What's My Line? - Jeanne Crain (May 2, 1954)

[@ClarenceHW]

Sophisticated show but never stuffy. This is may favorite panel lineup, they achieve a great balance together. Thanks for posting these. Jeanne Crain, great personality, makes her beauty even more stunning.

[@scotnick59]

well said!

[@Texaslawhorn]

Jeanne Crain was beautiful and had beautiful handwriting!

[@robertwiegman1]

Jeanne Crain is STUNNING here!!!

[@macmcleod1188]

She looks so similar to Morena Baccarin!

[@ClarenceHW]

This early panel with Steve Allen is a favorite, they seem to balance each other well and actually enjoy each others company.

[@oswaldomilano3848]

right¡

[@krismccarthansonmccart9187]

Oswaldo Milano Bbbb

[@clearfield2009]

I am in love with steve Allen.

[@B-diggity]

I’m always put off by his obviously “milking” of the audience for an extra laugh.

[@voyaristika5673]

Steve Allen is so funny. He was on TV when I was a child and it's great to see him again. Love the rest of the panel too. Daly is perfect host. Thanks for sharing these videos!

[@lauracollins4195]

Mr. Jones the Garbage Dump guy is a lot of fun... nice friendly personality. And I laughed at the “I’ll take care of him” handshake with Steve Allen at the walk down. :D

[@Baskerville22]

Jeanne Crain was a stunner....and an oddity in Hollywood - married to the same man for 58 years, till her death.

[@loissimmons6558]

It was not a happy marriage, however, from the mid-1950's on. They filed divorce suits against each other at that time. They reconciled on their 11th wedding anniversary (New Year's Eve, 1956) and the marriage produced the last three of their seven children after that. But it remained a strained marriage and they often lived at separate residences.

[@Baskerville22]

That's a long time to endure an unhappy marriage.

[@jblue705]

Baskerville22 yes, exactly!

[@erichanson426]

Did Hollywood couples have trouble staying together back in those days too?

[@ct6410]

@@erichanson426 There have always been unhappy marriages. It's only been since people (and especially women) had a legal means of getting out of them that people have gone anus-mouthed and talked about how marriages don't last anymore. They'd rather people be forced to stay in horrible/abusive/soul-sucking marriages.

[@jess4metoo]

WOW Jeanne Crain looks amazing. I had only seen her as a nurse playing the title role in Pinky. She's radiant.

[@tezzab2240]

+Jess4metoo Haven't seen any of her movies for years. She's more beautiful than I remember. Didn't know she was a redhead.

[@MothGirl007]

@@tezzab2240 She was naturally a brunette, but changed her hair to red in the 50s when she wanted to be seen as more glamorous in the hopes of being cast in more serious roles in films.

[@golden-63]

*Jeanne Crain is absolutely stunning!*

[@angelacarleton9575]

Jeanne Crain is so warm and beautiful!

[@rhondablack8079]

This show is incredibly funny😂

[@linasaidso1355]

Good heavens, she is lovely!

[@ToyzNWheelz]

My favorite movie with Jeanne Crain/ Dana Andrews is State Fair from 1946. I recently watched Pinky on youtube and loved it ! What a beautiful women.

[@judywhiting4684]

JUST a gorgeous creature....always loved her.

[@hairyscotman]

Wow....JEAN CRAIN!!! I'm speechless....

[@janwintz8372]

Jeanne Crain was such a beauty!

[@kevinmarkey9441]

what i love about wml is as a younger person i have never heard about jeanne crain i now can google these stars and find out more about them 💖

[@algoritmosalfredohipicasig7116]

What a mix of beauty and personality; seven visits from the stork explains why I'd never seen Jeanne Crain.

[@elisabethlinz4256]

I know quite a lot of Hollywood actresses of the 1940s and 1950s. I didn't know Ms Crain though. She is a striking beauty with sparkling eyes and a very charming engaging smile. And for the first time I had the feeling that she is s. o. who could have played the part of Scarlett O'Hara. With dark hair. Stunning looking woman.

[@elisabethlinz4256]

... Apart from Vivien Leigh who was so far the epitome of Scarlett...

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

She wouldn't have been old enough. She was born in 1925.

