THE HOLDOUT-1962-This is an interesting
find! I've read about it but never saw it till recently. It's a half
an hour drama, part of The General Electric Theater, hosted by Ronald
Reagan.
It's about two college students (Dennis Hooper and Brooke
Hayward; married in real life at the time) who want to get married
immediately and not wait for graduation. Her mom (Dorothy
Green) is all for it but dad (Groucho Marx in his only really
non-comedy role) is opposed to it. Not the marriage but the timing.
He believes they should wait, graduate and land jobs so they can live
independently of their parents. His father (Fred Clark) disagrees
which puts a strain on his friendship with Groucho, who plays it
straight but delivers some funny "Groucho" type lines in a
non "Groucho" way.
Director Charles Haas was a busy TV
director at the time. It was written by novelist Max Erlich.
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