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]
| A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 edit
A copy of the special is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ IMDB entry
- ^ DuMont historical website Archived 2015-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DuMont historical website".
- ^ IMDB entry
Bibliography edit
- 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
