Title: Producer's Showcase Films
Inclusive Dates: 1955

Call Number: DC 990-DC 991; DD 124-DD 125; DD 196-DD 198; DD 361; DD 387; VBC 660-VBC 665

Quantity: 9 film reels (16 mm), 6 videocassettes (U-Matic)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Three episodes of Producer's Showcase, a ninety-minute anthology series. All episodes are 16 mm kinescopes in black and white with sound. All episodes include commercials for RCA and Ford Motor Company.

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-dc990

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Access Restrictions

Each episode is also available on a U-Matic viewing copy. Original films restricted; use U-Matic viewing copy.

Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Joyce Coe in 1979 as part of the Fred Coe Papers. Accession Number: MCHC79-078

DD 196-198; VBC 664-665	Yellow Jack, 1955 January 1 Note The story of Walter Reed's battle to find a cure for yellow fever. Script: J. P. Miller Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Raymond Massey, E.G. Marshall, Jackie Cooper, Wally Cox, Dane Clark, Rod Steiger, Lorne Greene, Eva Marie Saint
DC 990-991; DD 387; VBC 662-663	Darkness at Noon, 1955 May 2 Note A high-ranking Communist party official in Russia is imprisoned for his behavior after his secretary and lover is executed by the Party. The prison commander attempts to convince him to sign a false confession and receive a lesser sentence. Script: Robert Alan Aurthur Cast: Lee J. Cobb, David Wayne, Ruth Roman, Oskar Homolka
DD 124-125; DD 361; VBC 660-661	Our Town, 1955 September 19 Note A musical version of Thornton Wilder's play about a small New England town. Script: David Shaw Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eva Marie Saint, Paul Newman