Blog Post Honoring a Fallen Comrade Delbert Mann was an Emmy-winning and Oscar-winning director, for the Producers' Showcase episode "Our Town" and the feature film "Marty," respectively. He was also a fighter pilot during World War II. As we remember those who gave their lives in service of our country on this Memorial Day, have a...
Blog Post Remembering Mickey Rooney We're sad to hear of the passing of actor Mickey Rooney , who died yesterday, Sunday, April 7, 2014, at the age of 93. Rooney was a film, stage, and television star, garnering four Oscar nominations throughout his lifetime and winning one Emmy (for his performance in the TV movie Bill ). Though he'...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: A Pick-Me-Up From The Girl Next Door Dawn Wells , known best for her role as "Mary Ann Summers" on Gilligan's Island , was also a former Miss Nevada and a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press. She also started a clothing line, Wishing Wells, for the elderly and disabled. The actress/beauty queen/interviewer/designer had this little...
Blog Post Remembering Hal Cooper We're sad to hear of the passing of director Hal Cooper , who died of heart failure at the age of 91 on April 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, CA. Cooper broke into television at the DuMont network, writing, producing, and acting alongside his wife on the children's programs Television Baby Sitter and...
Blog Post Aaron Spelling's Interview Now Available on Google Video Aaron Spelling, who died at the age of 83 on June 23rd, was interviewed for three hours by the Archive of American Television in a two-part interview on November 18 and 24, 1999. Interview Description: During his interview, Mr. Spelling spoke of his early career as an actor before turning to...
Blog Post "Twilight Zone" and "Playhouse 90" Story Editor Del Reisman's Archive Interview is now online This video is Part 8 of Del Reisman's 12-part interview. In this segment, he talks about Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone . Click here to access the interview. "I always knew when [Rod] came to the Twilight Zone offices because I’d hear the Coca-Cola machine going... he had a coke in one hand and...
Blog Post Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Has Died Legendary talk show host Mike Douglas died today on his 81st birthday. The Archive of American Television interviewed him about his life and career for three hours in 2005. Below are some excerpts from that interview: On voicing Prince Charming in the Disney feature, Cinderella . I probably was in...
Blog Post Inventor of All-Electronic TV Celebrates Centennial Celebrate the centennial of Philo T. Farnsworth's (1906-71) birth on August 19. As described by Jeff Kisseloff in his book The Box : "That Farnsworth succeeded in becoming anything other than a poor Utah farmer is amazing in itself.... his college education ended midway through his freshman year...
Blog Post See Them Now -- Interviews with Colleagues who worked on Edward R. Murrow's Exposé of Senator Joseph McCarthy In recognition of the feature film Good Night, and Good Luck's release on HD DVD today, we're highlighting interviews related to Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunt. Murrow provided the first expose of the hysteria surrounding McCarthyism with his...
Blog Post "Omnibus" and "M*A*S*H" Director Charles S. Dubin's Interview is Now Online This video is Part 2 of Charles S. Dubin's 7-part interview. In this segment, he talks about his work on the 1950s cultural anthology series Omnibus . Click here to access all Charles Dubin interview segments. (Remember, if you'd like to watch the interview in the order in which it was conducted,...
