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Shadow Game (CBS Playhouse)
"Shadow Game" is the fourth television play episode of the second season of the American television series ''CBS Playhouse''. The episode was broadcast on May 7, 1969. The plot revolves around employees as a major firm trapped in their office building during the Northeast blackout of 1965. "Shadow Game" had many noteworthy actors and actresses in its cast, including William Shatner, Daniel Massey, William Windom, Alexandra Hay, Doris Roberts, Greg Mullavey, and Richard Dysart. The broadcast also won two Emmy awards, with Paul Bogart for directing and an award for art direction and scenic design. Cast * Daniel Massey as Saul Novick * William Shatner as Peter Hoyt * William Windom as Art Richardson * Carol Rossen as Jess * Alexandra Hay as Gayle * Richard Dysart as Jerry Arnst * Doris Roberts as Shimmy * Norma Crane as Patti * Maria Tucci as Carmen * Jane Elliot as Rita * Jason Wingreen * Greg Mullavey Greg Mullavey (born Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr., September 10, 1939) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Playhouse
''CBS Playhouse'' is an American anthology drama television series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series won ten Primetime Emmy Awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights. History The ''CBS Playhouse'' series was announced in 1966, with CBS announcing a $500,000 outlay for new scripts to film. CBS was specifically looking to "encourage authors to write original and significant dramas for television," and offered $25,000 per optioned script. This occurred shortly after ABC announced its dramatic arts program ''ABC Stage 67'', along with many CBS dramas. ''Playhouse'' ultimately commissioned thirteen playwrights to write scripts for the series. The first program aired in 1967, called ''The Final War of Olly Winter'' starring Ivan Dixon and written by noted playwright Ronald Ribman. According to CBS, over 30 million people watched the broadcast, making it a popular hit for the time. Twelve broadcasts ult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Blackout Of 1965
The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the United States. Over 30 million people and 80,000 square miles (207,000 km2) were left without electricity for up to 13 hours. Cause The cause of the failure was the setting of a protective relay on one of the transmission lines from the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Station No. 2 in Queenston, Ontario, near Niagara Falls. The safety relay was set to trip if other protective equipment deeper within the Ontario Hydro system failed to operate properly. On a particularly cold November evening, power demands for heating, lighting, and cooking were pushing the electrical system to near its peak capacity. Transmission lines heading into southern Ontario were heavily load ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 American Television Episodes
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Wingreen
Jason Wingreen (October 9, 1920 – December 25, 2015) was an American actor. He portrayed bartender Harry Snowden on the CBS sitcom ''All in the Family'' (1977–1979), a role he reprised on the continuation series ''Archie Bunker's Place'' (1979–1983). He was also the original voice of ''Star Wars'' character Boba Fett in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980). Early years Born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family, he grew up in Howard Beach, Queens, attended John Adams High School, and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1941. While at Brooklyn College, he participated in the Varsity Dramatic Society. Wingreen originally planned to become a newspaper reporter after writing about high school sports for the ''Brooklyn Eagle'' during his high school years. During World War II, he served with the United States Army Air Force and was stationed in England and Germany. Following his return home, with the aid of the G.I. Bill, he studied acting at New York's New School. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Elliot
Jane Elliot is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, ''General Hospital''. Life and career Elliot was born in New York City. She was married to Luis Rojas and has three children, Adrian Lucas Rojas Elliot, Isiah Mikail Elliot, and Annie Rose Elliot. She appeared in a number of episodic prime time television series, such as ''The Mod Squad'', ''Kojak'', ''Barnaby Jones'' and '' Police Woman''. She had a lead role in the short-lived NBC series '' Rosetti and Ryan'' in 1977. Elliot also made film appearances, including ''Change of Habit'' (1969); opposite Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, and Barbara McNair; and ''One Is a Lonely Number'' (1972). In 1987, Elliot appeared in the films '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' and ''Baby Boom''. Daytime roles Elliot made her daytime debut in the short-lived ABC soap ''A Flame in the Wind'' in 1965. She is best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Tucci
Maria Tucci (born June 19, 1941) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1967 for her performance in ''The Rose Tattoo''. She played Koula in the 2015 mini-series '' The Slap''. She also won an OBIE award for her performance as Phaedo in "Talk" by Carl Hancock Rux at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Personal life Tucci was born in New York City, the daughter of Laura Tucci (née Rusconi; 1911-1989) and Niccolò Tucci (1908-1999), a writer. She has a brother, Vieri. Her parents came to America in 1938 to escape from World War II. She is married to writer Robert Gottlieb. Her daughter, Lizzie Gottlieb, is a documentary filmmaker. Her film ''Today's Man'' featured her family and tells the story of Tucci's son, Niccolo "Nicky", and his fight with Asperger syndrome. Tucci began her acting education at a young age, studying with Lee Strasberg and Joseph Papp. She briefly attended Barnard College. Film and television Tucci be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Crane
Norma Crane (born Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman; November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an American actress of stage, film, and television best known for her role as Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She also starred in ''They Call Me Mister Tibbs!'' and ''Penelope''. Crane was born in New York City, but raised in El Paso, Texas. Biography Born to a Jewish family in New York City and raised in El Paso, Crane studied drama at Texas State College for Women in Denton, and was a member of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio. She made her debut on Broadway in Arthur Miller's play ''The Crucible''. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared on a variety of live television dramas, first gaining recognition in a televised adaptation of George Orwell's ''1984''. She played Ellie Martin in Vincente Minnelli's film version of '' Tea and Sympathy''. She appeared in the 1956 ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' episode "There Was an Old Woman" the 1958 episode "The Equalizer" and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Mullavey
Greg Mullavey (born Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr., September 10, 1939) is an American film and television actor who has had roles as Tom Hartman in the television series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and Carly's grandfather in ''iCarly''. He has appeared on and off Broadway, and continues to act on stage, having appeared in over a hundred theatre productions across North America. Career Mullavey was born in Buffalo, New York, and changed the spelling of his surname from Mulleavy so as to distinguish himself from his father, who had the same name. He appeared on television series including ''Storefront Lawyers'', ''Blue Light'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''All in the Family'', ''Bonanza'', ''Family'', ''Combat!'', '' The Virginian'', and ''Hawaii Five-O''. He played Eddie Gallagher on ''Rituals'', as well as Carly and Spencer's grandfather on ''iCarly''. Mullavey played Tom Hartman on the iconic 1970's comedy ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,'' and Mule Canby in the TV min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Roberts
Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951. Roberts studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City and started in films in 1961. She had several prominent roles in movies, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in ''The Honeymoon Killers'' (1970), Elliott Gould in ''Little Murders'' (1971), Steven Keats in '' Hester Street'' (1975), Billy Crystal in ''Rabbit Test'' (1978), Robert Carradine in '' Number One with a Bullet'' (1987), and Cady McClain in '' Simple Justice'' (1989), among many others. She achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in ''Remington Steele'' from 1983 to 1987 and her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the long-running CBS sitcom ''Ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Play
A television play is a television programming genre which is a drama performance broadcast from a multi-camera television studio, usually live in the early days of television but later recorded to tape. This is in contrast to a television movie, which employs the single-camera setup of film production. United Kingdom From the 1950s until the early 1980s, the television play was a television programming genre in the United Kingdom. The genre was often associated with the social realist-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted the social issues facing working-class families. ''Armchair Theatre'' (ABC, later Thames, 1956–1974), ''The Wednesday Play'' (BBC, 1964–1970) and ''Play for Today'' (BBC, 1970–1984) received praise from critics for their quality. ''Armchair Theatre'': 1956–1974 ''Armchair Theatre'' was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bogart
Paul Bogart (né Bogoff; November 13, 1919 – April 15, 2012) was an American television director and producer. Bogart directed episodes of the television series '''Way Out'' in 1961, ''Coronet Blue'' in 1967, ''Get Smart'', '' The Dumplings'' in 1976, ''All In The Family'' from 1975 to 1979, and four episodes of the first season of ''The Golden Girls'' in 1985. Among his films are ''Oh, God! You Devil'', ''Torch Song Trilogy'', ''Halls of Anger'', ''Marlowe'', ''Skin Game'' (both starring James Garner), and '' Class of '44''. He won five Primetime Emmy Awards during his long career, from sixteen nominations. In 1991, he was awarded the ''French Festival Internationelle Programmes Audiovisuelle'' at the Cannes Film Festival. Background Paul Bogart was born on November 13, 1919 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, as Paul Bogoff. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the Second World War, Bogart began his career in show-business as a puppeteer with the Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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