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The golden age of television [videorecording].

Contributor Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007.

Imprint:New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2009.

Description3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Title from container.

Note:No time for sergeants based on Mac Hyman's novel; Bang the drum slowly based on Mark Harris' novel; The comedian based on Ernest Lehman's novelette.

Note:"Live kinescope broadcasts"--Criterion website.

Note:Features: commentaries by directors Frankenheimer, Mann, Nelson, Petrie; interviews with cast and crew; booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his liner notes on each program.

Note:Marty (1953) / written by Paddy Chayefsky ; directed by Delbert Mann -- Patterns (1955) / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook -- No time for sergeants (1955) / teleplay by Ira Levin ; directed by Alex Segal -- A wind from the South (1955) / written by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie, Cordelia Stone -- Requiem for a heavyweight (1956) / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Ralph Nelson -- Bang the drum slowly (1956) / directed by Daniel Petrie -- The comedian (1957) / teleplay by Rod Serling ; directed by John Frankenheimer -- Days of wine and roses (1958) / written by JP Miller ; directed by John Frankenheimer.

Target AudienceNot rated.

Note:Two people who feel they have not achieved much in life meet and fall in love; a ruthless boss brings in a younger man, hoping to force his aging assistant to resign; a bumbling young man who turns everything he touches into a disaster is drafted into the Air Force during the Cold War; boxer Mountain Rivera deliberately loses a fight to save his manager who bet against his winning; the star pitcher of a New York team makes sure the last season of his terminally-ill friend and catcher is a memorable one; a vaudeville comedian gets his own television show and becomes a ruthless and abusive boss; an alcoholic marries a young woman who soon becomes addicted too, leading to a downward spiral in their lives.

Note : PerformerMarty: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand ; Patterns: Everett Sloane, Richard Kiley ; No time for sergeants: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark ; A wind from the South: Julie Harris, Donald Woods ; Requiem for a heavyweight: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn ; Bang the drum slowly: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi ; The comedian: Mickey Rooney, Edmond O'Brien ; Days of wine and roses: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie.

System Details NotesDVDs.

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Contributor
Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007.
Cook, Fielder, 1923-2003.
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.
Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965.
Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012.
Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963.
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000.
Kiley, Richard.
Clark, Harry, 1911-1956.
Harris, Julie, 1925-2013.
Woods, Donald, 1906-1998.
Palance, Jack, 1919-2006.
Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986.
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008.
Salmi, Albert.
Rooney, Mickey.
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985.
Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011.
Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023.
Segal, Alex, 1915-1977.
Petrie, Daniel.
Stone, Cordelia.
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987.
Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Series Added Entry
Criterion collection
Subject:
Hyman, Mac, 1923-1963 -- Film and video adaptations.
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007 -- Film and video adaptations.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
United States. Air Force -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Supervisors -- Drama.
Boxers (Sports) -- Drama.
Terminally ill -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Romance films.
Sports films.
Black and white films.
Comedy films.
Live television programs.
Television adaptations.
Fiction television programs.
Military films.
Added Entry - Uniform Title
Marty (Television program : 1953)
Patterns (Television program)
No time for sergeants (Television program)
Wind from the South (Television program)
Requiem for a heavyweight (Television program)
Bang the drum slowly (Television program)
Comedian (Television program)
Days of wine and roses (Television program)