Harry von Zell (1946-1950)
Radio
announcer Harry von Zell was signed to a starring series in 1946, and
turned out a handful of enjoyable shorts. The stories revolve around the
adventures of, what else, a radio announcer. Amongst the best in the
series are MEET MR. MISCHIEF and RADIO ROMEO (both released in 1947). Harry would go on to become a regular on the popular GEORGE BURNS AND
GRACIE ALLEN SHOW.
Several von Zell comedies were included in the Screen Gems television package.
PLEASE NOTE: Available titles will be in ITALICS and UNDERLINED
If a title is not in ITALICS and UNDERLINED....I do not have it in my collection.
Several von Zell comedies were included in the Screen Gems television package.
PLEASE NOTE: Available titles will be in ITALICS and UNDERLINED
If a title is not in ITALICS and UNDERLINED....I do not have it in my collection.
SO'S YOUR ANTENNA (10/10/46)
D: Jules White. Tom Kennedy, Dick Wessel, Joe Palma, Emil Sitka, Lew
Davis. Harry, a radio actor, is mistaken for a gangster.
MEET MR. MISCHIEF (1/123/47) D: Edward Bernds. Ralf Harolde, Christine McIntyre, Charles Wilson, Dudley Dickerson, Emil Sitka, Phil Arnold, Fred Kelsey, Vernon Dent, Symona Boniface. Practical joker Harry is pursued by a headhunter. TRIVIA: Opening scenes rework the opening from HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE with Roscoe Karns. Reissued theatrically in November, 1953.
ROLLING DOWN TO RENO (9/4/47) D: Jules White. Christine McIntyre, Kenneth MacDonald, Symona Boniface, Dudley Dickerson, Emil Sitka, Phil Arnold, Charles Heine Conklin, Lew Davis. Radio commentator Von Zell unwittingly antagonizes a public enemy over the airwaves.TRIVIA: A remake, with stock footage, of Buster Keaton's PARDON MY BERTH MARKS (1940). The original working title was ROLLING DOWN TO RIO.
RADIO ROMEO (12/25/47) D: Edward Bernds. Christine McIntyre, Lynne Lyons, Dick Wessel, Matt Willis, Emil Sitka, Ted Stanhope, Symona Boniface, Allan Ray, Charles Wilson, Phil Arnold. Harry conducts and Advice for the Lovelorn radio program and becomes involved in a young woman's martial problems.
MEET MR. MISCHIEF (1/123/47) D: Edward Bernds. Ralf Harolde, Christine McIntyre, Charles Wilson, Dudley Dickerson, Emil Sitka, Phil Arnold, Fred Kelsey, Vernon Dent, Symona Boniface. Practical joker Harry is pursued by a headhunter. TRIVIA: Opening scenes rework the opening from HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE with Roscoe Karns. Reissued theatrically in November, 1953.
ROLLING DOWN TO RENO (9/4/47) D: Jules White. Christine McIntyre, Kenneth MacDonald, Symona Boniface, Dudley Dickerson, Emil Sitka, Phil Arnold, Charles Heine Conklin, Lew Davis. Radio commentator Von Zell unwittingly antagonizes a public enemy over the airwaves.TRIVIA: A remake, with stock footage, of Buster Keaton's PARDON MY BERTH MARKS (1940). The original working title was ROLLING DOWN TO RIO.
RADIO ROMEO (12/25/47) D: Edward Bernds. Christine McIntyre, Lynne Lyons, Dick Wessel, Matt Willis, Emil Sitka, Ted Stanhope, Symona Boniface, Allan Ray, Charles Wilson, Phil Arnold. Harry conducts and Advice for the Lovelorn radio program and becomes involved in a young woman's martial problems.
THE SHEEPISH WOLF (5/27/48) D: Edward Bernds. Christine McIntyre, George Lewis, Lynne Lyons, Lennie Bremen, Harry O. Tyler, Vernon Dent, Emil Sitka, Symona Boniface, Fred Sears, Red Breen, Victor Travers. In hopes of landing a radio contract, Harry's boss has him entertain a pretty client.
RADIO RIOT (2/10/49) D: Edward Bernds. Dee Green, Emil Sitka, Earl Hodgkin's, Lee Kendall, Kenneth MacDonald, Johnny Kascier. Harry's boss orders him to be courteous to a hillbilly oil millionaire client and his family. TRIVIA: Reissued theatrically in November, 1960.
MICROSPOOK (6/9/49) D: Edward Bernds. Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre. Harry announces a radio show from a haunted house.
HIS BAITING BEAUTY (1/12/50) D: Edward Bernds. Christine McIntyre, Dick Wessel, Emil Sitka, Jean Willes, Minerva Urecal. Harry leaves town to participate in the opening ceremonies of a new radio station, but his wife thinks he's going there to meet another woman.
RADIO RIOT (2/10/49) D: Edward Bernds. Dee Green, Emil Sitka, Earl Hodgkin's, Lee Kendall, Kenneth MacDonald, Johnny Kascier. Harry's boss orders him to be courteous to a hillbilly oil millionaire client and his family. TRIVIA: Reissued theatrically in November, 1960.
MICROSPOOK (6/9/49) D: Edward Bernds. Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre. Harry announces a radio show from a haunted house.
HIS BAITING BEAUTY (1/12/50) D: Edward Bernds. Christine McIntyre, Dick Wessel, Emil Sitka, Jean Willes, Minerva Urecal. Harry leaves town to participate in the opening ceremonies of a new radio station, but his wife thinks he's going there to meet another woman.
