Half a House Hills theater in 1976 was to qualify the song for Oscars. Prints of the film were scarce and a commercial recording was not available to send to Academy members, so Fain and Webster set up a phone number members could call to hear the song. Eddie Albert performed the song on the 49th Academy Awards telecast. Half a House Half a House is a 1976 comedy film directed by Brice Mack, produced by Lenke Romanszky and released theatrically in the U.S. by Rampart Releasing. It stars Anthony Eisley and Pat Delaney as a separated married couple who divide up living
A Mouse Divided irises out. A Mouse Divided A Mouse Divided is a 1953 "Merrie Melodies" animated short directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Sylvester. The title is a pun on Lincoln's House Divided Speech. The episode starts where a drunken stork delivers a baby to the nearest available home. Sylvester's wife, wanting a baby, despite his objections ("And what thanks do I get? I wish I was dead! Boo hoo hoo! Every day it's the same thing - pitter-patter of little feet!"), graciously receives the package. Sylvester is nonetheless excited- until he learns the baby is a mouse, at which point he