NBC Sunday Showcase (1959)
NBC Sunday Showcase (1959)
Plot.
NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas had repeats in 1960.
On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive".
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Alan Aurthur
Producer
Robert Emhardt
Governor Fuller
Jimmy Durante
Self
Bob Hope
Self
E.G. Marshall
William Thompson
Milton Selzer
Julian Blumberg
Larry Blyden
Sammy Glick
Steven Hill
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Ben Grauer
Narrator
Ralph Berger
Art Direction
Ross Dowd
Set Decoration
Charles West
Property Master
Bob Christenson
Costumer
Edward Stevenson
Costume Coordinator
Hal King
Makeup Artist
Byron Poindexter
Makeup Artist
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
Sidney Hickox
Cinematography
Sidney Lumet
Director
John Frankenheimer
Director
Delbert Mann
Director
Alex March
Director
George Schaefer
Director
Jack Aldworth
Assistant Director
Bill Heath
Editor
James Paisley
Production Manager
W. Argyle Nelson
Production Supervisor
Kerwin Coughlin
Casting
Irving Starr
Producer
Hal Collins
Associate Producer
E.C. Norton
Music Supervisor
Cam McCulloch
Sound Engineer
Bob Weiskopf
Teleplay
Bob Schiller
Teleplay
Tony Webster
Writer
Lou Derman
Teleplay
Arthur Julian
Teleplay
Milton Berle
Himself / Executive Producer
Lucille Ball
Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo / Director
George Macready
Edward Jones
Mike Mazurki
Maxwell Mason
Marion Colby
Ruth Berle
Lloyd Corrigan
Minister
Stephen Bekassy
Jeweler
Cyril Delevanti
Wedding Chapel Operator
Nancy Kulp
Girl at Well
Leslie Sheldon
Harriett
Roy Rowan
Announcer (voice)
Jack Berle
Doorman
Ralph Brooks
Casino Patron
George Bruggeman
Croupier
Paul Cristo
Casino Patron
Sayre Dearing
Check
Bess Flowers
Casino Patron
Rudy Germane
Croupier
Perk Lazelle
Casino Patron
Hans Moebus
Casino Patron
Emelio Muscelli
Maitre' D
Monty O'Grady
Program Salesman
Hazel Pierce
Casino Patron
Sammy Shack
Taxi Driver
Fred Sherman
The Drunk
Norman Stevans
Casino Patron
Royal Beal
Justice Hawthorne
Howard Freeman
Pinkham
Stuart Germain
Stevens
Betty Lou Holland
Dorcas Stone
Tim O'Connor
Jabez Stone
Edward G. Robinson
Daniel Webster
David Wayne
The Devil
Edgar Bergen
Self - Host
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1959
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes22
Running Time1h
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
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Wiki.
NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959–60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas (Murder and the Android and What Makes Sammy Run?) had repeats in 1960.
On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive" (a.k.a. "Sunday Showcase Theme").
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