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Stuart G

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8. Long Before Mr. Ed, There was Francis the Talking Mule.... Hit link

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed May 29, 2019, 06:40 PM

May 2019

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041387/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_55

There was a series of 4 or 5 films with the talking mule.
...Donald O Connor stared in them. Also, Mr Ed was based on Francis the talking Mule. All these films were shown at theaters in the 50s. I remember seeing two or three of them. The first of these films was called
"Francis" ..opened in theaters Feb 9, 1950..hit above link for more information.

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