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American television series

Here Come the Brides
Joan Blondell equally Lottie
Genre	Comedy Western
Starring	Robert Brownish David Soul Bobby Sherman Bridget Hanley Mark Lenard Joan Blondell Henry Beckman Susan Tolsky
Theme music composer	Hugo Montenegro Jack Keller Ernie Sheldon
Opening theme	"Seattle"
Composers	Paul Sawtell Shorty Rogers Warren Barker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Photographic camera setup	Unmarried-camera
Running fourth dimension	hr
Production company	Screen Gems Television
Distributor	Columbia TriStar Domestic Goggle box Sony Pictures Idiot box
Release
Original network	ABC
Movie format	Color
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 25, 1968 (1968-09-25) – Apr 3, 1970 (1970-04-03)

Hither Come the Brides is an American comedy Western serial from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC idiot box network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970. It was loosely based on the Mercer Girls project, Asa Mercer'due south efforts to bring culture to old Seattle in the 1860s by importing marriageable women from the east coast cities of the United States, where the ravages of the American Ceremonious War left those towns short of men.

Backstory [edit]

The producers said the evidence was inspired by the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in an interview with LA Times TV critic Cecil Smith.

Equally a boob tube western, set up shortly after the end of the Ceremonious War, the series rarely featured any form of gunplay, and violence was generally limited to comical fistfights. This was in keeping with the restrictions on idiot box violence at the time. Stories highlighted the importance of cooperation, inter-racial harmony, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Plots were usually a mix of drama and humor. Existence one of the first shows targeted at young women, most of the humor was at the expense of the men, but not particularly bitingly and so.

The 1951 movie Westward the Women follows a similar theme.

Plot summary [edit]

Processed's brother and sis make it in Seattle

In the pilot episode, smoothen-talking, charismatic logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) is faced with a shutdown of his operation as lonely lumberjacks are set to leave Seattle due to the lack of female companionship. He promises to find marriageable ladies willing to come to the borderland town (population 152) and stay for a full twelvemonth. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) puts up much of the expense money equally a wager that Bolt volition not succeed in bringing 100 suitable women; the Bolt brothers bet their mountain, Bridal Veil Mount, home to their logging company.

The Bolts travel to New Bedford, Massachusetts, recruit the women, so lease a mule-ship to take them back to Seattle. Local saloon possessor Lottie (Joan Blondell) takes the women nether her wing and becomes a mother figure to them, while Bolt desperately works to go on the women from leaving at the side by side high tide.

Somewhen, the women make up one's mind to give Seattle and the loggers a chance. The send'south captain, Clancy (Henry Beckman), develops a relationship with Lottie and becomes a regular character in the series.

Much of the dramatic and comedic tension in the first flavour revolved around Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal and take over the Bolts' holdings. Stempel became more friendly in the second and final flavour, which focused more on the development of individual characters and the conflicts associated with newcomers and with people only passing through. 1 running theme is the importance of family unit, every bit the Bolt brothers show through the closeness of their relationships, that past sticking together, democratically taking family votes, they can overcome the surprising obstacles life presents.

Bobby Sherman and David Soul were propelled to pop distinction as Jason's brothers, Jeremy and Joshua. Jeremy took a prominent role, not simply every bit the fellow of Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley), the beautiful, unofficial leader of the brides, only also as a fellow with a stammer. In i episode, he is temporarily able to manage his stammer post-obit coaching by a traveler who has come to Seattle. Upon discovering that his benefactor is actually a con creative person, his religion is shaken then deeply that the stammer returns.

The show addressed many social issues — racism, ethnic discrimination, treatment of the handicapped and mentally impaired, business organization ideals, and environmental.

Bandage [edit]

Chief characters [edit]

Starting time season

Opening credits sequence:

Jason Commodities (Robert Brown)
Jeremy Bolt (Bobby Sherman)
Joshua Bolt (David Soul)
Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard)
Candace "Candy" Pruitt (Bridget Hanley)
Lottie Hatfield (Joan Blondell)

Ending credits:

Captain Clancey (Henry Beckman)
Biddie Cloom (Susan Tolsky)

Recurring characters [edit]

Ben Perkins (Hoke Howell)
Corky (Robert Biheller)
Olaf "Big Swede" Gustavsen (Bo Svenson)
Essie Halliday (Mitzi Hoag), schoolhouse teacher and eventually Large Swede'south wife
Franny (Carole Shelyne)
Ann (Cynthia Hull)

Second flavor

Opening credits:

Those listed for the kickoff flavour, plus

Captain Clancey (Henry Beckman)
Biddie Cloom (Susan Tolsky)

Stop credits:

Ben Perkins (Hoke Howell)
Corky (Robert Biheller)
Christopher Pruitt (Eric Hunt, 1969–1970), Processed Pruitt's younger brother
Molly Pruitt (Patti Cohoon, 1969–1970), Candy'south younger sister

Notable guest stars [edit]

A immature Bruce Lee appeared every bit a Chinese immigrant named Lin in the episode "Marriage Chinese Style" (1969). This character was the only dramatic English language not-martial arts part in Lee'south acting career.^[i] Character actress Nora Marlowe played Mrs. Bronson in the same episode.^{[ citation needed ]}

Cicely Tyson, Jane Wyatt, Edward Asner, Majel Barrett (Star Trek), Barry Williams (pre-The Brady Agglomeration), Marge Redmond and Madeleine Sherwood (both known as regulars in The Flying Nun), Bernard Fox (Dr. Mumbai of Bewitched), Vic Tayback (an actress as one of 'Jason's men' in the premiere episode, later on a guest star), Lynda Twenty-four hours George, Bob Cummings (star of The Bob Cummings Show 1955–1959 on NBC and The New Bob Cummings Testify 1961–1962 on CBS), Daniel J. Travanti and James B. Sikking (both after known for Colina Street Blues), Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) and Baton Mumy (Lost in Space) all made guest appearances.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mitzi Hoag, who played Miss Essie during the season ane, had two guest roles in flavour two every bit completely different characters, i as a Greek immigrant in the episode "Land Grant" and another as a nun in the episode "Absalom".^{[ citation needed ]}

Episodes [edit]

Season ane (1968–69) [edit]

Season two (1969–seventy) [edit]

Reception [edit]

Outset season ratings were impressive enough to ensure its renewal for a second flavor, though but 152 ABC affiliates agreed to broadcast the series, compared to another Screen Gems' series, Bewitched, which was broadcast on 217 ABC affiliates in the same 1968/69 flavour, prompting ABC affiliated radio and television stations to add together a voice-over in all related HCTB promotional commercials inviting viewers to watch " ...Here Come the Brides!, Wednesdays at 7:30, 6:30 central, over Virtually of these ABC stations!" ^[ii] For the 2nd flavour, the family-geared series was moved from the seven:30 Wednesday night "Family Hour" to the more than adult-oriented time slot of 9:00 Fri night in September 1969. This move to the Friday night decease slot combined with the low ABC chapter back up caused the ratings to quickly slide out of the acme forty, and production ceased in the spring of 1970, although most of those ABC affiliates repeated episodes throughout the summertime months, as was and so a standard process with most series. The final primetime episode in the The states was broadcast on Friday September eighteen, 1970.

Joan Blondell received Emmy Award nominations each flavour for her performance as Lottie Hatfield. She lost to Barbara Bain in 1969, and to Susan Hampshire in 1970.

Music [edit]

The theme song "Seattle" was written by Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon. Both Perry Como and Bobby Sherman recorded slightly different variations of the song. Como scored a minor hitting, with his version reaching No. 38 in the U.S. Sherman'southward version, although receiving some airplay, was never released as a single. There is no reference in either version regarding the Tv series championship, i.east.; "...await out everyone! Here Come the Brides!" Starting with the series debut in September 1968 the series opened with a rousing instrumental score featuring screen stills of "Jason", "Jeremy & Joshua", "Candy & Aaron" and "Lottie". Starting with episode 8 ("A Jew Named Sullivan") as evidenced by the end credits, and to coincide with the spring 1969 release of the Perry Como 'pop' recording, the TV theme was reworked by overdubbing vocals/lyrics to the same theme music already recorded (equally used previously) along with updating all the opening character stills, including the addition of a "Clancy & Biddie" screen. The added lyrics performed by "The New Establishment" and updated screen stills were featured for the balance of the first season and remained unchanged for the unabridged 2nd flavor. In the get-go syndication years, the instrumental version of the opening credits was placed on all episodes. In recent years, the vocal theme of the opening credits has been restored to the second-flavour episodes (although with the first season screen stills).

French version [edit]

A French-language version of the bear witness and theme song (performed past a chorus of male singers) was a smash hit in French Canada, under the title Cent filles à marier (A Hundred Girls to Ally Off). The show capitalized on the popularity of the American version and the fact that a similar "bride drive" (see Filles du roi) is also role of Québec'south cultural mythos.

