Ford Theater: Kind Lady (December 2, 1949, CBS)
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- Exclusive upload to the Free The Kinescopes channel! Enjoy this extremely rare kinescope of Ford Theater from 1949, live on CBS! Starring Fay Bainter and Joseph Schildkraut.
Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her way home from a concert on Christmas Eve she discovers a poor, would-be artist outside her estate. Mary takes pity on this artist, Henry Abbott, and gives him some food and money. After taking him in, she finds herself somewhat attracted to this artist; he is handsome, and quite knowledgeable of fine art, especially the paintings in Mary's extensive collection. However, when she discovers that Henry has both a wife and a small child that he is struggling to support, she gives him some money and hand-me downs, and sends him on his way. A few days later he shows up with some of his own paintings (which are absolutely awful) as well as some items he stole from Mary's house on Christmas Eve. Henry demands a large amount of money for his paintings, which Mary eventually pays. She then discovers that Henry has left his wife and baby outside, in the rain. His wife collapses and Mary, out of pity, lets Henry and his family stay with her until his wife is well. Soon, Mary's servants have all quit, tired of dealing with Henry and his family, who are unreasonable and greedy. Once the servants are gone, Henry's extended family arrives, and Mary discovers to her horror that Henry's "family" is actually a gang of art thieves, planning to imprison her in her own house to gain control of her art collection.
Fay Bainter was wonderful in this, these roles suited her well. I also read that she was very well liked in Hollywood and very charitable ❤
These type of shows were as TV was like back in the early days when TV was for the rich folk who lived in major cities . Child actress Denise Alexander of General Hospital later of TV soap fame and Bruce Gordon later of The Untoucables TV series were among the cast who supported the lead , distiguished Oscar winning Ms Fay Bainter .
What a gem.
Agreed, lovely story and great acting.
As the Oscar winner the previous year in the same category Fay Bainter presented AA actress Hattie Mc Daniel the 1939 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress , a part of history .
05:27 could see the camera behind the door...I loved the one with Ethel Barrymore as the Kind Lady. .
Excellent, thank you
I love sinister deep-voiced Hilda Vaughn who played the villainous.
She also played Jean Harlow’s blackmailing maid in Dinner at Eight and other various characters - some of them very nice! - through the years.
At 11:31 everyone needs an Aunt Mary like that!
Thanks
As seen on alternate Fridays at 9pm(et).