Title: Man with a Camera Films
Inclusive Dates: 1958-1960

Call Number: DF 238-DF 240

Quantity: 3 film reels (16 mm)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Three episodes from the half-hour television show Man with a Camera, starring Charles Bronson as Mike Kovac, a former combat cameraman turned freelance photographer who helps the police solve crimes.

Note:

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Language: English

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This collection consists of three, 16 mm film reels from the half-hour dramatic television series Man with a Camera, which aired on ABC from 1958 to 1960. The series featured Charles Bronson as Mike Kovac, a free-lance photo-journalist who acquires material by assisting police and solving crimes perpetrated against insurance companies.

A total of twenty-nine episodes were produced for Man With a Camera over its two season run. However, this collection contains only three original episodes from the series, consisting of 16 mm, black and white prints with sound. Each consists of one reel which runs approximately twenty to thirty minutes long. The visual quality of these prints is very good in general, but varies between individual reels.

The episodes in this collection are arranged chronologically by season and the date each episode originally aired on television.

Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Warren Lewis. Accession Number: M90-398/WCFTR

DF 238	“Turntable,” 1958 October 10 Note Someone has faked a photo combining a senator and two gambling bigwigs. While the senator suspects Kovac of the handiwork, Kovac is on the trail of the blackmailer. Director: Gerald Mayer Producer: A.E. Houghton Jr. Writer: Lowell Barrington Cast: Phyllis Avery, Ludwig Stossel, Dennis Patrick, Addison Richards, Logan Field
DF 239	“Mute Evidence,” 1959 January 16 Note Mike is invited out to a retired doctor's farm, but when he gets there he discovers that the doctor is missing and the only person who knows anything about the case is the doctor's deaf-mute ward whose only method of communication is with a camera. Director: Paul Landres Producer: A.E. Houghton Jr. Writer: Dallas Gaultois and James Edminston Cast: Sue George, Simon Scott, Judith Ames, Russ Conway
DF 240	“The Picture War,” 1960 January 4 Note Several witnesses to a murder meet with strange “accidents.” Mike doesn't believe they are accidents at all and sets out to use his camera to catch the killer. Director: Paul Landres Writer: David P. Harmon Cast: James Flavin, Dolores Donlon, Johnny Seven, Jeanne Bates, Mike Ragan, Diana Crawford, Don Dillaway