Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)
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Love and Marriage is an American situation comedy
which aired on NBC
from September 21, 1959, to January 25, 1960, starring William Demarest
.
in New York City
. Stubby Kaye
co-starred as promotion man Stubby Wilson. Jeanne Bal
appeared as Pat Baker, William's daughter. Murray Hamilton
was cast as attorney Steve Baker, William's son-in-law, and the Baker's young daughters, Susan and Jennie, were played by Susan Reilly and Jennie Lynn, respectively. Kay Armen portrayed Sophie, the secretary who became engaged to be married as part of the plot of the series.
According to the script line, Harris, an old-time music publisher, has made his daughter a partner in the business, but he hates burgeoning rock and roll
, which presumably might bring him prosperity. Pat tries to convince her father to promote more modern music, but he prefers the old songs. At home, Harris and the Bakers live in the same apartment, a situation often creating humorous conflict between the father-in-law and the son-in-law, as in one episode when the two conflicted on the cleanliness of their dwelling.
Love and Marriage aired at 8 p.m. Eastern on Mondays following Richard Diamond, Private Detective
and preceding Tales of Wells Fargo
. It ran opposite CBS's popular western, The Texan
starring Rory Calhoun
and the alternation of the second half of Shirley Temple's Storybook
and Clint Walker
's Cheyenne
western series on ABC.1959-1960 American network television schedule, in appendix of Total Television
Production, with P.J. Wolfson as the producer, and Bob Sweeney as the director
.
The series used the Frank Sinatra
song "Love and Marriage
" as the theme.
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
which aired on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
from September 21, 1959, to January 25, 1960, starring William Demarest
William Demarest
Carl William Demarest was an American character actor. He frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles.-Early life and career:...
.
Synopsis
Demarest appears in the series as William Harris, the owner of the nearly bankrupt Harris Music Publishing Company in Tin Pan AlleyTin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Stubby Kaye
Stubby Kaye
Stubby Kaye was an American comic actor. He was born Bernard Kotzin in New York City on the last day of the First World War, at West 114th Street in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan to first generation Jewish-Americans originally from Russia and Austria...
co-starred as promotion man Stubby Wilson. Jeanne Bal
Jeanne Bal
Jeanne Bal was an American actress who worked primarily in 1960s television.-Career:...
appeared as Pat Baker, William's daughter. Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton was an American stage, screen, and television actor who appeared in such memorable films as The Hustler, The Graduate and Jaws.-Early life:...
was cast as attorney Steve Baker, William's son-in-law, and the Baker's young daughters, Susan and Jennie, were played by Susan Reilly and Jennie Lynn, respectively. Kay Armen portrayed Sophie, the secretary who became engaged to be married as part of the plot of the series.
According to the script line, Harris, an old-time music publisher, has made his daughter a partner in the business, but he hates burgeoning rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, which presumably might bring him prosperity. Pat tries to convince her father to promote more modern music, but he prefers the old songs. At home, Harris and the Bakers live in the same apartment, a situation often creating humorous conflict between the father-in-law and the son-in-law, as in one episode when the two conflicted on the cleanliness of their dwelling.
Love and Marriage aired at 8 p.m. Eastern on Mondays following Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.-Radio:...
and preceding Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:...
. It ran opposite CBS's popular western, The Texan
The Texan (TV series)
The Texan is a Western television series starring popular B movie star Rory Calhoun. It aired on the CBS television network from 1958-1960.-Production notes:...
starring Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
and the alternation of the second half of Shirley Temple's Storybook
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was...
and Clint Walker
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker , is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.-Life and career:...
's Cheyenne
Cheyenne (TV series)
Cheyenne is a western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season...
western series on ABC.1959-1960 American network television schedule, in appendix of Total Television
Production notes
Though Love and Marriage produced twenty-six episodes, the last eight were never aired on the network. The series was a Louis F. EdelmanLouis F. Edelman
Louis F. Edelman , was an American screenwriter and producer. He produced thirty-nine films between 1935 and 1952.He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California....
Production, with P.J. Wolfson as the producer, and Bob Sweeney as the director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
.
The series used the Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
song "Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage
"Love and Marriage" is a song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation .-Frank Sinatra versions:...
" as the theme.