Mark Twain Tonight! (1967) (TV)

Director:

Paul Bogart

Writer:

Hal Holbrook (adaptation)
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Release Date:

6 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians...

Plot Keywords:

Humorist | Monologue | Mark Twain | One Man Show | Slavery

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Hal Holbrook

...

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Directed by
Paul Bogart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hal Holbrook		adaptation
Mark Twain		writings (uncredited)

Produced by
Don Silverman	....	associate producer
David Susskind	....	producer

Art Direction by
John Robert Lloyd

Set Decoration by
Bud Gourmen		(as Budd Gourmen)

Makeup Department
Dick Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ronald H. Gilbert	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mike Shoskes	....	audio

Camera and Electrical Department
Imero Fiorentino	....	lighting director

Editorial Department
Jack Shultis	....	videotape editor

Other crew
Jerry Adler	....	production consultant
Dorothy J. Globus	....	coordinator
Hal Holbrook	....	production creator
Ralph Mensch	....	technical director
Chet O'Brien	....	stage manager
Roland Vance	....	associate director (as Rowland Vance)

Production Companies

• Vining Productions
• CBS Television Network

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (USA) (TV)
• Kultur (1999) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Tele-Tape Productions  facilities
• Xerox  presented by

Runtime:

USA:78 min | 88 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Vining Productions

Trivia:

Although Hal Holbrook has been performing his Tony award winning one-man show of "Mark Twain Tonight" for over 55 years (2009), this Emmy Award winning presentation was the only time it was nationally televised.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mark Twain:Ladies and gentlemen, how solemn and beautiful is the thought, that the earliest pioneer of civilization is never the railroad, never the newspaper, never the missionary, but whiskey.

Fabulous!

Hal Holbrook's greatest work. A one-man show in which Holbrook becomes Twain. If this gets people to read more Twain (which everyone should) it's done its job. One of the best things broadcast TV ever did.