What's My Line? - Brandon DeWilde (Jan 10, 1954) [UPGRADE!]

[@donnacook8994]

Brandon DeWilde was a wonderful contestant, and did very well as a contestant. He seemed quite mature for his age. What a handsome young lad!

[@castinmeadows6956]

A delightful appearance by Brandon DeWilde. He was a child (acting) prodigy, first appearing, at age seven, in the Carson McCullers's play, and in the 1952 movie adaptation of, "The Member of the Wedding." By all accounts, he was a complete professional in that first role, and was as endearing as he was enchanting. Even the great British thespian John Gielgud had written high praise of DeWilde's talent in the original Broadway play. As many know, DeWilde was in the iconic film "Shane" (1953). An unforgettable performance - fresh, gently humorous, utterly natural, never saccharin or maudlin. For his portrayal, he was nominated for best-supporting actor among a cast of terrific veteran screen actors. Reportedly, DeWilde was the youngest Academy Award nominee at that time and in that category. [It's been written that he himself did not know of his nomination until years later. Apparently, his parents kept that information from him. If true, I don't know the source, however.] Another distinctive, moving performance by DeWilde (at 13-14 years old) was in a little known, quiet, family film called, "Good-bye, My Lady." In it, he starred with the great character actor Walter Brennan. Again, not a saccharine note in DeWilde's portrayal; instead, a convincing, unvarnished and moving one. Sidney Poitier also appears, and so well, in a very early role in his career. (To date, "GML" is available for sale on DVD, and via rental-streaming on Amazon.com.) There is also DeWilde's portrayal in an Alfred Hitchcock's Presents TV-series episode, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1962). It's a piece in which DeWilde's innocent screen reputation had an inverse advantage. That screen reputation - mostly one of uncorrupted, coming-of-age innocence - remains in this episode, but in a way that is meant to be disturbing, and is. Then came his performance in "Hud" (1963), playing across heavy-weight veterans Melvyn Douglas and Patricia O'Neal (and Paul Newman, albeit his having been a ho-hum performance,in a role which could've been far more complex and in-depth in, say, Marlon Brando's hands instead, and who would've given an incomparably fascinating portrayal, which Newman wasn't anywhere near capable of). In DeWilde's most pivotal scenes, he is quietly, deeply, credibly moving. The lack of falseness DeWilde brings to his performance is a constancy in his best work - marks of genuine distinction, especially when the material is well-written, well-directed, and his co-stars among the best. Even better, and more challenging, was DeWilde's portrayal in "In Harm's Way" (1965). He completely held his own across from John Wayne (and Kirk Douglas); a movie in which the wonderful Patricia O'Neal also starred. No small chops for a young actor transitioning from child to adult roles. DeWilde was completely, exceptionally convincing in the role. He demonstrated an impressive range in the emotional, identity and character development of his part. He was 22-23 years old when "IHW" was released. For any fan of DeWilde, this performance shouldn't be missed. (To date, this movie is also sold on DVD, and can be rented via streaming on Amazon.com.) It's also a treat to see DeWilde's acceptance of Melvyn Douglas's Academy Award for best supporting actor in "Hud." What poise, dignity and mature restraint in so young a person. One imagines it was fitting comportment, given Mr. Douglas's self-effacing, no-fanfare preference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6eXoJ5ppK2shqM Some wonderful, little-seen pictures of DeWilde: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWaZYnpqr9d5l6s There is also a biography: "All Fall Down: The Brandon DeWilde Story," by Patrisha Mclean. DeWilde was an utterly, uniquely appealing young actor. But, by his mid-late 20's, he couldn't escape the typecasting that stalled his career. HIs screen roles began to decline, in quantity and especially quality, and his perfomances were increasingly poor. His heart seemed not to be in the work at all anymore. At that time, he instead began to embark on a path in alternative country-rock music. A friend of DeWilde's said he told her that he was thinking to take a break from (screen?) acting, and return as a character actor when he reached age 40. A recording of DeWilde with his friend, musician-singer Gram Parsons is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJO6Zpqda8yiirc As with many young people during the late 1960s and early 1970s, DeWilde got caught up in the hard-drug scene, so contrary to the public's image of him from earlier years. He cleaned up, though. Drug-free and newly, happily married, he had also just returned to the stage, having appeared in the play "Butterflies Are Free." Soon after, an auto accident took his life, pinning him under the wreckage. The sensitive, intelligent, natural touch which DeWilde brought to his best work was rare for someone his age, and is much missed - a gentle spirit remembered and immortalized on film. Given his tragically short life in this world, may his soul be at eternal peace beyond.

