I know it may be hard to believe, but I actually remember (as if it were yesterday) watching episodes of Playhouse 90, Kraft Theater, Westinghouse Theater when I was just 4 & 5 years of age with my parents -- and enjoying them! Great memories of early TV and early childhood! Others I enjoyed during those years were Sky King, Roy Rogers, Tightrope (with Mike Connors who later became Mannix), The Whirlybirds (with Ken Curtis who later became Festus on Gunsmoke), Cisco Kid (whom I met when I was three!), Lone Ranger, and other great almost forgotten shows!
Ha ha! I have one of those. They happen. Mine is from crying inconsolably with my sister after a particularly sad Twilight Zone and being banned from watching it for six months so we could mature enough not to freak out every other time.
This has no comments?! This is brilliant! Extremely stimulating! The quotes and references to Faust have put me in mind of re-reading it at earliest opportunity. EDIT: This is the first episode I've seen of Playhouse 90 and is was a FANTASTIC introduction
Sorry for the no comments. I don't like Standard Internet Procedure negativity, so all comments get held. And RUclips doesn't like honoring its notification promises, so I didn't know these were here! I thought this new channel was just dormant. Playhouse 90 has some wonders for you. Among others, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Days of Wine and Roses and Judgment at Nuremberg began their lives as plays written for this program. - David
So did we. I (finally) posted a link to our own show covering this episode (and its music - that's our thing), and the three of us really liked it too. - David
That's actor Paul Fix riding in the backseat of the car with Lee J. Cobb at the beginning of the episode. He played Sheriff Micah Torrance on the western TV series "The Rifleman" with Chuck Connors!
Honestly i always had an opinion of LJC, that he was a formulaic and angry brash actor at his craft..... Always screaming and raging. This episode here has completely changed my mind. What a performance. I can so relate to the entire theme of this particular episode here. Kenneth Haigh always plays the uptight driven typical Brit afraid to let his hair down, and he plays this part to a T, while Prof Doner savors everything this life has to offer, knowing full well the extent of how finite it really is. It's amazing and fun to see the CBS stable of actors here, many that appear in several other CBS shows of the day, namely The Twilight Zone. I firmly stand by my belief that these Playhouse 90 shows were indeed the pinnacle of what is now called The Golden Age of Television. Upon the departure of Hubbell Robinson from CBS in '62 and replacement by James Aubrey, CBS shifted its entire repetoire from meaningful cerebral dramas like this to senseless laugh track half hour silly comedies. Even Rod Serling, by 1964 had had enough fighting with the sponsors and censors and shut down production of TZ. Kudos to you for posting this most excellent drama. I was riveted.
I had a boyhood crush on Patty McCormack when I first saw her in the starring role of Kathy O'Rourke in the heartwarming 1958 Christmas movie "Kathy O'" co-starring Dan Duryea. She is still living today, age 77, and still acting!
Hollywood product is sooooo much better now. And yes, I'm being sarcastic. Paging Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil and company... Another fascinating episode of 1950s television. We seem less humane and less human with every advance.
Early days of video tape allowed some fine tuning of performances and movement largely captured as if a live presentation, I wonder if the broadcast production of ALAS BABYLON (or THE BIRDS) has survived?? Anyone know? (THE BIRDS may have been done live. It was broadcast earlier than this one.)
I can't find that one online anywhere. Many of these are truly 'lost', or in the hands of collectors, or people who taped some rare broadcast in the VCR days. I did fid this little clip _about_ it, at least, though you may've seen it already: ruclips.net/video/0p8RebWukFE/видео.html
Looking at my (now inaccurate) 'Wish List', Kevin, I don't see anything from prior to that date. But did I miss something in there? We're mainly looking for episodes scored by Jerry Goldsmith, which start (as far as we know!) in late 1958. - David
I know it may be hard to believe, but I actually remember (as if it were yesterday) watching episodes of Playhouse 90, Kraft Theater, Westinghouse Theater when I was just 4 & 5 years of age with my parents -- and enjoying them! Great memories of early TV and early childhood! Others I enjoyed during those years were Sky King, Roy Rogers, Tightrope (with Mike Connors who later became Mannix), The Whirlybirds (with Ken Curtis who later became Festus on Gunsmoke), Cisco Kid (whom I met when I was three!), Lone Ranger, and other great almost forgotten shows!
Why was the Cisco Kid so sexy? I was six too.
Ha ha! I have one of those. They happen. Mine is from crying inconsolably with my sister after a particularly sad Twilight Zone and being banned from watching it for six months so we could mature enough not to freak out every other time.
Me to! A time when you were not afraid to let the kids turn on the TV.
This has no comments?! This is brilliant! Extremely stimulating! The quotes and references to Faust have put me in mind of re-reading it at earliest opportunity.
