Love, American Style: Love and Lady Luck; The Cryptic Gift
09:30 am - 10:00 am, Saturday, January 24 on WZME MeTV+ (43.2)
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Love and Lady Luck; The Cryptic Gift
A bride is bitten by the gambling bug; Jack Carter in a tale about a gift cemetery plot. Cynthia: Catherine Burns.
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1972
English
HD Level Unknown
Comedy
Anthology
Cast & Crew
Jack Carter
(Actor)
Catherine Burns
(Actor)
.. Cynthia
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Did You Know..
Jack Carter
(Actor)
Born:
June 24, 1923
Died: June 28, 2015
Died: June 28, 2015
Trivia:
Funnyman Jack Carter (as he is invariably billed) was a successful nightclub comedian when he decided to dive headlong into the infant medium known as television. In January of 1949, Carter was hired to host ABC's minstrel-show effort Pick and Pat. By the spring of that year, Carter presided over the ABC variety program Jack Carter and Company. Later that same year, he was the first emcee of the DuMont Network's Cavalcade of Stars, remaining with the series until being replaced by Jackie Gleason in 1950. His last "regular" TV assignment was as host of 1956's Stage Show, though he kept busy as a sitcom guest star into the 1980s, frequently playing abrasive con artists (e.g. "Friendly Freddie" on Gomer Pyle USMC). In 1971, Carter made his directorial debut with an episode of Lucille Ball's Here's Lucy. Jack Carter's movie roles have ranged from comedy relief to raffish villain in such pictures as The Extraordinary Seaman (1969), The Amazing Dobermans (1976) and The Funny Farm (1982). Carter continued to work steadily into his 90s, with guest appearances on shows like Desperate Housewives, Parks & Recreation, New Girl and Shameless. Carter died 4 days after his 93rd birthday, in 2015.
Catherine Burns
(Actor)
.. Cynthia
Born:
September 25, 1943
Trivia:
During the late '60s through the mid '70s, American actress, Catherine Burns was well on the way to becoming a major star. After graduating from the American-Academy of Dramatic Arts, Burns played a gangly adolescent in 1969's Last Summer and was nominated for an Oscar for the part. She went on to work in a few more distinguished films and appeared in the TV movie, Amelia Earhart, but unfortunately her film career faded shortly thereafter.
