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Howard Storm on the challenges of writing for an established character like All in the Family's Archie Bunker 52:29
Interview: Howard Storm | Profession: Writers
Howard Storm on being sure to thank everyone you work with as a director 36:47
Interview: Howard Storm | Profession: Directors
Howard Storm on show he was disappointed that got cancelled early on like City 01:42
Interview: Howard Storm | Show: City
Howard Storm on writing for All in the Family with his partner Paul Lichtman 04:52
Interview: Howard Storm | Show: All in the Family
Howard Storm on the challenge of writing in "Archie Bunker's" voice on All in the Family 04:01
Interview: Howard Storm | Show: All in the Family
Howard Storm on advice to an aspiring director 03:40
Interview: Howard Storm | Topic: Television Industry
On her childhood, growing up as the daughter of famed screen star Marlene Dietrich; on her father Rudolf Sieber and his work for Paramount studios; on appearing as a child in the feature film The Scarlet Empress (1934) and the seriousness of filmmaking in those days; on getting her first TV set in the late '40s, and taking an interest in television production; on her husband, set designer William Riva; on working in "live" television during the 1950s in New York 13:17
Interview: Maria Riva
On how she became a contract player for CBS; on establishing herself as a TV star in the 1950s, and how little TV demanded of acting "talent" in the early days of the medium; on the difference to the public between a movie star and a television actor, as she noted when approached by a fan while accompanying her mother; 09:25
Interview: Maria Riva
On the enthusiasm director Sidney Lumet instilled in his actors; on being the spokesperson (and learning how to demonstrate the use of aluminum foil on "live" TV) for Alcoa on The Alcoa Hour; on a gaffe on "live" TV when fellow actor Rod Steiger's prop gun failed to work 15:31
Interview: Maria Riva
On how she didn't feel she was up to the challenge of the accent required for the Studio One show "The Education of Hyman Kaplan"; on director Paul Nickell, for whom she worked with several times on Studio One 09:41
Interview: Maria Riva
On how she came to give up acting when she realized production was moving to Hollywood— having commuted for a time from New York to appear on such shows as The 20th Century Fox Hour: "Operation Cicero" in the mid-1950s 13:26
Interview: Maria Riva
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 01:04
Interview: Maria Riva | Genre: Classic Anthology Series
Actress Maria Riva on being the spokesperson for Alcoa (and learning how to demonstrate the use of aluminum foil on "live" TV) on The Alcoa Hour in the 1950s 00:59
Interview: Maria Riva | Genre: Commercials
Actress Maria Riva on how her mother Marlene Dietrich's fame factored into her household 00:21
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Marlene Dietrich
Actress Maria Riva on how she believes the seriousness of filmmaking in the 1930s at Paramount suited her mother Marlene Dietrich's demeanor 01:33
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Marlene Dietrich
Actress Maria Riva on her husband, set designer William Riva (and crediting him as the person who first used shiny floors for car commercials) 00:45
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: William Riva
Actress Maria Riva on how she became a contract player for CBS in the early 1950s, along with actress Mary Sinclair, John Newland, and (possibly) John Forsythe all of whom then worked on such CBS series of the day as Studio One and Danger 01:43
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Mary Sinclair
Actress Maria Riva on how she became a contract player for CBS in the early 1950s, along with actress Mary Sinclair, John Newland, and (possibly) John Forsythe all of whom then worked on such CBS series of the day as Studio One and Danger 01:43
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: John Newland
Actress Maria Riva on how she became a contract player for CBS in the early 1950s, along with actress Mary Sinclair, John Newland, and (possibly) John Forsythe all of whom then worked on such CBS series of the day as Studio One and Danger 01:43
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: John Forsythe
Actress Maria Riva on the difference to the public between a movie star and a television actor as she noted when approached by a fan while accompanying her mother Marlene Dietrich in the 1950s 00:33
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Marlene Dietrich
Actress Maria Riva on the enthusiasm for the work that director Sidney Lumet had when she worked with him on such TV series as Danger and You Are There in the 1950s 01:46
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Sidney Lumet
Actress Maria Riva briefly on Studio One producer-director Worthington Miner 00:19
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Worthington Miner
Actress Maria Riva on a gaffe that happened on "live" TV in the 1950s when the prop gun that actor Rod Steiger was using didn't fire— prompting him to instead say "bang" (possibly on Lux Video Theater: "Cafe Ami" [their only confirmed co-starring TV show]) 01:26
Interview: Maria Riva | Person: Rod Steiger