Gobs and Gals (1952)
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Synopsis of Gobs and Gals
The fraternal comedy team of George and Bert Bernard gained fame in the 1950s with their "record act," wherein they pantomimed to the popular recordings of the day (other aspiring comics who labored in this peculiar brand of humor included Jerry Lewis and Dick Van Dyke). Republic Pictures decided that the time was ripe to turn the Bernard Brothers into movie stars, and so it came to pass that Gobs and Gals were born. George and Bert play a couple of sailors stationed at a remote South Sea weather station. To keep themselves well stocked with cookies, candy and the like, the boys send out love letters to various stateside girls, enclosing photographs of their much handsomer commanding officer (Robert Hutton). Somehow this harmless subterfuge gets the Bernard boys mixed up with a nest of Soviet spies, headed by modern-day Mata Hari Sonya Dubois (Florence Marly). Some of the jokes at the expense of Stalinist communism are amusing, as is the film's zany slapstick finale. Otherwise, Gobs and Gals was proof positive that George and Bert Bernard posed no threat to Martin and Lewis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Gobs and Gals
- George Bernard - Sparks Johnson
- Robert Hutton - Lt. Steve Smith
- Gordon Jones - Mike Donovan
- Leon Belasco - Peter
- Leonid Kinskey - Ivan
- Minerva Urecal - Mrs. Pursell
- Henry Kulky - Boris
- Bert Bernard - Salty Conners
- Cathy Downs - Betty Lou
- Florence Marly - Sonya DuBois
- Emory Parnell - Sen. Prentice
- Tommy Rettig - Bertram
- Donald MacBride - Cmdr. Gerrens
- Director(s):
- R. G. Springsteen
- Writer(s):
- Arthur Horman
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Picker
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