AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE - 1959 - 12 DVDS COLLECTION
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1 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD PILOT EPISODE (European Influences) 1961 EARLY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE PREMIERE JACK RUSSELL, JACQUELYNNE MOODY WCBS-TV November 15, 1959 28:42 PLUS 1959 European Influences – Earl Wrightson, Barbara Meister – Jim Morske – Host – Antonini WCBS-TV November 22, 1959 28:38
2 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD Rodgers & Hart-Hammerstein: THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HART WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT June 4, 1961 28:23 PLUS THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT Composer Richard Rodgers is the guest on this edition, which examines his eighteen-year collaboration WCBS-TV June 11, 1961 28:21
3 -AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD Broadway, I Love You 1960 TV Celebration of Broadway September 22, 1960 Jim Morske, Host; Guests: Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Arthur Schwartz, Blossom Seeley Singers: John Bubbles, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Merrill Staton Singers, Martha Wright, Earl Wrightson, Gretchen Wyler 58:51
4 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD CAROL CHANNING & THE BUFFALO BILLS March 26, 1961 B&W Robert Hunter, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group, Ralph Burns, Music (Misc. Credits) 28: 20 PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE BARBERSHOP QUARTETS THE BUFFALO BILLS December 27, 1960 28:43 B&W
5 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD COMIC SONG AND DANCE MEN ON BROADWAY Host Jim Morske, performer Fred Hillebrand and dancer Billy Parsons; Howard Smith, conductor 29 min, date unknown (1959??) PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE SPORTS SONGS ON BROADWAY Host Jim Morske, singer Susan Johnson, Merrill Staton Singers; Alfredo Antonini, conductor 29 min, date unknown (1959??)
6 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD EARLY STARS WILLIAM GAXTON, EILEEN BARTON WCBS-TV December 27, 1959 29:32 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE JULE STYNE AND THE MUSICALS OF THE 1940S May 15, 1960 28:34 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor
7 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD JOHN BUBBLES, PT. 1 OF 2 February 5, 1961 28:53 B&W Howard Smith, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group, Jim Morske, Host PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE JOHN BUBBLES, PT. 2 OF 2 February 12, 1961 28:43 B&W Howard Smith, Conductor, American Musical Theatre Jazz Eight, The Music Group, Jim Morske, Host
8 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD RICHARD TUCKER & JAN PEERCE (JAN PEERCE) October 13, 1963 28:42 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE (RICHARD TUCKER) March 23, 1963 28:50 B&W Skitch Henderson, Conductor
9 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD SALUTE TO OTTO HARBACH - EARL WRIGHTSON, LOIS HUNT, RALPH CURTIS September 29, 1963 28:26 Black & white WCBS-TV PLUS 12 min. of HIGHLIGHTS from AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE "GOLDEN BOY" with SAMMY DAVIS, JR.; CHARLES STROUSE: Davis conducts the CBS Orchestra in "Night Song" from the show, and sings "Stick Around," also from "Golden Boy," accompanied by its composer Charles Strouse on the piano. Davis and Strouse comment on the unusual opening of the show which eschews a conventional overture for the sounds of synchopated rhythms heard in a boxing gym. Davis ends the program by recounting the coaching for the boxing scene he received from Sugar Ray Robinson as well as some resulting accidents. Host: Earl Wrightson. December 12, 1964, Black & white, WCBS-TV (12 min. clips); PLUS "Don't Forget 127th Street" (Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Brown, cast of "Golden Boy") Ed Sullivan Show, 11-15-1964 (6 min.); PLUS GOLDEN BOY segment from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show, 2-11-1966 (10 min.) PLUS GOLDEN BOY fight sequence re-enacted on SAMMY, 1973 TV special (8 min.)
