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I don't think the other members of the What's My Line panel liked Dorothy Kilgallen, Part 11

Was 10 enough? Are 12 too many?

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by Anonymousreply 38May 11, 2025 2:26 AM

Previous thread.

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by Anonymousreply 1May 9, 2025 8:28 AM

[quote]Was 10 enough? Are 12 too many?

That made me laugh. Thanks for that.

by Anonymousreply 2May 9, 2025 1:03 PM

Joan Fontaine 1954.

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by Anonymousreply 3May 9, 2025 7:17 PM

If early 1960 guest panelist Martin Lewis was, per Dorothy, the universally accepted “greatest player of Gilbert & Sullivan in our time,”

R600 he is Martyn Green.

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by Anonymousreply 4May 9, 2025 7:30 PM

Gilbert & Sullivan don't mean much to American audiences any more.

by Anonymousreply 5May 9, 2025 7:53 PM

Joan Fontaine's neck was almost as short as Anne Baxter's.

by Anonymousreply 6May 9, 2025 7:59 PM

Was Ralph Meeker wearing one of Martin Gabel's old tuxes?

R601 - funny.

by Anonymousreply 7May 9, 2025 11:54 PM

she sure doesn't look like the Julie Andrews we came to know.

R582 - what work do you think she had done?

by Anonymousreply 8May 9, 2025 11:55 PM

I didn't make the comment about Julie Andrews but I have to agree, she was lacking a certain "sheen" (on WML at least) she eventually acquired in Hollywood. Not plastic surgery, just grooming and presentation. And confidence.

by Anonymousreply 9May 10, 2025 1:36 AM

How does it feel Arlene? When you're not the center of attention? Hurts doesn't it?

by Anonymousreply 10May 10, 2025 2:09 AM

In R508 Gig Young does a very awkward bow as he enters despite Arlene saying he is currently playing on Broadway.

by Anonymousreply 11May 10, 2025 2:11 AM

The hair of the Policewoman in R588 seems odd. Is it overbleached?

by Anonymousreply 12May 10, 2025 2:15 AM

[quote]I didn't make the comment about Julie Andrews but I have to agree, she was lacking a certain "sheen" (on WML at least) she eventually acquired in Hollywood. Not plastic surgery, just grooming and presentation. And confidence.

And new teefs.

by Anonymousreply 13May 10, 2025 2:46 AM

If the original show had continued a few more years with John , Arlene and Bennett...I wonder who the Mystery Guests and panelists could have been.

Imagine Truman Capote on the panel. Andy Warhol as Mystery Guest. Dustin Hoffman...Sharon Tate...Vanessa Redgrave... keeping it high-brow, how about Franco Zeffirelli... Roman Polanski ?

by Anonymousreply 14May 10, 2025 3:04 AM

Charlene

by Anonymousreply 15May 10, 2025 3:05 AM

The Hot Dog Guy in R588 is cute.

by Anonymousreply 16May 10, 2025 3:05 AM

Edward G. Robinson.

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by Anonymousreply 17May 10, 2025 3:34 AM

R17 I've seen so many episodes of What's My Line? but this is the first time seeing Marianne Means. Never heard of her. I guess that was her first and last appearance?

by Anonymousreply 18May 10, 2025 3:45 AM

MM was only on twice. First was when she was a contestant in 1961.

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by Anonymousreply 19May 10, 2025 4:08 AM

The Telephone Pole Inspector at R599 has a great smile.

by Anonymousreply 20May 10, 2025 4:15 AM

[quote]Is it overbleached?

No such thing back then, r12.

by Anonymousreply 21May 10, 2025 4:18 AM

And Henry Fonda was so handsome and warm. Hard to believe he was the cold and distant father that Jane pictured, based on this appearance.

R601 - Katharine Hepburn said being charming was the actor's job.

by Anonymousreply 22May 10, 2025 4:23 AM

[quote]Joan Fontaine's neck was almost as short as Anne Baxter's.

And then there was Claudette Colbert, to whom Noel Coward once said, "I'd wring your neck, if you had one."

by Anonymousreply 23May 10, 2025 4:38 AM

June Taylor; William Holden.

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by Anonymousreply 24May 10, 2025 5:02 AM

Joan Fontaine 1970.

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by Anonymousreply 25May 10, 2025 5:04 AM

[quote]Unlike a lot of other stars, Fontaine didn't seem to care much what she did to make a buck in show business, as long as it had some dignity.

No hagsploitation flicks for our Joan.

by Anonymousreply 26May 10, 2025 11:09 AM

Didn't Joan Fontaine eventually retire to Carmel, CA where she became a close neighbor and friend to Doris Day? I wonder where her money was coming from in those final years to afford to live in that wealthy community. Maybe it was the sale of her Manhattan co-op?

Doris Day, btw, made 2 appearances as MG in the 1950s, rare TV appearances for her back then.

by Anonymousreply 27May 10, 2025 12:57 PM

Marianne Means was also a principal contestant on TTTT. And no coverage of the day of the JFK assassination fails to show her, notepad in hand, being redirected by a policeman outside of Parkland Hospital.

by Anonymousreply 28May 10, 2025 1:10 PM

Now that we're well into Part 11, maybe we could finally settle down and address the original poster's point: Did the other panelists dislike Dorothy? Really?

Enough to want her dead?

by Anonymousreply 29May 10, 2025 8:21 PM

[quote] KENNEDY-RELATED CLIPS FROM THE TELEVISION GAME SHOW "WHAT'S MY LINE?" (1961—1963)

On TTTT, Vaughn Meader & the actress playing Jackie on the "First Family" album.

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by Anonymousreply 30May 10, 2025 8:30 PM

No hagsploitation flicks for our Joan.

R26 Joan made The Witches but still maintained some glamor.

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by Anonymousreply 31May 10, 2025 9:11 PM

R17 Popeye cartoonist.

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by Anonymousreply 32May 10, 2025 10:17 PM

Marianne Means on TTTT (starting at 9:34).

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by Anonymousreply 33May 11, 2025 1:18 AM

R33 Contestant number 1, first segment...woof!

by Anonymousreply 34May 11, 2025 1:31 AM

Alan Jay Lerner; Buddy Hackett.

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by Anonymousreply 35May 11, 2025 1:46 AM

Hedy Lamarr.

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by Anonymousreply 36May 11, 2025 1:48 AM

Hedy looks awful there. The bad plastic surgery (and heavy makeup) on those delicate features was already destroying her face.

by Anonymousreply 37May 11, 2025 1:55 AM

[quote]Alan Jay Lerner; Buddy Hackett.

It would be nice, for the sake of the thread, if whoever is posting an episode would make a comment or two about the show. And give us some time to view it and comment as well. This shot-gun posting of episodes helps no one.

by Anonymousreply 38May 11, 2025 2:26 AM
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