Mr. Adams And Eve

Mr. Adams and Eve is an American situation comedy that aired sixty-six episodes on CBS from January 1957 to July 1958. The series stars Howard Duff (1913-1990) and his then wife, Ida Lupino (1918-1995).^[1]​

The series was created and executive produced by Lupino's second husband, Collier Hudson Young (1908-1980).​^[2]

Synopsis[edit]

Duff stars as actor Howard Adams while Lupino stars as his wife, actress Eve Adams (the latter professionally known as Eve Drake). Mr. Adams and Eve portrays the private lives of celebrities with considerable reality but with an added dose of comedy.^[3] In the story line, the Adamses deal with script problems, manipulative agents, and unreasonable producers, directors, and studio bosses.

Sol Saks, who wrote many of the episodes, based many of the incidents on Duff and Lupino's real lives and marriage. Lupino later said that Saks' scripts were "at least 60 percent true."^[4]​

Cast[edit]

Supporting cast members:​

• Hayden Rorke appeared as Steve, the Adamses' agent​.
• Olive Carey portrayed Elsie, the Adamses' housekeeper.
• Alan Reed played J. B. Hafter, the studio head​.
• Larry Dobkin was cast as the Adamses' principal director​.
• Lee Patrick played the mother of Eve Adams' mother.​
• Patrick Wayne played Walter, the neighborhood teen-ager​.

Guest stars[edit]

As the series centered around the lives of an acting couple living in Los Angeles, California, several episodes included guest appearances from well known celebrities and actors. These include:​ ​

• Joan Fontaine (the second wife of Lupino's second husband, creator and executive producer Collier Young ) played herself in the October 18 episode titled "Joan Fontaine."​
• David Niven appeared in the September 27 episode "The Taming of the Shrew."​
• Dick Powell appeared in the February 18 segment, "Backwash."​
• Ed Sullivan starred as himself in the April 1 episode "Backpage."​

​ Other guest stars include: ​ ​

• Herbert Anderson​
• Barbara Billingsley, (pre-Leave It To Beaver​)
• Johnny Crawford​
• Virginia Gregg​
• Cedric Hardwicke​
• Craig Stevens​^[5]​

In popular culture[edit]

​ The series, produced by Bridget Productions (Duff and Lupino's production company) and Four Star Productions, aired at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fridays between Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre and the anthology series, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. The program aired for a total of sixty-six episodes from January 4, 1957 to July 8, 1958, with rebroadcasts continuing until September 23, 1958.​

Reception[edit]

Ratings for the first season were solid and Ida Lupino was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Best Actress in a Continuing Role". Ratings for the second season fell and CBS canceled the series in 1958.^[4]​ ​ Mr. Adams and Eve Illustrated, a book detailing behind the scene information about the series, was published in 2010 by BearManor Media. It was written by Ida Lupino's personal assistant, Mary Ann Anderson, and features a foreword written by Lupino.​

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