[@519djw6]

A small correction, the movie he did with Walter Brennan was *Good-bye, Lady."*

[@castinmeadows6956]

@@519djw6 Thank you, yes. A typo. Thanks for catching that! Wouldn't want others to look for the movie under a typo'ed title! A wonderful, modest film. A quiet gem, which could never be made today. (And, of course, no one could fill Brennan's shoes.) For those who wish to see it, it's available on Amazon.com for streaming rental or purchase.

[@patriciaaznavourian3014]

Disagree with your assessment of Paul Newman. He made that picture, one of the most underrated actors ever, his body of work speaks for itself.

[@castinmeadows6956]

@@519djw6 Thx for pointing that out. A typo. I have a copy of Good-Bye, Lady." (I'll correct it.) A wonderful film. Great lessons for any child and family. A well-crafted story of a boy and his dog. What's not to love? :)

[@castinmeadows6956]

@@patriciaaznavourian3014 He was one of our best screen actors, no question. I just think that his portrayal in "Hud" could have been more nuanced/psychologically complex, and therefore more dramatically compelling. You think his work overall is underrated? I don't think so. But, if so, it certainly shouldn't to be. In his best roles, he exuded qualities no other actor could: "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and many others. What (intelligent) charisma on screen. Just marvelous! You, obviously, already know this, and more. And what a good man, husband, father, and citizen off-screen. Quiet, self-effacing integrity. Virtually unheard of Hollywood, much less among celebrity actors.

[@jollybee515]

thank you so much for posting these! I am a high schooler who finds stuff from this time period so fascinating and charming

[@3daypriest]

J. L. ... Good for you! This is from when people could spell and actually stored information in their brains.

[@krytietv1684]

You're welcome

[@Dolphin-cb9sq]

That is wonderful!

[@hawktchr8]

God bless you, Child. You surely stand out among your peers.

[@Garacha222]

Sometimes I have to remind myself that what we see is different than what they experienced... by this I mean they saw each other in 'living color' when looking and speaking with each other. What we see is early version of black and white (through un-coated camera lenses that tend to flare when shiny objects reflect bright lights.) It is odd to imagine they see each other as we'd see each other today... their eyes saw in full color, not the black and white we are shown.

[@jillkjv3816]

Such sweetness back then. So glad I was a child of the 50's when people were so much more cultured than they are today.

[@joefpsunset]

I was born in the 70s when people were still polite and cultured but I totally agree with you it's like night and day compared to today. I'm so happy I lived my childhood before the cell phone age.

[@dinahbrown902]

Me too 😊

[@diananutt1517]

Please tell me that many of us prefer the fact that this ignorant bliss has been replaced by progress against animal abuse as in the cruelty of training animals to do bizarre tricks that mimic human behavior for circus acts. Most people have learned of the horrors behind the fur industry, clubbing of seals, etc (read Cleveland Amory's "Mankind?"), and lovely, polite folks like these thought fur wearing was the ultimate goal. I prefer aware folks like Bob Barker and his wife and the warriors of Greenpeace's fleets who exposed whale hunting for what it is.

[@downbntout]

This behavior was most emphatically enforced in childhood, unlike today. People graciously served one another because they understood what Jesus has done.

[@jillkjv3816]

@notfiveo I only wish! Our nation could have been spared a nightmare as President! 🤣

[@monicaclark9581]

Thank you for sharing these fun videos. I never tire of watching them. I never was a game show fan. But I enjoy Ms. Kilgalin's intelligence and discernment in solving the identity of the guests.

[@robertholman8730]

Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊

[@melianna999]

Dorothy Kilgallen.

[@pgh45rpms]

Brandon was just 11 when this show aired. He began acting in 1950 when he was just 8. His career was cut short when he died in a car accident at just age 30.

[@VinMar-m6w]

If he were alive today in 2024, he'd be 82.

[@jlbaker2000]

Arlene Francis had it all - beauty, brains, charm, poise, sense of humor, grace

[@thomaswwalker5928]

J. B Arlene Francis is buried about a mile from me.

[@oksills]

J. B I would add an amazing lack of ego as evidenced in her graciousness. An example of the type of person we see absolutely nothing like in our current “crowd” of entertainers!

[@oksills]

Thomas W Walker Exactly where are you buried?

[@oksills]

Vic We’re just pretty aren’t we Vic?? Maranatha!

