The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O’Connor (1952)

The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O’Connor (1952) Host: Donald O’Connor With: Cecil Kellaway, Tom D’Andrea, Hal March, Marilyn Maxwell, Hedy Lamarr, Scatman Crothers Directed by: Fred Hamilton, Jim Jordan, Sid Kuller, Sidney Miller Running Time: 40 Minutes Clips from the early television variety show The Colgate Comedy Hour with actor Donald O’Connor (Singin’ in the Rain). These segments come from episodes originally airing on March 2 and May 11, 1952 (according to the Internet Movie Database). • An introduction looks back on Donald O’Connor’s career as a child performer and top film comedian culminating in O’Connor leaving his hand prints in the forecourt at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre; O’Connor begins hosting the show with his feet encased in cement. • O’Connor sings a song about the pleasures of love while dancing with four fetching chorus girls. • A week before Saint Patrick’s Day, O’Connor and Cecil Kellaway perform an Irish-themed number, “Merrily On Our Way To Nowhere.”