At Comet Over Hollywood, Jessica reviews the three different versions of Peter Pan that aired during television's golden era, in 1955, 1956, and 1960. It wasn't uncommon in these days of live television to do multiple renditions of the same story, with minimal cast changes. All three of these versions starred Mary Martin, and—most unusual for television of this time—all three of them still exist, and are available on DVD.
At bare•bones e-zine, Jack's Hitchcock Project takes us to the eighth-season episode "Don't Look Behind You," by Barré Lyndon (no, not that Barry Lyndon), with a superior cast including Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, and Dick Sargent; but does the episode match up to the talent?
The "Ann Way Season" continues at Cult TV Blog, as John looks at the 1978 children's series The Clifton House Mystery, and while Ann Way doesn't play a large role in the episode, it's certainly a fun one.
You might have seen Basil Rathbone as Scrooge in The Stingiest Man in Town during your Christmas viewing, which is a seasonal lead-in to Classic Film and TV Corner and Maddie's review of Rathbone's career, from classic villains to Sherlock Holmes.
At The Hits Just Keep On Comin', JB engages in something that I've always enjoyed: perusing the TV listings to see what was showing on Christmas Eves past. The 1950s and '60s were, I think, the peak era of Christmas specials on Christmas Eve, but even in the 1970s, you could find them.
Christmas Day was the 100th anniversary of Rod Serling's birth, and at A Shroud of Thoughts, Terence takes the opportunity to look back briefly on Serling's career, and how he continues to influence those involved in television.
Going My Way is perhaps one of the more obscure television series to be adapted from movies to television, perhaps surprising since Gene Kelly starred in the Bing Crosby role. But it ran a single season in 1962-63, and Television's New Frontier: The 1960s reviews the first 13 episodes.
At Travalanche, Trav looks at one of the pioneers of both radio and television, Don McNeill, and his Breakfast Club program which began on radio in 1933 and ran until 1968, with several stops on television along the way. One of my TV Guide reviews from a few years ago has a bit on it. TV
Thanks, Mitchell! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
ReplyDelete