[@angelacarleton9575]

She definitely was a beautiful woman and so lucky to have met "Mr. Right" and stayed married for 58 years. That is an oddity in Hollywood.

[@accomplice55]

Sadly, it was not always a happy marriage; both claimed infidelity on the part of the other, and Jeanne accused Brinkman of abuse. :(

[@bluecamus5162]

All I know is from her Wikipedia entry, but it's obvious she and her husband were Catholic, which is probably why they never divorced. Wiki indicates she and her husband lived apart for much of that marriage, but with seven children, they couldn't have been apart TOO much. The Catholic Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Tracy remained married all of their lives too, but lived apart the last 30-some years of his life while he lived with Kate Hepburn.

[@lllowkee6533]

“The marriage was rocky. In the mid-1950s, Crain obtained an interlocutory divorce decree. Each claimed the other was unfaithful, and she claimed he was abusive. However, they reconciled on December 31, 1956.” [12]

[@MothGirl007]

Sadly, he was not a great husband - far from it, sadly.

[@CoxJoxSox]

Jeanne Crain - what a beauty!

[@WV591]

Jeanne Crain one of the gods most beautiful masterpieces.up there with Hedi Lamar and Kay Kendall and few others...

[@sammytripolone8473]

We had the most beautiful woman in those days

[@gottadomor7438]

The mystery guest ... just marvelous guest & panel & moderator banter. Steve Allen's comedic mind genius.

[@gottadomor7438]

@18:00:

[@marywebb9127]

The lady who made headache powders looks elegant. She proves to me that hair flowers can be worn by women of any age and look lovely.

[@leprechaunstud582]

She did a great job disguising her voice. I'd never have recognized it.

[@RalphOnofrio]

Steve Allen was a genius....Comic,songwriter,actor...a brilliant man.

[@jimr4319]

One of the great beauties of the 40's and 50's. Gorgeous woman and a much better actress than given credit. Watch her in "Pinky". She was excellent.

[@timd4524]

Four children. My jaw hit the floor.

[@gordonmorris6359]

THANKS, It is SO GREAT to see Jeanne Crain's off-screen personality, especially goofing around acting like a leading actress might act, changing her voice, compared to her melodramatic screen persona, her characters rarely laugh heartily, if at all.

[@skyedog24]

I agree with some other comments here this was the best panel composition. Especially when they start out with Steve Allen and somehow each time he says the right thing to get the audience chuckling.

[@paulmcmurray3491]

Thank You for posting this.

[@tomitstube]

the very lovely jeanne crain, had fell in love with linda darnell and started watching some of her movies, then saw 'a letter to three wives' and fell in love with jeanne crain, and started watching some of her movies, jeanne had commanding presence on the movie screen, you watched her in every scene. so beautiful and a great actress.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Thank heaven for the pause button - could Jeanne Crain be the most beautiful woman to appear on the shows so far?

[@robertfiller8634]

Had seen her in movies and always thought she was attractive, but was blown away by her beauty on this episode of WML I think that she is the most beautiful female to appear on the show ever! Don't think I ever saw anyone as drop-dead gorgeous as her.......and she had 4 children at this point in her life!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Robert Filler - I am about to watch a movie of hers for the second this year: Dangerous Crossing, HD, 1:15:40, made one year earlier in 1953. Well worth a look. She is stunning!

[@Etnalleb]

@@keithnaylor1981 Try to get the movie Man Without a Star. It's a western with Kirk Douglas and Jeanne Crain let her beautiful natural red hair down after a bath scene. She was ridiculously beautiful.

[@Etnalleb]

@@robertfiller8634 Debatable. I'm a total redhead fanatic but Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren were right there as the most beautiful. Rhonda Fleming and Maureen O'Hara were as beautiful as Jeanne IMO. Let's put it this way if I had to pick who was the most beautiful between Fleming ,O'Hara and Crain I couldn't do it . It be close, I'd hate to have to live on the difference.

[@robertfiller8634]

@@Etnalleb Jayne Mansfield was a brunette - check out photos of her before she became famous as a platinum blonde!

[@gilbertotongco1054]

I feel sad knowing that almost all the panelist and guest of what's my Line are in all probability dead by now. May they all rest in peace

[@musik102]

I do like Jeanne Crain. And, she certainly played a "naughty" role the following year in the great western "Man without a Star".

[@Ron-pd7jm]

I love the fact that the original showing date is supplied.

[@kenowens9021]

At this time, she already had four children, three more on the way.

[@redcan5254]

20:32 Her performance in the movie Pinky (1949) is spectacular (!) ...

[@jrm8899]

I have to start watching the movies on TCM

[@GingerHey]

Jeanne Crain...so intelligent and classy!

[@joevald3]

What a great show when actors were real people and they could act

[@sabinebeyer9249]

Fine Episode, I missed the older version. The MG part was very funny and what I always like on MG Appearances is: one can see favorite actors/actresses in more natural behavior, its a little bit of the real person and not a part in a movie. (and yes, I know: they all try to disguise themselves)

[@oswaldomilano3848]

you can say that again

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

@sabinebeyer9249 = re: "MG" = for those wondering what "MG" means ... "mystery guest." Do you speak acronyms in daily life, too - confusing the Hell out of people?!?

[@cerph]

Ridiculously beautiful woman.

[@noel888]

As she matured from a teenage actress to now and with that hairdo which becomes her, I thought she was a stunner in the class of Hedy Lamarr, who on this show, had almost the same type of hairdo.

[@Etnalleb]

They both were 2 of the most beautiful women in the World in their Prime and they would have looked good in any hair style but when Jeanne Crain let out her long shiny beautiful red hair down she looked phenomenally gorgeous.

[@robertholman8730]

​@@EtnallebShe was a brunette 😊

[@Etnalleb]

@@robertholman8730 I know , she wasn't a natural red-head but indeed a brunette. Ann-Margret neither a natural Red Head nor is Amy Adams but they made their careers as redheads and so did the late great Rita Hayworth.

[@caitlinfitzpatrick836]

Arlene looks incredibly stunning tonight! Such a gorgeous, classy woman.

[@marydolan587]

I don't think Jeanne Crain looks like Arlene Doll. However both were beautiful.

[@stickitupyourasteric]

@@marydolan587 Doris reminds me of Jean Arthur ..She .was described as : Highly self-conscious, Jean knew exactly which camera angles would flatter her the best, and she worked hard to make sure they were featured. At one point, “director Frank Capra recalled producer Harry Cohn’s description of Jean Arthur’s imbalanced profile: ‘half of it’s angel, and the other half horse.’”

[@lloydleyba4181]

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[@jimwednt1229]

In color, Jeane Crain is a blue/green eyes strawberry blonde hair having , absolutely gorgeous young lady actress. She'd give Elizabeth Taylor a run for her money.

[@cookiesandmilk3207]

I am in love with Jeanne Crain.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

Wow what a breath taking heart throb beautiful woman 👩

[@aileen694]

Just watched Jeanne Crain in "Pinkie". Excellent actress! Interesting film. And seven children! Brave woman. Many comments on her beauty...I agree, but still think Maureen O'Hara topped them all, especially the red hair! She was glowing on camera!

[@Merrida100]

I notice when women say "yes" it sounds like "yays". . . something I first heard with Veronica Lake. It was so unique to the dialect of the time.

[@riveranormanf.8770]

Stunning Best Actress Oscar Nominee Jeanne Crain for PINKY (1949), the other two leading actresses were Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters both received best supporting actress oscar nominations for the film classic.

[@Tre404]

Nell Lewallen's family manufactured Goody's Powders, which was headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina until 1995.

[@saran3214]

You have to take them with a regular coke. Cold.

[@altheadickerson4771]

🌹⚘🌹Love Jeanne Craine 😊😀

[@contraryMV]

Steve Allen was so funny 😂

[@suelutz5364]

He's so funny and low key.

[@jadeshannon5583]

I've never heard of Jeanne Crain before cause I wasn't born however I think she was beautiful and having 4 children would b a handful enough as well as being an actress.

[@suelutz5364]

I knew her name but nothing about her. Now I have to go look up her movies.

[@bthvnyt]

Isn't Jeanne Crain a doll !!! Wow !!!

[@Charles1053]

You look pretty good yourself handsome. charles

[@timothyhughes1904]

In this clip Ms. Crain is a class act all the way

[@Baskerville22]

Jeanne Crain has a Gina Lollobrigida look about her here

[@SueBeaWho]

And after 4 babies STILL had a PERFECT figure. Seems she had three MORE kids after too. WOW!

[@ToddSF]

One musical motion picture worth noting that starred Jeanne Crain was Rodgers & Hammerstein's _State Fair_, release in 1945 in color (but in narrow screen 4:3 aspect ratio). (There was a 1962 remake in wide screen.) The film is noteworthy on multiple counts, but one of them is that _State Fair_ was Rodgers & Hammerstein's only musical that was intended to be a film -- it was never presented as a stage musical. (Similarly, they wrote their musical _Cinderella_ for presentation on television, not for the stage.) So I have to conclude that Jeanne Crain could sing, since they cast her for a lead role in a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical film -- the premiere version of that musical -- and they didn't have someone else do the singing for her. Here's a clip of Jeanne Crain's rendition of "It Might as Well Be Spring" from the 1945 film _State Fair_ -- you can hear what her singing was like as well as see what she looked like at age 20 -- possibly even 19, if they did the filming the year before the release. video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9gmrA9YW2UARkT7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTByZjF2ZHFmBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDNw--?p=state+fair+jeanne+crain&vid=40d9d4c785fc299493d014db32f2db67&turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.V4863886972a1d7e8fc62c94c33febf77%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D168%26w%3D300%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTXMEVTtAZkI&tit=It+Might+As+Well+Be+Spring&c=6&h=168&w=300&l=267&sigr=11bkutf6p&sigt=10qpjueha&sigi=13299j8b4&age=1395337963&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t&tt=b

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Jeanne Crain's singing in State Fair and Centennial Summer was dubbed by Louanne Hogan, who was a member of the famous big band singing group, The Pied Pipers. I know. It's like being told that Santa is your parents.

[@ToddSF]

Mic Mal -- Well, I didn't know they dubbed in Jeanne Crain's singing, but I'm hardly shocked. I've known plenty of films where that happened, such as _My Fair Lady_ where they overdubbed Audrey Hepburn with singing by Marnie Nixon (who did a lot of that for various actresses) and _The King & I_ where the same singer overdubbed Deborah Kerr. There is a clip of Audrey Hepburn singing "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from _My Fair Lady_, and it turns out she could actually sing very nicely. The real puzzle is why they overdubbed Rita Moreno in _West Side Story_ -- Rita Moreno sang in Broadway shows and there was no excuse for that. (Of course, they overdubbed Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood, among others in that film.)

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Yeah, I never understood the Rita Moreno thing.

[@username178able]

Jean Crain was adorable… she had a total of 7 children! Just watched her in “Leave her to heaven “

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

Even though they incorrectly guessed her for two episodes in a row now, What's My Line did finally have Rhonda Fleming on about 11 months later

[@donnacook8994]

Mr. Jones had a great sense of humor! 🤣🤣

[@galileocan]

Jeanne Crain was gorgeous!

[@jljl7225]

1st guy was doing so good until he ran into Dorothy the Dagger

[@WhatsMyLine]

