Del Moore Movies

Introduced as a series of brief sketches on a local Los Angeles daytime variety show in 1952, the pioneering TV sitcom Life With Elizabeth was filmed for syndication the following year, with 39 half-hour episodes produced during its first season. Each half hour is divided into three short segments, portraying the domestic life of lovely young bride Elizabeth (Betty White) and her rising-executive husband Alvin (Del Moore). Future game show MC Jack Narz introduces each segment, sometimes conversing (and even quarrelling) with the on-screen characters. The storylines cast a variety of familiar situations in a gently comic light, including Alvin's efforts to balance the budget, Elizabeth's various experiments with new and tasty dinner dishes, the couples' trials and tribulations with unwanted relatives and overbearing friends, and the occasional attempt to add spice to their lives by planning exotic vacations or redecorating the house. In typical sitcom fashion, Elizabeth is slightly brighter than her headstrong husband, but is wise enough to let him know this fact! At the time the first-season Life With Elizabeth episodes were syndicated nationally, local stations were given the option of running them as half-hour "whole units," or subdividing them into ten-minute vignettes. In either case, the series was a big hit and a major step up in the burgeoning career of the multi-talented Betty White. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide