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The Stage Door
''The Stage Door'' is an American drama series that aired live on CBS Tuesday night from 9:00 pm to 9:30 eastern time from February 7, 1950 to March 28, 1950. Based on the play ''The Stage Door'' by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, earlier made into a film in 1937. Synopsis The series centered on Celia and Hank, two aspiring broadway performers who were also in love with each other. Cast * Louise Allbritton as Celia Knox * Scott McKay as Hank Merlin * Tom Pedi Tom Pedi (September 14, 1913 – December 29, 1996) was an American actor whose work included roles on stage, television and film in a career spanning 50 years. He was particularly well-known for his portrayal of Rocky, the night barman, in ''The ... as Rocca. Production Carol Irwin was the producer, with Ralph Nelson as director. Frank Gabrielson and Willard Keefe were writers. The program originated from WCBS-TV and was sustaining. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stage Door, The CBS original programming American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Allbritton
Louise Allbritton (July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979) was an American film and stage actress born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her name was sometimes seen as Louise Albritton. She played in such films as '' Pittsburgh'' (1942), '' Who Done It?'' (1942), '' Son of Dracula'' (1943), '' The Egg and I'' (1947), and '' Sitting Pretty'' (1948). Early life and career Allbritton was born in Oklahoma City on July 3, 1920, the daughter of E.E. Allbritton of Wichita Falls, Texas. She attended the University of Oklahoma and gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse.Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. . P.20. Her father cut off her allowance in hopes that she would return home, but her contract with Universal Studios enabled her to continue in Hollywood. During World War II, Allbritton performed overseas with a USO troupe, a group that " ve show after show, many of them to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gabrielson
Frank Gabrielson (March 13, 1910 – January 24, 1980) was an American stage, film, and television writer. His stage work includes '' The Wizard of Oz'' as adapted in 1942 for The Muny, ''Days of Our Youth'', also performed as ''The Bo Tree'' and ''Most Likely to Succeed'' (1939) and '' The Great Whitewash'', also known as ''The More the Merrier'', co-written with Irvin Pincus, (1941). He was also contributed to Jerome Moross's revue, ''Parade'' (1935). Screenwriting credits include ''Something for the Boys'' (1944), ''Don Juan Quilligan'' (1945), ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog'' (1946), and ''Flight of the Doves'' (1971). His television work includes '' Leave It to Beaver'', ''National Velvet'', ''Mama'', ''The Real McCoys'', ''Suspense'', and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', among others. He wrote several episodes of ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'', including '' The Land of Oz'' episode. Gabrielson was married to actress Franc Hale. He died in 1980. Selected filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 American Television Series Endings
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 American Television Series Debuts
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Live Television Series
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Original Programming
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global. Its headquarters is at the CBS Building in New York City. It has major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Center and the headquarters of owner Paramount Global at One Astor Plaza (both also in that city) and Television City and the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. It is also sometimes referred to as the Eye Network in reference to the company's trademark symbol which has been in use since 1951. It has also been called the Tiffany Network which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenure of William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of color television, which were held in the former Tiffany and Company Building in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sustaining Program
A sustaining program is a radio or television program that, despite airing on a commercial broadcast station, does not have commercial sponsorship or advertising. This term, mostly used in the United States, was common in the early days of radio, but has become unfamiliar owing to the nearly universal use of commercial advertising on radio and television. Network and commercial radio Commercial radio stations began broadcasting in the early 1920s, but it would be over a decade before the concept of selling over-the-air advertising would catch on. Many radio stations were established by radio equipment manufacturers and retailers such as RCA and programming was provided to sell the still-patented radio transmitters and receivers (thus effectively establishing a one-time fee model). Programming was financed from the sale of the equipment. Other radio stations and programs were provided as a public service through endowments or municipal financing; a few were operated by universities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station WLNY-TV (channel 55). Both stations share studios within the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, while WCBS-TV's transmitter is located at One World Trade Center. History Early years (1931–1951) WCBS-TV's history dates back to CBS' opening of experimental station W2XAB on July 21, 1931, using the mechanical television system that had been more-or-less perfected in the late 1920s. Its first broadcast featured New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Kate Smith, and George Gershwin. The station had the first regular seven-day broadcasting schedule in American television, broadcasting 28 hours a week. Among its early programming were '' Harriet Lee'' (1931), ''The Television Ghost'' (1931–1933), '' Helen Haynes'' (1931–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. He was best known for directing '' Lilies of the Field'' (1963), '' Father Goose'' (1964), and ''Charly'' (1968), films which won Academy Awards. Life and career Nelson was born in Long Island City, New York. He served in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor in World War II. Before the war ended, he had a play on Broadway: "The Wind Is Ninety" ran from June to September 1945. Kirk Douglas was in the cast. Nelson directed the acclaimed episode "A World of His Own" of ''The Twilight Zone'' (he should ''not'' be confused with ''The Twilight Zone's'' production manager, Ralph ''W.'' Nelson). He also directed both the television and film versions of Rod Serling's ''Requiem for a Heavyweight.'' He directed ''Charly,'' the 1968 film version of ''Flowers for Algernon,'' for which Cliff Robertson won an Academy Award, as well as several racially prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McKay
Scott McKay (born December 2, 1960) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served as a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec and a former Montreal council member. McKay was elected in 2008 to the Quebec National Assembly for the Parti Québécois but he was defeated in the 2014 Quebec general election, 2014 Quebec election. Background McKay was born to a francophone mother and an Irish-English-speaking Quebecker, anglophone father in the town of Montréal-Est. He has completed a M.Sc. in Environmental sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and is currently working in the field of water treatment. He also obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences at the UQAM in 1987. Municipal politics In 1986, he was elected to Montreal's City Council as candidate of Jean Doré's ''Montreal Citizens' Movement, Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM)'' for the district of Honoré-Beaugrand. He was re-elected in 1990, but lost to Ivon Le Duc in 1994 as Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Pedi
Tom Pedi (September 14, 1913 – December 29, 1996) was an American actor whose work included roles on stage, television and film in a career spanning 50 years. He was particularly well-known for his portrayal of Rocky, the night barman, in ''The Iceman Cometh'', a part which he originated and played on stage, film and television. Pedi was the cousin of voice actress Christine Pedi. He is buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California. Performances Theater All listings come from the ''Internet Broadway Database''. Pedi also performed in the premier of the stage version of ''State Fair'' at The Muny The St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre (commonly known as The Muny) is an amphitheater located in St. Louis, Missouri. The theatre seats 11,000 people with about 1,500 free seats in the last nine rows that are available on a first come, first s ... in St. Louis in 1969. The show had a two week run. Film All listings come from the ''Internet Movie Database''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McKay (actor)
Scott McKay (born Carl Gose, May 28, 1915 – March 16, 1987) was an American film, television and theatre actor. Life and career McKay was born in Pleasantville, Iowa as Carl Gose. He attended the University of Colorado, specializing in English literature. He first worked in theatre as a straight man for a magician. McKay also was a professor of English literature. He then performed in Broadway plays in 1939, first appearing in '' The American Way'', being credited as the ensemble. Later in his career, McKay appeared in numerous Broadway plays. He played Captain Fisby in '' The Teahouse of the August Moon'' replacing John Forsythe. McKay also played David Larabee in ''Sabrina Fair''. He played Jeff Douglas in ''Brigadoon'' (1967). His final theatre credit was as Ronald in ''Absurd Person Singular'' (1974). McKay began his film and television career in 1944, playing Dr. Dan Proctor in the film ''Guest in the House''. He then starred in the film ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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