DVD
The golden age of television [videorecording] / a presentation of Sonny Fox Productions in association with KCET community television of Southern California.
The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays" constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to all of America.
Marty: Renowned dramatist Paddy Chayefsky's poignant and touching character study of a lonely, middle-aged butcher looking for love helped usher in the naturalistic style of television drama in the 1950.
Patterns: Examines a power struggle between a corporate boss, a washed-up company man, and the young executive groomed to take his place.
No time for sergeants: In this riotous military comedy, a bumptious Air Force draftee manages to drive his sergeant and the jokers who share his barracks crazy.
A wind from the south: An Irish country innkeeper who finds new meaning in her life when she finally experiences her first love, with a troubled tourist.
Bang the drum slowly: A star pitcher of a professional baseball team who helps a terminally ill country bumpkin catcher live out one last season on the diamond.
Requiem for a heavyweight: A punch-drunk prizefighter is forced to face life outside the ring in Rod Serling's searing indictment of the professional boxing underworld.
The comedian: A volatile glimpse behind the showbiz curtain about a raging, tyrannical vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV, a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and steps on anyone on his way to the top, including his browbeaten brother, despairing wife, and washed-up scriptwriter.
Days of wine and roses: A young married couple falls into a downward spiral of alcoholism and self-destruction.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604651782
- ISBN: 1604651784
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (485 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- Edition: Three-DVD special ed.
- Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program. Marty: Based on the story by Paddy Chayefsky. No time for sergeants: Based on the novel by Mac Hyman. Bang the drum slowly: Based on the book by Mark Harris. The comedian: Based on the novelette by Ernest Lehman. Kinescopes of the original live productions; curated by PBS for the series The golden age of television. Special features: Disc 1. Introduction to Marty hosted by Eva Marie Saint and interviews with Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Betsy Palmer, Delbert Mann; Audio commentary for Marty by director Delbert Mann; Introduction to Patterns hosted by Keenan Wynn and interviews with Richard Kiley, Fielder Cook; Introduction to No time for sergeants hosted by Roddy McDowall. Disc 2. Introduction to A wind from the South hosted by Merv Griffin interviewing Julie Harris, Donald Woods, James Costigan; Introduction to Bang the drum slowly hosted by Cliff Robertson and interviews with Albert Salmi, Dan Petrie, Arnold Schulman, Rudy Bond, George Peppard; Audio commentary for Bang the drum slowly by director Daniel Petrie; Introduction for Requiem for a heavyweight hosted by Jack Klugman and interviews with Ralph Nelson, Martin Manulis, Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn; Audio commentary for Requiem for a heavyweight by director Ralph Nelson. Disc 3. Introduction to The comedian hosted by Carl Reiner and interviews with John Frankeheimer, Mickey Rooney, Mel Tormé, Kim Hunter; Audio commentary for The comedian by director John Frankenheimer; Interview excerpts with director John Frankenheimer (early 1980s); Introduction to Days of wine and roses hosted by Julie Harris and interviews with John Frankenheimer, JP Miller, Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Marty / television play by Paddy Chayefsky ; produced by Fred Coe ; directed by Delbert Mann (1953 ; 52 min.) ; Patterns / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook (1955 ; 53 min.) ; No time for sergeants / written for television by Ira Levin ; produced by the Theatre Guild ; directed by Alex Segal (1955 ; 50 min.) -- Disc 2. A wind from the South / written for television by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; produced by the Theatre Guild (1955 ; 51 min.) ; Bang the drum slowly / a production of the Theater Guild ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; adapted by Arnold Schulman (1956 ; 52 min.) ; Requiem for a heavyweight / directed by Ralph Nelson ; produced by Martin Manulis ; written by Rod Serling ; Playhouse 90 (1956 ; 73 min.) -- Disc 3. The comedian / written by Rod Serling ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Martin Manulis ; Playhouse 90 (1957 ; 74 min.) ; Days of wine and roses / written by JP Miller ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; produced by Fred Coe ; Playhouse 90 (1958 ; 80 min.). |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Marty: Associate producer, Gordon Duff ; settings by Otis Riggs ; costumes by Rose Bogdanoff ; video by A l McClellan. No time for sergeants: Production, Alex Segal ; editor, S. Mark Smith ; designer, E. Albert Heschong ; art director, James McNaughton ; costume designer, Gene Coffin ; composer/conductor, Glenn Osser ; associate producer, John Haggott. A wind from the South: Song "A soft day" sung by Merv Griffin ; editor, Arthur H. Singer ; scenic designer, Carl Kent ; set decorator, Wes Laws ; costume designer, Gene Coffin ; composer/conductor, Harold Levey ; associate producer, John Haggott. Requiem for a heavyweight: Associate producer, Julian Claman. The comedian: Story editor, Peter Kortner ; art director, Walter Scott Herndon ; music supervisor, Fred Steiner ; set decorator, Buck Henshaw. Days of wine and roses: Associate producers, Robert Goldman, Russell Stoneham ; music, Alex North. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Marty: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Betsy Palmer, Lee Philips, Rossana San Marco, Nehemiah Persoff, Howard Caine, Don Gordon, Andrew Gerado ; announced by Durward Kirby. Patterns: Joanna Roos, Jack Arthur, Victoria Ward, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sybil Baker, Shirley Standlee, Everett Sloane, Richard Kiley, June Dayton, Elizabeth Wilson, Theodore Newton, Ed Begley, Jack Livesey, Ronnie Welsh. No time for sergeants: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark, Robert Emhardt, Eddie Le Roy, Alexander Clark, Arthur Storch, Bob Hastings, G. Albert Smith, Joe Brown, Jr., Adnia Rice, Thomas Volk, George Kilroy. A wind from the South: Julie Harris, Donald Woods, Haila Stoddard, Michael Higgins, Lawrence Fletcher, James Congdon, Mary Michael, Farrell Pelly, Grania O'Malley. Bang the drum slowly: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Rudy Bond, Barbara Babcock, Clu Gulager, Arch Johnson, Georgann Johnson, John McGovern, George Peppard, Bert Remsen, Allen Leaf. Requiem for a heavyweight: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn, Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Edgar Stehli, Stanley Adams, Ned Glass. The comedian: Host: Claudette Colbert ; cast: Mickey Rooney, Kim Hunter, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Tormé, Constance Ford, Whit Bissell, King Donovan, Eddie Ryder, H.M. Wynant, Mike Ross. Days of wine and roses: Host: Sterling Hayden; cast: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury, Dick Elliott, Mimi Gibson, Sterling Hayden, Marc Lawrence, Martha Wentworth, Douglas Henderson, Mimi Gibson. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Marty was originally broadcast May 24, 1953 on Goodyear Television Playhouse; Patterns was originally broadcast Jan. 12, 1955 on Kraft Television Theatre; No time for sergeants was originally broadcast March 15, 1955 on the United States Steel Hour; A wind from the South was originally broadcast Sept. 14, 1955 on the United States Steel Hour; Bang the drum slowly was originally broadcast Sept. 26, 1956 on the United States Steel Hour; Requiem for a heavyweight was originally broadcast Oct. 11, 1956 on Playhouse 90; Comedian was originally broadcast Feb. 14, 1957 on Playhouse 90; Days of wine and roses was originally broadcast Oct. 2, 1958 on Playhouse 90. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
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