Comments left on prior version of this video: What's My Line? 1 year ago There's no way for me to reply directly to JustAFocus (thank you again, broken comments system), but I'll paste the original comment below, which I fully agree with. I've noticed that Dorothy pulled this camera hogging routine far less as the series went on. I'm up to the end of 1962 in posting the shows and it feels like it's been a long time since I've seen her do this sort of thing. But in the earlier shows it really did irritate me. JustAFocus wrote: "It's kind of irritating that Dorothy, once she knows she has the answer, hogs a ton of boring time on-camera by asking a whole lot of questions that she knows will be answered "yes" -- rather than just getting to the point. She kind of forgot that this is supposed to be entertainment." Jeff Vaughn 1 year ago I read that Dorothy's camera hogging was an irritation to the other panel members so I guess it was all pretty obvious to everyone but Dorothy. Ryan Schroer 1 year ago She was the reason they changed the mystery guest format to one question at a time. americanmanhood 8 months ago I think that Dorothy is unjustly accused of this. I think she no more hogs the camera than any of the others, and at least she is very charming and likeable while she is on, which cannot be said for some of the others who shall remain nameless (Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Bennett Cerf, John Daly). Purple Capricorn 3 months ago +What's My Line? Not only did she ask a lot of questions, she asked the same ones along with ones that the other panelists asked. Jasmine Surreal Shared on Google+ • 1 year ago I love Steve Allens whimsy. When it was his turn on one occasion to ask a question to the (amusing ) garbage man he said "Nothing"! I love the way he says things and does those little smiles. Sort of cute confident nervous. By the way I am an artist and working on a humorous pun painting of the quintet so will post it to Google soon. ZoneFighter1 1 year ago Wow Steve Allen was ahead of his time, asking a woman if she had purple hair (lol). MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago To me the kinescope looks a bit strange in this episode. It just seems a little darker than usual. Maybe they were using different film stock or a different kinescoping machine? tiffsaver 4 months ago Jeanne Crain reminds me so much of another screen beauty, Gene Tierney. Does anyone else agree? Haggis 5 months ago "Are you more a singer than a dancer?" Although this was a "relatively" early broadcast, still it's a wonder they don't know that one can only ask questions answered by yes or no; and Daly did not even stop her. orgonko the wildly untamed 4 months ago Jeanne looks very good for a woman with 4 kids Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago Every time a contestant has anything to do with garbage the panelists are asking questions about "product" instead of "service". JustAFocus 1 year ago It's kind of irritating that Dorothy, once she knows she has the answer, hogs a ton of boring time on-camera by asking a whole lot of questions that she knows will be answered "yes" -- rather than just getting to the point. She kind of forgot that this is supposed to be entertainment. JustAFocus 1 year ago Such a classy show, though. mrpuniverse2 1 year ago Ms Crain had seven children in all and married to Paul Brickman until her passing at age 78 in 2003. A wonderful actress beautiful lady joed596 8 months ago (edited) thanks very much for your uploads . . . Arlene looks great :-) ExclusiveLM 1 year ago Jeanne Crain is easily one of the most gorgeous of all time......... and I'm not from that era. But, I saw a movie of hers called Dangerous Crossing and since then I've been in awe of her beauty. The 1950s produced BOMBSHELLS !! Johan Bengtsson 10 months ago I agree, she was stunning! rick charles 1 year ago Arlene didn't realize it at the time but she called the trash guy a "GarbageHead". I think there is a singing group, if you can call it singing, named GarbageHead; She named a group 60 years ahead. Ok, that was a stretch. Didn't Steve guess Rhonda Fleming to a redhead the week before?

[@nogoaway2560]

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[@griselidis1]

Jeanne Crain sounds flattered when boys whistle at her. Now that would be considered harassment. Life is so complicated now.

[@laurahoward5426]

Different times.....🤷‍♀️

[@linasaidso1355]

Whistling at a woman was NEVER done by gentlemen. Nowadays, we simply demand that all men behave like gentlemen in public.

[@saran3214]

​@@linasaidso1355And all women are demanded to behave like ladies.

[@bencheshire]

​@@linasaidso1355I kind of feel like Noone does though.

[@44032]

Proof that Arlene Dahl, Jeanne Crain and Rhonda Fleming are not the same person.

[@dancelli714]

. . . . AND JEAN SIMMONS.

[@44032]

@@dancelli714 I was thinking in terms of redheads.

[@Etnalleb]

@@44032 Yep, It would be close as to what gorgeous Redhead was the most beautiful and Jeanne Crain would be right in the mix with Fleming and Dahl and Maureen O'Hara . ALL btw NATURAL REDS. I met Arlene Dahl and Rhonda Fleming and they both were ridiculously beautiful , just so stunning they made you freeze in their presence . I had the audacity to ask them for a hug after they signed their pictures for me and Arlene giggled and Rhonda smiled like you have to be kidding me but she hugged me after Arlene did not to seem like a Diva. I have them both up on my wall side by side.

[@Etnalleb]

@@dancelli714 Jean Simmons was a blond

[@dancelli714]

I only get Dahl & Fleming mixed up. They did played sisters in one movie so that was good casting;''SLIGHTLY SCARLET'' excellent crime noir. I highly recommend this film with the 2 of them.

