• Francis the Talking Mule is a fictional mule who first appeared in three short stories written for Esquire by David Stern, which he later combined into...
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  • Francis is a 1950 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International that launched the Francis the Talking Mule film series. Francis is...
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    the voice of Francis the Talking Mule in a series of films. Wills' deep, rough voice, with its Western twang, was matched to the personality of the cynical...
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  • Rooney and Virginia Welles. This is the seventh and final film in the Universal-International Francis the Talking Mule series, notably without series director...
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  • including that of the distinctive voice of Francis in voice-over. This is the fifth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series. A computer...
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  • of a goldfinch and a canary The Mule (Foundation), a character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series Francis the Talking Mule a 1954 film, launching a series...
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  • Oklahoma Francis, Utah Francis (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills Francis, a 1983 play by Julian...
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  • along with the next two in the series, as The Adventures of Francis the Talking Mule Vol. 1. Several years later, Universal released all 7 Francis films as...
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  • Performing Animal Television Star of the Year. The very first recipient of a PATSY was Francis the Talking Mule in 1951, in a ceremony hosted by Ronald...
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    Abbott & Costello films, Phantom of the Opera (1943), the Francis the Talking Mule series and created the talking-horse TV series Mister Ed. A prominent...
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  • voice-over by actor Chill Wills. This is the sixth film in Universal-International Francis the Talking Mule series. U.S. Army officer Lt. Peter Sterling...
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    and Francis the Talking Mule. O'Connor was born into a vaudeville family, where he learned to dance, sing, play comedy, and perform slapstick. The most...
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  • The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills. This is the fourth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series...
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  • Palmer. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills. This is third film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series...
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    sitcom War Of The Genders 男親女愛 Francis the Talking Mule, featured in seven movies in the 1950s, voiced by Chill Wills Francis Underwood, from the Netflix original...
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    Vietnam; M*A*S*H; the Francis the Talking Mule series; and others. Western comedy: Films in the Western super-genre often take place in the American Southwest...
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    Costello Meet the Invisible Man picture and the Francis the Talking Mule movie Francis Covers the Big Town (1953). Guild was a panelist on the DuMont network's...
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  • sometimes under the name Peter Stirling—that of the human lead opposite his most famous character, Francis the Talking Mule. He was the publisher of a...
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  • They were influenced by Kiss, The Dickies, The Damned, Jackie McClean, Jimmy Reed, and Francis the Talking Mule. The band had five members: lead singer...
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    Holly Francis (the Talking Mule) (1950) as General Stevens No Sad Songs for Me (1950) as Dr. Ralph Frene Shadow on the Wall (1950) as Pike Ludwell The Asphalt...
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    Donald O'Connor in the Francis the Talking Mule movie series;[citation needed] however, Mickey Rooney became available and got the part. At Universal...
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    of the studio's 1947 hit The Egg and I and the inexpensive Francis (1950), the first film of a series about a talking mule, became mainstays of the company...
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  • Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) - Sgt. Stone Illegal Entry (1949) The Flying Saucer (1950) - Mike Trent Francis the Talking Mule (1950) - Major...
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  • Stern III (1909–2003), American newspaper manager who created Francis the Talking Mule J. David Stern (1886–1971), American newspaper publisher David...
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    the Carthay Circle. Presented by the American Humane Association, the event was hosted by Ronald Reagan, and honored Francis the Talking Mule as the first...
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    Mister Ed (category Television series about talking animals)
    to the Brooks stories and is credited with developing the concept for television. The show's concept resembles that of the Francis the Talking Mule movies...
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  • released in 1955 after he had died. He also produced several of the Francis the Talking Mule films. He spent nearly five years at Universal-International...
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    Ma and Pa Kettle comedies; his last film was the final Francis the Talking Mule comedy, Francis in the Haunted House (1956). Lamont died of pneumonia...
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  • footage Francis, a.k.a. Francis the Talking Mule (1950) - majority of the film is told in flashback describing the main character's involvement in the CBI...
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  • early film parts were uncredited bits, including All the King's Men (1949) and Francis the Talking Mule (1950). However, he got lead roles in Purple Heart...
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