General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
| General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ralph Levy |
| Starring |
Mary Martin Groucho Marx Jack Benny John Raitt Gordon MacRae Florence Henderson Ed Sullivan Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy Ezio Pinza Yul Brynner Janice Rule Patricia Morison |
| Music by |
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ralph Levy |
| Running time | 120 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network |
DuMont CBS NBC ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein is a two-hour TV special broadcast on March 28, 1954, on all four major TV networks of the time, DuMont, CBS, NBC, and ABC.
The special was hosted by Groucho Marx, Mary Martin, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, and Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy.
Episode status
A 90-minute version is available on budget DVD brands online. General Foods may hold a complete copy in its archives.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- Light's Diamond Jubilee (October 1954 special aired on all four American TV networks)
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
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