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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/05/2002 Run time: 500 minutes Rating: Nr
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Nearly 100 stars from television's formative years bring their stories to PBS in a revealing documentary series, PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. Featuring sitcoms, late-night, variety and game shows -- the film melds compelling new HD interviews with archival clips to offer a fresh take on television's first celebrities, with fascinating stories, never-before-seen images and timeless clips that still entertain decades later.
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NOTE: The American Experience producers responsible for the Vietnam series recently re-edited the original 13-part Vietnam series. The editing was undertaken to remove outdated information and to create a more cohesive story for viewers. WGBH Boston Video has reduced the purchase price for the Vietnam series to $79.95 to reflect the shorter running time. A six-year project from conception to completion, this eleven-hour DVD collection carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. From the first episode to the last, it provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. Special DVD features include: link to the American ExperienceWeb site; scene selections; and closed captions. On four DVD9 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.
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The hugely popular live American 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 advancing and making art accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive “teleplays” constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to homes across the country. The following award-winning programs—curated for PBS in the early 1980s as the series The Golden Age of Television, with recollections from key cast and crew members—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.INCLUDES: Marty Patterns No Time for Sergeants A Wind from the South Requiem for a Heavyweight Bang the Drum Slowly The Comedian Days of Wine and Roses SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET FEATURES: The live kinescope broadcasts of Marty (1953), Patterns (1955), No Time for Sergeants (1955), A Wind from the South (1955), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956), Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), The Comedian (1957), and Days of Wine and Roses (1958) Commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie Interviews with key 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 Torme PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program Stills from The Golden Age of Television (Click for larger image)
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Bing Crosby and Christmas, they're synonymous. It was only natural for the voice that sold more than 100 million copies of 'White Christmas' - and the star of such film classics as Holiday Inn and White Christmas - to celebrate the season on television. Bing Crosby. The Television Specials, Volume Two showcases those beloved Christmas shows. Included in this premiere, two-discs collection are Bing's first holiday special, produced in England in 1961, his first color special from 1962 with Mary Martin, Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas with Robert Coulet and Mary Costa from 1971, and Bing's final special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, which includes the iconic duet of 'The Little Drummer Boy/ Peace on Earth' with David Bowie. These treasured programs have been meticulously restored from the original film and videotape sources and are presented with all original performances intact.
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From 1954 to 1977, beloved crooner Bing Crosby starred in 30 eagerly anticipated, highly rated television specials. Often the highlight of the entire season, the programs showcased him in the company of the top stars of the day. Included in this premiere, two-disc collection are Bing's debut special from January 3, 1954, featuring Jack Benny; the landmark September 29, 1959 show for Oldsmobile, with Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong; the May 14, 1962 special, with Road comedies co-star Bob Hope, Edie Adams, Gary Crosby and the Smothers Brothers; and the April 13, 1970 show, Cooling It, with Dean Martin, Bernadette Peters and Flip Wilson. These treasured programs have been meticulously restored from the original film and videotape sources, and are presented with all the original performances intact.
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Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 08/25/2009
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He is known as the Greatest Detective Who Never Lived. Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and transferred from the original negatives, Sherlock Holmes comes alive on film in this landmark 1980s television series starring Jeremy Brett. All the classic tales are here, as the Great Detective and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, tangle with the terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles, the beautiful adventuress Irene Adler, and the dastardly villains Colonel Sebastian Moran, Charles Augustus Milverton, and the Napoleon of Crime himself, Professor James Moriarty. Disc 1 A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA, THE DANCING MEN, THE NAVAL TREATY, THE SOLITARY CYCLIST DISC 2 THE CROOKED MAN, THE SPECKLED BAND, THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, THE COPPER BEECHES DISC 3 THE GREEK INTERPRETER, THE NORWOOD BUILDER, THE RESIDENT PATIENT, THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE DISC 4 THE FINAL PROBLEM, THE EMPTY HOUSE, THE ABBEY GRANGE, THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL DISC 5 THE SECOND STAIN, THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP, THE PRIORY SCHOOL, THE SIX NAPOLEONS DISC 6 THE DEVIL'S FOOT, SILVER BLAZE, WISTERIA LODGE, THE BRUCE-PARTINGTON PLANS DISC 7 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX, THE SIGN OF FOUR DISC 8 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE PROBLEM OF THOR BRIDGE, THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY DISC 9 THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT, SHOSCOMBE OLD PLACE, THE MASTER BLACKMAILER DISC 10 THE LAST VAMPYRE, THE ELIGIBLE BACHELOR DISC 11 THE THREE GABLES, THE CREEPING MAN, THE DYING DETECTIVE, THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ DISC 12 THE RED CIRCLE, THE MAZARIN STONE, THE CARDBOARD BOX
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Modern Marvels The Television: Window to the World This episode of Modern Marvels presents the story of the development of television and its impact on humankind. From its public marketing in the 1940s to the present day, television can be listed as one of the most profound, if not the most profound, influences on human history. Television has affected every aspect of our lives including history, science, politics, culture and social mores. It is impossible to imagine a world without television, and most of us take for granted the way television has shaped and defined our society, and our lives. The Television: Window to the World would be useful for classes on American History, World History, Political Science, Science, The History of Science and Technology, and Cultural Studies. It is appropriate for middle school and high school. Vocabulary• adversaries • cajoled • coup • cultivated • daunting • emanating • fledgling • fortuitous • forum • fraught • ingenuity • intermittent • intuitive • lucrative • magnate • nemesis • obstacles • phenomenon • precedent • quantum leap • skeptical • sophisticated • stigma • wily Discussion Questions 1. Television changed the way that Americans learned about news and events. Events are now transmitted to your television at the moment they are happening. Discuss how television has changed American history and culture because of its speed. 2. The meeting between Guglielmo Marconi and David Sarnoff was an accident of fate. What is the role of fate in history? What other "accidents of fate" in history have produced great results? 3. The competition between television manufacturers helped to produce better, less expensive television sets for consumers. Compare the competition between television manufacturers during the 1940s and 1950s with computer companies today. 4. You have had access to television all your life. Imagine how different your life would be without television. How has television influenced your life? 5. What were the technical and logistical problems with the development of television? 6. Television was introduced to the mass public at the 1939 World's Fair. What other "marvels" were unveiled at the fair? 7. The inventors of television were laughed at and ridiculed. What other inventors of great machines have been laughed at? 8. Some historians feel that the televising of the 1960 presidential campaign debates changed the course of history. What is the role of television in our political system? 9. How have advertisers used television to their benefit? Extended Activities 1. Interview your grandparents, or any older person who was born before television was invented or mass marketed. What was their life like before television? How did television change their life? What was their reaction and thoughts when they saw a television for the first time? 2. Create a mobile of the characters from your favorite television show. Why do you like this show? What makes the characters appealing?
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Out yourself right in the middle of the most popular classics of all time and sing along to your favorite scenes from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Frosty the Snowman, and more. Just follow the bouncing snowball across the words as Hollywood legends Fred Astaire, Burl Ives, Mickey Rooney and Jimmy Durante sing with you. You won’t miss a beat as the whole family gathers around the TV to go caroling!
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