Comments on: Fred MacMurray Needs Some Love

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:38:44 +0000

Mr.MacMurray’s last film was another Disney family comedy

“Charley & The Angel”.

In this film(Which is set in the midwest in the 1930′s)..he plays

“Charley Appleby”..a struggleing hardware store owner and father.

Who is more concerned with his failing business than his

family.

Eventuly,he is met by an angel”Roy Zerney”(played by Harry

Morgan)..who tells him that he is going to die.

“Charley”tries to prevent the inveitble..and he does..by saving

his wife and kids from a group of murderious mobsters.

A wonderful little film comedy that was not well praised

by the film critics and historians(I know that Lenny Maltin has

always knocked this film)..but It has it’s fans and I’m one of them.

By: morlockjeff

morlockjeff — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:23:30 +0000

Marion, Thanks for pointing that out. I made the correction. I never realized before what a short film career Robert Francis had. He only made four movies before being killed in a plane crash at 25.

By: Marion

Marion — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:11:26 +0000

Speaking also of “The Caine Mutiny”, you have misidentified Robert Francis as Tom Tully in the still provided.

By: Alonzo

Alonzo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:17:37 +0000

Having seen “The Moonlighter” recently on a *cough* different cable network, I would tell you tat it is worth seeing, but it is also very disappointing. Fred, in his western roles, often is playing guys on the wrong side of the law, and, in this one, he plays someone who rivals Walter Neff for internal scuzziness. Stanwyck is in a role with a lot of potential, but she does not get nearly enough screen time to realize it. But a movie where Fred is shooting it out with Barbra Stanwyck, former lover and his dead brother’s enraged fiancee, definitely has its strong points. Unfortunately, neither Nicholas Ray or Anthony Mann were around to bring out the plot’s essentially operatic nature, or to tell the screenwriter that the “it’s gonna look spectacular in 3-d, and besides, the Breen Office won’t let us end this in any of the appropriate ways” ending successfully upends the whole bloody movie.

By: mrsardonicus

mrsardonicus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:21:19 +0000

Jeff: I enjoyed your article research was very thourough; might want to encourage our viewers to screen Fred in “the far horizons” W/ Charlton Heston & donna reed …Also has his old co-hort William demerest.. perhaps you could touch on their relationship on &off screen since they did so many projects together..wish you continued success……

By: Dorothy Gale

Dorothy Gale — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:56:03 +0000

I agree, Fred MacMurray was an often over looked actor.He could play Comedy, Drama,and Disney!Thank you for this tribute to him,I’m enjoying this day. Please play the much requested, “Murder He Says”,So many people have requested this movie,On T.C.M.’s Suggest A Movie Forum.Thank you for an enjoyable day.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:06:24 +0000

Hi-

We watched PARDON MY PAST today… what a blast hearing the name of my (and Fred’s!) hometown in a movie – Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:30:40 +0000

Dear Jenni,

The title of the movie you are looking for is Father is a Fullback. I own it on VHS, so it must be available. It was produced by 20th Century Fox, so they may show it on the Fox Movie Channel as well.

By: morlockjeff

morlockjeff — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:46:36 +0000

Mary,

Thanks for pointing that out. My mind saw Jose Ferrer but my hand typed Mel. By the way, I just witnessed Fred in a lab apron scrounging around his kitchen for something to eat in SON OF FLUBBER and he actually tried to eat a dog biscuit. Those crazy scientists will try anything. After FLUBBER, it’s MacMurray and Jean Arthur in TOO MANY HUSBANDS which I’ve never seen but sounds like a ripoff of MY FAVORITE WIFE. Blog on everybody.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:53:02 +0000

Morlockjeff, I really like your article on Fred. Just wanted to tell you that it is Jose Ferrer and not Mel Ferrer who is in The Caine Mutiny with Fred.