My Three Sons – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

My Three Sons produced a total of 380 half-hour episodes, all filmed in black and white for the first five seasons, and in color thereafter.

My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired for twelve seasons from 1960 to 1972, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in U.S. television history. The show originally premiered on ABC on September 29, 1960, and remained there until 1965.

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House of Wax (1953)

UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE!

I watched the 1953 House of Wax, originally called The Wax Works, which was Warner Bros.’ answer to the surprise 3-D hit Bwana Devil[1], on Svengoolie. They contracted Julian and Milton Gunzburg’s Natural Vision 3-D system1, the same one used for Bwana Devil2, and filmed a remake of their thriller Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), based on Charles S. Belden’s three-act play The Wax Works. The director André de Toth (May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002) was blind in one eye and couldn’t see the 3D results.

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