Norman Corwin Presents Welcome to Nowstar.US |
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Norman Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and directing of radio drama during the 1930s and 1940s. Corwin was among the first producers to regularly use entertainment—even light entertainment—to tackle serious social issues. "Norman Corwin Presents" is a Canadian-produced
drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from
1972 to 1973. It also aired in the US on Group W (Westinghouse
Broadcasting) television stations. There are 25 episodes, of which
audio-only from 20 is presented here. The series predated consumer
VCRs unfortunately. Apr. 10, 1972 - "Pappy's Oasis", starring Beau Bridges and Bonnie Bedelia Apr. 17 - "A Foreign Field" Apr. 24 - "Bingo Twice a Week", portrays an aging woman who is being ejected from her daughter's residence May 1 - "The Blue Hotel" May 8 - "Letter From an Only Child", a psychological drama, starring Gerard Parkes, Maxinne Miller, Diane Baker; written by Don Balluck May 15 - "Crown of Rags", starring David McCallum; written by Howard Browne, guest dramatist May 22 - "The Undecided Molecule" (missing first 90 seconds audio) May 29 - "Reunion" June 5 - "The Moat Farm Murder", starring James Booth, based on an actual British homicide case June 12 - "Hold That Line" June 19 - "The Discovery" June 26 - "A Matter of Life and Death" July 3 - "Jefferson's Crush" July 17 - "The Joy of Living" July 24 - "The Better it is, the Worse it is", starring John Saxon as a married man in an affair with an unmarried woman approximately half his age. July 31 - "A Soliloquy for Television" Aug. 6 - "Please, No Flowers" Aug. 14 - "First Big Try", starring Donald Sutherland as narrator of a quasi-documentary about the League of Nations Aug. 21 - "The Pursuit", starring David McCallum as an Everyman, who is constantly sought by elements of contemporary society; Arthur Joel Katz directs. Aug. 28 - "A Son, Come Home", starring Georg Stanford Brown; written by Ed Bullins These 5 episodes are missing from the list: "Aunt Dorothy's Playroom" "The D.J." "Odyssey in Progress" "The One Man Group" "Two Gods on Prime Time" |
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