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Half a Hero [DVD] [1953]
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Language:English
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:Warner Bros. Digital Distribution
: Region Code:1
: Sound Features:monaural
: Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Half a Hero [DVD] [1953]
: Product Tags:DVD
Red Skelton does his best with the situation-comedy trappings of Half a Hero. A sort of poor man's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, the story concerns one Ben Dobson (Skelton), whose wife Martha (Jean Hagen) talks him into leaving the big city and moving into a suburban housing development. Unfortunately, Ben doesn't make enough money to support his new life style, but Martha refuses to consider moving back downtown. When Ben's boss tells him to write a magazine article about the disadvantages of suburbia, Ben seizes upon the opportunity, hoping to teach his wife a lesson, and then, suddenly and improbably, our hero has a change of heart. Domestic comedy was not Red Skelton's forte, but he manages to extract a few laughs with the material at hand. Much funnier within the film's context is Kathleen Freeman as a ""welcome wagon"" lady and Willard Waterman as an unctuous real estate broker.~Hal Erickson
Name : Red Skelton: Role : Ben Dobson
Name : Jean Hagen: Role : Martha Dobson
Name : Charles Dingle: Role : Mr. Bascomb
Name : Willard Waterman: Role : Mr. McEstway
Name : Mary Wickes: Role : Mrs. Watts
Name : Hugh Corcoran: Role : Pete Dobson
Name : Dorothy Patrick: Role : Edna Radwell
Name : King Donovan: Role : Sam Redwell
Name : Billie Bird: Role : Ernestine
Name : Dabbs Greer: Role : George Payson
Name : Don Weis: Role : Director
Name : Matthew Rapf: Role : Producer
Name : Max Shulman: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Paul Vogel: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Paul Sawtell: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Newell P. Kimlin: Role : Editor
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: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:Warner Bros. Digital Distribution
: Region Code:1
: Sound Features:monaural
: Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Half a Hero [DVD] [1953]
: Product Tags:DVD
Red Skelton does his best with the situation-comedy trappings of Half a Hero. A sort of poor man's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, the story concerns one Ben Dobson (Skelton), whose wife Martha (Jean Hagen) talks him into leaving the big city and moving into a suburban housing development. Unfortunately, Ben doesn't make enough money to support his new life style, but Martha refuses to consider moving back downtown. When Ben's boss tells him to write a magazine article about the disadvantages of suburbia, Ben seizes upon the opportunity, hoping to teach his wife a lesson, and then, suddenly and improbably, our hero has a change of heart. Domestic comedy was not Red Skelton's forte, but he manages to extract a few laughs with the material at hand. Much funnier within the film's context is Kathleen Freeman as a ""welcome wagon"" lady and Willard Waterman as an unctuous real estate broker.~Hal Erickson
Name : Red Skelton: Role : Ben Dobson
Name : Jean Hagen: Role : Martha Dobson
Name : Charles Dingle: Role : Mr. Bascomb
Name : Willard Waterman: Role : Mr. McEstway
Name : Mary Wickes: Role : Mrs. Watts
Name : Hugh Corcoran: Role : Pete Dobson
Name : Dorothy Patrick: Role : Edna Radwell
Name : King Donovan: Role : Sam Redwell
Name : Billie Bird: Role : Ernestine
Name : Dabbs Greer: Role : George Payson
Name : Don Weis: Role : Director
Name : Matthew Rapf: Role : Producer
Name : Max Shulman: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Paul Vogel: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Paul Sawtell: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Newell P. Kimlin: Role : Editor
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