[@EmilyTienne]

You should check out the episode where Ms. Francis shows up drunk. It’s on KZbin and it’s funny as all get out!

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

This was one of the rare times when the normally-poised Mr. Daly closed the show with a goofy face and voice. I love these people and hard to believe they’re all gone! 😥

[@donnawoodford6641]

It seemed out of character for Mr. Daly

[@sandrageorge3488]

😢

[@lettiegrant9447]

This was when tv was worth watching.

[@simons1543]

I feel the same - I've developed a real affection for the quirky panel. Hard to believe they are no longer with us 💔

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

@@lettiegrant9447 so you're saying for the last 7 decades it's been garbage?

[@TakeYourSeats]

In 1954, there were no VIDEO RECORDERS, but there WAS a SYSTEM to RECORD TELEVISION called TELE-CINE which required a 16mm MOTION PICTURE CAMERA pointed at a TELEVISION SCREEN to record the Picture, and of course the sound could be recorded in synchronization with the picture at the SAME TIME; or the SOUND could be recorded separately on a tape or/ wire recorder and synchronized later...Thank goodness that these recordings even exist to this very date and in time in our collective history... and Thank You to KZbin... And Thank You to the "KZbin" CHANNEL here called what else but "What's My Line?" right here. Thank You for sharing these episodes with us !!!

[@JD-rt8ym]

Is that also known as a Kinescope recording?

[@Paul71H]

@@JD-rt8ym I'm no expert, but I think so.

[@Tahgtahv]

@@JD-rt8ym it is a kinescope recording. Tele-Cine is the reverse technology, used to capture and play film on a video broadcast.

[@jacktwist5907]

What an amazing actor Brandon DeWilde was. And what a tragic end.

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

In the play, "Member of the Wedding", Brandon's character had to die at the end of the play of a brain tumor! I've read the novel, "Member of the Wedding", and the play in book form; Frankie doesn't like these other girls walking across her lawn space, she's yelling at them, "Sons of bitches!" But in the 1950 movie version, she can't say anything (Phooey!).

[@tomklock568]

One could gripe that there are so many drop out in the audio and video on these, but actually it is pretty amazing that these are still so well preserved for the primitive TV era they were filmed in. Thank you for posting these and glad I came across them by chance!

[@shane8037]

A little misleading to call it a primitive TV era... this was peak entertainment!

[@icturner23]

It’s weird to say that one could gripe about something when you haven’t and no one else has either. It’s almost weasel words - “SOME people would criticize this but not appreciative me!”

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

If "Shane" is not my very favorite western, it's definitely in my top 5. Jack Palance played the best "bad guy" I've ever seen in a western. Brandon DeWilde was a cute kid.

[@PlanetRockJesus]

I love these old shows. The host and panelists are very sharp. And they were all alive when I was a teen. I loved The Steve Allen Show when I was 15.

[@robinheuver9620]

i love old movies tv shows . i was born in 1973 so i have no idea who Brandon deWilde was

[@mikejschin]

@@robinheuver9620 You might enjoy the movie "Shane", a 1953 Western starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, and Brandon De Wilde. It is, in my opinion, the best Western ever made. There is some gunplay in it, but that is far overshadowed by the dramatic elements of the story.

[@Code3forever]

My how time goes by. In grade school, junior high and high school, I went to school with Brandon deWilde's wife, Janice Gero. Janice was in the hospital in Denver, CO when Brandon was killed in a traffic accident while on the way to see her. We never saw her after high school but had heard she was in the Hollywood scene and that is where she met Brandon. A tragedy for both Brandon and Janice as she was only 20 or so at the time...

[@andrewk2996]

I wish we had people and programs like this today

[@Frederick-t8t]

A MUCH BETTER COUNTRY.

[@ladyyuna2000]

So tragic for Brandon deWilde who passed away in a young age.

[@nandofigueira2005]

30 years old

[@roostero]

@@nandofigueira2005 Single car crash. He was driving. No passengers.

[@tomtriffid]

@@roostero His camper van struck a parked truck.

[@Rabadamtimtimti]

Who'd have ever thought they'd build such a deadly Denver bend ):

[@mikesaunders4775]

@z Quite right. its Dutch, means 'The'

[@Rosey01222]

The ever gracious Arlene Francis had 47 years more of life ahead of her after this 1954 episode passing away in 2001 at age 93.

[@JD-rt8ym]

I like Arlene Francis too when she appears on Match Game with host Gene Rayburn. Check out the television Anniversary Special of WML? with her and Mr. Daly. It's on KZbin.

