The golden age of television

The golden age of television

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"The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demograp...

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Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981 (Screenwriter), Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007 (Director), Coe, Fred, 1914-1979 (Producer), Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Actor), Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000 (Actor), Minciotti, Esther, 1888-1962 (Actor), Serling, Rod, 1924-1975 (Screenwriter), Cook, Fielder, 1923-2003 (Director), Begley, Ed, 1901-1970 (Actor), Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965 (Actor), Kiley, Richard (Actor), Levin, Ira, 1929-2007 (Screenwriter), Segal, Alex, 1915-1977 (Director), Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012 (Actor), Clark, Harry, 1911-1956 (Actor), Emhardt, Robert, 1914-1994 (Actor), Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963, Costigan, James, 1928-2007 (Screenwriter), Harris, Julie, 1925-2013 (Actor), Woods, Donald, 1906-1998 (Actor), Stoddard, Haila (Actor), Petrie, Daniel (Director), Schulman, Arnold (Screenwriter), Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor), Salmi, Albert (Actor), Bond, Rudy, 1912-1982 (Actor), Harris, Mark, 1922-2007, Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987 (Director), Manulis, Martin, 1915-2007 (Producer), Palance, Jack, 1919-2006 (Actor), Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (Actor), Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002 (Actor), Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002 (Director), Rooney, Mickey (Actor), O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985 (Actor), Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999 (Actor), Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005, Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011 (Actor), Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023 (Actor), Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967 (Actor), Miller, J. P. (James Pinckney), 1919-2001 (Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Edition:Fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation.
Series:Criterion collection ; 495.
Subjects:
Television plays.
Live television programs.
Television adaptations.
Television comedies.
Sports films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays" constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to all of America"--Container.
Item Description:A booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
Collective title from container.
No time for sergeants based on the novel by Mac Hyman. Bang the drum slowly from the book by Mark Harris. The comedian from a novelette by Ernest Lehman.
Originally broadcast on television between 1953-1958.
Features: commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie ; interviews with select cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Tormé. Booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
Kinescopes of the original live productions; curated by PBS for the series The golden age of television.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (ca. 7 hours, 58 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD, NTSC ; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781604651782
1604651784

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