Blog Post Archive Interviewee Gerald Fried Joins the Topanga Symphony for a Free Concert LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS: ARCHIVE INTERVIEWEE GERALD FRIED WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE TOPANGA SYMPHONY Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Topanga Community House 1140 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA 90290 *** Jerome Kessler - Music Director and Conductor Gerald Fried - Oboe Christoph...
Blog Post TV Land and the Archive of American Television Celebrate Elvis Presley Thirty years ago today, Elvis Presley died but his popularity never faded. His career was highlighted by several landmark television appearances. The Archive of American Television interviewed several of the behind-the-scenes professionals behind these shows and their stories are being highlighted...
Blog Post "Make Room For Daddy" and "My World and Welcome To It" Creator Melville Shavelson Has Died— Archive Interview Online Mel Shavelson, who wrote for such comedians as Bob Hope and Danny Kaye, has died at the age of 90. He created the classic sitcom Make Room for Daddy , starring Danny Thomas. He also wrote and directed for the movies and is a two-time Oscar nominee (for The Seven Little Foys and Houseboat [for...
Blog Post "Radio Days" Ended 45 Years Ago The last chapter of network dramatic radio programming came to pass with the final broadcasts of both “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” and “Suspense” on September 30, 1962. Many series have kept the art form of radio alive, among the first and most ambitious being “The CBS Radio Mystery Theater” (1974-...
Blog Post "Playhouse 90" Producer Martin Manulis has Died -- His Full Archive Interview is Online Martin Manulis, one of the legendary producers who exemplified the "Golden Age" of television by seeking and nurturing both on-camera and behind-the scenes talent, died Friday at the age of 92. The Archive of American Television interviewed him in 1997, and in subsequent years, he was a great...
Blog Post Director Delbert Mann Dies at the Age of 87 -- Archive Interview Online Delbert Mann who helmed "Marty" for television and film died on Sunday. Mann won an Academy Award for the feature film adaptation of Marty (1955) that originated as a "live" television presentation in 1953. Click here to access Delbert Mann's entire nine-part interview. Interview Description:...
Blog Post "Meet the Press" Celebrates 60 Years on Television Network television's oldest show, Meet the Press , debuted on NBC on November 6, 1947. The guest on this first show was James A. Farley, former postmaster general under Franklin D. Roosevelt and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; the show was created by Laurence E. Spivak and...
Blog Post Sidney Lumet's Interview Is Now Online With Sidney Lumet's critically praised film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" now in theaters, the Archive of American Television has posted his three-hour interview online in which he discusses his career that started in the theater and in the "Golden Age of Television." Soundbites from Sidney...
Blog Post AAT Staff Spotted Again! Every Halloween we let the AAT Vault Wizard out. Look who else "came 'on down"! HOPE YOUR HALLOWEEN WAS FUN, TOO!
Blog Post Happy Hitchcock Halloween! On April 13, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents aired "Lamb to the Slaughter," which would become one of the series' classic shows, featured on the newly released Season Three DVD. Listen to producer Norman Lloyd discussing this episode (spoiler alert!) and his work as a producer and director on the...
