"Producers' Showcase" Peter Pan (1955)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Clark Jones

Writers:

J.M. Barrie (play)
Jerome Robbins (adaptation)

TV Series:

"Producers' Showcase" (1954)

Original Air Date:

7 March 1955 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Comedy | Family

Plot:

The live television production (preserved on kinescope) of the first broadcast of the musical. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Children's Book | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title | Anthology | Remake

Cast

Mary Martin	...	Peter Pan
Cyril Ritchard	...	Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
Margalo Gillmore	...	Mrs. Darling
Sondra Lee	...	Tiger Lily
Kathleen Nolan	...	Wendy Darling / Jane (as Kathy Nolan)
Heller Halliday	...	Liza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Banas	...	Indian
David Bean	...	Slightly
Sally Brophy	...	Wendy (grown up) (as Sallie Brophy)
Jack Dabdoub	...	Pirate
Linda Dangcil	...	Indian
Harold Daye	...	Second Twin
Donn Driver	...	Indian
Carl Erbele	...	Kangaroo
Tom Halloran	...	Michael Darling
Robert Harrington	...	John Darling
Dick Lerner	...	Indian
Frank Lindsay	...	Pirate
Annabelle Lyon	...	Indian
Frank Marasco	...	Pirate
Joe E. Marks	...	Smee
Richard Martin
Arthur Partington	...	Pirate
Norman Shelly	...	Nana / Crocodile
John Smolko	...	Pirate
Joseph Stafford	...	Michael Darling
Stanley Stenner	...	Curly
William Sumner	...	Indian
Alan Sutherland	...	First Twin
Joan Tewkesbury	...	Ostrich
Paris Theodore	...	Nibs
Arthur Tookoian	...	Pirate
Ian Tucker	...	Tootles
Robert Vanselow	...	Starkey
Patricia Wheel	...	Narrator
Dusty Worrall	...	Indian
Richard Wyatt	...	Indian

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Trivia:

The Mary Martin version of 'Peter Pan' opened at the Winter Garden Theater on October 20, 1954 and ran for 152 performances.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Peter Pan (2000) (TV)

Still Good even 50 years later

When I was a kid, I watch this movie on TV. I really enjoy it. This movie was really a play. Because it was a play, this movie did not have too many special effects (actors flew with wires and Tinkerbell was a light).

Many years later (mid-late 1980's), this movie was once again broadcast on TV. I taped it and showed it to my sons. My youngest one really like it also. He saw it so many times, the tape broke. Goes to prove, you don't need special effects to make a good family movie.