EDIT: This is the first episode I've seen of Playhouse 90 and is was a FANTASTIC introduction
Sorry for the no comments. I don't like Standard Internet Procedure negativity, so all comments get held. And RUclips doesn't like honoring its notification promises, so I didn't know these were here! I thought this new channel was just dormant.
Playhouse 90 has some wonders for you. Among others, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Days of Wine and Roses and Judgment at Nuremberg began their lives as plays written for this program.
- David
This was excellent
Very rich plot. Very impressd.
So were we. It hit me well right away, my mates on their revisits, but it grew on all of us.
- David
Beautifully written
Agreed.
Very well done! I enjoyed it.
So did we. I (finally) posted a link to our own show covering this episode (and its music - that's our thing), and the three of us really liked it too.
- David
That's actor Paul Fix riding in the backseat of the car with Lee J. Cobb at the beginning of the episode. He played Sheriff Micah Torrance on the western TV series "The Rifleman" with Chuck Connors!
He's perfect for this bit part. He was always good at being properly authoritative and fully human at the same time.
Honestly i always had an opinion of LJC, that he was a formulaic and angry brash actor at his craft..... Always screaming and raging. This episode here has completely changed my mind. What a performance. I can so relate to the entire theme of this particular episode here. Kenneth Haigh always plays the uptight driven typical Brit afraid to let his hair down, and he plays this part to a T, while Prof Doner savors everything this life has to offer, knowing full well the extent of how finite it really is. It's amazing and fun to see the CBS stable of actors here, many that appear in several other CBS shows of the day, namely The Twilight Zone. I firmly stand by my belief that these Playhouse 90 shows were indeed the pinnacle of what is now called The Golden Age of Television. Upon the departure of Hubbell Robinson from CBS in '62 and replacement by James Aubrey, CBS shifted its entire repetoire from meaningful cerebral dramas like this to senseless laugh track half hour silly comedies. Even Rod Serling, by 1964 had had enough fighting with the sponsors and censors and shut down production of TZ. Kudos to you for posting this most excellent drama. I was riveted.
Funny thing is that Michael Landon took a different approach with his career, but he could get just as riled as Cobb. He went the nice guy route
I had a boyhood crush on Patty McCormack when I first saw her in the starring role of Kathy O'Rourke in the heartwarming 1958 Christmas movie "Kathy O'" co-starring Dan Duryea. She is still living today, age 77, and still acting!
Movie star fan crushes! I'm a little younger than you... I had 😍for sweet and good Haley Mills = "The Three Lives of Thomasina".
Patty McCormack is not from the Hood
She is in another film think it was called Grampa dies
'Charming character and relationship developments during the family music studio plus bargaining.
Featuring jack in the box guy from the Twilight Zone!
And The Real Martian!
@@TheGoldsmithOdyssey And the cowardly WWI flyer who gets a second chance when he is sent into the future (1959).
Brillant performance by Lee J COBB I love this film!!!
Now, your phone would be more powerful than the most expensive computer of this era.
Patty McCormack sings in Italian here.
40 years later,she plays an Italian mother.
The immoral 👍Lee J Cobb👌.. has he been captured here? Who will remember Larry Doner, Cammel Cigarettes, Kimberly Clark & Ansco in another 60years?
I'm sure you meant to say "immortal." 😉
WAY. BACK THEN / WHEN
Hollywood product is sooooo much better now. And yes, I'm being sarcastic. Paging Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil and company... Another fascinating episode of 1950s television. We seem less humane and less human with every advance.
We are devolving as a society.
Who knew, a nation built on the genocide of one people and the brutal enslavement of another would be so evil? 🤔
Early days of video tape allowed some fine tuning of performances and movement largely captured as if a live presentation, I wonder if the broadcast production of ALAS BABYLON (or THE BIRDS) has survived?? Anyone know? (THE BIRDS may have been done live. It was broadcast earlier than this one.)
@TheGoldsmithOdyssey I'm looking for "Face of a Hero" with Jack Lemmon, could help me?
I can't find that one online anywhere. Many of these are truly 'lost', or in the hands of collectors, or people who taped some rare broadcast in the VCR days.
I did fid this little clip _about_ it, at least, though you may've seen it already:
ruclips.net/video/0p8RebWukFE/видео.html
Yum Michael Landon
I. WAS. A. KID. WAY. BSCK. THEN / WHEN. IN. THE. 1960S
Why are you looking for Playhouse 90 episodes prior to September- October 1956? That is when it debuted.
Looking at my (now inaccurate) 'Wish List', Kevin, I don't see anything from prior to that date. But did I miss something in there? We're mainly looking for episodes scored by Jerry Goldsmith, which start (as far as we know!) in late 1958.
- David
Science fiction is the story of future reality.