"The Hollywood Palace" (1964) TV series 1964-1970

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

4 January 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Music

Tagline:

From Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of the world. ABC-TV presents "The Hollywood Palace!"

Plot:

Popular, long-running Saturday night variety show of the mid-to-late 1960's, originating from the Hollywood...

Plot Keywords:

Variety | Three Word Title

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 9 nominations

Cast

Bing Crosby	...	Himself - Host / ... (31 episodes, 1964-1970)
Milton Berle	...	Himself - Host / ... (16 episodes, 1965-1969)
Jimmy Durante	...	Himself - Host / ... (13 episodes, 1964-1969)

Series Directed by
Grey Lockwood		(7 episodes, 1964-1970)

Series Writing credits
Joe Bigelow		(190 episodes, 1964-1970)
Jay Burton		(190 episodes, 1964-1970)
Bernie Orenstein		(9 episodes, 1966-1968)
George Arthur Bloom		(4 episodes, 1966-1969)

Series Produced by
Rita Scott	....	associate producer / assistant producer (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
William O. Harbach	....	producer (5 episodes, 1965-1970)
Nick Vanoff	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Film Editing by
Nick Giordano		(4 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Production Design by
James Trittipo		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Art Direction by
James Trittipo		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Hub Braden		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Costume Design by
Bill Campbell		(68 episodes, 1964-1966)
Peter Menefee		(43 episodes, 1968-1970)
Robert Fletcher		(28 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ed Smith		(24 episodes, 1964)

Series Makeup Department
Rudy Horvatich	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Donna Barrett Gilbert	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Al Simon	....	production manager / unit manager (103 episodes, 1966-1970)
Jerry McPhie	....	production supervisor (3 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Sheldon	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Art Department
Pat Donaroma	....	carpenter (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Pat Donnaroma	....	stage carpenter (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Ed Habit	....	scenic art department supervisor (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Edward Holland	....	construction manager (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Bruce Kay	....	assistant property master (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Jack Koehler	....	construction coordinator (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Paul Shamroy	....	scenic art supervisor (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Keaton S. Walker	....	construction coordinator (170 episodes, 1964-1970)
Thomas Mayhew	....	drapery designer (113 episodes, 1964-1969)
Hub Braden	....	assistant art director (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Harold Deino	....	graphic arts (3 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Sound Department
John Neal	....	audio (5 episodes, 1964-1966)

Series Special Effects by
Robert Hughes	....	special effects supervisor / special effects coordinator (194 episodes, 1964-1970)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Denton	....	lighting designer / lighting (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Hugh Dilonardo	....	senior video / senior video operator (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ed Smith	....	costumes (2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Music Department
Mitchell Ayres	....	musical director / conductor (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Joe Lipman	....	arrangements / original music (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Nick Perito	....	orchestra leader (unknown episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Other crew
Elliott Alexander	....	production coordinator (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Susanne Horowitz	....	production accountant (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Carol Warrian	....	production secretary (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
James Woodworth	....	stage manager (194 episodes, 1964-1970)
Walter Coblenz	....	stage manager (177 episodes, 1964-1969)
Albert J. Simon	....	unit manager (102 episodes, 1966-1970)
Gene Lukowski	....	technical director (38 episodes, 1964-1970)
Rita Scott	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Boris Vanoff	....	production coordinator / talent coordinator (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Hermes Pan	....	choreographer / choreographer: number with Barrie Chase and Christopher Riordan (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Pat Denise	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Bruce Hanson	....	dga stage manager (unknown episodes)
David Winters	....	choreographer (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• United Artists Television (1964-1970)
• Zodiac Enterprises

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1964-1970) (USA) (TV)
• Encore Home Video (????) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1964-1965) | Color (1965-1970)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

With the third season completed, the King Sisters, having appeared on the Hollywood Palace, negotiated with Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach (Zodiac Productions) to produce a musical television pilot variety series for ABC Television. In August, 1966, Zodiac Productions (the Hollywood Palace's staff show team-personnel) assembled the "The King Sisters and Family", taped as a pilot series presentation and submitted to the ABC TV Network. The principle selling point was to match the studio-stage "Lawrence Welk Show" scheduling, alternating the week with another television family show for the new 1966-1967 Network program schedule. ABC TV "bought the pilot" and the King Sisters' show went into production. The Art Department (Jim Trittipo and Hub Braden) was replaced with Romaine Johnston (Production Designer) and Michael Baugh (Art Director). Additional new hires replaced the "Zodiac personnel" positions.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Love, American Style: Love and the Comedy Team/Love and the Divorce Sale/Love and the Mountain Cabin (#1.11)" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Put On A Happy Face

Great long-running variety show

Whatever happened to the variety show? Where today can you see acts like Senior Wences ('sawrrright? 'SAWRRRIGHT!); the guy who spun plates on fiber-glass poles to the tune of Khachaturian's "Neighbor's Dance"; the harmonica group who dressed in liederhosen and the midget went around biting everyone in the knee when he got kneed out by the other performers; the guy who tried to get his dog to jump through the hoop and the dog, instead, would slowly droop to the floor anemically; Carl Ballantine, the magician who had everything go wrong in his magic act; all those comedians and impressionists; the juggling acts; the acrobat acts; and a plethora of other folks who did acts in nightclubs and show rooms all over America? This was the place. We didn't get Ed Sullivan in our town during my early years, but we DID get the Hollywood Palace - on Saturday nights at 9 p.m. - just before "The Outer Limits" aired at 10 p.m.

The theme song was "Put On a Happy Face," played brightly by an off-stage orchestra (originally led by Les Brown). It was a pre-recorded show with a live audience, much like Ed Sullivan, except it had several guest hosts, largely consisting of Bing Crosby and Don Adams.

I remember it as the introduction of Raquel Welch to America. Raquel would come out each week and place a placard on an easel introducing the next act. If I'm not mistaken, she began on the show coming out in something akin to a Bunny suit (as in Playboy Bunny outfit minus the ears) with dark stockings? Anyway, I miss these types of shows. Steve Harvey is the closest thing to this type of show and it's a shame. It's just not "all that" in comparison to "The Hollywood Palace."