Red Skelton whistling collection. Whistling in Brooklyn ; Whistling in Dixie ; Whistling in Brooklyn [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by George Haight ; directed by S. Sylvan Simon.
Whistling in the dark: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey, "Rags" Ragland, Henry O'Neill, Eve Arden. Whistling in Dixie: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee, Diana Lewis, Peter Whitney. Whistling in Brooklyn: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers, "Rags" Ragland, Ray Collins, Henry O'Neill, William Frawley, Sam Levene, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Red Skelton unleashes live-wire goofiness as the Fox, a radio sleuth, in this trilogy of films. Videodisc releases of Red Skelton's Whistling in the dark (1941), Whistling in Dixie (1942), Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) motion pictures.
Contents:
Whistling in Dixie / screenplay by Nat Perrin ; additional dialogue by Wilkie Mahoney (1943 ; 87 min.). Whistling in Dixie / screenplay by Nat Perrin ; additional dialogue by Wilkie Mahoney (1942 ; 74 min.) -- Whistling in Brooklyn / screenplay by Nat Perrin ; additional dialogue by Wilkie Mahoney (1943 ; 87 min.).
Summary:
Whistling in the dark: a radio sleuth is kidnapped by crooks who want him to help devise the perfect murder. Whistling in Dixie: Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Confederate gold. Whistling in Brooklyn: The Fox is on the trail of a serial killer, and winds up on the mound at Ebbets Field.
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