Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
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Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
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This show began in 1956 broadcasting all live ninety-minute plays, with only a sub-par kinescope film (film camera aimed at the live broadcast on the television monitor) as an archive. The second year, they began to film maybe every second or third episode (as a "made-for-television-movie"), then, in the last two years began videotaping many of the episodes. The tape technique was harder to spot because the broadcasts still appeared live, but there are at least partial tapes (of excellent, pristine quality) in the CBS vaults of episodes "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Old Man", "Judgment At Nuremberg", "Alas, Babylon", and "In The Prescence of Mine Enemies". Clips of these tapes were featured in the 2002 CBS special "50 Years of Television City in Hollywood".
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Song for a Summer Nightby Robert Allen
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Genres
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | WarDetails
Release Date:
4 October 1956Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USAContribute to this page
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