Theatre '62

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Theatre '62
File:Theatre '62 The Paradine Case 1962.jpg
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 7
Production
Producer(s) Fred Coe
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release 1961 –
1962
External links
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Theatre '62 is a US dramatic anthology series produced by Fred Coe. Seven hour-long episodes aired on the National Broadcasting Company during the 1961–62 season. Its episodes were abridged adaptations of popular feature films produced by David O. Selznick.

Production

Theatre '62 was announced as a series that would present eight hour-long adaptions of feature films produced by David O. Selznick. The TV plays were to be presented monthly beginning in October 1961, but the last of the announced episodes, Portrait of Jennie, was not produced.[1]

Sumner Locke Elliott adapted "Notorious"[2] and "Spellbound"[3]:341 for the series; Robert Goldman adapted "The Spiral Staircase"[3]:342 and "The Paradine Case".[3]:292 Directors included Paul Bogart,[3]:341 Fielder Cook[3]:151 and Boris Sagal.[3]:310, 342

The presentation of "Rebecca" on April 8, 1962, was NBC's last live drama in prime time until 1980, when The Oldest Living Graduate was presented.[4]

Episodes

Date Title Cast
October 4, 1961 "The Spiral Staircase" Elizabeth Montgomery, Lillian Gish, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Lynn, Edie Adams, Frank McHugh,[5] Gig Young[3]:342
November 19, 1961 "Intermezzo" Ingrid Thulin, Jean-Pierre Aumont,[6] Teresa Wright,[7] George Voskovec[3]:199
December 10, 1961 "Notorious" Joseph Cotten, Barbara Rush, George Grizzard,[8] Cathleen Nesbitt,[2] Edward Andrews[3]:361
January 14, 1962 "The Farmer's Daughter" Lee Remick, Peter Lawford, Charles Bickford, Cornelia Otis Skinner,[9] Jerome Cowan, Milton Selzer, Murray Hamilton[3]:150–151
February 11, 1962 "Spellbound" Maureen O'Hara, Hugh O'Brian,[10] Oscar Homolka, Paul McGrath, Tim O'Connor[3]:341
March 11, 1962 "The Paradine Case" Viveca Lindfors, Richard Basehart, Boris Karloff,[11] Robert Webber, Bramwell Fletcher, Tom Helmore[3]:292
April 8, 1962 "Rebecca" James Mason, Joan Hackett, Nina Foch,[4] Lloyd Bochner, Murray Matheson[3]:310

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