What in the World? (1951– )

Peabody Award winning program that featured Dr. Froelich Rainey of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Dr. Rainey and Drs. Coon and Cammann, and another guest, discussed works of art ... See full summary »

Stars:

Froelich Rainey, Jacques Lipchitz, Vincent Price

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Froelich Rainey	...	Himself - Host (1 episode, 1954)
Jacques Lipchitz	...	Himself (1 episode, 1954)
Vincent Price	...	Himself (1 episode, 1954)

Storyline

Peabody Award winning program that featured Dr. Froelich Rainey of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Dr. Rainey and Drs. Coon and Cammann, and another guest, discussed works of art each week.

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Plot Keywords:

art | quiz show | discussion | non fiction

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Genres:

Family | Talk-Show

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1951 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles Vanda Productions, WCAU Philadelphia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Wonderful program

What a wonderful program this was. Through the smoke, an art object would appear, and the panelists would have to determine what it was, whether it was genuine or fake, and from what time and place it came. Viewers learned a little something of art history, but perhaps more important they might learn the importance of detailed and critical analyses of artifacts, which is to say the importance of informed and reasoned inquiry in general. Lamentably, today's so-called "educational" programming attempts nothing so process oriented, operating instead on the simplistic notion that knowledge is merely information. Like the longer lived but local (Baltimore) program produced by Johns Hopkins and hosted by Lynn Poole,"What in the World?" belongs to an era long gone and wistfully remembered.