This was hardly kennedys intention, however, when he unscrupulously threatened to cancel government contracts with general electric unless the company fired the popular host of its sunday evening television show, general electric theater, according to reagan biographer and former aide thomas c. Prologue to glory season 4, episode 20 aired on february 12, 1956 25 min. Occupying the cushy sunday evening spot on cbs following. Occupying the sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 1 february 1953 to 27 may 1962, the general electric theater presented top hollywood and broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery. Stay in touch with general electric theater next episode air date and your favorite tv shows.
The last town car was a twopart original drama, the story of a widow who develops a consuming fear when strange and inexplicable events occur involving a 1925 rollsroyce town car being used as a taxicab and its secretive driver. Last year, general electric saw a glimpse of marketings future in entertainment by harking back to the past. General electric theater made the already wellknown reagan, who had appeared in many films as a second lead throughout his career, wealthy, due to his part ownership of the show. After another rider and friend of them both is killed during a show, she gives him a choice, quit and marry her or shell leave him. A bitter man reflects upon the time he took on a false identity to impress a pretty young woman and ended up losing. General electric was no newcomer to radio sponsorship by any means. General electric theater 1953 was one of the finest, albeit shortlived, dramatic anthologies to air during the waning years of the golden age of radio. It was later known as the lyric theatre and finally glockners automatic theatre, the name under which it is listed at cinema treasures. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ge podcast theater returns with a new scifi thriller.
General electric theater season 4 episode 16 the ballad of mender mcclure. The general electric theater free videos reruncentury. George renovated the electric theater, originally built in 1911, and adjacent properties and opened the new facilities in 2015. In 2015, the national geographic channel launched a new television series called breakthrough, focusing on scientific discovery. On may 22, 1930, before a live audience and witnessed by scientific writers. All box office ticket sales are handled by the individual organization using the theater for a presentation or performance. After eight years as host, reagan estimated he had visited 5 ge research and. After eight years as host, reagan estimated he had visited 5 ge research and manufacturing facilities, and met over a quartermillion people. Ge true is a 33episode american anthology series sponsored by general electric.
Watch all 33 general electric theater episodes from season 8,view pictures, get episode information and more. Us anthology series chronological order us anthology series alphabetical order. Doug decosta field instructor, tyler mcvey colonel, william giorgio two ton, roy glenn jelly bean, hari rhodes jinks, sam cooke sam, ernest anderson sergeant cullen, robert culp. A radio anthology series that debuted in 1953, general electric theater was originally a summer replacement for the bing crosby show. General electric theater, the television academy interviews.
Watch all 6 general electric theater episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Below is a complete general electric theater episode list that spans the shows entire tv run. Hosted by ken carpenter, the man with the golden voice, the show featured different stories each week, and featured high profile hollywood guest stars, such as cary grant, james mason, dana andrews, ronald reagan and joan fontaine. Proctors theater in schenectady, new york was the site for the first public demonstration of theater television. Ones media general electric summer theater otr1cdgeneralelectric old time radio 1 mp3 cd 8 shows total playtime. When ronald reagan hosted general electric theater feb 17, 2019 by tomas kellner. The electric theater does not sell tickets for the presentations or productions in the theater. General electric theater drama old time radio downloads. General electric theater the token, starrng dana andrews january 18, 1953. General electric theater simple english wikipedia, the. Adolf hitler takes revenge on an entire village in his search for the sergeants. General electric theater this show aired for 10 seasons from 2153 to 9162 on the cbs network and was hosted by ronald reagan, who also appeared occasionally as part of an episodes cast. Reagan that was broadcast on cbs radio and television.
All general electric theater episodes list of general. When ronald reagan hosted general electric theater. It was the first appearance of all three marx brothers together in the same scene since a night in casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in the story of mankind in 1957, and in pairs in love happy in 1949. General electric theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Photos from the individual general electric theater episodes are listed along with the general electric theater episode names when available, as are. Articles from the magazine were adapted to television by gene roddenberry and other screenwriters jack webb produced and hosted the thirtythree episodes during his. Watch general electric theater episodes, get episode information, recaps and.
Nbcuniversal has been controlled by comcast since 2011, and fully owned by. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. In rare move for 1959, columbia records issued complete album of rich, stirring music from selected scores composed and conducted by bernstein in full stereo sound. General electric theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, and fantasy.
Telecast on cbs, the series presented stories previously published in true magazine. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. A champion rodeo rider, though getting older, refuses to retire to a ranch house, even though his fiancee begs him to. After eight years of marriage, a woman is happy to finally becomes pregnant. General electric theater season 8 episode guide on. General electric theater s04e21 the honest man with zsa zsa gabor, charles bronson, jack benny. Main street on april 2, 1902, and was the first location which tally operated as only a theater, rather than as an adjuct to his phonograph parlor. Jerry goldsmith bernard herrmann elmer bernstein released in. The patsy is the twentyfirst episode of the eighth season of general electric theater, and the two hundred twentythird episode overall.
Ctva us anthology general electric theater revuecbs. After an audition show on january 18, 1953 entitled the token, with dana andrews, the radio series, a summer replacement for the bing. The general electric theater free episodes im a fool. Occupying the cushy sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 2. Cd premiere of superb elmer bernstein score for landmark cbs television anthology series sponsored by general electric, hosted by ronald reagan. Season 3, episode 8 november 14, 1954 a bitter man reflects upon the time he took on a false identity to impress a pretty young woman and ended up losing her forever when his ruse was discovered. Elmer bernstein themes from the general electric theater.
General electric theater was an american anthology series hosted by ronald reagan that was. Sponsors hosted by ronald reagan season 8 cbs 195960 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive. An ad seeking adventure lands author dan holiday alan ladd in a sanitarium where everyone keeps calling him stokes. The incredible jewel robbery was an episode of general electric theater, broadcast by cbs on march 8, 1959. Season 3, episode 11 december 5, 1954 based on the box radio play, daytime nightmare which also starred ladd. Its been available on itunes and amazonuk as a download, but those are probably also lp rips. Alexanderson, one of general electrics most prolific inventorengineers, conducted the experiment.
Hosted by ronald reagan, the series was sponsored by general electrics department. A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish ozark hillbilly. Ge true also known as general electric true is a 33episode american anthology series sponsored by general electric. The brand teamed with its agency bbdo new york, giant spoon, and slates panoply. The series was sponsored by general electrics department of public relations. John cassavetes, tony curtis, james dean, bette davis, alan ladd, lee marvin, natalie wood, fred astaire, dennis hopper, joan crawford, ray. General electric theater season 1 episode guide on tv. But when the dark, dark hours episode of general electric theater aired live from hollywood on december 12, 1954, ronald reagan and james dean were just two actors yet to find the roles that. The series was developed by the channel and ge, and produced by oscar winners ron howard and brian.