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Alex Segal
Alex Segal (July 1, 1915 – August 22, 1977) was an American television director, television producer, and film director. Segal directed more than 25 different television programs, including ''The United States Steel Hour'' and ''Celanese Theater'' (1951–52), between his debut as a director on ''Starring Boris Karloff'' (1949) and his death in 1977. Segal directed some films, including ''Joy in the Morning (film), Joy in the Morning'' in 1965. He received several Emmy nominations for his directing in the 1950s and won a Primetime Emmy for his TV directorship of ''Death of a Salesman'' in 1966. Segal also served as chairman of the Division of Drama at the University of Southern California from 1971 to 1976. Filmography As director As producer *''Celanese Theatre'' (1951-1952; 15 episodes) *''Producers' Showcase'' (1956; 3 episodes) *''No Time for Sergeants (1958 film), No Time for Sergeants'' (1958) References External links * 1915 births 1977 deaths Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Segal (actor)
Jonathan Martin Segal (July 8, 1953 – November 10, 1999) was an American television actor. He was known for playing the role of Jonathan Brooks in the American Drama (film and television), drama television series ''The Paper Chase (TV series), The Paper Chase''. Segal also played the recurring role of laboratory technician Jeff Sellers in the medical drama television series ''Quincy, M.E., Quincy, M.E''. References External links * *Rotten Tomatoes profile 1953 births 1999 deaths People from New York (state) Male actors from New York (state) American male television actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Campbell Playhouse (TV Series)
''The Campbell Playhouse'' (also known as ''Campbell Soundstage'', ''TV Soundstage'', and ''Campbell Summer Soundstage'', (summer hiatus only, see ''#Campbell Summer Soundstage, below'')) was an American anthology series and Dramatic programming, television drama that originally aired on National Broadcasting Company, NBC from June 6, 1952 to May 28, 1954. The series was sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company. History Radio series The television series was based on the The Campbell Playhouse (radio series), 1938–40 radio series of the same name. The radio version was originally aired on CBS Radio, CBS as ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' beginning July 11, 1938. The series made its last broadcast under that title on December 4, 1938. After that, the Campbell Soup Company sponsored the radio drama and renamed it ''The Campbell Playhouse (radio series), The Campbell Playhouse''. The Campbell Playhouse made its radio debut on December 9, 1938. Orson Welles served as the host o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Stage 67
''ABC Stage 67'' is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly American television shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries and original musicals. It premiered on ABC on September 14, 1966, with Murray Schisgal's ''The Love Song of Barney Kempinski'', directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Later programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost and Jack Paar. Ultimately, ABC's effort to revive the popular anthology series format from the 1950s failed.Terrace, Vincent (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007'' (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. . S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of A Salesman (1966 CBS TV Film)
''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1966 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by Alex Segal and adapted for television by Miller. It received numerous nominations for awards, and won several of them, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award and a Peabody Award. It was nominated in a total of 11 Emmy categories at the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1967. Lee J. Cobb reprised his role as Willy Loman and Mildred Dunnock reprised her role as Linda Loman from the original 1949 stage production. ''Playbill'' markets this version of the play as an "abbreviated" one. Although the performance is abridged, it was adapted for television by Miller himself, meaning that not much substance was lost in the changes. The production was filmed after several weeks of rehearsals. It was a 1966 CBS television adaptation, which included Gene Wilder, James Farentino, Bernie Kopell and George Segal. Cobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlow (Magna Film)
''Harlow'' is a fictionalized 1965 Electronovision drama film based on the life of screen star Jean Harlow (Carol Lynley) and directed by Alex Segal. It was Ginger Rogers' final film role. The film was produced by Electronovision, Inc. and distributed by Magna Distribution Corporation, both of which would be defunct within a year after the film's release. Paramount Pictures released a film also entitled '' Harlow'' just five weeks after Magna's release''.'' Plot Noticing Jean Harlow in the background of a Laurel and Hardy film, actor Marc Peters tips off studio mogul Jonathan Martin, who arranges a screen test. Harlow becomes an overnight success. She is not a trained actor and is mocked by experienced actor William Mansfield, but her sex appeal makes her a Hollywood star. Harlow's mother Mama Jean quickly capitalizes on her daughter's money and fame. Family and studio demands unnerve Harlow, as does her impulsive wedding to the impotent and suicidal Paul Bern. Harlow has m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nurses (CBS TV Series)
''The Nurses'' is a serialized primetime medical drama that was broadcast in the United States on Columbia Broadcast System, CBS from September 27, 1962, to May 11, 1965. For the third and final season, the title was expanded to ''The Doctors and the Nurses'' and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called ''The Nurses'', ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967. Synopsis The series is set in Alden General Hospital (patterned after Roosevelt Hospital) in New York, and the primetime program starred Zina Bethune as Gail Lucas, the young nurse, and Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe, her older nurse mentor. Unlike most television dramas of the era, save for ABC's police drama ''Naked City (TV series), Naked City'' (1958–1963) and the sitcom ''The Patty Duke Show'' (1963–1966), the series was filmed in New York and not Hollywood. The show was mainly filmed at the Filmways and Pathe Studios in Manhattan. The program was nominated for fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Way Home (1963 Film)
''All the Way Home'' is a 1963 drama film directed by Alex Segal and starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, and Michael Kearney. The plot is about a young boy and his mother dealing with the sudden death of his father. It was based on the 1957 James Agee novel ''A Death in the Family'' and the 1960 Tad Mosel play ''All the Way Home (play), All the Way Home''. Plot Cast *Jean Simmons as Mary Follett *Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston as Jay Follett *Pat Hingle as Ralph Follett *Aline MacMahon as Aunt Hannah *Thomas Hardie Chalmers, Thomas Chalmers as Joel *John Cullum as Andrew *Helen Carew as Mary's mother *Ronnie Claire Edwards as Sally *John Henry Faulk as Walter Starr *Mary Perry as Great-aunt Sadie *Lylah Tiffany as Great-great-grandmaw *Edwin Wolfe as John Henry *Michael Kearney as Rufus Follett *David Huddleston (uncredited) See also *List of American films of 1963 References Further reading * Paul F. Brown, ''Rufus: James Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy. Overview The program included such events as an adaptation of ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', starring Jason Robards (from the 1962 novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn); ''The Seven Little Foys'', starring Mickey Rooney, Eddie Foy Jr. and the Osmond Brothers; ''Think Pretty'', a musical starring Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase; and Groucho Marx in "Time for Elizabeth", a televised adaptation of a play that Marx and Norman Krasna wrote in 1948. Generally, each episode ran for an hour, although for some 'special presentations', NBC expanded the broadcast time to 90 minutes. Hope was paid US$25,000 ($ in dollars ) per week for those episodes he merely introduced, and US$500,000 ($ in dollars ) for those in which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcoa Premiere
'' Alcoa Premiere'' (also known as ''Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire'') is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, who also starred in several of the episodes. Overview Each episode presented a new story, with no overriding theme to the series as a whole. While some episodes were light entertainment, and at least one variety show was aired, the dramatic episodes often offered powerful stories on painful or controversial subjects as opposed to classic drama. The series showcased writers such as Ray Bradbury, Howard Rodman, Ernest Kinoy, Donald S. Sanford, Alfred Bester, and Gene L. Coon, amongst others. The program also featured actors such as James Stewart, John Wayne, Charlton Heston, James Whitmore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Kennedy and Ray Milland. Both Stewart and Wayne appeared in an episode directed by John Ford. The premiere telecast was "People Need People" about the rehabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Sunday Showcase
''NBC Sunday Showcase'' was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas (''Murder and the Android'' and ''What Makes Sammy Run?'') had repeats in 1960. On the heels of his Broadway hits ''The Pajama Game'' and ''Damn Yankees'', Richard Adler composed the opening ''Sunday Showcase'' theme music, titled "Sunday Drive" (a.k.a. "Sunday Showcase Theme"). Premiere For the September 20, 1959 premiere, John Frankenheimer directed S. Lee Pogostin's ''People Kill People Sometimes'' with Zina Bethune, Geraldine Page, Jason Robards and George C. Scott. During the next two weeks, Larry Blyden had the title role in an adaptation of Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel ''What Makes Sammy Run?''. The two-parter was directed by Delbert Mann with music by Irwin Bazelon. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse 90
''Playhouse 90'' was an American television anthology series, anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Background The producers of the show were Martin Manulis, John Houseman, Russell Stoneman, Fred Coe, Arthur Penn, and Hubbell Robinson. The leading director was John Frankenheimer (27 episodes), followed by Franklin J. Schaffner (19 episodes). Other directors included Sidney Lumet, George Roy Hill, Delbert Mann, and Robert Mulligan. With Alex North's opening theme music, the series debuted October 4, 1956 with Rod Serling's Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90), adaptation of Pat Frank's novel ''Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90), Forbidden Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The DuPont Show Of The Month
''DuPont Show of the Month'' was a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by June Allyson, ''The DuPont Show with June Allyson'' (1959–61). During the Golden Age of Television, ''DuPont Show of the Month'' was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled ''Playhouse 90'' and other anthologies, but ''DuPont Show of the Month'' focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including ''Oliver Twist'', ''The Prince and the Pauper'', '' Billy Budd'', ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', ''A Tale of Two Cities'' and ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Directors and writers The directors for the series included Sidney Lumet, Ralph Nelson, Alex Segal and Robert Mulligan. ''DuPont Show of the Month'' was the first anthology series to stage a television dramatization of Thornton Wilder's only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |