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Release Date:
27 October 1953 (USA)
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Plot:
Live drama series that was one of the best TV shows ever shown. Over 200 live plays covering all aspects of society were shown.
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Awards:
Won 3 Primetime Emmys.
Another 15 nominations
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(8 articles)
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Remember Me: Cliff Robertson (1923-2011) – “Utility Player”
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Remember Me: Ben Gazzara
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Remember Me: Cliff Robertson (1923-2011) – “Utility Player”
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An inside the studio homerun
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 27 of 277) | Richard Kiley | ... | Charlie Webb / ... (10 episodes, 1953-1961) |
 | Betsy Palmer | ... | Anne Gaines / ... (9 episodes, 1954-1960) |
 | Jeff Donnell | ... | Eva Dulaney / ... (7 episodes, 1954-1962) |
| Barry Morse | ... | Jeremy Penlove / ... (7 episodes, 1958-1961) |
| Mona Freeman | ... | Lucy Chalmers / ... (7 episodes, 1960-1962) |
 | Patty Duke | ... | Kathy / ... (6 episodes, 1958-1962) |
 | Hans Conried | ... | Arthur Bannister / ... (6 episodes, 1954-1963) |
 | Jack Carson | ... | Enoch McCabe / ... (6 episodes, 1954-1962) |
 | Edward Andrews | ... | Charlie Anders / ... (6 episodes, 1954-1959) |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | Cissie Hampshire / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1963) |
| Biff McGuire | ... | Gil Wayne / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1959) |
| Larry Blyden | ... | Doc Randolph / ... (6 episodes, 1958-1962) |
| Faye Emerson | ... | Dorothy Hilton / ... (5 episodes, 1953-1961) |
 | Teresa Wright | ... | Allie Gulliver / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1962) |
 | Diana Lynn | ... | Felicia / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1961) |
 | June Lockhart | ... | Edith Sealey / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1959) |
| Joseph Sweeney | ... | Priest / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1959) |
| Lori March | ... | Billy / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1958) |
 | Frank Overton | ... | Al / ... (5 episodes, 1954-1957) |
| Alexander Clark | ... | Bernard / ... (5 episodes, 1955-1960) |
 | Nehemiah Persoff | ... | Dr. Arnault / ... (5 episodes, 1955-1958) |
 | Peter Mark Richman | ... | John West / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1962) |
| John McGovern | ... | Henry Powers / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1961) |
 | Ruth White | ... | Sister St. Anne / ... (5 episodes, 1958-1963) |
 | Robert Lansing | ... | Jim Walton / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1963) |
 | Gene Hackman | ... | Ed / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1962) |
| Glenda Farrell | ... | Edna Huntington / ... (5 episodes, 1960-1963) |
Series Directed by | |||
| Alex Segal | (11 episodes, 1953-1956) | ||
| Tom Donovan | (6 episodes, 1958-1962) | ||
| Paul Bogart | (6 episodes, 1960-1963) | ||
| Daniel Petrie | (3 episodes, 1955-1957) | ||
| Norman Felton | (2 episodes, 1955-1956) | ||
| Sidney Lumet | (2 episodes, 1955) | ||
| Don Medford | (2 episodes, 1960-1962) | ||
| Bruce Minnix | (2 episodes, 1961) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| Arthur Arent | (9 episodes, 1953-1955) | |
| Erik Barnouw | (4 episodes, 1954-1960) | |
| Robert Van Scoyk | (4 episodes, 1958-1961) | |
| Norman Lessing | (3 episodes, 1953-1955) | |
| Raphael Hayes | (3 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Frank D. Gilroy | (3 episodes, 1954-1957) | |
| Morton Wishengrad | (3 episodes, 1954-1956) | |
| Rod Serling | (3 episodes, 1955-1956) | |
| David Davidson | (2 episodes, 1953-1954) | |
| Sophie Treadwell | (2 episodes, 1953-1954) | |
| Michael Dyne | (2 episodes, 1954-1960) | |
| Robert Emmett | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Cyril Hume | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Joseph Julian | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Noel Langley | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Ira Levin | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Richard Maibaum | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Virginia Mazer | (2 episodes, 1954) | |
| Ellen M. Violett | (2 episodes, 1955-1963) | |
| Kay Arthur | (2 episodes, 1955-1956) | |
| James Costigan | (2 episodes, 1955) | |
| Ernest Pendrell | (2 episodes, 1955) | |
| Ernest Kinoy | (2 episodes, 1956-1961) | |
| Mort Thaw | (2 episodes, 1956-1958) | |
| Mark Twain | (2 episodes, 1956-1957) | |
| Anne Pearson Crosswell | (2 episodes, 1957) | |
| Lee Pockriss | (2 episodes, 1957) | |
| Stephen Vincent Benet | (2 episodes, 1958-1961) | |
| Leonard William Moran | (2 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Lucille Kallen | (2 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Richard Stockton | (2 episodes, 1961) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| George Lowther | .... | executive producer (23 episodes, 1953-1954) | |
| Max Liebman | .... | producer (2 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Marshall Jamison | .... | executive producer / producer (unknown episodes, 1956-1958) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| Frank Luther | (1 episode, 1956) | ||
| Charles Sanford | (1 episode, 1961) | ||
| Wladimir Selinsky | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| S. Mark Smith | (1 episode, 1955) | ||
Series Production Design by | |||
| Albert Heschong | (1 episode, 1955) | ||
Series Art Direction by | |||
| James McNaughton | (1 episode, 1955) | ||
Series Costume Design by | |||
| Gene Coffin | (1 episode, 1955) | ||
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jack Sameth | .... | assistant director (unknown episodes) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| William Blumel | .... | audio (1 episode, 1955) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Rolf Drucker | .... | video engineer (1 episode, 1955) | |
| Imero Fiorentino | .... | lighting (1 episode, 1955) | |
| J.J. Lupatkin | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| Merv Griffin | .... | vocalist: theme song (1 episode, 1955) | |
| Glenn Osser | .... | conductor (1 episode, 1955) | |
| Charles Sanford | .... | conductor (1 episode, 1961) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| George Weber | .... | technical director (1 episode, 1955) | |
| Felicia Conde | .... | choreographer (1 episode, 1960) | |
| Marc Breaux | .... | choreographer (1 episode, 1961) | |
| Dee Dee Wood | .... | choreographer (1 episode, 1961) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1953-1955) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1955-1963) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Moviecraft (1995) (USA) (VHS) (episode "P.O.W.")
- United States Steel sponsor
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"The U.S. Steel Hour" - USA (alternative title)
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USA:60 min
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A fine live early TV version of Mark Harris' novel. Given the limitations of a television studio,and doing a show "live",this is a bona fide homerun! Newman is great as Henry "author" Wiggen's,star lefthanded pitcher for the NY Mammoths,who takes the teams dying 3rd string catcher under his wing. Newman does a great adlib at the programs opening when he tosses a scrap of paper towards a wastebasket and misses,saying: "Hell of a pitcher I am,I can't even hit the trash can!"
That scrap of paper is the ONLY miss in this fine dramatization of one of the great baseball novels ever written. Too bad nobody has ever filmed the other two novels in Harris' trilogy about Henry Wiggens!And Newman i