We talk about The CBS historical reenactment show hosted by Walter Cronkite that employed writers who were blacklisted during the Communist Witch-Hunt and used fronts to keep the accused writers employed.
this week we look at The Playhouse 90 production of Requiem For A Heavyweight
written by Rod Serling Directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jack Palance
and the father and son actors Ed Wynn and Keenan Wynn.
What happens to a fighter when a ring injury stops his career?
This week we look at The 1957 Studio One Production The Night America
Trembled, with Edward R Murrow Warren Beatty Ed Asner Warren Oates
James Couburn John Astin. The story follows the slightly over dramatized
panic reaction to Orson Welles Live 1938 production of the war of the worlds
Welles had some people believing an invasion from mars was really
happening.
Dotto Twenty One The 64,000 Question and Answer. These were some of the 50s quiz shows that became scandals of the day when it was learned the producers fixed the tv contests . We'll discuss what happened and talk about the many celebrities involved in the scandals
Welcome to Kinescope. A podcast dedicated to the history of live television
from the 1940s to the early 60s . I'm your co-host john siuntres. together
with Gabriel Hardman each week we'll look at the formative years of television
before the invention of video tape. this era of TV helped start the careers
of many famous actors writers directors and producers.
this week we look at Captain Video from 1949 on the Dumont network.
Capt video was the first original sci-fi hero,
created specifically for televison.
Each week we will choose epsisodes of televsion available to watch for free
at youtube. Think of Kinescope as a video book club where we'll tell
you a week in advance the subject of our next podcast discussion
Like our subjects of discussion The Kinescope Podcast is performed live on the
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