The golden age of television / the Criterion Collection.

"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....

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 495.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981 (Screenwriter)
Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007 (Director)
Coe, Fred, 1914-1979 (Producer)
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Actor)
Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000 (Actor)
Minciotti, Esther, 1888-1962 (Actor)
Serling, Rod, 1924-1975 (Screenwriter)
Cook, Fielder, 1923-2003 (Director)
Begley, Ed, 1901-1970 (Actor)
Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965 (Actor)
Kiley, Richard (Actor)
Levin, Ira, 1929-2007 (Screenwriter)
Segal, Alex, 1915-1977 (Director)
Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012 (Actor)
Clark, Harry, 1911-1956 (Actor)
Emhardt, Robert, 1914-1994 (Actor)
Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963
Costigan, James, 1928-2007 (Screenwriter)
Harris, Julie, 1925-2013 (Actor)
Woods, Donald, 1906-1998 (Actor)
Stoddard, Haila (Actor)
Petrie, Daniel (Director)
Schulman, Arnold (Screenwriter)
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor)
Salmi, Albert (Actor)
Bond, Rudy, 1912-1982 (Actor)
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987 (Director)
Manulis, Martin, 1915-2007 (Producer)
Palance, Jack, 1919-2006 (Actor)
Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (Actor)
Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002 (Actor)
Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002 (Director)
Rooney, Mickey (Actor)
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985 (Actor)
Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999 (Actor)
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011 (Actor)
Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023 (Actor)
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967 (Actor)
Miller, J. P. (James Pinckney), 1919-2001 (Screenwriter)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Edition:Fullscreen (1.33:first) presentation.
Series:Criterion collection ; 495.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Television programs.
Television comedies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Television programs.
Television comedies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : ill. ; 18 cm).
Other Uniform Title:Goodyear television playhouse (Television program). Marty.
Patterns (Television program)
United States Steel hour (Television program). No time for sergeants.
Wind from the south.
Bang the drum slowly (Television program)
Requiem for a heavyweight (Television program)
Comedian (Television program)
Playhouse 90. Days of wine and roses.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Disc 1. Marty / written by Paddy Chayefsky ; directed by Delbert Mann ; produced by Fred Coe (1953 ; 52 min.) Patterns / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook (1955 ; 53 min.) No time for sergeants / teleplay by Ira Levin ; directed by Alex Segal (1955 ; 50 min.)
  • Disc 2. A wind from the South / written by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie (1955 ; 51 min.) Bang the drum slowly / directed by Daniel Petrie ; adapted by Arnold Schulman (1956 ; 52 min.) Requiem for a heavyweight / directed by Ralph Nelson ; written by Rod Serling ; produced by Martin Manulis ; 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.)