{"id":51000,"date":"2018-05-03T14:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51000"},"modified":"2018-05-03T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:26:13","slug":"in-this-comedy-classic-clifton-webb-is-sitting-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51000","title":{"rendered":"In This Comedy Classic, Clifton Webb Is &#8220;Sitting Pretty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb_Sitting_Pretty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"707\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb_Sitting_Pretty.jpg 899w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb_Sitting_Pretty-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb_Sitting_Pretty-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1948, Mr. Belvedere &#8212; the outrageous comedy character who debuted in the writing of Gwen Davenport &#8212; made his first cinematic appearance in the hilarious feature <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/sitting-pretty\/024543275053\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sitting Pretty<\/a><\/em>. The film chronicles what happens when lawyer Harry (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Robert%20Young%7C839481&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Young<\/a>) and his wife Tacey King (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Maureen%20O%27Hara%7C828316&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Maureen O&#8217;Hara<\/a>) find themselves increasing struggling to find a caretaker for their high-strung three kids. They decide to hire Lynn Belvedere (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Clifton%20Webb%7C160344&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clifton Webb<\/a>), a somewhat pompous intellectual type who to work as their nanny. As the Kings cope with Mr. Belvedere&#8217;s unorthodox methods to helping with their kids, he secretly writes about his experiences for a book on suburban life he is working on&#8230;turning the family&#8217;s lives upside down in the process. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb-870x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Clifton_Webb.jpg 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The film became a box office hit, earning Webb a Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. It spawned the sequels <em>Mr. Belvedere Goes to College<\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/mr-belvedere-rings-the-bell\/024543810629\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell<\/a><\/em>, as well as the popular ABC comedy series <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/mr-belvedere-seasons-one-and-two\/826663111781\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Belvedere<\/a><\/em> that ran from 1985 to 1990, which featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=christopher+hewett&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Hewett<\/a> in the title role. All in all, a pretty great legacy for an unassuming comedy about an unconventional caretaker!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1948, Mr. Belvedere &#8212; the outrageous comedy character who debuted in the writing of Gwen Davenport &#8212; made his first cinematic appearance in the hilarious feature Sitting Pretty. 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