[@juliansinger]

I only just ran into Goody's Headache Powder for the first time last year! (I'm 44 and prone to migraines, which is why it was surprising I hadn't before.) Though as it turns out, the Lewallen family bought the formula from the originator, and were the ones who made it famous (mostly in the south). www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/367/entry Also, as Mr. Richardson notes (and I didn't notice til now), there was an entirely separate Walter h. Jones (in the 50s) who became a NJ State Senator, who got into battles against garbage collection rackets. (Sayeth Wikipedia.) Which is, if nothing else, ironic. I admit to never having heard of Jeanne Crain before, and this performance has caused me to look for her stuff. Fun person.

[@saran3214]

juliansinger you have to drink a regular coke with the goody powder for it to be really effective. The caffeine helps constrict blood vessels in your head and relieves pressure. Plus the sugar in the coke washes the powder down your throat. It is a common practice here in the south and it will fix your headache. B. C. Powder will work too. Just do not inhale the powder. Inhale, slide the powder in your mouth and take several big swigs of coke. Breathe through your nose until you get the powder down. Best headache cure ever.

[@mikejschin]

When I was in North Carolina in the late '70s and early '80s (courtesy of the US Marine Corps), there were TV commercials with Richard Petty advocating Goody's.

[@sandrageorge3488]

My brother in law who was from Georgia, swore by headache powders.

[@dbarker7794]

@@saran3214 I was a B.C. man myself. Taken with Coca-Cola, as you suggest, or Pepsi or Mountain Dew.

[@saran3214]

@@dbarker7794 I will take either powder. I never drank Mountain Dew. It would be a better cure, more caffeine I think. Unless you can get Jolt cola.

[@donnacook8994]

Jeanne Crain was so charming, and her dress was so beautiful! She was amazing! 😘👏👏👏

[@perpieta]

I can't believe after all these shows Arlene didn't get that Steve's "good night boys" was directed towards his sons.

[@gottadomor7438]

@per: I missed it too. Perhaps a clue?

[@spongevee1]

I'm bringing back the phrase "out of doors."

[@jmw9904]

Dorthy looks like a live version of Betty Boop a little bit.

[@belindaalbright8798]

I said this in the past regarding Dorothy/Betty Boop. I never found Dorothy to be a raving beauty but she is cute as cute can be! Boop, Boop a Doop.

[@raybenoit5238]

The first thing and only thing so far and was stunned by her was in " man without a star " with kirk douglas . Incidentally He was great in it as well as her .

[@MrWindermere123]

I was puzzled by the woman who made headache powders: when asked 'Is anything added to it?', she answered No. Water must be added in order to drink the headache cure. Perhaps she understood the question to mean 'Is any other chemical or remedy added to it?' and she was proud to say that her powders were pure and entirely made by herself. We'll never know because we didn't see what was in the packets she gave to John Daly and which were intended for the panel members.

[@cbranalli]

if it was anything like BC Headache Powder - it was largely caffeine.

[@RoosterPisces2U]

You put the powder under the tongue and quickly washed it down with water. My husband mastered it on top of the tongue. Made me cough too much.

[@saran3214]

That is not how you take headache powders. You pour the powder in your mouth and quickly drink it down with water being careful not to inhale until all particles are swallowed. Better to drink Coke as the suger adheres to the powder. But you do not add water to the powder, like in a glass. Thats how we do it down south.

[@robertholman8730]

​@@RoosterPisces2Uonly powder, you added the coke cola😊

[@519djw6]

Jeanne Crain has gotten a lot of guff (much of it posthumous) for playing a black woman who "passes" for white in "Pinky." Do you all think that America at mid-20th-century could have "handled" someone like Lena Horne or Dorothy Dandridge--both of whom could *really* have passed--as the central character of this movie?

[@cbranalli]

prior to the radicalization of race relations in the 60s - nobody cared about "appropriated" skin color.

[@519djw6]

@@cbranalli Right you are! (This was kind of a "retrograde" question when I asked it). Things have gotten so crazy in the USA in the last year that I'm elated that I don't live there anymore.

[@sagarsaxena6318]

"Could it have a remote connection with food or drink or meal time....?" "remotely."

[@robertungerbuehler9076]

Lovliest!!!

[@lttlgreg]

I half expected John Daly to say that he would need the product the headache powder lady dealt with because of his dealings with Bennett!

