#495: VARIOUS: The Golden Age of Television (Various)
VARIOUS (United States)
The Golden Age of Television
Spine #495
DVD
DVD
The hugely popular live television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly maneuvered, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays" constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to all of America. The award-winning programs included in this box set — originally curated for PBS in the early 1980s as the series The Golden Age of Television — were conceived by such up-and-comers as Rod Serling and John Frankenheimer and star the likes of Paul Newman, Mickey Rooney, Rod Steiger, Julie Harris, and Piper Laurie.
485 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Director/Writers
Delbert Mann was 33 when he directed Marty.
Cook was 32 when he directed Patterns.
Segal was 40 when he directed No Time for Sergeants.
Petrie was 35 when he directed A Wind from the South.
Nelson was 40 when he directed Requiem for a Heavyweight.
Teleplay by Serling and Petrie.
Petrie was 36 when he directed Bang the Drum Slowly.
Frankenheimer was 27 when he directed The Comedian.
Teleplay by Serling; from a novelette by Ernest Lehman and Frankenheimer.
Frankenheimer was 28 when he directed Days of Wine and Roses.
Written by J.P. Miller.
The Television Plays
Marty (1953)
Patterns (1955)
No Time for Sergeants (1955)
A Wind from the South (1955)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
The Comedian (1957)
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
The Extras
The Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
Commentary
By directors Frankenheimer, Mann, Nelson and Petrie.
Interviews
The Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program.
Commentary
By directors Frankenheimer, Mann, Nelson and Petrie.
Interviews
With select cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Tormé.
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