[@DarylReeceJames]

Just a pity she had alzheimers at the end :(

[@TylerDeBoy]

What a great idea having the English Panelist on for a round. Cool episode

[@winonafrog]

Yes it was a headscratcher-and the comment about commercials which gave her away is such a dunk on American tv 😅

[@Tahgtahv]

@@winonafrog It was possibly that, but I think it was also her voice, which she didn't bother disguising at all at that point.

[@rr7firefly]

"Shane! Shane! Shane!" -- I can still hear that voice echoing off in the distance. And Shane just kept going.

[@Baskerville22]

"Wilson was fast; fast on the draw"

[@mikevaluska7313]

Shane was dead in the saddle

[@riverraisin1]

@@mikevaluska7313 GOSH ALL MIGHTY, SHANE! Best western of all time.

[@billdougan4022]

Shane!!!! Come Baaaack...!!

[@rr7firefly]

@@billdougan4022 My friend Jerry used to do a loud imitation of little Brandon yelling that line over and over. Big difference: Jerry had a half-lit cigarette hanging off his his lower lip, so it was mockery, not a compliment.

[@allnitenurse]

DeWilde such talented boy, grew into a handsome young man and tragically died so very young. Nice to see him in different venue outside of his movie roles

[@wholeNwon]

A difficult death as I recall. Sad.

[@Dolphin-cb9sq]

What a treat: 5 panelists. Great show.

[@stumack9755]

4

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

10 illiterates gave you a thumbs up LOLOL

[@pattytanur3321]

Mrs Dorothy Killgallen , Mrs Francis, Mr Cerf, Mr Allen , Mr Daly , so wonderful so knowledgeable , fun . This was a great program . Those were the days… we saw you in my first 13 in Norfolk Virginia

[@davidsanderson5918]

I cried my eyes out as a boy watching Brandon De Wilde call out desperately to Shane as he rides away to the horizon.

[@jazzvictrola7104]

And it was so sad that Brandon died so young at only 33 while doing live acting in Colorado in 1971!

[@mrsjobo6458]

Me too.

[@lettiegrant9447]

Me too. It just breaks your heart even though you know it's acting.

[@kingy002]

@@jazzvictrola7104 30 Years old! 42 to 72

[@jazzvictrola7104]

@@kingy002 Even sadder!

[@juliaread9115]

Awe Brandon de Wilde was so sweet in Shane. So tragic he died in a car accident at just 32. Memorable performance in Hud with Paul Newman.

[@paulasnow8420]

loved him in Hud

[@maryzorn3365]

Great job as John Wayne’s son in “In Harm’s Way”.

[@donaldpype7018]

Shaaaaaane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mwilliams1330]

@@maryzorn3365 amazing transformation from the brat who hated him to the man who respected him.

[@janejohnstone5795]

He was soo....innocent and cute...did not know he died in a car accident....oh ...

[@Maazzzo]

Thank you as always for posting these, they're lovely.

[@NoobsShadow]

Dorothy looked very elegant in this episode. I can see why Ms. Ghislaine Alexander is her English WML panelist counterpart. She too had a very elegant, sophisticated look and manner about her. Now I'm wondering if any episodes of the British version of WML have survived? It would be a shame if they were indeed lost.

[@shrillbert]

Technically, Lady Isobel Barnett(who had just joined the UK panel a few months previously) was seen more as Dorothy's counterpart. Ghislaine Alexander didn't appear all that often by this point in the series unless Isobel was absent. Only one full BBC WML survives as far as we know, and it's right here on this channel.

[@robbob1234]

Alexander certainly did have all of that! Interestingly, her Wikipedia entry says she was "often described as one of the most beautiful women in the world."

[@WhatsMyLine]

Week three of the WML "Summer of Upgrades"! Every Sunday this summer, I'll be posting significant upgrades of episodes already posted here on this channel. Tonight's video replaces an incomplete version that was missing the last 7 minutes of the program due to major a/v dropouts. If you're not already a member of our Facebook group, now is a great time to join! Every Sunday evening (10:30pm NYC time, naturally) a bunch of us watch an episode at the same time so we can chat about it as we watch. We've been doing this all year, and it's always a blast-- the time ***flies*** by. If you're interested, please check out the group and join in the live chat tonight! And if you are interested in joining in, you'll probably want to delay watching this episode till the chat starts tonight! (There's more information in the group.) Link to the WML Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: kzbin.info/door/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w

[@haintedhouse6069]

how do you know he was a mean adult?

