Title:
The golden age of television
Publication Date as Range:
2009
ISBN:
9781604651782
Publication Information:
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 495
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 495.
General Note:
Fullscreen.
Booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
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.
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 Marehand, 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.
Contents:
Marty / Patterns / No time for sergeants / A wind from the South / Bang the drum slowly / Requiem for a heavyweight / The comedian / Days of wine and roses
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Added Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Goodyear television playhouse (Television program). Marty.
Kraft television theatre (Television program). Patterns.
United States Steel hour (Television program). No time for sergeants.
United States Steel hour (Television program) Wind from the south.
United States Steel hour (Television program) Bang the drum slowly.
Playhouse 90. Requiem for a heavyweight.
Playhouse 90 Comedian.
Playhouse 90. Days of wine and roses.
