Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Halls of Ivy - January 3, 1951 - Professor Barrett's Play

This is a typical Halls of Ivy episode, and that's a good thing. The series starred Ronald Colman and his wife Benita; they played a dean at Ivy College and his wife, who was a former actress.

The clever wordplay of writer Don Quinn is in evidence here, as it is in most episodes of the show, with discussion of palindromes and a play on the name of theater critic George Jean Nathan. The episode starts off as many do, with Dr. Hall and his wife having a discussion over a leisurely breakfast, and leads into the storyline, which involves the staging of a play written by a professor at the school.

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