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Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Deliberately casting his established screen image to the four winds, cary grant plays walter eckland, an unkempt, uncouth and unshaven beach bum. During world war ii south sea beachcomber walter eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. Cary grant stars in one of his funniest roles as a boozy beachcomber sitting out wwii in peace until the allies recruit him to be a lookout on the south pacific isle. It introduced the song pass me by by cy coleman and carolyn leigh, later recorded by peggy lee, frank.
Find release information for father goose 1964 ralph nelson on allmovie. Father goose music the world of kidz music the world is a chorus line, lets all sing and dance in harmony. Father goose 1964 u 12101964 us adventure, comedy, romance 1h 58m user score. The quote words are the snippet from american cartoon the simpsons. And so begins a hilarious battle of the sexes between a messy american, a. As the king of the dance party, he has created his own spinoff of shows titled father goose and the goose trotters band. Publication date 1934 topics motion pictures, motion picturesbiography publisher. Father goose on dvd 017153100815 from republic pictures. Father goose an interview with stephanie berrington.
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