[@joanharrington7725]

What's My Line? I was a contestant 1968-69 is these shows avaiable?

[@H.pylori]

Amazing. I can still see him at the end of "Shane." And...I recall the name of the theater in which I sat to see Blue Denim. That it was going to be racy, but was quite boring. But a sensational topic at the time. Nothing compared to the trash we see today. You have done all of us a service by bringing back these old memories.

[@ddivincenzo1194]

Brandon reminds me of British child star Mark Lester. He looks like him, only Mark was maybe the same age in '69 as young Mr. DeWilde is here.

[@Dolphin-cb9sq]

Mark was the star of "Oliver."

[@janejohnstone5795]

Yes...both handsome, blonde hair boys...angelic looking....

[@robertrinkewich4318]

Amazing, my. brother sent away for a copy of this show years ago, we have it somewhere. My Mom is the last contestant on the show. Joan Myers. She taught dance for over 40 years. She was 19 in this episode,

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Wow. Amazing. What a nice souvenir of your mom.

[@Ohgrowup1]

Holy mackerel...this aired on my ACTUAL BIRTH DATE!

[@saran3214]

😗💨🎂👏

[@Ctkare4k9]

Mine,too!❤️

[@innermindsports7797]

I watch this to bring back the feeling of etiquette

[@mulberryman1305]

this show is great because it quit often documents a way of life and (more specifically) jobs that simply don't exist anymore

[@melianna999]

Jobs went to China.

[@juliansinger]

Mr. Goss was 59 here, and lived until 1976. (There's a Walter Goss Jr. who may have also worked at Smith & Wesson, but he would have been in his 30s during this era, which would just not work.) Mr. Goss Sr. had four or five kids, and moved to Agawam in his teens or 20s (probably the latter). It's about 10 miles from Springfield and Smith & Wesson, so that makes sense.

[@joshuaG_Sea]

I’m 38 and I’ve recently been binging episodes of this. I absolutely love it! Perhaps I was born in the wrong time 😂

[@nicoledotson1605]

Love it ❤

[@melianna999]

When we pass 70 we realize all TIMES were wrong .Haha.

[@stanochocki8984]

Brandon grew-up to be one Hottie....it WAS a shame that he died so young...one wonders, just how big a Leading Man star he might have grown-up, to be....

[@marylamb7707]

I really love the game shows from back then.

[@TheAuntieBa]

Bless you for updating incomplete episodes and posting them for us! Lost material restored! “You have to be wearing something special to be wearing this...?”

[@trumancapote9097]

Such a sad story. BRANDON DE WILDE (pronounced DA WILDA) died at only the tender age of 30 in a Colorado car crash. He was such a talented young man who co-starred opposite PAUL NEWMAN and Oscar winners MELVYN DOUGLAS and PATRICIA NEAL in one of my all-time favorite films called HUD from 1963. He happens to be buried in a cemetery on Long Island where a young cousin of mine is buried who also died very young at age 28 from a heroin overdose. RIP to both of them.

[@chriskidwell7518]

Brandon and Walter Brennen starred in Walt Disneys the Calloways with Brian Keith and other big names. A great movie ! I wish he could have lived longer.

[@mimimonster]

I admire the 50’s when people were classy. Love it.

[@ToddSF]

Here, Brandon de Wilde is not quite 12 years old, having been born on April 9, 1942. Sadly, he died on July 6, 1972 at age 30, in a motor vehicle accident.

[@richardfoster9846]

Only Dorothy and Bennett on the show passed away before Brandon.

[@soulierinvestments]

14:39 -- 14:45 --- they come quickly, but they are classic priceless Dorothy expressions.

[@WhatsMyLine]

Would've been good candidates for "The DK Bunch". :)

[@isitfunthere1]

That is a riot -- thanks for pointing it out! She had a VERY expressive face!

[@kevinmarkey9441]

+What's My Line? we dont have commercials what a give away would have loved to have played poker with this woman 😂😂

[@TheVetusMores]

Not me -- unless we were playing with penny chits! She's entirely too smart; I wouldn't stand a chance. But boy, just to sit across the table from her, eh? What an amazing woman ... I could soak up her brainwaves for hours and hours !

[@lauracollins4195]

soulierinvestments - Good catch! So fun.

[@bethg.9967]

He was a childhood favorite.

[@sstavsky]

Brandon DeWilde would be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Shane" within a couple of months after this broadcast, one of the youngest nominees ever. Apparently, he didn't find out about the nomination until years later; his parents didn't want it to go to his head.

[@afonsords]

The pre-pandemicness of it all: "this fine young man has a cold, now go and shake everyone's hand"

[@afonsords]

@@alcedo_kf what? the common cold became “extinct”?

[@patricia7823]

That was because MOST had common sense to wash and sanitize back then.

[@jo8726t]

How elegant the ladies dressed even with sparky evening purses!!!

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

And gloves, often. Very proper and mannerly. Fitted garments, class all the way.

[@jrt9]

Brandon was so adorable.

[@MsGatorsmom]

We watch reruns daily. Kindness, grace….

[@Lizby109]

Ghislaine! A name I just heard for the first time in the past few weeks and now I hear it again. A name that is prominently in the news right now. July 2020. as in Ghislaine Maxwell.

[@IAintTheDaddyMaury]

Haha right

[@icturner23]

Yes, Maxwell was the only one I’d heard of before too but when I looked Alexander up on Wikipedia there were a fair few. Apparently American girls started being given the name after this appearance.

[@winonafrog]

Yes, a shame its a pretty name now besmirched by that weird daughter of an Israeli spy…

[@castinmeadows6956]

DeWilde wanted to win! How intelligent and savvy he was. Fast on his feet, he recognized how to shade/avoid certain responses in way that wouldn't sway against him in the game. And with host John Daly being a sly partner in crime. Such a refreshing child with genuine politeness, self-confident modesty, and a wonderful sense of fun. Here, he is far sharper than many of the show's adult mystery celebrities. He kept the panel guessing, alright. Impressive.

[@Grisostomo06]

When Ethel Waters was mentioned one of the panelists guessed his identity. Check out the film "The Member of the Wedding".

[@lllowkee6533]

The most perfect panel! Not to leave out Tony Randall.❤

[@jonnychingas5757]

What a great and classy show Guys in tuxedos women in evening gowns . The great John Daley as the moderator. Never missed it. Still watching the reruns

[@jettrink7510]

I used to live close by where Brandon met his Kingdom Come...western Denver where the treeless landscape foothills starts to gain altitude.

[@bramlintrent1145]

Miss Francis was so cute when she got all tangled-up in the definition of a "very young juvenile".

[@cynthialyman2636]

These are priceless: the greatest.

[@simonbuttons9582]

I just love the old -fashioned manners from the male pannelists, standing up as the ladies pass, addressing them as madam. Something that appears lacking in today's society.

[@cynthialyman2636]

Simon Buttons sadly, it appears lacking because it is.

[@stevenpatrickstone766]

That's because back then women were ladies and deserved to be treated as such, now most are far from being ladies.

[@sandybeach123]

Women don't like that form of courtesy (standing up....etc.) because it makes them feel less than a man....subordinate to men.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

exactly It's a trade off for women having no positions of power and making less money than men

[@stevetuttle8529]

Well I guess I'm old-fashioned

[@crybllrd]

I am addicted to this show..

[@carol-q9q5g]

Corey Bullard Me too!

[@LauraMorland]

Me three! WML has become the *only* thing I like to watch during my "down time". I'm barely old enough to have seen some of the later episodes as a child, but sadly, I don't remember my parents choosing to watch it on Sunday nights (it was apparently on then, from what I've gleaned). Most of the episodes on KZbin appear to be from the 1950s, though. However, I haven't searched out any particular year or episode -- I just watch whichever episode KZbin suggests. It doesn't matter -- they're *all* great! Once I even watched the "modern" version of WML, and I liked it more than I thought I would. It was in color, and had a couple of features I didn't care for. Yet Arlene and Bennett were on the panel, but a different moderator. Soupy Sales was apparently a regular panelist, and he was amazingly good -- kinda like Dorothy in his ablity to hone in on the right answer. Still, the original B&W episodes can't be beat!

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

Just to think Brandon would’ve been 77yrs. 2019..

[@NewtonWashinton]

very sad about Brandon DeWilde killed at age 30 in a car wreak.

[@erichanson426]

great episode, especially the second guest, the audience reactions to the panelists guesses was great

[@balconi89]

May I be the first to congratulate the family of Joan Myers of Union Beach, as she is now part of television history which has not been lost.

[@adrianezzo1696]

Brandon de Wilde...the highlight of the show...and never forgotten..

[@janejohnstone5795]

Yes ...people were more well mannered and polite in those days....over 60 years ago...time flies...more precise and perfect...in behavior in those days...

[@HolgerRuneFan]

Brandon's facial expressions are so adorable here.

