The Halls Of Ivy - The Old Professor Forgot His Umbrella

[@antinotis]

When a college education meant something. When the curriculum was about truth, goodness and beauty.

[@scotnick59]

As a teen I would watch old Ronald Colman on "the late, late show" - which has totally disappeared from American culture. His "Goldwyn" films were so thrilling: classy and prestigious

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

Thank you 👍Always good to watch the great and talented Ronald Colman . 😃 Jan . 11 , 2025

[@rozann9223]

This is such a lovely, sweet show. Wish I could find more of them.....very tender and gentle entertainment. Impossible to find anymore. Thank you for posting.

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on May 17, 1955. Adapted from a December 1951 radio episode.

[@timothytrott9694]

Intelligent, witty, articulate, and dare I say, kind. Would never even get past the proposal stage today.

[@listeningeyes9990]

This was a wonderful show, it would have been nice to have more of this show from the television era. It was also great to see Ronnie and Bonita since hearing them both as Jack Benny’s next door neighbors on Jack’s radio show, they were both added humor on that show.

[@dashasl2582]

Ronnie and Bonita were also mentioned on the Burns & Allen Show, as friends whose parties George and Gracie would attend.

[@anainamerica6807]

Adam, Thank you for posting this. I've been a big fan of Ronald Colman since I was a teenager, many decades ago. For the last few years I've been totally addicted to listening to The Halls of Ivy radio show here on KZbin and have been so sorry that there didn't seem to be any videos of the tv show. I'm very grateful to find that there is at least this one episode to watch again and again. Thank you for this early Christmas present. God bless you.

[@AdamRocheAttaboy]

No worries, and if I find any more I'll post them here!

[@manofmanyinterests]

Here's a bit of trivia for you. At the time, 'The Halls of Ivy' was the most expensive half hour television series, with each episode budgeted at $50,000.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Where did the money go? This was rather low budget

[@Paladin1873]

The TV version perfectly captures my imagined view of Ivy from the radio program. It was a great favorite of my parents. Sadly, too many colleges and universities have strayed so far from this ideal that I see no connection with them anymore. One rare exception is Hillsdale College in rural southern Michigan.

[@adreamalladream]

For those interested, the other episodes of The Halls of Ivy still exist. The original 35mm negative reels are at the ITV archive. Unfortunately, they have not been digitised, so I suppose the only way they'll become accessible is if someone purchases the physical copies and takes steps to digitise them and make the episodes publicly available. It doesn't look like ITV will do anything with them themselves.

[@AdamRocheAttaboy]

That's great to know! thank you

[@adreamalladream]

@AdamRocheAttaboy I suspect they're in some other archive too though. I don't know where the episode you posted came from but it can't be ITV, as those episodes hadn't been digitised. It would make sense anyway for an American program to have been preserved in an American archive, not just a British one.

[@44032]

The 31st of 38 episodes, broadcast 5/17/55. Francis Perlot, who plays Professor Royce, had died 6 days earlier. He reminds me a bit of Ed Wynn.

[@manofmanyinterests]

Then it is a truly fitting memorial.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I've been listening to the radio show for about 8 months. What a lovely adaption. I hope more episodes are found soon.

[@thegale8701]

PLS PLS POST MORE!!!

[@jeremybear573]

Classic!

[@KhenoronhkhwaJesusIs]

Mr. Adam Roche, Thank you for putting this television show on here for people who want to watch and hear decent family shows.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

When it aired on the CBS Television Network (1954-55), it was sponsored by International Harvester & Nabisco

[@jacquitilcock6152]

Thank goodness your back Adam I thought maybe you had left us for good

[@AdamRocheAttaboy]

No no no, always working on stuff! Just takes a while, but thank you!

[@glennso47]

What a charming little program! I vaguely remember seeing it as a little kid. I remember it being sponsored by International Harvester.

[@antinotis]

On the difference between "shall" and "will". I once had a lawyer tell me that "shall" is just a stronger form of "will". I replied "yes, if you believe "are" is a stronger form of "is". Anyhow, it isn't that difficult. I shall; you will; he, she, it will; we shall; you (all) will; they will. For the subjunctive and commands, you reverse them. For the conditional, it's "should" and "would", which follow the same pattern. Think of the commandments, "thou shalt not kill"; God knew that the reality was that people would kill, but he commanded that they shouldn't. Pedantic, I know, but there it is. I admit that I don't around saying things like "I shouldn't do it if I were you", but I feel a pang of regret when I realize I don't have the guts to say it correctly.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

I liked Ronald in Random Harvest. Thanks for the rare TV show.

[@vin.handle]

The professor, played by veteran actor, Francis Pierlot. I thought initially it was Ed Wynn.

[@Paladin1873]

He certainly sounded like Wynn (I mean Ed, not his son, Keenan).

[@vin.handle]

@@Paladin1873 I have seen him one other movie. Remember the Day, with Claudette Colbert and John Payne.

[@fromthesidelines]

Ken Carpenter, announcer.

[@vin.handle]

Famous announcer in the 1940s and 1950s. Often associated with Bing Crosby's radio show.

[@fromthesidelines]

Ken also announced the radio show (for Schlitz- "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous").