“Screen Directors Playhouse” Films, 1956


Summary Information
Title: “Screen Directors Playhouse” Films
Inclusive Dates: 1956

Call Number: DE 825-833

Quantity: 9 film reels

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Location:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Nine episodes of Screen Directors Playhouse, a 30-minute dramatic anthology series that ran on NBC from 1955 to 1956. Each episode was directed by a different member of the Screen Directors Guild. All the films are 16 mm archival positives in black and white with sound.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to and use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-screendirectors
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Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

These films may be viewed on the Steenbeck only.


Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.


Acquisition Information

Presented by David Aijala in 1998. Accession Number: M98-111


Contents List
DE 825
It's a Most Unusual Day, March 14, 1956
Note: Director: Claude Binyon
Writers: Claude Binyon, William R. Cox
Guest Stars: Fred MacMurray, Marilyn Erskine, Jimmy McHugh

DE 826
Partners, July 4, 1956
Note: Director: Tay Garnett
Writer: Tay Garnett
Guest Stars: Casey Tibbs, Brandon de Wilde, Clem Bevens

DE 827
What Day Is It?, June 6, 1956
Note: Director: Gower Champion
Writer: Jean Holloway
Guest Stars: Marge Champion, Gower Champion

DE 828
High Air, September 12, 1956
Note: Director: Allan Dwan
Writer: A. I. Bezzerides
Guest Stars: William Bendix, Dennis Hopper, John Anderson

DE 829
A Ticket for Thaddeus, May 9, 1956
Note: Director: Frank Borzage
Writer: A. I. Bezzerides
Guest Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Nada Onyx, Alan Hale

DE 831
White Corridors, July 11, 1956
Note: Director: Ted Post
Writers: Irving Cooper, Helen Cooper
Guest Stars: Linda Darnell, John Bently, Scott Forbes

DE 832
The Carroll Formula, July 18, 1956
Note: Director: Tay Garnett
Writer: John L. Greene
Guest Stars: Michael Wilding, Havis Davenport, Dayton Lummis

DE 833
Apples on the Lilac Tree, July 25, 1956
Note: Director: John Rich
Writers: Phil Shuken, Lee Loeb
Guest Stars: MacDonald Carey, Joan Caufield

DE 830
Bitter Water, August 1, 1956
Note: Director: John Brahm
Writer: Zoe Akins
Based on the story Louisa Pallant, by Henry James
Guest Stars: George Sanders, Constance Cummings, Robert Vaughn