To celebrate Glenn Ford's 100th birthday, which is on Sunday, this week on "Film Friday" I bring you what is probably my second favorite of his films. In case you are wondering, my first favorite is The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963). Theatrical release poster Directed by George Marshall, The Gazebo (1959) tells the story of Elliott Nash (Glenn Ford), a television writer and director who is being blackmailed by a man named Dan Shelby (voice of Stanley Adams) over old nude photographs of his wife Nell (Debbie Reynolds). Elliott does not tell Nell, the star of a Broadway show, about this situation, but works feverishly to make enough money to pay off Shelby's demands. Finally, Elliott decides that murder is the only way out. He makes preparations, incorporating some advice from a friend, District Attorney Harlow Edison (Carl Reiner). When the blackmailer shows up at the Nashes' home as arranged to collect his payment, Elliott shoots him and then ...