Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
Acting
Clifton Webb's magnificent prissiness.
Costume
Gloria's parade of fabulous TV gowns.
Writing
Self-aware digs at silent film nostalgia.
Director
Claude Binyon
Clifton Webb
Thornton Sayre
Ginger Rogers
Gloria Marlowe
Anne Francis
Carol Sayre
Jeffrey Hunter
Bill Ainslee
Elsa Lanchester
Mathilda Coffey
Fred Clark
Sam Levitt
Paul Harvey
DW Harrington
Ray Collins
Timothy Stone
Helene Stanley
Mimi
Richard Garrick
Judge Bowles
Jay Adler
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Lavinia (uncredited)
Victoria Horne
Waitress (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Crazy Sam (uncredited)
Mary Treen
Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as television was devouring Hollywood—studios genuinely feared stars' old films would destroy their mystique.
Clifton Webb was 62 playing a former silent star; he was actually already famous in the 1910s, making this deliciously meta.
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