Herbert Fields

Handsome movie heartthrob Brooks Mason is tired of being besieged by adoring fans. When he meets his exact double, a shy Hawaiian plantation owner named George Smith, they decide to switch for a month. Mason sails to Hawaii, falls in love with a beautiful dancer. Smith is sent to a New York hospital, thanks to overzealous fans.

Seven brides for seven brothers (1954, 102 min.): Adam is the eldest of seven brothers who goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home where she discover he has six brothers - all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Adam reads about the Roman capture of the Sabine women and develops an inspired solution to his...

In late summer 1957, Broadway stars Mary Martin and John Raitt united for a special run of the show that began in San Francisco, moved on to Los Angeles, and culminated in an adaptation for TV, telecast live on Thanksgiving Eve. (Though broadcast in color it was only preserved in black and white.)