Thomas Film Classics

DECEMER BRIDE starring Spring Byington & Harry Morgan

December Bride which began in 1954 and ran for four seasons centered around the adventures of Lily Ruskin, a spry widow who was not in fact a "December bride" but very much desired to become one, if the right man would come along. Aiding Lily in her search for this prospective suitor were her daughter, Ruth Henshaw, played by Frances Rafferty and her son-in-law Matt Henshaw, portrayed by Dean Miller, and her close friend and peer, Hilda Crocker, the role of character actress Verna Felton. A next door neighbor, Pete Porter, played by Harry Morgan, was frequently seen. Married miserably himself, according to his constant complaints about his unseen wife, Gladys, he also envied Matt's positive relationship with Lily, as he despised his own mother-in-law.

December Bride was sufficiently popular that even after its production had ceased, CBS used repeat episodes to fill slots in its prime time programming. The Pete Porter character became so popular that he and Gladys were spun off into their own series, Pete and Gladys, shortly after the end the broadcast of first-run episodes of December Bride.

MICROPHONE SHOW
MATTS GREY HAIR
OTHER COUPLE
ANTIQUE SHOP
MEXICO
THEATRE TICKETS
LINDA ON TV
GRUMON PLANTING
YOURSELF
URANIUM SHOW
ANTIUE SHOW
LILY IN A GAS STATION
RUTH GETS A JOB
RUTH THE BRAIN
JEALOUSY
VERTERNARIAN
BEATNICK SHOW
GOSSIP
AUNT EMILY
MATTS MUSTACHE
DECEMBER BRIDE