[@stanmaxkolbe]

I remember Brandon DeWilde in Shane and In Harm's Way so sad he was killed in a car accident at the age of 30. RIP.

[@hannibalscipio10]

First time they did two special guests!

[@phillipecook3227]

Dorothy's expression at 14.40 is absolutely priceless!

[@icturner23]

Use a colon rather than a full stop in such times and KZbin will autolink it for you.

[@phillipecook3227]

@@icturner23 Thank you!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Love Steve's hair in this epi.

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

The clothes, the jewelry and accessories, gloves and handbags. Stunning but always so pleasant and down to earth. Manners never went amiss, but today that’s gone, sadly. Sadly.

[@gingerfellah5665]

Happy to hear Dorothy refer to the “British” version of wml which is absolutely correct. It appears that at this time wml did not conceive that the BBC didn’t just broadcast in England and that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were included too.

[@carol-q9q5g]

Well, well, whaddya know! They do have extra chairs in the back.

[@MerleOberon]

Poor Brandon died young.

[@Qermaq]

Wasn't wearing a seat belt. He could have lived.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Back then they were rarely worn.

[@33maisie]

Not all vehicles back then were even equipped with seat belts, depending on the age of the truck.

[@klausweasley]

I think it was a motorcycle accident.

[@swrennie]

So did Dorothy...

[@celticecho]

Very sad when the question was asked of Brandon was he over 40 - he never actually made it to 40 in his life. Such a tragic end.

[@erichanson426]

I have been watching these in order, and I believe this is the first time the panel was asked to put on their masks, in what I will call the first round or guest

[@icturner23]

Not all episodes are available, though. And the concept of the masks and the mystery guest would have been explained much more clearly had it been the first time.

[@suelutz5364]

It actually happened pretty frequently.

[@savethetpc6406]

"Breadbox" watch: Dorothy asks the handcuff-maker: "Is it smaller than a breadbox?" at about 11:32.

[@TakeYourSeats]

STEVE ALLEN in 1967 wrote a book titled "BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX". You will note in this Episode here, that same Quotation is made during this particular episode, I would suggest that American Audiences will have heard Steve Allen use that very same expression and often, and that it is used here during "WHAT'S MY LINE" in tribute to the Guest Panelist: Steve Allen here, who died at the age of 78, October 30, 2000 due to injuries he sustained in a minor traffic accident that day, when a man backed into Steve Allen's vehicle... Might I suggest we all DRIVE MORE CONSIDERATELY AND CAREFULLY ...Take Care with one another...

[@preppysocks209]

@@TakeYourSeats Another lesson from that tragic accident is that when a person, especially an older person, is in a traffic accident and then does not feel completely well, he should go quickly to the hospital for observation rather than lie down at home, after minimizing matters to his family.

[@SW2799]

I had another thought about this one. This show was recorded in 1954. Just think that was in the days before transatlantic jet service. The first scheduledLondon to New York trans-Atlantic jet service was in 1958. I wonder how Ghislane Alexander got there, Maybe she took a cruise ship?

[@LauraMorland]

It's almost certain she did... but it would have been called a "transatlantic liner," I believe, because the goal was to get from point A to point B... no "cruising" involved. My husband travelled from Boston to Paris in 1962, and he took a liner... it was still the only way to go. It would be interesting to learn the point at which it became standard to take a jet rather than a ship across the Atlantic. Sometime in the mid-60s is my guess.

[@Kuklapolitan]

Brandon de Wilde added so much to the few films he was in. From "The Member of the Wedding" (stage & screen) to" Shane" and beyond, he was a handsome and talented young man.

[@yougottabekidding7476]

I've noticed that after the mystery guest's identity is revealed, the host doesn't give him/her a chance to even talk. All of the conversation comes from Mr. Daily or the panel. This happens often.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Yes. It was strange, given that they got some of the biggest stars of the day, that they didn't let them say much once they were actually revealed. Just thanks for coming and good night. I wish they had been allowed to speak more.

[@SW2799]

The British what’s my line panelist appearing for one round in the American show is interesting. I wonder if that would even be allowed today because of the show business unions? If someone was going to do something like that today, wouldn’t they have to be under some sort of contract?

[@JG-op4de]

Are you under 40 years of age? Poor kid wouldn't live beyond 30.

[@JD-rt8ym]

Dorothy Kilgarren died under suspicious circumstances in 1965. I think it was 1965. She was working on a book exposing the truth of the President Kennedy assasination.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@JD-rt8ym She took sleeping pills and drank some liquor. Not suspicious at all. Unless you believe in conspiracy theories. Which I think are hogwash.

