Light's diamond jubilee / Selznick Studios ; producer, David O. Selznick ; directors [film sequences], King Vidor, William Wellman, Norman Taurog, Roy Rowland, Christian Nyby, [live sequences] Alan Handley ; teleplay, Ben Hecht

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NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress)
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Electricity.; Variety.; Individualism.
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A variety program consisting of sketches and songs "celebrating the birth of the Electric Bulb [and] paying tribute to the American Individual." Segments include a dramatization of the fence painting episode from Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer; a short dramatic reading by Judith Anderson; a comedy sketch on child rearing featuring Robert Benchley; a sequence honoring the American school teacher, with Helen Hayes; a dramatization entitled, A Kiss for the Lieutenant, by Arthur Gordon; several songs by Eddie Fisher; a dramatization entitled, Girls in their summer dresses, by Irwin Shaw; a monologue on the common man, by George Goble [missing segment]; a dramatization entitled, A Chance for adventure, by Max Shulman, which features a song interlude by Dorothy Dandridge; and a dramatization entitled, The Leader of the people, by John Steinbeck. Program closes with an address to the nation by President Dwight Eisenhower.
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Light's diamond jubilee / Selznick Studios ; producer, David O. Selznick ; directors [film sequences], King Vidor, William Wellman, Norman Taurog, Roy Rowland, Christian Nyby, [live sequences] Alan Handley ; teleplay, Ben Hecht.
United States : ABC Television Network : CBS Television Network : Du Mont Television Network : NBC Television Network,
2 videocassettes of 2 (inc.) (...
1954 English Video None

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