbert. Not a terribly distinguished film, it is strictly the bottom half of a double bill and demonstrates how much Warner Bros. was willing to rummage around in its properties for a project.
I just know Bosley Crowther is going to hate it.
Uh-oh. The New York Times did not review it.
For Monday, we have a mystery lad.
Update: This is Billy Dawson.
For Tuesday, we have a mysterious youth.
Update: This is Richard Clayton.
For Wednesday, we have a mystery woman. She does not approve of such goings-on.
Update: This is Vera Lewis.
For “Aha Thursday,” we have a mysterious fellow.
Update: This is John Ridgely.
And we have this enigmatic couple.
Update: This is George Reeves and Jan Clayton.
Brain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and all mystery guests) and Mike Hawks (mystery movie and all mystery guests).
For Friday, we have these mysterious folks who do not approve of such goings-on.
Update: This is, from left, Lee Patrick, Pierre Watkin and Mary Currier.
And these mystery guests.
Update: This is, from left, John Litel, Nana Bryant and Grant Mitchell.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Suzanne Stone (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Roget-L.A. (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery guests), Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mystery guests), Sylvia E. (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Incredible Inman (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery men), Jenny M. (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Benito (Thursday’s mysterious future TV star), L.C. (mystery movie and mysterious cast), Bruce (Thursday’s mysterious future TV star), Megan and Thom (mystery movie and all mystery guests) and Anne Papineau (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mysterious cleaning woman and Thursday’s mystery vacuum cleaner salesman).
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British actor James Fox.
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An excellent guess! A very close resemblance to our mystery lad. But alas….
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Second try, Gary Gray
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Another excellent guess, but alas…
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Ted Donaldson?
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An excellent guess, but alas….
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Lee Aaker, Jeopardy.
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Scotty Beckett for Tuesday….cannot figure out Monday’s boy, but he looks like a Jimmy.
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An excellent guess! But alas….
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FATHER IS A PRINCE (1940)
Monday: Billy Dawson
Tuesday: Richard Clayton
Wednesday: Vera Lewis
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You’ll probably get a number of Hope Emerson guesses for Wednesday but I don’t think that’s her. Still her face seems familiar, so I bet Howard or Mike get it. Still on the hunt.
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Vera Lewis.
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Billy Dawson and Richard Clayton in FATHER IS A PRINCE.
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Today’s guest is Anita Sharp-Bolster, but not sure which film.
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FATHER IS A PRINCE. Billy Dawson Monday, Richard Clayton Tuesday, Vera Lewis Wednesday, John Ridgeley and George Reeves and Jan Clayton today.
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“Father is a Prince” 1940, remake of the Guy Kibbee film Big Hearted Herbert we had earlier. George Reeves and Jan Clayton, John Ridgely, Vera Lewis as the unattractive lady, but I cannot find the names of the two boys. I went down the Ma and Pa Kettle kids path and it gave me a headache!
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John Ridgely, George Reeves, and Jan Clayton in Father Is a Prince (1940)
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John Ridgeley, George Reeves and Jan Clayton.
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Thanks to the future Clark Kent and Lois Lane, I see that you’re having fun again ala the “Donovan run” from a few mysteries back. This time it’s “Big Hearted…” Dad’s
“Father is a Prince” 1940
Monday – Richard Clayton (I think)
Tuesday – maybe Billy Dawson, but not sure. Still working on this one
Wednesday – Vera Lewis
Thursday – George Reeves and Jan Clayton in image 2. I know image 1 guy’s face. Will get that name.
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Thursday – Image 1 is of John Ridgely
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John Ridgely and George Reeves today. Could this be “Father Is a Prince”?
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Movie is Father is a Prince with Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Vera Lewis, John Ridgley, George Reeves, and Jan Clayton.
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George Reeves today. He only made a few movies set in contemporary times. Could be THE GOOD HUMOR MAN
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Father Is A Prince (1940) w/Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, George Reeves, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Jan Clayton, Richard Clayton, Lee Patrick, John Ridgely, Vera Lewis…
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Looks like George Reeves on Thursday.
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Our movie is Father Is a Prince, with Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Vera Lewis, John Ridgely, George Reeves, and Jan Clayton.
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I recognize Vera Lewis cleaning house and George Reeves wielding a vacuum cleaner. Might this be “Father is a Prince”?
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Lee Patrick, Pierre Watkin, Mary currier, and John Litel, Nana Bryant, and Grant Mitchell.
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The movie is Father is a Prince from 1940.
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Friday –
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oops! It’s Pierre Watkin (no ”s”)
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Lee Patrick, Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, John Litel, Pierre Watkin and Mary Currier.
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