[@accomplice55]

@@SymphonyBrahms : I am NOT a conspiracy theorist, but I think you need to read more about this case.

[@icturner23]

@@JD-rt8ym Your reply is not relevant to the comment. You cannot just ramble about the panellists’ deaths any time the death of a contestant is mentioned. It’s rude.

[@icturner23]

@@SymphonyBrahms I largely agree. I don’t think we can be certain there wasn’t foul play (not based on the J.F.K. gibberish, but the mafia), but it was very likely just an accident at her own hand.

[@soulierinvestments]

Interesting to compare Brandon's reactions (1954) to those of Eddie Hodges (1959) when the boys were mystery guests. Eddie looked thrilled that they guessed him. Brandon's expressions suggest he had hoped to bamboozle them thoroughly. He was too famous for that.

[@Bloomfield246]

He was wonderful in All Fall Down. Would have had a great career.

[@Ace1King1]

Those two films are the only ones I saw him in. He was truly gifted.

[@thehapagirl92]

Brandon died at 30 after the camper van he was sleeping in rolled onto it’s side and pinned him in it. Gruesome way to die.

[@jesuselrocker4595]

Now even most of adults in USA don´t know to write in cursive!!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I wonder if those who have never written it have a hard time reading those of us who do? anyone know?

[@manueladarazsdi9675]

Yes, they do. I know someone with that issue, Marcel.

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

Jesús el rocker thankfully I was taught in homeschool

[@NoobsShadow]

The fact that U.S. Public schools no longer teach cursive to their students is a subject I'm very familiar with. I went to private school thank God. My father however went to public and it's so funny to hear him exclaim "Well then, How the Hell do they sign their signature for contracts!" whenever it's brought up that they no longer teach it. lol

[@floris.927]

Yes they do. It’s ironic that not being able to write in cursive should be taken as a sign of lack of cultural or intellectual sophistication, when even when we sat in exams for the master’s programme, they advice us not to write in cursive just in case they cannot read it properly.

[@TS-qq7vr]

"He has a cold changing his voice anyway. Now go shake everyone's hand."

[@AndrewMacLaine]

It continually astounds me how often the mystery guests were sick for their appearance!

[@icturner23]

@@AndrewMacLaine It would often be because they were scheduled for breaks between shoots or tours. People frequently get ill right after an intensive run of work, because they’ve been running on empty and then when they don’t have to just keep going it hits them.

[@SR-iy4gg]

@@icturner23 I'm a teacher. That is what has often happened to me. I often spend breaks like Christmas break or spring break sick. It's like my body knows it can finally give in and collapse.

[@rubensdeliz]

Brandon DeWilde almost in the end of movie ''SHANE" shouting! "Shane! Come back Shane. I and mom love you Shane! R.I.P. little warrior.

[@roberttelarket4934]

I didn’t know What’s My Line had been in England?! I’d love to see videos.

[@shilohauraable]

I had such a crush on Brandon as a young girl! 💖

[@simeonbaumel7293]

As to the last one: How do you dance the Hula? You put a crop of grass on one hip, and a crop of grass on the other hip. Then you rotate the crops.

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

How did Bennet Cerf know to ask if she was associated with What's My line?

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Fun times on the WML? page!

[@brookdale2740]

Brandon deWIlde was wonderful in two forgotten movies. Well worth seeking them out: Blue Denim and All Fall Down.

[@byronp2311]

I always loved Steve Allen, the original host of the Toniight Show. He once had on a suited, clean shaven Frank Zappa who showed him how to play a bicycle. It's a hoot.

[@dantzmusic]

Shane, Come Back!

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

Great Show.

[@creekbandit]

thank you for posting

[@txalex]

"he's got a cold..." *immediately shakes everyone's hand*

[@savethetpc6406]

@txAlex LOL!

[@daviderobinson875]

Have to think of the time period then. They didn't walk around in fear of everything like we do today.

[@mwolfod]

So what? I'll bet not a single person in that studio caught his cold. Saner, more intelligent times.

[@robbob1234]

No masks? No social distancing? Unbelievable!

[@icturner23]

@@robbob1234 No, they did have masks!

[@jadezee6316]

cute as they come..his performance in Shane was terrific...he grew up to have leading man looks....starring with the in his prime warren Beatty ..in the somewhat confusing they all fall down...staring also karl malden and angela lansbury........sadly dying in a car crash...very young