[@timokautto9815]

Dorothy is sooo clever.

[@oswaldomilano3848]

arlene and dorothy superbeautiful

[@stevekru6518]

You are half correct

[@rifroar]

Stunning Looking Women

[@WhatsMyLine]

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[@laurahoward5426]

Only 29 ish, Jeanne Crain

[@alexhu7939]

Dorothy was classy, pretty and razor sharp!

[@stevekru6518]

Classy and sharp, yes.

[@Johnnyboy792]

I've watched just about every episode and I can't help getting the feeling that Bennett Cerf gets inside information on the secret guest..... he always seems to get the answer.... I just don't think anybody is that good every week. :)

[@andrewm5402]

John looks very tired here - too many mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby the day before, I'd bet!

[@lauracollins4195]

Andrew M - Mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby? Sign me up. :)

[@TheBlackhawkbrat]

I wonder, with the first guest, if any of the panelists guessed mayor for this man during the free guess period (since he was also a part time mayor) they would have won.

[@igkoigko9950]

A person can have several occupations, there are Senators who are physicians and actors who are servers, but the game is based on guests declaring only one occupation.

[@MothGirl007]

Steve Allen's hair here is wild!

[@robertholman8730]

@MotherGirl007 That was the style back then called the wave.😊

[@dancelli714]

Back in those days some men would give a strong and sometimes a hurtful handshake.

[@robertholman8730]

70 years ago majority of men had physical jobs😊

[@grantgoeters5945]

Mr.Daley helps the panel tooo much.

[@robertholman8730]

And that goes for the audience too😢

[@clearfield2009]

Arlene does not shake hands unless it's a famous guest.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

Oh yes let me not forget my number 1 woman Arlene Francis

[@butziporsche8646]

Loved her in "Leave Her to Heaven" and "State Fair".

[@davidarcudi230]

Awwww. No I haven't got that pleasure

[@johncasciello4123]

To commenter ANTHONY you,ll notice about those ladys hairstyles by 1951 the longer fuller look of the back was now gone and the shorter but slightly curly style is on most actress,s along with the high eyebrows look.The men,s suit jackets seen 1952 tru 1956 had one of the lapels (usually the bottom one) jut out wider than the top one and by 1957 the thinner look was coming in while double breasted was completely gone by 57.1957 brought in STRIPED SHIRTS for summer wear,black slacks (like in the song of the same name) and plenty of PINK/WHITE -PINK/BLACK STRIPPED SHIRTS LONG SLEVE TO WEAR WITH LEATHER JACKETS!! Check out YOU TUBE for many of those TEENAGE HIGH SCHOOL,TEENAGE RACE CARS,TEENAGE ROCKABILLY SINGERS MOVIES and you will see a lot of those lady,s styles of dress and looks!!! These WHAT,S MY LINE programs sure show the dressing up people made of themselves when appearing as contestents and they sure looked PHYSICALLY FIT!!!!!! and what an EDUCATION the panalist were gifted with as they sure seem to know of the very many occupations of those years:1950s tru the 1960s (WHAT,S MY LINE years)

[@bebeveritas7306]

Why do the women, especially Aline Francis not shake hand with the normal guests but do for celebrities. Are they snobs? Although in this one they do?

[@libertyann439]

Must have been hard to read some of those signatures!

[@danielfronc4304]

liberty Ann John Daly had the names printed out on the cards he brought out to prevent just that.

[@robertholman8730]

​@@danielfronc4304Everyone used cursive 70 years ago 😊

[@errol-ih4jy]

THATS ONE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

[@thomtlc2]

I'm still wondering what people do with headache powder. Do they put it on their faces?

[@buffbill-t2i]

She was at the roots of Goodys headache powders popular with NASCAR fans

[@dbarker7794]

Drink it down with water or some other beverage.

[@Yowza78]

Could anyone tell if the headache powders were Goody's or BC?

[@robertholman8730]

They were two different businesses 😊

[@thardingau]

How is garbage a product?

[@miketheyunggod2534]

So the saying " Bigger than a breadbox", was first coined by Steve Allen?

[@studentoftheword6115]

Why is this film jumpy. at times.

[@closeup1327]

She did end up having several children with her husband.

[@randysills4418]

Seven!