TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - The golden age of television
DA  - [2009]
CY  - [United States] :
AU  - Chayefsky, Paddy,
AU  - Coe, Fred,
AU  - Mann, Delbert,
AU  - Serling, Rod,
AU  - Cook, Fielder,
AU  - Levin, Ira,
AU  - Segal, Alex,
AU  - Costigan, James,
AU  - Petrie, Daniel.
AU  - Schulman, Arnold.
AU  - Nelson, Ralph,
AU  - Manulis, Martin,
AU  - Frankenheimer, John,
AU  - Miller, J. P.
AU  - Steiger, Rod,
AU  - Marchand, Nancy,
AU  - Minciotti, Esther,
AU  - Ciolli, Augusta,
AU  - Mantell, Joe,
AU  - Palmer, Betsy.
AU  - Philips, Lee,
AU  - San Marco, Rossana.
AU  - Persoff, Nehemiah,
AU  - Caine, Howard.
AU  - Gordon, Don,
AU  - Roos, Joanna,
AU  - Arthur, Jack.
AU  - Ward, Victoria,
AU  - Montgomery, Elizabeth,
AU  - Baker, Sybil.
AU  - Standlee, Shirley.
AU  - Sloane, Everett,
AU  - Kiley, Richard.
AU  - Dayton, June.
AU  - Wilson, Elizabeth,
AU  - Newton, Theodore,
AU  - Begley, Ed,
AU  - Livesey, Jack,
AU  - Welsh, Ronnie.
AU  - Griffith, Andy,
AU  - Clark, Harry,
AU  - Emhardt, Robert,
AU  - LeRoy, Eddie.
AU  - Clark, Alexander,
AU  - Storch, Arthur,
AU  - Hastings, Bob,
AU  - Smith, G. Albert,
AU  - Harris, Julie,
AU  - Woods, Donald,
AU  - Stoddard, Haila.
AU  - Higgins, Michael,
AU  - Fletcher, Lawrence,
AU  - Congdon, James.
AU  - Newman, Paul,
AU  - Salmi, Albert.
AU  - Bond, Rudy,
AU  - Babcock, Barbara,
AU  - Gulager, Clu.
AU  - Johnson, Arch,
AU  - Johnson, Georgann.
AU  - McGovern, John,
AU  - Peppard, George.
AU  - Remsen, Bert,
AU  - Palance, Jack,
AU  - Wynn, Keenan,
AU  - Hunter, Kim,
AU  - Wynn, Ed,
AU  - Rooney, Mickey.
AU  - O'Brien, Edmond,
AU  - Tormé, Mel,
AU  - Bissell, Whit,
AU  - Donovan, King.
AU  - Ryder, Eddie.
AU  - Wynant, H. M.
AU  - Ross, Mike.
AU  - Robertson, Cliff,
AU  - Laurie, Piper,
AU  - Bickford, Charles,
AU  - Atterbury, Malcolm,
AU  - Elliott, Dick,
AU  - Gibson, Mimi.
AU  - Hayden, Sterling,
AU  - Lawrence, Marc,
AU  - Wentworth, Martha,
AU  - Hyman, Mac,
AU  - Harris, Mark,
AU  - Lehman, Ernest,
ET  - Fullscreen.
VL  - 495
CN  - PN1992.77.A1
CN  - PN1992.77.A1
PB  - Criterion Collection,
PP  - [United States] :
LA  - Closed-captioned.
PY  - [2009]
N1  - Booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
N1  - 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.
N1  - Kinescopes of the original live productions; curated by PBS for the series The golden age of television.
N1  - 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.
ID  - 436811
SN  - 9781604651782
SN  - 1604651784
TI  - The golden age of television
ER  -