10 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD GIFT OF LOVE Catholic Charities Telethon Ray Bolger, Modern Jazz Quartet, Pat Suzuki, Cardinal Spellman HS Band, Terrence James Cook WCBS-TV 1968 29 min. PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE EDWARD VILLELLA, PATRICIA MCBRIDE WCBS-TV December 26, 1964 29:41 B&W Robert Irving, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group
11 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD Frank Aller / Strouse, Adams, & Harnick 1961 CBS FRANZ ALLERS August 19, 1962 27:10 B&W Franz Allers, Conductor, Earl Wrightson, Host, Franz Allers, Guest, Ralph Curtis, Singer, Susan Johnson, Singer PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE CHARLES STROUSE, LEE ADAMS, SHELDON HARNICK THE ART OF THE LYRICIST March 6, 1965 28:42 B&W Bert Farber, Conductor, CBS Jazz Group, The Music Group, Charles Strouse, Composer, Sheldon Harnick, Lyricist, Lee Adams, Lyricist
12 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HART WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT June 4, 1961 28:23 Jim Morske, Host PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE LEROY ANDERSON "Syncopated Clock," "Jazz Pizzicato," "Blue Tango," "Forgotten Dreams," "The Typewriter," "Clarinet Candy" February 23, 1963 28:32 Earl Wrightson, Host, Leroy Anderson, Guest PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE MEREDITH AND RINI WILLSON February 15, 1964 28:48 Alfredo Antonini, Conductor
1 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD PILOT EPISODE (European Influences) 1961 EARLY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE PREMIERE JACK RUSSELL, JACQUELYNNE MOODY WCBS-TV November 15, 1959 28:42 PLUS 1959 European Influences – Earl Wrightson, Barbara Meister – Jim Morske – Host – Antonini WCBS-TV November 22, 1959 28:38
2 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD Rodgers & Hart-Hammerstein: THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HART WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT June 4, 1961 28:23 PLUS THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT Composer Richard Rodgers is the guest on this edition, which examines his eighteen-year collaboration WCBS-TV June 11, 1961 28:21
3 -AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD Broadway, I Love You 1960 TV Celebration of Broadway September 22, 1960 Jim Morske, Host; Guests: Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Arthur Schwartz, Blossom Seeley Singers: John Bubbles, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Merrill Staton Singers, Martha Wright, Earl Wrightson, Gretchen Wyler 58:51
4 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD CAROL CHANNING & THE BUFFALO BILLS March 26, 1961 B&W Robert Hunter, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group, Ralph Burns, Music (Misc. Credits) 28: 20 PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE BARBERSHOP QUARTETS THE BUFFALO BILLS December 27, 1960 28:43 B&W
5 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD COMIC SONG AND DANCE MEN ON BROADWAY Host Jim Morske, performer Fred Hillebrand and dancer Billy Parsons; Howard Smith, conductor 29 min, date unknown (1959??) PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE SPORTS SONGS ON BROADWAY Host Jim Morske, singer Susan Johnson, Merrill Staton Singers; Alfredo Antonini, conductor 29 min, date unknown (1959??)
6 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD EARLY STARS WILLIAM GAXTON, EILEEN BARTON WCBS-TV December 27, 1959 29:32 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE JULE STYNE AND THE MUSICALS OF THE 1940S May 15, 1960 28:34 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor
7 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD JOHN BUBBLES, PT. 1 OF 2 February 5, 1961 28:53 B&W Howard Smith, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group, Jim Morske, Host PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE JOHN BUBBLES, PT. 2 OF 2 February 12, 1961 28:43 B&W Howard Smith, Conductor, American Musical Theatre Jazz Eight, The Music Group, Jim Morske, Host
8 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD RICHARD TUCKER & JAN PEERCE (JAN PEERCE) October 13, 1963 28:42 B&W Alfredo Antonini, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE (RICHARD TUCKER) March 23, 1963 28:50 B&W Skitch Henderson, Conductor
9 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD SALUTE TO OTTO HARBACH - EARL WRIGHTSON, LOIS HUNT, RALPH CURTIS September 29, 1963 28:26 Black & white WCBS-TV PLUS 12 min. of HIGHLIGHTS from AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE "GOLDEN BOY" with SAMMY DAVIS, JR.; CHARLES STROUSE: Davis conducts the CBS Orchestra in "Night Song" from the show, and sings "Stick Around," also from "Golden Boy," accompanied by its composer Charles Strouse on the piano. Davis and Strouse comment on the unusual opening of the show which eschews a conventional overture for the sounds of synchopated rhythms heard in a boxing gym. Davis ends the program by recounting the coaching for the boxing scene he received from Sugar Ray Robinson as well as some resulting accidents. Host: Earl Wrightson. December 12, 1964, Black & white, WCBS-TV (12 min. clips); PLUS "Don't Forget 127th Street" (Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Brown, cast of "Golden Boy") Ed Sullivan Show, 11-15-1964 (6 min.); PLUS GOLDEN BOY segment from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show, 2-11-1966 (10 min.) PLUS GOLDEN BOY fight sequence re-enacted on SAMMY, 1973 TV special (8 min.)
10 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER 1 DVD GIFT OF LOVE Catholic Charities Telethon Ray Bolger, Modern Jazz Quartet, Pat Suzuki, Cardinal Spellman HS Band, Terrence James Cook WCBS-TV 1968 29 min. PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE EDWARD VILLELLA, PATRICIA MCBRIDE WCBS-TV December 26, 1964 29:41 B&W Robert Irving, Conductor, CBS Orchestra, The Music Group
11 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD Frank Aller / Strouse, Adams, & Harnick 1961 CBS FRANZ ALLERS August 19, 1962 27:10 B&W Franz Allers, Conductor, Earl Wrightson, Host, Franz Allers, Guest, Ralph Curtis, Singer, Susan Johnson, Singer PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE CHARLES STROUSE, LEE ADAMS, SHELDON HARNICK THE ART OF THE LYRICIST March 6, 1965 28:42 B&W Bert Farber, Conductor, CBS Jazz Group, The Music Group, Charles Strouse, Composer, Sheldon Harnick, Lyricist, Lee Adams, Lyricist
12 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1 DVD THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS AND HART WITH RICHARD RODGERS, JOHN REARDON, MARTHA WRIGHT June 4, 1961 28:23 Jim Morske, Host PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE LEROY ANDERSON "Syncopated Clock," "Jazz Pizzicato," "Blue Tango," "Forgotten Dreams," "The Typewriter," "Clarinet Candy" February 23, 1963 28:32 Earl Wrightson, Host, Leroy Anderson, Guest PLUS AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE MEREDITH AND RINI WILLSON February 15, 1964 28:48 Alfredo Antonini, Conductor