The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O Connor (1952)

The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald OConnor (1952) Host: Donald OConnor With: Cecil Kellaway, Tom DAndrea, 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 OConnor (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 OConnors career as a child performer and top film comedian culminating in OConnor leaving his hand prints in the forecourt at Graumans Chinese Theatre; OConnor begins hosting the show with his feet encased in cement. OConnor sings a song about the pleasures of love while dancing with four fetching chorus girls. A week before Saint Patricks Day, OConnor and Cecil Kellaway perform an Irishthemed number, Merrily On Our Way To Nowhere.