Home media and books [edit]

Sony Pictures Abode Entertainment released the showtime season on DVD in Region 1 on May 16, 2006.^[3]

On Oct 14, 2011, Shout! Factory appear that it had acquired the home-media rights to the serial, and it subsequently released the final flavour on DVD.^[4] It was afterward released on Feb 28, 2012. Notwithstanding, the flavor ane opening cast-and-credit sequence was used for this release, using the New Establishment's vocals, merely ignoring Henry Beckman'due south and Susan Tolsky's corresponding credits.^[v]

In December 2009, BearManor Media released a nostalgic look into the program'south history, Gangway, Lord: (The) Here Come The Brides Volume by Jonathan Etter, which featured a foreword by Robert Brown. Bobby Sherman was the only (then) surviving bandage fellow member who did non cooperate with the author. Nonetheless, Sherman did hash out the series in his autobiography, Bobby Sherman: Yet Remembering You, whose contents he dictated to Dena Hill, and was subsequently published past Contemporary Books in 1996.

Syndication [edit]

Reruns were aired on CBN Cablevision during the mid-1980s.

Early in January 2011, digital sub-network Antenna TV began airing the series.

INSP began broadcasting a back to back ii episode block of the series on Lord's day mornings in 2018 continuing through 2020.

The Decades channel aired most of the series during a weekend marathon on June 2–3, 2018; Feb 1–2, 2019 and again January 23-24, 2021 in widescreen format. The episodes were cropped for the widescreen presentation.

In autumn 2021 the series began airing on MeTV+.

In January 2022 GetTV began ambulation episodes in a 75 infinitesimal format on Sabbatum & Sun at 11:fifteen am Eastern.

Star Trek crossovers [edit]

Barbara Hambly's Star Trek novel Ishmael has Spock traveling back to the time and place of Hither Come the Brides afterward discovering a Klingon plot to destroy the Federation past killing Aaron Stempel (spelled "Stemple" in the book) before he could thwart an attempted 19th-century conflicting invasion of Earth. During most of the story, Spock has lost his retentivity and is cared for by Stempel, who passes him off equally his nephew "Ishmael" and helps him hide his alien origins.^[half-dozen]

At the end of the story, Captain Kirk discovers that Stempel is one of Spock's mother'southward ancestors, a reference to the fact that Mark Lenard too played Spock'south father Sarek in episodes of the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, likewise as several of the Star Trek move pictures.^[6] As well the same actor played descendants of Mr. Spock on his begetter'due south and his mother'southward sides of the family.

Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Expedition, appeared every bit Tessa a dancehall woman in the commencement-season episode "Lovers and Wanderers".

Jane Wyatt who played Spock's mother in the original series, fabricated a guest appearance in the final episode of the serial, "Ii Women". She did non have whatever scenes with Mark Lenard.

In addition to Lenard, other Brides actors appeared in Star Expedition: Robert Dark-brown (both of the Lazaruses in "The Alternative Cistron"), David Soul (Makora in "The Apple"), and semi-regular Carole Shelyne (the visible representation of a Metron in "Arena", whose voice Vic Perrin provided in that installment).^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

References [edit]

^ "Bruce Lee". Internet Moving-picture show Database. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "The Ugliest Girl In Town". Television Obscurities.
^ Here Come up the Brides - Official Printing Release, Plus Rear Box Art & Revised Front Art Archived 2011-11-fourteen at the Wayback Car TVShowsonDVD.com 2006-03-07
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-xi-17. Retrieved 2011-xi-07 . {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: archived re-create every bit title (link)
^ Hither Come the Brides - 'The Complete 2nd Season:' Shout!'s Street Date, Toll, Packaging Archived 2011-11-12 at the Wayback Motorcar TVShowsonDVD.com, 2001-11-07.
^ ^a ^b Cheeseman-Meyer, Ellen (May 10, 2012). "Spock to the Futurity: Barbara Hambly'south Ishmael". Tor.com.
^ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015. 2016-03-30. ISBN9780786476671.
^ "Filming of "Alternative Cistron"". These are the voyages: tos.
^ "Looking Back: How David Soul fabricated it from Sioux Falls to 'Starsky and Hutch'". Argus Leader.

External links [edit]

Media related to Here Come the Brides at Wikimedia Eatables
Here Come the Brides at IMDb
Here Come the Brides Fan Guild Website
Behind-the-scenes production photos Drove of crew member Stephen Social club (set up costumer).

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