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Next on the program, Don Ameche introduces the “Swing Wing,” a congregation of former big band musicians “caught in the draft”, so to speak. The group play two numbers, “Bugle Call Rag” and some selections from the opera Carmen, and Technical Sergeant Manny Klein is their spokesman:
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The casting is slightly out of keeping with the other comedies of the period, especially Don Ameche. Playing Henry Van Cleve as a dolt with moments of eloquence, Ameche gives a fitting performance that more mature and sophisticated actors would have missed. Henry Van Cleve is not a suave fellow, but a lazy heir who need not put forth much effort. Even if the opening scenes of Ameche's performance strike the viewer as inconsistent with the rest of Lubitsch's leading men, his closing scene with his son will sell everyone on Ameche. Gene Tierney gives an elegant turn as Martha, both conveying the inner conflict of her character, as she hates and loves her husband, and serving as a pleasing visual attraction. However, the majority of laughs come courtesy of Charles Coburn, whose performance as the eldest Van Cleve is full of mischievous fun.
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Soon after the gang celebrated the start of Swift & Co.'s 10th year as a sponsor, Don was sidelined for ten days with a slipped disc. Bob (Ace) Murphy carried on with the duties of toastmaster in the best Breakfast Club style. Don Ameche took over while McNeill was in Europe. The year was climaxed with Don making a $10,000 Breakfast Club fund available for families of Korean war wounded veterans in 17 military hospitals to spend Christmas together.
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Three household pets -- a lovable golden retriever (voiced by Don Ameche), a sassy cat (Sally Field) and a feisty, funny bulldog pup (Michael J. Fox) -- mistakenly believe their owners have abandoned them. Read More
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Ameche earned All-American honors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he played linebacker as well as fullback in those single-platoon days. In four years as a Badger, he gained 3,212 yards, then the NCAA record, scored 25 touchdowns, and averaged 4.8 yards a carry. He won the Heisman in 1954. Ameche is one of four Wisconsin players whose number (35) has been retired, and one of six whose name and number appears on the Camp Randall Stadium façade (fellow Heisman winner and current career rushing record holder Ron Dayne (No. 33) and Dave Schreiner (No. 80) are the others).
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