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Richard Bernard Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He
Skelton in 1960
Red and Edna Skelton at home, 1942
Skelton with John Garfield at the 1944 FDR Birthday Ball
Skelton with Ann Rutherford and Virginia Grey as radio detective "The Fox" in Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Du Barry Was a Lady (film)
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Du Barry Was a Lady is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. It is based on the 1939 stage m
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…Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Wally 'The Fox' Benton Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Louis Blore / King Louis XV I Dood It (1943) as Joseph Rivington Renolds…
Theatrical release poster
Hair stylist Sydney Guilaroff tinted Lucille Ball's hair flame red for this film. She was so pleased, she kept it that way for the rest of her life.
Singing "Friendship", back row L–R: Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien and Tommy Dorsey; front: Rags Ragland, Zero Mostel