IN THE beginning, as recounted in David Stern’s 1946 novel “Francis,” Francis the Talking Mule not only talked but flew, which is how he got green young Lt. Peter Stirling back to safety ...

All talking mules apply hereIf you were a kid growing up in the 1950s, you know all about Francis the Talking Mule . Starring Donald O’Connor – best known for “Singin’ in the Rain ...

Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.

David Stern III, former publisher of the New Orleans Item and author of "Francis, the Talking Mule," a novel that inspired a series of movies, died Saturday in San Francisco at the age of 94.

With this summer’s “Cats & Dogs” and “Dr. Dolittle 2,” the late, great Francis the Talking Mule and Mr. Ed must be looking down from the green pastures of equine heaven with smiles on ...

Special effects have improved greatly since the 1950s/1960s, but talking-animal comedies haven’t progressed much since the heyday of “Mr. Ed” and “Francis the Talking Mule.” Case in ...

David ” Tom ” Stern III, a former newspaper publisher in New York and Philadelphia whose novel ” Francis, the Talking Mule ” inspired a film series of the same name, died Nov. 22 in San ...

A leading lady of the 1950s, the British-born actress starred in "Mr. Arkadin," "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" and "Francis the Talking Mule." By Mikey O'Connell Patricia Medina 1955 ...

The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious ...