A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955 American TV series or program
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | |
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Genre | Television special |
Directed by | Barry Shear |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Gilbert Miller |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Production companies | American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) |
Original release | |
Release | March 28, 1955 (1955-03-28) |
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 is a closed-circuit American television special produced to raise funds for the relief agency CARE that was telecast live from the now-demolished Adelphi Theatre in New York City on March 28, 1955.[1] It is listed as a DuMont Television Network show, and is on Clarke Ingram's list of DuMont programming content stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[2]
At the time, DuMont was in the process of being shut down.[3] Among those who appeared in the special included Helen Hayes, Lena Horne, Victor Moore, Ezio Pinza, and Elaine Stritch.[4]
Preservation status
A copy of the special is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- Kinescope
References
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
- A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 at IMDb
- DuMont historical website
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Films directed by Barry Shear
- Swingin' in the Groove (1945)
- Never Too Old to Swing (1945)
- A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955)
- Around the World with Nellie Bly (1960)
- The Milton Berle Spectacular (1962)
- Here's Edie (1962)
- It's What's Happening, Baby! (1965)
- The Karate Killers (1967)
- Wild in the Streets (1968)
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (1968)
- Night Gallery ("The Escape Route" segment, 1969)
- The Todd Killings (1971)
- Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
- Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
- Across 110th Street (1972)
- Jarrett (1973)
- The Deadly Trackers (1973)
- Punch and Jody (1974)
- Strike Force (1975)
- Rickles (1975)
- Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck (1975)
- The San Pedro Bums (1977)
- Keefer (1978)
- Crash (1978)
- The Billion Dollar Threat (1979)
- Undercover with the KKK (1979)
- Power (1980)