Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch us on Youtube Join the Archive Mailing List Read our Blog
Catalog
Directions
Open Collection MenuMobile Navigation

Armstrong Circle Theatre  /  Producers' Showcase

May 29, 2015 - 7:30 pm
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: 
Eva Marie Saint, Illeana Douglas.

Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Gena Rowlands will not be able to join us on May 29.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Armstrong Circle Theatre: "Time for Love"

NBC, 6/21/55

Married for 35 years, John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands made cinema history as collaborators in a number of landmark films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974).  The famed couple enjoyed their first joint screen appearance in this charming early television play concerning an engaged small town girl (Rowlands) and a handsome man (Cassavetes) she meets unexpectedly at a fair.

Talent Associates.  Producer: Robert Costello.  Director: Paul Bogart.  Teleplay by Douglas Taylor.  Cast: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Richard Morse, Joseph Sweeney.  Betacam SP, b/w, 30 min.

Producers' Showcase: "Our Town"

NBC, 9/19/55

Thornton Wilder's beloved drama is adapted here by Tony Award-winner David Shaw (Redhead) and helmed by Academy Award-winner Delbert Mann (Marty).   Led by a stellar cast including Frank Sinatra, Eva Marie Saint and then-newcomer Paul Newman, the teleplay features songs written especially for the television production by the Academy Award-winning team of James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn.

Producer: Fred Coe.  Director: Delbert Mann.  Based on the play by Thornton Wilder.  Written for television by David Shaw.  Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eva Marie Saint, Paul Newman, Shelley Fabares.  DigiBeta, b/w, 90 min.

Part of: 
Archive Television Treasures—50th Anniversary