| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (485 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 495 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 495.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Marty: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti. |
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Patterns: Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Richard Kiley. |
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No time for sergeants: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark, Robert Emhardt. |
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A wind from the South: Julie Harris, Donald Woods, Haila Stoddard. |
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Bang the drum slowly: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Rudy Bond. |
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Requiem for a heavyweight: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter. |
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The comedian: Mickey Rooney, Kim Hunter, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Tormé. |
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Days of wine and roses: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford. |
| Note |
No time for sergeants based on the novel by Mac Hyman. Bang the drum slowly from the book by Mark Harris. The comedian from a novelette by Ernest Lehman. |
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Originally broadcast on television between 1953-1958. |
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Features: commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie ; interviews with select cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Tormé. |
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Kinescopes of the original live productions; curated by PBS for the series The golden age of television. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Marty (1953 ; 52 min.) ; Patterns (1955 ; 53 min.) ; No time for sergeants (1955 ; 50 min.) -- Disc 2. A wind from the South (1955 ; 51 min.) ; Bang the drum slowly (1956 ; 52 min.) ; Requiem for a heavyweight (1956 ; 73 min.) -- Disc 3. The comedian (1957 ; 74 min.) ; Days of wine and roses (1958 ; 80 min.) |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Genre/Form |
Televised plays.
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Live television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Television comedies.
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Sports television programs.
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| Added Author |
Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Screenwriter.
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Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007. Director.
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Coe, Fred, 1914-1979. Producer.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002. Actor.
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Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000. Actor.
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Minciotti, Esther, 1888-1962. Actor.
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Serling, Rod, 1924-1975. Screenwriter.
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Cook, Fielder, 1923-2003. Director.
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Begley, Ed, 1901-1970. Actor.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965. Actor.
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Kiley, Richard. Actor.
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Levin, Ira, 1929-2007. Screenwriter.
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Segal, Alex, 1915-1977. Director.
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Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012. Actor.
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Clark, Harry, 1911-1956. Actor.
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Emhardt, Robert, 1914-1994. Actor.
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Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963.
No time for sergeants.
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Costigan, James, 1928-2007. Screenwriter.
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Harris, Julie, 1925-2013. Actor.
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Woods, Donald, 1906-1998. Actor.
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Stoddard, Haila. Actor.
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Petrie, Daniel. Director.
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Schulman, Arnold. Screenwriter.
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Newman, Paul, 1925-2008. Actor.
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Salmi, Albert. Actor.
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Bond, Rudy, 1912-1982. Actor.
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Harris, Mark, 1922-2007.
Bang the drum slowly.
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Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987. Director.
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Manulis, Martin, 1915-2007. Producer.
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Palance, Jack, 1919-2006. Actor.
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Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986. Actor.
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Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002. Actor.
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Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002. Director.
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Rooney, Mickey. Actor.
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O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985. Actor.
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Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999. Actor.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Comedian.
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Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011. Actor.
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Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023. Actor.
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Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967. Actor.
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Miller, J. P. (James Pinckney), 1919-2001. Screenwriter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Marty.
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Patterns.
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No time for sergeants.
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Wind from the south.
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Bang the drum slowly.
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Requiem for a heavyweight.
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Comedian.
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Days of wine and roses.
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| ISBN |
9781604651782 |
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1604651784 |
| Standard No. |
715515048118 |
| Music No. |
CC1837D The Criterion Collection |
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