''A.N.T.A. Album of 1955'' is a
closed-circuit American
television special produced to raise funds for the relief agency
CARE
Care may refer to:
Organizations and projects
* CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
* CARE (relief agency), "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and ...
that was telecast live from the now-demolished
Adelphi Theatre in
New York City on March 28, 1955. It is listed as a
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont ) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being ...
show, and is on
Clarke Ingram's list of DuMont programming content stored at the
UCLA Film and Television Archive.
At the time, DuMont was in the process of being shut down. Among those who appeared in the special included
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...
,
Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...
,
Victor Moore,
Ezio Pinza, and
Elaine Stritch.
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Preservation status
A copy of the special is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
* List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
* List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
* Kinescope
References
Bibliography
*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
*Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
*Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
, 1964)
External links
*
DuMont historical website
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1955 television specials
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1950s American television specials
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows