Classic Anthology Series

Berle Adams on the impact of Alfred Hitchcock appearing on television in Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Ray Aghayan on costume design for Matinee Theater

Mary V. Ahern on producing Omnibus

Mary V. Ahern on producing Omnibus

Mary V. Ahern on working on Profiles in Courage

James Arness on his first television appearance, playing "William Tell" on a Hallmark Hall of Fame live broadcast

Ed Asner on acting in the Studio One episode "The Night America Trembled"

John Astin on directing and appearing on Night Gallery

Bob Banner on directing Ominbus

Bob Banner on working with Omnibus host Alistair Cooke

Erik Barnouw on getting involved with writing for television by adapting "Hedda Gabler" starring Tallulah Bankhead for The U.S. Steel Hour

Dick Berg on writing for Kraft Television Theater  and Studio One

Dick Berg on writing "Hollywood Award Winner" for Kaiser Aluminum Hour  and "The Clay Pigeon" for Robert Montgomery Presents

Dick Berg on writing "The Right Hand Man" for Playhouse 90

Dick Berg on writing "Man Under Glass" for Studio One 

Dick Berg on writing Suspicion, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Third Man

Walter Bernstein on how he started working on early dramatic television series and his impressions of the early years of television

Walter Bernstein on writing for Danger -- via his friend Martin Ritt

Walter Bernstein on using a pseudonym and "fronts" to write for Danger during the Blacklist

Walter Bernstein on working on David Susskind's Dupont Show of the Month productions of "The Prince and the Pauper" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"

William Blinn on seeing the original live Studio One broadcast of "Twelve Angry Men", and on a Studio One anecdote involving Worthington Miner

William Blinn on working on Magical World of Disney

Paul Bogart on working in live television

Paul Bogart on directing the Reginald Rose play "Dear Friends" and several other productions on CBS Playhouse

Tom Bosley on appearing in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Born Yesterday" starring Mary Martin and of "Alice in Wonderland" directed by George Schaefer

Tom Bosley on appearing in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Arsenic & Old Lace" with Boris Karloff and Tony Randall

Tom Bosley on his role in the pilot of Night Gallery, directed by Steven Spielberg, and co-starring Joan Crawford

Joshua Brand on developing and writing Amazing Stories for executive producer Steven Spielberg

Kirk Browning on directing Bell Telephone Hour and Producers' Showcase

Kirk Browning on directing various episodes of The Alcoa Hour and Hallmark Hall of Fame

Kirk Browning on directing "Antony and Cleopatra" for Producers' Showcase

Kirk Browning on directing the Samuel Beckett play "Krapp's Last Tape" for Omnibus

Kirk Browning on directing "Beauty and the Beast" for Shirley Temple's Storybook

Kirk Browning on leaving NBC to direct Play of the Week

Kirk Browning on the schedule of directing the NET Opera Theatre

Kirk Browning on directing Theater in America

Kirk Browning on directing on Great Performances

Kirk Browning on directing Live from Lincoln Center

Allan Burns on being a page on Fred Coe's Playwrights '56

Robert Butler on being an associate director/AD on Playhouse 90 and Climax!

Robert Butler on directing several episodes of The Twilight Zone

Charles Cappleman on his duties as a stage manager, and on working on Climax! and Playhouse 90

Charles Cappleman on the production challenges of Playhouse 90

Charles Cappleman on Studio One, and on Herbert Brodkin and Worthington Minor

Charles Cappleman on CBS Playhouse

Roy Christopher on doing production design for Hollywood Television Theatre

Roy Christopher on doing production design for the American Playhouse production of "Paper Angels"

Bob Claver on associate producing Four Star Playhouse  and directing Ensign O'Toole

Bob Claver on directing Four Star Playhouse

Henry Colman on working in live television, where an actor thought the dress rehearsal was the aired show

John Conte on appearing as an actor on Studio One, and on appearing on the Studio One production "Flowers From a Stranger" with Yul Brynner

John Conte on appearing on Chevrolet Tele-Theater

John Conte on appearing on Climax! and in the feature "The Man with the Golden Arm" with Frank Sinatra

John Conte on appearing on Matinee Theater, and being sent to Atlanta by David Sarnoff to promote NBC

John Conte on hosting the syndicated anthology series The Best of the Post and on what made him a good host

John Conte on hosting Matinee Theater

Ron Cowen on a teleplay he wrote for CBS Playhouse in 1968 called "Saturday Adoption"

Robert Culp on moving to Los Angeles and appearing on NBC Matinee Theater and Trackdown

Robert Culp working on an episode of Shirley Temple's Storybook

Robert Culp on working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Robert Culp on meeting Barbara Stanwyck on The Barbara Stanwyck Show

William Daniels on appearing on Robert Montgomery Presents and Somerset Maugham TV Theatre

Richard Donner on directing The Loretta Young Show

Richard Donner on directing The Twilight Zone

Richard Donner directing The Twilight Zone

Richard Donner on producing and directing Tales from the Crypt  for HBO

David Dortort on writing for Suspense

David Dortort on writing for Fireside Theatre and learning to write for the audience

David Dortort on adapting William Faulkner's "An Error in Chemistry" for Climax!, produced by Martin Manulis

David Dortort on writing "The Ox Bow Incident" for The 20th Century-Fox Hour

Charles S. Dubin on directing Omnibus

Charles S. Dubin on directing Telly Savalas for the American Playhouse production of "My Palikari"

Dominick Dunne on being floor manager on Robert Montgomery Presents

Hector Elizondo on being nominated for an Emmy for the American Playhouse  production of "Mrs. Cage" in which his co-star was Anne Bancroft

Ruth Engelhardt on the creation and packaging of The Loretta Young Show

Ruth Engelhardt on the packaging of Four Star Playhouse

Rod Erickson on working on The Silver Theater

George Faber on the difficulty of selling The Twilight Zone overseas

Nanette Fabray on appearing on Omnibus

Nanette Fabray on appearing on Playhouse 90

Nanette Fabray on appearing on Kaiser Aluminum Hour for "A Man's Game"

Director Norman Felton on his long association with Robert Montgomery Presents [Part 1]

Director Norman Felton on his long association with Robert Montgomery Presents  

Director Norman Felton on directing and becoming associate producer on Studio One

Imero Fiorentino on lighting The U.S. Steel Hour at ABC

Imero Fiorentino on lighting Omnibus

Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue, with Glenn Osser (conducting) and Paul Whiteman; a story about an opera singer who refused to sing the show's finale

Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on a shadow thrown on the actors from a microphone on live TV, during the first U.S. Steel Hour production "P.O.W." with Richard Kiley

Horton Foote on Kraft Television Theatre's production of his play "Only the Heart"

Horton Foote on writing for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Horton Foote on his Playhouse 90 teleplay "The Shape of the River" (airdate: May 2, 1960), and on the end of the Golden Age of Television

John Forsythe on his early experiences on live television including Studio One, Suspense, and U.S. Steel

John Forsythe on acting on Alfred Hitchcock Presents  and working with Alfred Hitchcock

Sonny Fox on producing The Golden Age of Television

John Frankenheimer on directing Climax!

John Frankenheimer on directing live television for Climax!

John Frankenheimer on directing specific episodes of Climax!

John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90

John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90

John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90

John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90

Chuck Fries on producing "For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story" for American Playhouse  on PBS

William Froug on Screen Gems producing backup material, like "Natchez" for Playhouse 90

Herschel Burke Gilbert on composing for Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Herschel Burke Gilbert on composing for The Loretta Young Show, and on doing the music for various Four Star Productions

Lesli Linka Glatter on being tapped by Steven Spielberg to direct Amazing Stories

Jerry Goldsmith on transitioning into composing for CBS television with the series Climax!

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Playhouse 90, Climax!, and Studio One

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for The Twilight Zone (Part 1)

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for The Twilight Zone  and working with Rod Serling on various shows (Part 2)

Jerry Goldsmith on leaving CBS and going to compose for Revue (later Universal Television) for series like Thriller

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Jericho and being nominated for Emmy Awards for composing for Thriller  and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for CBS Playhouse  and the state of the television orchestras in the '60s

Lee Grant on working with Fred Coe on various series like Playwrights '56, and on appearing on The Defenders with E.G. Marshall

Lee Grant on appearing in the ABC Stage 67 production of The "Love Song of Barney Kempinski", and "The People Trap"

Andy Griffith on appearing on The United States Steel Hour in "No Time for Sergeants"

Donald Hall on Hallmark Hall of Fame (Part 1)

Donald Hall on Hallmark Hall of Fame (Part 2)

Donald Hall on Hallmark Hall of Fame (Part 3)

Earl Hamner on an episode he wrote of ABC's Stage 67

Jonathan Harris on his first television role on the Chevrolet Tele-Theater production "His Name is Jason"

Jonathan Harris on appearing on Lights Out

Jonathan Harris on appearing on The Web

Jonathan Harris on appearing on Shirley Temple's Storybook

Jonathan Harris on appearing on Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and on Kraft Television Theatre

Jonathan Harris on appearing in the General Electric Theater production of "Blaze of Glory" with Lou Costello

Jonathan Harris on appearing on Omnibus in the episode "Dear Brutus"

Don Hastings on appearing on Studio One

Don Herbert on being the "progress reporter" on General Electric Theater

Albert Heschong on art directing Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

Albert Heschong on art directing Celanese Theatre, and on working with director Alex Segal

Albert Heschong on art directing for The United States Steel Hour

Albert Heschong on art directing The United States Steel Hour production of "A Garden in the Sea"

Albert Heschong on art directing Playhouse 90

Arthur Hiller on meeting Jack Benny, one of his idols, while he was directing an episode of Playhouse 90

Arthur Hiller on how he came to direct NBC Matinee Theater, based on a show he had directed in Canada for the CBC

Arthur Hiller on his first time directing NBC Matinee Theater and his nerves on the set

Arthur Hiller on the schedule for producing NBC Matinee Theater and the excitement of directing for live television

Arthur Hiller on dealing with an athlete who couldn't act appearing on NBC Matinee Theater, and his love of doing "live" television

Arthur Hiller on idea he "stole" from Delbert Mann while directing NBC Matinee Theater

Arthur Hiller on Dennis Hopper's appearance on an episode of NBC Matinee Theater

Arthur Hiller on working with host John Conte and producer Albert McCleery on NBC Matinee Theater

Arthur Hiller on leaving NBC Matinee Theater

Arthur Hiller on how he came to direct for Climax!

Arthur Hiller on the opportunities and limitations of NBC Matinee Theater due to the fact it was a daily show, and interference from the sponsors

Arthur Hiller on the first episode of Climax! he directed and dealing with the writer of the episode

Arthur Hiller on directing Playhouse 90

Arthur Hiller on directing actors on an episode of Climax! and forgetting an important detail because of his nerves

Arthur Hiller on working on Playhouse 90 with Martin Manulis, who created the show, and on the quality of the program

Arthur Hiller on directing NBC Matinee Theater

Arthur Hiller on directing Climax!

Arthur Hiller on directing Playhouse 90

Arthur Hiller on the production schedule of Playhouse 90 and directing both "live" and filmed versions of the show

Arthur Hiller on specific episodes of Playhouse 90

Arthur Hiller on directing an episode of Telephone Time

Arthur Hiller on directing Boris Karloff in the pilot of the series Thriller

Arthur Hiller on directing Alfred Hitchcock Presents and working with and for Alfred Hitchcock

Arthur Hiller on directing Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Arthur Hiller on directing Thriller

Arthur Hiller on directing The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Telephone Time with Claudette Colbert

Arthur Hiller on working with Mickey Rooney on The Dick Powell Show

Arthur Hiller on Route 66, Naked City, and Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Pat Hitchcock on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Ron Howard on the migration of TV production from New York to Los Angeles in the 1950s and his father, Rance Howard's, natural gravitation to western roles

Kim Hunter on the Actors Studio anthology series

Kim Hunter on appearing on various Playhouse 90 productions

Lamont Johnson on playing "Ishmael" in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Moby Dick'

Lamont Johnson on acting opposite Ethel Barrymore on Climax!

Lamont Johnson on the kinds of roles he got as an actor, and on working with producer Albert McCleery on NBC Matinee Theater

Lamont Johnson on directing NBC Matinee Theater

Lamont Johnson on directing NBC Matinee Theater

Lamont Johnson on directing NBC Matinee Theater

Lamont Johnson on directing Profiles in Courage

Lamont Johnson on directing The Twilight Zone

Russell Johnson on enjoying working in live television

Shirley Jones on appearing on Playhouse 90 and acting on live television

Shirley Jones on appearing on Lux Video Theatre's "Dark Victory" and on The Ed Sullivan Show

Elodie Keene on editing Tales of the Unexpected for Norman Lloyd

Ernest Kinoy on writing for Studio One

Ernest Kinoy on writing for Studio One  

Ernest Kinoy on writing for Playhouse 90

Ernest Kinoy on writing for Playhouse 90

Eartha Kitt on acting on the anthology series Omnibus

Eartha Kitt on appearing on the anthology series Omnibus

Jack Klugman on writing "Code of the Corner for Kraft Television Theatre

Jack Klugman on writing "Big Break" for Kraft Television Theatre

Jack Klugman on co-starring in the Producers' Showcase production of "The Petrified Forest" with Humphrey Bogart (airdate: May 30, 1955)

Perry Lafferty on making the transition into directing drama with Tales of Tomorrow and Robert Montgomery Presents

Perry Lafferty on directing Robert Montgomery Presents

Rita Lakin on writing "The Shattered Glass" for Bob Hope Presents Chrysler Theatre

Piper Laurie on performing in the Playhouse 90  production "The Days of Wine and Roses"

Piper Laurie on performing in Playhouse 90's production of "Days of Wine and Roses"

Jack Lemmon on acting on Kraft Television Theatre and appearing on live television

Jack Lemmon on working on Studio One 

Jack Lemmon on appearing on Ford Television Theatre's "The Day Lincoln Was Shot"

Jack Lemmon on appearing on the Playhouse 90 production of "Face of a Hero"

Richard Lewis on producing The General Electric Theater

Richard Lewis on producing Studio 57

Richard Lewis on producing Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars and Tales of Wells Fargo

Richard Lewis on producing Alcoa Premiere

William Link on writing for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse and Four Star Playhouse

William Link on writing for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Art Linkletter on appearing on The General Electric Theater

John J. Lloyd on his start as Art Director on Alfred Hitchcock Presents  and working on memorable episodes

John J. Lloyd on differences between several of the popular anthology series; on people he worked with on the shows

John J. Lloyd on Aconcluding his work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Norman Lloyd on the genesis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Norman Lloyd on directing several episodes of Omnibus

Norman Lloyd on producing and directing Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Norman Lloyd on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Norman Lloyd on producing Hollywood Television Theatre

Norman Lloyd on the Hollywood Television Theater production of Jean Renoir's "Carola"

Sidney Lumet on directing for The Alcoa Hour and on working for producer Herbert Brodkin

Sidney Lument on directing The Alcoa Hour production of "Tragedy in a Temporary Town"

Sidney Lument on directing the film version of the Studio One production of "12 Angry Men"

Sidney Lumet on directing various episode of Studio One

Sidney Lumet on directing Kraft Television Theatre, and on producer David Susskind

Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Kraft Television Theatre produced by David Susskind

Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Armstrong Circle Theatre

Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Stewart MacGregory on acting as stage coordinator for Armstrong Circle Theatre and Martin Kane, Private Eye

Stewart MacGregory on live commercials for Kraft Television Theatre

Stewart MacGregory on being unit manager on The Bell Telephone Hour

Stewart MacGregory on acting as stage coordinator for Chevrolet on Broadway

Loring Mandel on writing various scripts for Studio One

Loring Mandel on writing "House of His Own" for Lux Video Theatre

Loring Mandel on the production company Unit 4 and on writing "The Army Game" for The Kaiser Aluminum Hour , directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Paul Newman

Loring Mandel on writing The Seven Lively Arts episode "The Blast in Centralia #5," directed by George Roy Hill

Loring Mandel on writing for Playhouse 90

Loring Mandel on writing for The DuPont Show of the Week

Loring Mandel on writing for CBS Playhouse

Abby Mann on his early interest in writing and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and on writing about him for Cameo Theatre in "The Gathering Twilight"

Abby Mann on writing for The Kate Smith Show and Matinee Theater

Abby Mann on writing "Pattern for Glory" for Rheingold Theatre, and on his writing partner Bernard Drew

Abby Mann on writing "The World to Nothing" for Robert Montgomery Presents

Abby Mann on writing for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Abby Mann on writing for Studio One produced by Herbert Brodkin

Abby Mann on where he got his ideas when he was writing for classic anthology series, and on how writers were treated in that time period

Abby Mann on writing "The Desperate Age" and "A Child is Waiting" for Studio One, and on Judy Garland appearing in the film version

Abby Mann on writing The United States Steel Hour production of "Give Me My Son"

Abby Mann on writing the Playhouse 90 classic "Judgment at Nuremberg"

Abby Mann on writing Playhouse 90: "Judgement at Nuremberg"

Delbert Mann on Fred Coe bringing him on as an alternating and then full-time director on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Delbert Mann on the panicked atmosphere of early live television

Delbert Mann on directing Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Delbert Mann on Paddy Chayefsky's production "Marty" on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Delbert Mann on fighting blacklisting on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and the end of the program

Delbert Mann on directing productions of Producers' Showcase and Playhouse 90

Martin Manulis on producing Studio One

Martin Manulis on producing Best of Broadway

Martin Manulis on producing Climax!

Martin Manulis on producing Playhouse 90

Martin Manulis on producing Playhouse 90

Martin Manulis on producing Playhouse 90

Martin Manulis on the Playhouse 90 productions "Days of Wine and Roses" and "The Comedian"

Bob Markell on working on You Are There

Bob Markell on working on Stage 67

Bob Markell on working on Stage 67

Bob Markell on his involvement with The Bicentennial Minutes

Bob Markell on working on Studio One

Bob Markell on working on You Are There

Bob Markell on working on Studio One

Bob Markell on working on Playhouse 90

Bob Markell on working on The Seven Lively Arts

E.G. Marshall on Actors Studio, and on acting on live television

E.G. Marshall on appearing on Studio One, Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, and Kraft Television Theatre

Richard Matheson on the structure of a Twilight Zone episode

Kent McCray on being an associate producer on NBC Matinee Theater

Kent McCray on associate producing NBC Matinee Theater

JP Miller on writing his first teleplay for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

JP Miller on writing Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

JP Miller on writing for classic anthology series' including Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

JP Miller on writing "The Rabbit Trap" for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

JP Miller on the start of his writing "Days of Wine and Roses" for Playhouse 90

JP Miller on the title of Playhouse 90's "Days of Wine and Roses"

JP Miller on writing "Yellow Jack" for Producers' Showcase

Mitch Miller on Studio One using a song he produced, "Let Me Go Devil," which became a big hit

Nolan Miller on working on NBC Matinee Theater

Nolan Miller on working on NBC Matinee Theater and other NBC shows

Nolan Miller on designing for The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Walter C. Miller on directing The Bell Telephone Hour, and on his music background

Paul Monash on writing "The Singing Idol" for Kraft Television Theatre

Paul Monash on writing "The Lonely Wizard" for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Paul Monash on writing for Playhouse 90 and Climax!

Paul Monash on writing for Westingtonhouse Desilu Playhouse

Thomas W. Moore on programming and developing The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Combat

Rita Moreno on appearing in the Climax! production of "The Chinese Game" directed by Buzz Kulik

Rita Moreno on appearing on Lux Video Theatre

Rita Moreno on appearing on Fireside Theatre and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and on her early ethnic roles

Rita Moreno on appearing in The 20th Century-Fox Hour production of "Broken Arrow"

Rita Moreno on appearing in the Playhouse 90 production of "Alas Babylon" and on working with Burt Reynolds on B.L. Stryker

Howard Morris on appearing on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone

Tad Mosel on adapting a James Thurber short story for Omnibus

Tad Mosel on writing for Ominbus

Tad Mosel on writing for Medallion Theater

Tad Mosel on writing "The Haven" for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse  produced by Fred Coe and on Coe's contribution to television 

Tad Mosel on writing for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Tad Mosel on writing for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Tad Mosel on writing for Studio One

Tad Mosel on writing "The Waiting Place" for Playwrights '56

Tad Mosel on writing for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Tad Mosel on working with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Henry Fonda on Producers' Showcase: "The Petrified Forest"

Tad Mosel on working with Martin Manulis on Playhouse 90

Tad Mosel on watching Playhouse 90 and other live dramas of his be performed

Tad Mosel on writing "The Five Dollar Bill" for Studio One

Tad Mosel on writing for Playhouse 90

Robert Mott on various sound effects bloopers including on Studio One, The Edge of Night, and Search For Tomorrow

Robert Mott on working on Playhouse 90

Tony Mottola on meeting Yul Brynner, writing the theme to Danger  and playing music on the show

Tony Mottola on playing live music on the early classic anthology series

Tony Mottola on composing for Danger  

Bill Mumy on acting on The Twilight Zone

Bill Mumy on acting in Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alan Neuman on directing Kraft Television Theatre

Alan Neuman on directing City at Midnight

Alan Neuman on directing NBC Matinee Theater

Agnes Nixon on writing an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents starring Jackie Cooper

Hugh O'Brian on the challenges and advantages of working in live television

Fess Parker on appearing on the Playhouse 90 episode "Turn Left at Mount Everest"

Fess Parker on guest-starring on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Arthur Penn on directing Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Arthur Penn on directing Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Arthur Penn on directing for Playhouse 90

Arthur Penn on the Playwrights '56 episode "The Battler," which was to star James Dean

Arthur Penn on directing Playhouse 90

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing The Billy Rose Show

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing "Excursion," a segment of an Omnibus episode featuring Kim Stanley

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing the The United States Steel Hour episode "Bang the Drum Slowly," starring Paul Newman

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing Bob Hope Presents Chrysler Theatre

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing Hallmark Hall of Fame

Don Pike on acting as technical director for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Don Pike on being technical director for Chevrolet on Broadway

Pam Polifroni on her first television job, on The Loretta Young Show

Abraham Polonsky on writing the series Danger

Abraham Polonsky on writing for Kraft Television Theatre and Seaway

David Pressman on casting and directing Actors Studio and The Play's the Thing

David Pressman on his first television job (and his first use of videotape) after being blacklisted: directing Esso Repertory Theatre  for David Susskind

David Pressman on "secretly" directing The Philip Morris Playhouse  while he was blacklisted

Marian Rees on working on Lux Video Theatre

Marian Rees on producing "Tell Me Where it Hurts" for General Electric Theater 

Marian Rees on producing Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection

Marian Rees on producing Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection (Part 2)

Marian Rees on producing Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection  (Part 3)

Frances Reid on appearing in the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse production of “Cyrano”

Frances Reid on appearing on NBC Matinee Theater

Frances Reid on appearing on several episodes of Wagon Train and on working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Del Reisman on being the story editor for NBC Matinee Theater

Del Reisman on working on NBC Matinee Theater

Del Reisman on story editing Playhouse 90

Del Reisman on story editing for Playhouse 90

Del Reisman on Playhouse 90

Del Reisman on how he came to be involved as a producer with Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

Del Reisman on associate producing The Twilight Zone

Del Reisman on working on The Twilight Zone

Rita Riggs on costuming Playhouse 90

Rita Riggs on costuming for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and for the feature film "Psycho"

Actress Maria Riva on the Golden Age of "live" TV in New York in the 1950s, exemplified by such classic anthology series as Studio One

Doris Roberts on appearing on Studio One, Playhouse 9 0, and other classic anthology series

Cliff Robertson on his involvement with the early television anthology dramas

Cliff Robertson on the ensemble feeling of working in live anthology dramas and the prestige of television in the early 1950s

Cliff Robertson on starring in the Playhouse 90 live production of "The Days of Wine and Roses"

Cliff Robertson on The U.S. Steel Hour's   "The Two Worlds of Charly Gordon" and the feature film "Charly"

Cliff Robertson on the writers for the classic anthology series

Cliff Robertson on being nominated for an Emmy for The U.S. Steel Hour production of "Charly" and why he wanted to make a film version of "Charly"

Mickey Rooney on starring in the Playhouse 90 episode "The Comedian"

Marion Ross on working on Ford Star Jubilee's production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" opposite Lauren Bacall and Claudette Colbert

Marion Ross on guest-starring on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Stanley Rubin on his first work as a producer in television, the dramatic anthology series Your Show Time and producing its pilot, "The Necklace"

Stanley Rubin on the source material, directors, and producers for the anthology series, Your Show Time

Stanley Rubin on the shooting schedule, budget, and syndication of Your Show Time

Stanley Rubin on favorite episodes of Your Show Time

Stanley Rubin on winning the first Emmy Award ever to awarded a "film made for television" for Your Show Time at the first Emmy Awards ceremony on January 25, 1949

Stanley Rubin on producing General Electric Theater

Thomas W. Sarnoff on the production of NBC's daily color anthology series Matinee Theater

William Schallert on working in live TV on Matinee Theater

Alfred Schneider on how a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") led to the demise of ABC President, Oliver E. Treyz, as well as further inquiries into the effects of violence on television

Arthur Schneider on working on ABC Stage 67

Jan Scott on working with Franklin J. Schaffner on Ford Startime and Hallmark Hall of Fame

Jan Scott on doing production design for "Scarecrow" on Hollywood Television Theatre for director Dwight Hemion

William Self on producing Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

William Self on producing and directing Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

William Self on executive producing the pilot for The Twilight Zone

Ralph Senensky on working on Playhouse 90

William Shatner on appearing in the Twilight Zone episodes "Nick of Time" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"

David Shaw on writing for the series Actors Studio

David Shaw on writing for Prudential Family Playhouse

David Shaw on working for producer Fred Coe and with writer Paddy Chayefsky on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

David Shaw on writing various episodes of Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

David Shaw on writing for Philco-Goodyear Playhouse

David Shaw on writing for Studio One

David Shaw on writing for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

David Shaw on writing for Producers' Showcase

David Shaw on writing "Our Town" for Producers' Showcase

David Shaw on writing for Playhouse 90

Nina Shaw on a seminal deal at Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum that became the basis for the film Stand and Deliver, and before that, for an episode of American Playhouse

Sid Sheinberg on Steven Spielberg directing a segment of Night Gallery starring Joan Crawford

James Sheldon on not being allowed to cast Eddie Albert on an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre because of the Blacklist

James Sheldon on directing The Millionaire

James Sheldon on directing child actor Billy Mumy on The Twilight Zone

James Sheldon on directing The Twilight Zone

James Sheldon on James Dean's behavior on an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre: "The Bells of Cockaigne"

James Sheldon on directing a teleplay for Philco-Goodyear Playhouse:"A Softness in the Wind," produced by Fred Coe, and the challenges of being a director in the early years of television

James Sheldon on directing The Twilight Zone

James Sheldon on directing Espionage in London

Garry Simpson on directing Chevrolet Tele-Theater

Ira Skutch on stage managing a 1946 NBC production of Blithe Spirit starring Estelle Winwood; on his duties as stage manager on the production

Ira Skutch on the NBC Television Theatre production of "Miracle in the Rain" directed by Fred Coe

Ira Skutch on the rehearsal schedule of the Sunday night anthology series NBC Television Theatre

Ira Skutch on the opening of Kraft Television Theatre

Ira Skutch on the commercials that ran during Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and sponsors for the show

Howard Smit on doing makeup for Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Howard Smit on doing makeup for "The Lonely Wizard," an episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Howard Smit on doing makeup for Lloyd Bridges on The Lloyd Bridges Show

Dick Smith on the tools of the makeup artist in the very early days of television

Dick Smith on makeup mishaps with Nancy Marchand as "Queen Elizabeth" on Kraft Television Theatre

Dick Smith on quick makeup changes with actress Claire Bloom in a Robert Montgomery Presents production of "Victoria Regina"

Yeardley Smith on appearing on episode of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone

Aaron Spelling on writing for and production of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater

Lynn Stalmaster on casting live television for NBC Matinee Theater

Lynn Stalmaster on doing casting for The Twilight Zone

Fred Steiner on composing for Playhouse 90

Fred Steiner on composing for The Twilight Zone

Fred Steiner on working on the updated Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories

Gale Storm on her appearance on Robert Montgomery Presents

Noel Taylor on costuming for Hallmark Hall of Fame

Noel Taylor on costuming the Ford Startime production of "Turn of the Screw" starring Ingrid Bergman

Noel Taylor on costuming for Hollywood Television Theatre

Richard Thomas on appearing on the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Christmas Tree" at age 6

Richard Thomas on appearing on The DuPoint Show of the Month production of "Oliver Twist", and Give Us Barabbas! with James Daly

Richard Thomas on appearing on Night Gallery

Daniel J. Travanti on appearing on American Playhouse in the episode "I Never Sang for My Father"

Daniel J. Travanti on guest-starring on The Outer Limits

Robert Vaughn on "The Troublemakers" on Playhouse 90 with Ben Gazarra, directed by John Frankenheimer

Jac Venza on the creation of NET Playhouse and on acquiring BBC programs for the show

Jac Venza on the creation of Masterpiece Theatre and Theatre in America

Jac Venza on the creation of and programming for Great Performances

Jac Venza on Great Performances and Great Performances: Dance in America

Jac Venza on producing "Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future" and "Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House" for Great Performances (for which he won an Emmy), and bringing musical theater productions by Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Great Performances

Ellen M. Violett on writing for Omnibus

Ellen M. Violett on writing for Producer's Showcase

James Wall on acting on Robert Montgomery Presents and other anthology series

Lou Weiss on Dick Powell and Four Star Playhouse

Adam West on the experience of appearing on anthology series

Max Wilk on writing for Ford Television Theatre

Max Wilk on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse's production of Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty"

Max Wilk on writing for Starring Boris Karloff, and on working with Karloff

Max Wilk on writing various episodes of Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and The Victor Borge Show

Ethel Winant on working in the Broadway theater and getting involved with casting for television via Studio One

Ethel Winant on the first television show she cast, Justice, and on casting Armstrong Circle Theatre

Ethel Winant on the kind of talent that was drawn to shows like Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Ethel Winant on casting Playhouse 90

Ethel Winant on Playhouse 90's productions of "Portrait of a Murderer" and "Judgement at Nuremberg", and on network and sponsor censorship

Jane Wyatt on appearing in several productions of Robert Montgomery Presents, including "Kitty Foyle" and "The Awful Truth"

Alan Young on appearing on Studio One and NBC Matinee Theater