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Adrian Spies
Adrian Spies (April 17, 1920 – October 2, 1998) was an American screenwriter, active from the 1940s through to the 1980s. He won an Edgar Award for an episode of ''Studio One in Hollywood'' and was nominated for an Emmy Award for an episode of ''Dr. Kildare Dr. James Kildare is a fictional American medical doctor, originally created in the 1930s by the author Frederick Schiller Faust under the pen name Max Brand. Shortly after the character's first appearance in a magazine story, Paramount Pictur ...''. Filmography Films Television External links * 1920 births 1998 deaths American television writers American male television writers 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers {{US-tv-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city had a population of 311,549 as of the , and was calculated at 307,220 by the Population Estimates Program for 2021, making it [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Montgomery Presents
''Robert Montgomery Presents'' is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its eight-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, ''Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater'', ''....The Johnson's Wax Program'', and so on. Evolution Initially offering hour-long dramas adapted from successful Hollywood films, the series was hosted and produced by Robert Montgomery. His presence lent a degree of respectability to the new medium of television, and he was able to persuade many of his Hollywood associates to appear. Montgomery introduced each episode and also acted in many episodes. The program was noted for the high level of production values and the consistent attempt to present quality entertainment within the constraints of a live presentation. A drama built around the ''Hindenburg'' disaster, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcoa Theatre
''Alcoa Theatre'' is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to May 23, 1960. The program also aired under the title ''Turn of Fate''. ''Alcoa Theatre'' was syndicated together with ''Goodyear Theatre'' as ''Award Theatre''. In 1955, ''The Alcoa Hour'' premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled ''Alcoa Theatre'', and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season. Overview The series continued to feature the talents of veteran and emerging actors over the ensuing years, including Cliff Robertson, John Cassavetes, Brandon deWilde, Cornel Wilde, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Carson, Walter Slezak and Gary Merrill. Child actor Flip Mark made his television debut as Robbie Adams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pursuit (TV Series)
''Pursuit '' is a one-hour American television anthology drama series which aired live on CBS from October 22, 1958, to January 14, 1959. Overview As the program's title implies, each episode focused on a person or group that was being pursued. Plans for the program were under way in December 1957, with Charles Russell moving from New York to the West Coast of the United States to produce the show. Writers engaged in the project were Charles Larsen, Jonathan Latimer, Don Sanford, Robert Soderberg, and Hagar Wilde. The program's pilot, "The Lady Died at Midnight" starred Earl Holliman and was broadcast on February 23, 1958. Russell and Eva Wolas alternated weeks as producers, and the Mennen company had full sponsorship on alternate weeks. Episodes Among the presentations were "Kiss Me Again, Stranger", starring Jeffrey Hunter and Margaret O'Brien, "Epitaph For a Golden Girl" starring Michael Rennie, Rip Torn, and Sally Forrest, and Rod Serling's "The Last Night of August", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panic! (TV Series)
''Panic!'', broadcast as ''No Warning!'' during its second season, is a half-hour American television anthology series. Its 31 episodes aired on NBC from 1957 to 1958. The series host was Westbrook Van Voorhis. Premise and production Each episode began with a person facing a sudden physical or emotional crisis. ''Panic!'' was produced by McCadden Productions. Al Simon was the producer. Schedule The 30-minute ''Panic!'' was broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays on NBC from March 5, 1957, through September 17, 1957. In June 1957 network executives commissioned 21 additional episodes. Repeats of previous episodes were shown until September 17, 1957, leaving the new episodes to be broadcast later. The first episode of ''No Warning!'' was broadcast on NBC on April 6, 1958, and the last episode was on September 7, 1958. Fourteen episodes were original, and nine were repeats of episodes of ''Panic!''. Guest stars Among notable guest stars were June Havoc, Darryl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walter Winchell File
''The Walter Winchell File'' is a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the ''New York Daily Mirror''. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's ''Bat Masterson''. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957–1958 season (sponsored by Revlon), and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Other notable guest stars *Dan Blocker *Charles Bronson *Mike Connors *James Drury *Bill Erwin *Brian G. Hutton *Jack Klugman *Diane Ladd *Martin Landau *John Larch *Tom Laughlin *Ruta Lee *Gavin MacLeod *Strother Martin *Ed Nelson *Marion Ross *Harry Dean Stanton *Robert Vaughn *Robert J. Wilke Selected Episodes * ''The Steep Hill'', directed by Jacques Tourneur Jacque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagon Train
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings. It is the fictional adventure story of a large westbound wagon train through the American Old West, from Missouri to California. Its format attracted different famous guest stars per episode, as travelers or as residents of the settlements they encountered. The show initially starred supporting film actor Ward Bond as the wagon master (replaced after his death in 1960 by John McIntire) and Robert Horton as the scout (eventually replaced by similar-looking Robert Fuller when Horton opted to leave the series). The series was inspired by the 1950 film ''Wagon Master'' directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., and Ward Bond, and by the 1930 early widescreen film ''The Big Trail'' directed by Raoul Walsh and starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Electric Summer Originals
''General Electric Summer Originals'' is an anthology series that aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the summer of 1956. The 30-minute episodes consisted of dramatic films never before seen on television.Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. . Among its guest stars were Ronald Reagan, James Mason, Vera Miles, Hugh Beaumont, and Barbara Billingsley. Its directors included feature directors Budd Boetticher and Don Weis Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Biography Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern .... References External links''General Electric Summer Originals'' at CVTA* 1950s American anthology television series 1956 American television series debuts 1956 American television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Matinee Theater
''Matinee Theater'' is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958. Its name is often seen as ''Matinee Theatre''. The series, which ran daily from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time, was usually broadcast live and most of the time in color. Its live dramas were presented with minimal sets and costumes. It was the first daily hour-long dramatic series on television. When it was broadcast, ''Matinee Theater'' was the most heavily promoted regularly scheduled daytime program on U.S. television. Along with NBC's ''Home'', the show was part of the network's effort to "provide quality 'adult' entertainment" in daytime programming. In its second season, the program had an audience of 7 million daily viewers. The series ended in 1958 due to its high budget; much higher than any other daytime program in television. In 1956, the program's budget was "about $73,000" to produce five episodes per week. A few of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climax!
''Climax!'' (later known as ''Climax Mystery Theater'') is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color, using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS' arch-rival network, NBC (the broadcasting division of RCA). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, but, although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white ''kinescope'' copies of some episodes survive to the present day. The series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955-1956 season and #26 for 1956-1957. Notable episodes In 1954, the Climax! episode "Casino Royale" featured secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel '' Casino Royale''. It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfront (1955 TV Series)
''Waterfront'' is an American syndicated television drama series that starred Preston Foster as a harbor tug captain of the ''Cheryl Ann'' that was filmed, in part, at Los Angeles Harbor in 1954-1955 by Roland Reed Productions, Inc., for the Ziv Company. Foster was an officer in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Production Preston Foster portrayed Captain John Herrick, a tugboat captain at Los Angeles Harbor, operating from Berth 14 in San Pedro, in 78 episodes, production of which concluded in 1955. It also starred Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best and Harry Lauter. Stated Foster, “On ''Waterfront'', I insisted that we use the real locale. We went down to Los Angeles harbor and got a lot of good background shots. The Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio One (American TV Series)
''Studio One'' is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series. It was created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. It premiered on November 7, 1948 and ended on September 29, 1958, with a total of 467 episodes over the course of 10 seasons. History Radio On April 29, 1947, Fletcher Markle launched the 60-minute CBS Radio series with an adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's ''Under the Volcano''. Broadcast on Tuesdays, opposite ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' and ''The Bob Hope Show'' at 9:30 pm, ET, the radio series continued until July 27, 1948, showcasing such adaptations as '' Dodsworth'', '' Pride and Prejudice'', ''The Red Badge of Courage'', and ''Ah, Wilderness''. Top performers were heard on this series, including John Garfield, Walter Huston, Mercedes McCambridge, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Mitchum. CBS Radio received a Peabody Award for ''Studio One'' in 1947, citing Markle's choice of material ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
