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    Comedy TV Shows - 1950s 2 Mins Read

    Brothers, The

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    Inexperienced and desperately in need of money, Harvey Box (Gale Gordon) and his brother Gilmore (Bob Sweeney) pool their resources and purchase a photography studio in San Francisco.

    Older brother Harvey was somewhat blustery and overbearing but was a good man at heart whose bark was worse than his bite.

    “Gilly” was a shy, naive, and inoffensive soul who seemed to let his older brother run things.

    Both of them had girlfriends whose personalities were well matched to their men. The strong-willed Dr Margaret Kleeb (Ann Morriss) was Harvey’s girl and the quiet Marilee Dorf (Nancy Hadley) was with Gilly.

    Other regular characters included Marilee’s father, Carl (Oliver Blake); Harvey and Gilly’s retired sea captain father, Sam (Howard McNear); their married sister, Hazel (Mary Lansing) and her husband Lester (Rodney Bell); and Harvey’s bowling chum, Roscoe Blinder (David Orrick).

    Stories related their misadventures as they attempted to succeed in the business world.

    A running theme in episodes of this show was competition between the Box brothers.

    In “Gilly’s Birthday,” Harvey blew off his brother’s birthday party for a championship bowling meet, and in “Little Theater Group,” Harvey was expecting a role in an upcoming local Shakespearean production, but it was Gilmore who got the role of Romeo (Harvey was merely put in charge of painting the scenery).

    In “Gilly’s Investment,” Gilmore tried to show the Box family that he had as good a head for business as his brother, Harvey.

    However, Gilmore invested in, of all things, a dead whale.

    The CBS series debuted on 2 October 1956 and ran until 7 September 1958. It also aired in some regions as The Box Brothers.

    Harvey Box
    Gale Gordon
    Gilmore Box
    Bob Sweeney
    Marilee Dorf
    Nancy Hadley
    Carl Dorf
    Oliver Blake
    Dr Margaret Kleeb
    Ann Morriss
    Sam Box
    Howard McNear
    Hazel 
    Mary Lansing
    Lester
    Rodney Bell
    Roscoe Blinder
    David Orrick
    Barrington Steele
    Robin Hughes
    Barbara
    Barbara Billingsley

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