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Time Bomb (1954 Play)
"Time Bomb" is a 1954 American television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott and directed by Robert Mulligan. Premise A man, Rickey Calbot, plots to murder his wife. He is loved by his employee Cora Lynch but he does not love her. Rickey falls for Gillian Reeves, a wealthy woman. Cast *John Ireland as Rickey Calbot *Nancy Kelly Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress in film, theater, and television. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's ''The March of Time'', and appeared in several films in the lat ... as Cora Lynch * Katharine Bard as Gillian Reeves *Rebecca Dark *David White References External links * {{Sumner Locke Elliott 1954 television plays Works by Sumner Locke Elliott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philco Television Playhouse
''The Philco Television Playhouse'' is an American television anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956. Season overview and highlights For the first season, Philco entered into a partnership with the Actors’ Equity Association to produce adaptations of Broadway plays and musicals with Bert Lytell, silent film era actor and Honorary Life President of Equity, as host. The first episode was '' Dinner at Eight'' by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Ronald Wayne Rodman, in his book ''Tuning in: American Narrative Television Music'', noted, "Despite ensuing complications over the legalities of broadcasting copyrighted plays on television and several legal battles that ensued, the show flourished." That flourishing came at a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mulligan
Robert Patrick Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an American director and producer. He is best known for his sensitive dramas, including ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), '' Summer of '42'' (1971), '' The Other'' (1972), '' Same Time, Next Year'' (1978), and '' The Man in the Moon'' (1991). He was also known for his extensive collaborations with producer Alan J. Pakula in the 1960s. Early life Mulligan served in either the U.S. NavyRobert P. Mulligan; Fordham College at Rose Hill, Class of 1948, Award-Winning Director and Producer, (Inducted in 2009) |
Sumner Locke Elliott
Sumner Locke Elliott (17 October 191724 June 1991) was an Australian (later American) novelist and playwright. Biography Elliott was born in Sydney to the writer Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsia one day after his birth. Elliott was raised by his aunts, who had a fierce custody battle over him, fictionalised in Elliott's autobiographical novel, '' Careful, He Might Hear You''. Elliott was educated at Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. World War II Elliott became an actor and writer with the Doris Fitton's The Independent Theatre Ltd. He was drafted into the Australian Army in 1942 but was not posted overseas, working as a clerk in Australia. He used those experiences as the inspiration for his controversial play, '' Rusty Bugles''. In October 1948, it achieved the notoriety of being closed down for obscenity by the New South Wales Chief Secretary's Office. However, the place of ''Rusty Bugles'' in the history of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ireland
John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in New York City, he came to prominence with film audiences for his supporting roles in several high-profile Western films, including ''My Darling Clementine'' (1946), '' Red River'' (1948), ''Vengeance Valley'' (1951), and '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jack Burden in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first British Columbia-born actor to receive an Oscar nomination. Ireland's other film roles include '' A Walk in the Sun'' (1945), ''Joan Of Arc'' (1948), ''Spartacus'' (1960), ''55 Days at Peking'' (1963), '' The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964), '' The Adventurers'' (1970), and ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1975). He also appeared in many television series, notably '' The Cheaters'' (1960–62). In the late 1960s and 1970s, he worked in Italian cinema, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress in film, theater, and television. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's ''The March of Time'', and appeared in several films in the late 1920s. She became a leading lady upon returning to the screen in the late 1930s, while still in her teens, and made two dozen movies between 1938 and 1946, including portraying Tyrone Power's love interest in the classic ''Jesse James'' (1939), which also featured Henry Fonda, and playing opposite Spencer Tracy in '' Stanley and Livingstone'', later that same year. After turning to the stage in the late 1940s, she had her greatest success in a character role, the distraught mother in '' The Bad Seed'', receiving a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 1955 stage production and an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for the 1956 film adaptation, her last film role. Kelly then worked regularly in television until 1963, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Bard
Katharine Bard (October 19, 1916 – July 28, 1983) was an American actress. Early life and education Bard was born on October 19, 1916, in Highland Park, Illinois. She was the daughter of Ralph Bard, who served as assistant secretary of the Navy. She studied acting at the Embassy Dramatic School in London and the Group Theatre Studio in New York. Career She appeared in the films '' The Decks Ran Red'', '' The Interns'', '' Johnny Cool'', ''Inside Daisy Clover'' and ''How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life''. She appeared in the television series ''Suspense'', ''Lux Video Theatre'', '' The Millionaire'', '' Studio One'', '' Front Row Center'', ''Studio 57'', ''Goodyear Theatre'', ''M Squad'', ''Climax!'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Rifleman'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Peter Gunn'', ''Playhouse 90'', ''Sam Benedict'', ''Alcoa Premiere'', '' The Great Adventure'', '' The Farmer's Daughter'', '' The F.B.I.'', ''The Big Valley'' and ''Insight'', among oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Television Plays
Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
