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The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of 7 by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes. At age 10, he left home to travel with a medicine show through the Midwest, and joined the vaudeville circuit at age 15. At age 17, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour (1951) premiered on NBC. For two decades, until 1971, his show consistently stayed in the top twenty, both on NBC and CBS. His numerous characters, including Clem Kaddiddlehopper, George Appleby, and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe delighted audiences for decades. First and foremost, he considered himself a clown, although not the greatest, and his paintings of clowns brought in a fortune after he left television. His home life was not completely happy--two divorces and a son Richard who died of leukemia at age 9--and he did not hang around with other comedians. He continued performing live until illness, and he was a longtime supporter of children's charities. Red Skelton died at age 84 of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, California, on September 17, 1997. Red is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.

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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ( 1965) | IMDb: 7

Comedy

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Starring:

Stuart Whitman , Sarah Miles , James Fox , Alberto Sordi , Robert Morley , Gert Fröbe

Directed by:

Ken Annakin

Produced by:

Stuart Lyons , Stan Margulies

Around the World in Eighty Days ( 1956) | IMDb: 6.7

Adventure , Comedy , Family , Fantasy , Romance

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Starring:

David Niven , Cantinflas , Finlay Currie , Robert Morley , Charles Boyer , Robert Newton

Directed by:

John Franco , John Farrow , Charles Hammond

Produced by:

Mike Todd , Lou Smith , Frank Leyva

Ziegfeld Follies ( 1945) | IMDb: 6.4

Comedy , Music

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Starring:

Lucille Ball , Fred Astaire , Lucille Bremer , Fanny Brice , Judy Garland , Kathryn Grayson

Directed by:

Charles Walters , Jack Greenwood , Robert Lewis

Produced by:

Arthur Freed

Bathing Beauty ( 1944) | IMDb: 6.4

Comedy , Music , Romance

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Starring:

Red Skelton , Esther Williams , Basil Rathbone , Bill Goodwin , Jean Porter , Nana Bryant

Directed by:

George Ryan , Sandy Roth , Herman E. Webber

Produced by:

Jack Cummings

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