The Great Gildersleeve — 1944
45 episodes broadcast in 1944.
January 2, 1944
Gildersleeve's plan to linger a little longer in bed somehow lands him in the hospital.
Gildersleeve must choose between building a doghouse for 'Stinky' and tackling Leila's income tax -- hardly a choice at all.
Leroy's dreadful report card brings Eve Goodwin to the house, stirring marriage thoughts in Gildersleeve -- who proposes and is rejected.
Marjorie 'goes theatrical,' and a visiting war hero only complicates the household further.
With Leroy suddenly indisposed, Gildersleeve and friends set off on a sleigh ride.
February 13, 1944
February 20, 1944
February 27, 1944
March 5, 1944
March 12, 1944
Judge Hooker sizes up Gildersleeve as a candidate and urges him to run for mayor.
April 2, 1944
Gildersleeve's mayoral campaign brings him face to face with Mr. McGruder and the question of confronting town corruption (an Easter show).
April 16, 1944
Escorting Two Women on Easter Morning
April 23, 1944
Between his mayoral campaign and his passion for Eve Goodwin, a frazzled Gildersleeve gets engaged again.
Gildersleeve's run for mayor hits the airwaves and quickly sinks into mud-slinging.
Gildersleeve sheepishly confesses to fiancee Eve Goodwin that he kissed Leila.
At the city employees' picnic, Eve stays icy toward Gildersleeve over that one kiss (Peary sings 'Shine On Harvest Moon').
The mayoral campaign grinds on, buoyed by the Jolly Boys' rendition of 'Mother.'
Eve's mother comes to visit, and Gildersleeve gets his first look at his prospective mother-in-law.
Eve's mother's stay proves a trying ordeal even as the mayoral campaign roars along (Peary sings 'Deep in My Heart').
With the primary days away, Gildersleeve juggles his mayoral run and his campaign to be rid of his future mother-in-law.
Season finale, Election Day: the mayoral result -- and Gildersleeve's engagement to Eve Goodwin -- both hang in the balance.
A brutal dry spell drives a desperate Gildersleeve to hire a rainmaker, quit as water commissioner, and go into business with Fibber McGee.
A brutal dry spell drives a desperate Gildersleeve to hire a rainmaker, quit as water commissioner, and go into business with Fibber McGee.
Gildersleeve throws in with the absent Fibber McGee to market McGee's new invention.
Gildersleeve nudges Marjorie toward the banker's son, Everett, hoping to borrow $10,000 to launch a mousetrap factory.
Tricked into selling his house, Gildersleeve suddenly finds himself scrambling for somewhere to live.
To keep Leroy and his pals out of trouble, Gildersleeve founds a singing club -- 'The Jolly Boys' -- that becomes a lasting fixture.
Losing faith in Fibber's mousetrap scheme, Gildersleeve resolves to go find himself a real job.
Gildersleeve battles a balky telephone while anxiously awaiting an important call about a job.
Pitching his hydraulics know-how to International Bolt and Screw, Gildersleeve maneuvers his way back toward the water commissioner's post.
Election Day in Summerfield has the whole town -- and a few wagers -- riding on the outcome.
Judge Hooker falls for Spanish dancer Dolores del Rey, and a smitten Gildersleeve isn't far behind (Peary sings 'Besame Mucho').
Gildersleeve and Judge Hooker host a reception for Dolores del Rey's new dancing school -- and Mrs. Peavey is finally heard from.
Leroy's improved report card is a bright spot as the fallout from the disastrous del Rey party lingers.
December 3, 1944
Locking horns with Judge Hooker over the lovely Miss del Rey, Gildersleeve graciously steps aside.
A jittery Gildersleeve dodges a process server, dreading a breach-of-promise suit from Dolores del Rey.
An old-fashioned Christmas Eve at the water commissioner's home, warts and all.
Gildersleeve closes out 1944 with a low-key New Year's Eve spent at home with Leila Ransom, capped by Harold Peary's rendition of 'Speak to Me of Love.'
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