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The golden age of television /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1837D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Series: Criterion collection ; 495.Publication details: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]Edition: FullscreenDescription: 3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604651782
  • 1604651784
Uniform titles:
  • Playhouse 90.
Related works:
  • Television adaptation of (work): Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Marty
  • Television adaptation of (work): Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963. No time for sergeants
  • Television adaptation of (work): Harris, Mark, 1922-2007. Bang the drum slowly
  • Television adaptation of (work): Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005. Comedian
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.45/75 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77 .G653 2009
NLM classification:
  • CC2391D
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1. Marty / television play by Paddy Chayefsky ; produced by Fred Coe ; directed by Delbert Mann (1953 ; 52 min.) ; Patterns / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook (1955 ; 53 min.) ; No time for sergeants / written for television by Ira Levin ; produced by the Theatre Guild ; directed by Alex Segal (1955 ; 50 min.) -- Disc 2. A wind from the South / written for television by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; produced by the Theatre Guild (1955 ; 51 min.) ; Bang the drum slowly / a production of the Theater Guild ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; adapted by Arnold Schulman (1956 ; 52 min.) ; Requiem for a heavyweight / directed by Ralph Nelson ; produced by Martin Manulis ; written by Rod Serling ; Playhouse 90 (1956 ; 73 min.) -- Disc 3. The comedian / written by Rod Serling ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Martin Manulis ; Playhouse 90 (1957 ; 74 min.) ; Days of wine and roses / written by JP Miller ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Fred Coe ; Playhouse 90 (1958 ; 80 min.).
Production credits:
  • Marty: Associate producer, Gordon Duff ; settings by Otis Riggs ; costumes by Rose Bogdanoff ; video by A l McClellan.
  • No time for sergeants: Production, Alex Segal ; editor, S. Mark Smith ; designer, E. Albert Heschong ; art director, James McNaughton ; costume designer, Gene Coffin ; composer/conductor, Glenn Osser ; associate producer, John Haggott.
  • A wind from the South: Song "A soft day" sung by Merv Griffin ; editor, Arthur H. Singer ; scenic designer, Carl Kent ; set decorator, Wes Laws ; costume designer, Gene Coffin ; composer/conductor, Harold Levey ; associate producer, John Haggott.
  • Requiem for a heavyweight: Associate producer, Julian Claman.
  • The comedian: Story editor, Peter Kortner ; art director, Walter Scott Herndon ; music supervisor, Fred Steiner ; set decorator, Buck Henshaw.
  • Days of wine and roses: Associate producers, Robert Goldman, Russell Stoneham ; music, Alex North.
Awards:
  • Playhouse 90 named Emmy Award winner, 1957, 1958: outstanding drama series
  • United States Steel Hour named Emmy Award winner, 1955: outstanding drama series
Cast: Marty: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Betsy Palmer, Lee Philips, Rossana San Marco, Nehemiah Persoff, Howard Caine, Don Gordon, Andrew Gerado ; announced by Durward Kirby.Cast: Patterns: Joanna Roos, Jack Arthur, Victoria Ward, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sybil Baker, Shirley Standlee, Everett Sloane, Richard Kiley, June Dayton, Elizabeth Wilson, Theodore Newton, Ed Begley, Jack Livesey, Ronnie Welsh.Cast: No time for sergeants: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark, Robert Emhardt, Eddie Le Roy, Alexander Clark, Arthur Storch, Bob Hastings, G. Albert Smith, Joe Brown, Jr., Adnia Rice, Thomas Volk, George Kilroy.Cast: A wind from the South: Julie Harris, Donald Woods, Haila Stoddard, Michael Higgins, Lawrence Fletcher, James Congdon, Mary Michael, Farrell Pelly, Grania O'Malley.Cast: Bang the drum slowly: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Rudy Bond, Barbara Babcock, Clu Gulager, Arch Johnson, Georgann Johnson, John McGovern, George Peppard, Bert Remsen, Allen Leaf.Cast: Requiem for a heavyweight: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn, Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Edgar Stehli, Stanley Adams, Ned Glass.Cast: The comedian: Host: Claudette Colbert ; cast: Mickey Rooney, Kim Hunter, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Tormé, Constance Ford, Whit Bissell, King Donovan, Eddie Ryder, H.M. Wynant, Mike Ross.Cast: Days of wine and roses: Host: Sterling Hayden; cast: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury, Dick Elliott, Mimi Gibson, Sterling Hayden, Marc Lawrence, Martha Wentworth, Douglas Henderson, Mimi Gibson.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.Summary: Marty: Renowned dramatist Paddy Chayefsky's poignant and touching character study of a lonely, middle-aged butcher looking for love helped usher in the naturalistic style of television drama in the 1950.Summary: Patterns: Examines a power struggle between a corporate boss, a washed-up company man, and the young executive groomed to take his place.Summary: No time for sergeants: In this riotous military comedy, a bumptious Air Force draftee manages to drive his sergeant and the jokers who share his barracks crazy.Summary: A wind from the south: An Irish country innkeeper who finds new meaning in her life when she finally experiences her first love, with a troubled tourist.Summary: Bang the drum slowly: A star pitcher of a professional baseball team who helps a terminally ill country bumpkin catcher live out one last season on the diamond.Summary: Requiem for a heavyweight: A punch-drunk prizefighter is forced to face life outside the ring in Rod Serling's searing indictment of the professional boxing underworld.Summary: The comedian: A volatile glimpse behind the showbiz curtain about a raging, tyrannical vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV, a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and steps on anyone on his way to the top, including his browbeaten brother, despairing wife, and washed-up scriptwriter.Summary: Days of wine and roses: A young married couple falls into a downward spiral of alcoholism and self-destruction.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02395 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050185697

Booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.

Marty: Based on the story by Paddy Chayefsky.

No time for sergeants: Based on the novel by Mac Hyman.

Bang the drum slowly: Based on the book by Mark Harris.

The comedian: Based on the novelette by Ernest Lehman.

Kinescopes of the original live productions; curated by PBS for the series The golden age of television.

Special features: Disc 1. Introduction to Marty hosted by Eva Marie Saint and interviews with Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Betsy Palmer, Delbert Mann; Audio commentary for Marty by director Delbert Mann; Introduction to Patterns hosted by Keenan Wynn and interviews with Richard Kiley, Fielder Cook; Introduction to No time for sergeants hosted by Roddy McDowall. Disc 2. Introduction to A wind from the South hosted by Merv Griffin interviewing Julie Harris, Donald Woods, James Costigan; Introduction to Bang the drum slowly hosted by Cliff Robertson and interviews with Albert Salmi, Dan Petrie, Arnold Schulman, Rudy Bond, George Peppard; Audio commentary for Bang the drum slowly by director Daniel Petrie; Introduction for Requiem for a heavyweight hosted by Jack Klugman and interviews with Ralph Nelson, Martin Manulis, Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn; Audio commentary for Requiem for a heavyweight by director Ralph Nelson. Disc 3. Introduction to The comedian hosted by Carl Reiner and interviews with John Frankeheimer, Mickey Rooney, Mel Tormé, Kim Hunter; Audio commentary for The comedian by director John Frankenheimer; Interview excerpts with director John Frankenheimer (early 1980s); Introduction to Days of wine and roses hosted by Julie Harris and interviews with John Frankenheimer, JP Miller, Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie.

Disc 1. Marty / television play by Paddy Chayefsky ; produced by Fred Coe ; directed by Delbert Mann (1953 ; 52 min.) ; Patterns / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook (1955 ; 53 min.) ; No time for sergeants / written for television by Ira Levin ; produced by the Theatre Guild ; directed by Alex Segal (1955 ; 50 min.) -- Disc 2. A wind from the South / written for television by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; produced by the Theatre Guild (1955 ; 51 min.) ; Bang the drum slowly / a production of the Theater Guild ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; adapted by Arnold Schulman (1956 ; 52 min.) ; Requiem for a heavyweight / directed by Ralph Nelson ; produced by Martin Manulis ; written by Rod Serling ; Playhouse 90 (1956 ; 73 min.) -- Disc 3. The comedian / written by Rod Serling ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Martin Manulis ; Playhouse 90 (1957 ; 74 min.) ; Days of wine and roses / written by JP Miller ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Fred Coe ; Playhouse 90 (1958 ; 80 min.).

Marty was originally broadcast May 24, 1953 on Goodyear Television Playhouse; Patterns was originally broadcast Jan. 12, 1955 on Kraft Television Theatre; No time for sergeants was originally broadcast March 15, 1955 on the United States Steel Hour; A wind from the South was originally broadcast Sept. 14, 1955 on the United States Steel Hour; Bang the drum slowly was originally broadcast Sept. 26, 1956 on the United States Steel Hour; Requiem for a heavyweight was originally broadcast Oct. 11, 1956 on Playhouse 90; Comedian was originally broadcast Feb. 14, 1957 on Playhouse 90; Days of wine and roses was originally broadcast Oct. 2, 1958 on Playhouse 90.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.

Closed-captioned.

Playhouse 90 named Emmy Award winner, 1957, 1958: outstanding drama series

United States Steel Hour named Emmy Award winner, 1955: outstanding drama series

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