Kill the Umpire
film by Bacon [1950]
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discussed in biography
- In Lloyd Bacon: Later years of Lloyd Bacon
…Lucille Ball’s comedic talents, and Kill the Umpire (1950), which used William Bendix to good effect as a baseball fanatic who has to take a job as an umpire to make ends meet. The slapstick companions The Good Humor Man and The Fuller Brush Girl (both 1950) followed before Bacon…
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Tashlin
- In Frank Tashlin: Films of the mid-1940s to mid-1950s
…Richmond (1949), featuring Lucille Ball; Kill the Umpire (1950); The Good Humor Man (1950); and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) for director Lloyd Bacon. During the filming of the Tashlin-scripted The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), its star, Hope, asked Tashlin to take over for director Sidney Lanfiel, and, though Tashlin…
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