Ida Lupino and Howard Duff in a scene from a 1957 episode of their sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve” — possibly the episode that is a take off on the “This is Your Life” program.

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Ida Lupino and Howard Duff in a scene from their sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve” (1957-‘58) — an indication that couples sleeping in a double bed was not as verboten on ‘50s television as reputation would suggest

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“Ida has a peach of a right hook… If Ezzard Charles could only throw a punch with the deadly efficiency displayed by actress Ida Lupino, he’d still be heavyweight champ.

Ida’s target in this sequence for the first ‘Mr. Adams and Eve’ TV show [of the season] is Maxine Cooper… .” — Sep. 1957

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Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in a scene from the sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve” (1957-‘58)

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Another promo for this 1957 episode:

“GREAT FIGHT, MOM-Morris Miler, right, is pugilist who will be seconded by Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in The Fighter, a slam-bang series of laughs in Mr. Adams and Eve show to be televised by WTVT Friday night at 8 o'clock.”

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Another promo for this 1957 episode:

“GREAT FIGHT, MOM-Morris Miler, right, is pugilist who will be seconded by Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in The Fighter, a slam-bang series of laughs in Mr. Adams and Eve show to be televised by WTVT Friday night at 8 o'clock.”

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Ida Lupino and Howard Duff with Morris Miller in a promo for a May 24, 1957 episode of the sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”

“ANOTHER BASILIO? Howard Duff (right) thinks he may have coming champ-although he won the guy in a gin rummy game. Ida Lupino seems somewhat amused by it all on account she wants to make an actor out of the pug (Morris Miller). You can see the outcome on ‘Mr. Adams and Eve,’ KNXT (2) at 8 tonight.”

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Ida Lupino and Howard Duff with Morris Miller in a promo for a May 24, 1957 episode of the sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”

“ANOTHER BASILIO? Howard Duff (right) thinks he may have coming champ-although he won the guy in a gin rummy game. Ida Lupino seems somewhat amused by it all on account she wants to make an actor out of the pug (Morris Miller). You can see the outcome on ‘Mr. Adams and Eve,’ KNXT (2) at 8 tonight.”

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Ida Lupino, Howard Duff and Charlie:

“Eve Drake acquires a new admirer when husband Howard introduces her to Charlie the Chimp in this week's episode of ‘Mr. Adams and Eve.’” — Jan. 17, 1958

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Ida Lupino and guest star Joan Fontaine in scene from an episode of Lupino’s sitcom, “Mr. Adams and Eve” — aired Oct. 18, 1957.

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Ida Lupino in a scene from her sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”. This second season episode was titled “UCLA, eh!” and aired on Apr. 8, 1958.

“Taking view that college education will insure their motion picture futures, Eve and Howard (Ida Lupino and Howard Duff) enroll in Ancient History course at UCLA. Playing part to hilt, from beanies to hot rod, Eve and Howard become enmeshed in hilarious complexities—especially during mid-term exam. Good fun.”

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Ida Lupino and Howard Duff, spoofing celebrity publicity attempts, pose with a large fish in a scene from their 1957-‘58 sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”

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New Years Eve 1956-‘57 — “Ida Lupino and Howard Duff, one of Hollywood's popular married couples, will co-star on a new program, ‘Mr. Adams and Eve,’ which bows next Friday, Jan. 4. The first new show of 1957 will be seen on CBS-Television”

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Howard Duff and Ida Lupino promoting their 1957-‘58 sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”

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Ida Lupino and Howard Duff in a promotion for their sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”, where they play a movie star couple. This is likely for the episode “Las Vegas Story”, aired Dec. 5, 1957

“While the couple are in Nevada the studio arranges for Howard to judge a beauty contest. Eve tries to keep her emotions in check when her husband appears to be enjoying himself.”

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