Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York

The golden age of television

eng

videorecording

TV rating: Not rated

The golden age of television

videorecording DVD

Originally broadcast on television 1953-1958

485

Criterion collection, 495

A middle-aged Italian butcher falls in love with a plain-looking school teacher; a man struggles with his ethics and ambitions after he is recruited onto the board of a high-powered corporation; a country boy is drafted into the Air Force doesn't realizehe's driving everyone around him crazy; an Irish country innkeeper finds new meaning in her life after she falls in love with a troubled tourist; a prizefighter is forced to face life outside the ring; a star pitcher of a professional baseball team helpsa terminally ill catcher enjoy one last season; a TV star steps on anyone in his way to reach the top of his career; a young married couple struggle with a downward spiral of alcoholism and self-destruction

The Philco-Goodyear television playhouse. Marty (1953) / directed by Delbert Mann -- Kraft theatre. Patterns (1955) / directed by Fielder Cook -- The United States steel hour. No time for sergeants (1955) / directed by Alex Segal ; A Wind from the South (1955) / directed by Daniel Petrie -- Playhouse 90. Requiem for a heavyweight (1956) / directed by Ralph Nelson -- The United States Steel hour. Bang the drum slowly (1956) / directed by Daniel Petrie -- Playhouse 90. The comedian (1957) / directed by JohnFrankenheimer ; Days of wine and roses (1958) / directed by John Frankenheimer

general

live action