GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - 49 RARE EPISODES - DVDS!
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GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER
CBS at Sunday 7:30 PM (30 min.)
Premiered: February 1, 1953 Last Aired: May 27, 1962 General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show from 1 February 1953 to 27 May 1962, the General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience. The addition of Ronald Reagan as program host commencing the third season 26 September 1954 reflected GE's decision to pursue a campaign of continuous, consistent company voice advertising. The Reagan role of program host and occasional guest star brought needed continuity to disparate anthology offerings.
By December 1954, after only four months on the air with Reagan as program host, the new General Electric Theater achieved Nielsen top-ten status among all programs as television's most popular weekly dramatic program. The format accommodated live telecasts originating from both coasts.
By 1957 General Electric Theater had hit stride with a top-rated program package the equal of the company's early technical proficiency in television. While GE's product divisions developed individual sponsorships to reach appliance, lamp and electronics consumers. General Electric Theater left the air in 1962 in a welter of controversy surrounding the U.S. Justice Department's anti-trust investigation of MCA and the Screen Actors Guild talent waivers granted to MCA -Revue. The hint of scandal discounted Reagan's value as company spokesman and program host. As SAG president in the 1950s Reagan had, after all, signed the waivers, and later benefited from the arrangement as a General Electric Theater program producer himself. The suggestion of impropriety fueled Reagan's increasingly anti-government demeanor on tour, and his insistence upon producing and starring in episodes combating Communist subversion in the final season of General Electric Theater.
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HERE ARE 49 EPISODES.MOST ARE FROM ORIGINAL FILM PRINTS AND SOME CONTAIN THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS!
(DISC 1)
1. Prosper's Old Mother 2. It Gives Me Great Pleasure 3. The Big Shot 4. Into The Night
(DISC 2)
5. True 10th Mona Lisa 6. The Martyr 7. Doctor of Pawnee Hill 8. The Holdout
(DISC 3)
9. Blaze of Glory 10. Incredible Jewelry Robbery 11. Trapped 12. Tippy Top
(DISC 4)
13. High Green Wall 14. 10 Days in the Sun 15. Emergency Call 16. Windmill
(DISC 5)
17. Go Fight City Hall 18. Man Who Inherits Everything 19. Graduation Dress 20. Little White Lie
(DISC 6)
21. Nobody's Child 22. Clarence Darrow
(DISC 7)
23. Enemies 24. Questioning Note 25. Don't Let it Throw You 26. Crime of Daphne
(DISC 8)
27. I Was a Bloodhound 28. Making it Together 29. I'm a Fool
(DISC 9)
30. With Malice Toward One 31. Cold Tough 32. Journal of Hope 33. My Dark Days
(DISC 10)
34. The Stone 35. Pot of Gold 36. Iron Silence 37. Outpost To Home
(DISC 11)
38. Adam's Apple 39. To Good With a Gun 40. Committed 41. Return of Gentlemen Jim
(DISC 12)
42. Nightclub 43. Victorian Chais Lounge 44. Bitter Choice 45. A Miss Minners
(DISC 13)
46. Nora 47. Eyes of s Stranger 48. Road to Edinburgh 49. We're Holding Your Son
This collection comes on 13 DVDS recorded at the SP speed for the best possible quality. All DVDs are recorded from transfers from original film prints, NOT recorded off broadcast TV. As with any 60 year old film to VHS/DVD transfer one should NOT expect 2011 TV quality. These episodes are offered for their historical and TV history value
These are custom made DVDs, not available commercially.
ALL EPISODES ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!
CBS at Sunday 7:30 PM (30 min.)
Premiered: February 1, 1953 Last Aired: May 27, 1962 General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show from 1 February 1953 to 27 May 1962, the General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience. The addition of Ronald Reagan as program host commencing the third season 26 September 1954 reflected GE's decision to pursue a campaign of continuous, consistent company voice advertising. The Reagan role of program host and occasional guest star brought needed continuity to disparate anthology offerings.
By December 1954, after only four months on the air with Reagan as program host, the new General Electric Theater achieved Nielsen top-ten status among all programs as television's most popular weekly dramatic program. The format accommodated live telecasts originating from both coasts.
By 1957 General Electric Theater had hit stride with a top-rated program package the equal of the company's early technical proficiency in television. While GE's product divisions developed individual sponsorships to reach appliance, lamp and electronics consumers. General Electric Theater left the air in 1962 in a welter of controversy surrounding the U.S. Justice Department's anti-trust investigation of MCA and the Screen Actors Guild talent waivers granted to MCA -Revue. The hint of scandal discounted Reagan's value as company spokesman and program host. As SAG president in the 1950s Reagan had, after all, signed the waivers, and later benefited from the arrangement as a General Electric Theater program producer himself. The suggestion of impropriety fueled Reagan's increasingly anti-government demeanor on tour, and his insistence upon producing and starring in episodes combating Communist subversion in the final season of General Electric Theater.
=======================================================
HERE ARE 49 EPISODES.MOST ARE FROM ORIGINAL FILM PRINTS AND SOME CONTAIN THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS!
(DISC 1)
1. Prosper's Old Mother 2. It Gives Me Great Pleasure 3. The Big Shot 4. Into The Night
(DISC 2)
5. True 10th Mona Lisa 6. The Martyr 7. Doctor of Pawnee Hill 8. The Holdout
(DISC 3)
9. Blaze of Glory 10. Incredible Jewelry Robbery 11. Trapped 12. Tippy Top
(DISC 4)
13. High Green Wall 14. 10 Days in the Sun 15. Emergency Call 16. Windmill
(DISC 5)
17. Go Fight City Hall 18. Man Who Inherits Everything 19. Graduation Dress 20. Little White Lie
(DISC 6)
21. Nobody's Child 22. Clarence Darrow
(DISC 7)
23. Enemies 24. Questioning Note 25. Don't Let it Throw You 26. Crime of Daphne
(DISC 8)
27. I Was a Bloodhound 28. Making it Together 29. I'm a Fool
(DISC 9)
30. With Malice Toward One 31. Cold Tough 32. Journal of Hope 33. My Dark Days
(DISC 10)
34. The Stone 35. Pot of Gold 36. Iron Silence 37. Outpost To Home
(DISC 11)
38. Adam's Apple 39. To Good With a Gun 40. Committed 41. Return of Gentlemen Jim
(DISC 12)
42. Nightclub 43. Victorian Chais Lounge 44. Bitter Choice 45. A Miss Minners
(DISC 13)
46. Nora 47. Eyes of s Stranger 48. Road to Edinburgh 49. We're Holding Your Son
This collection comes on 13 DVDS recorded at the SP speed for the best possible quality. All DVDs are recorded from transfers from original film prints, NOT recorded off broadcast TV. As with any 60 year old film to VHS/DVD transfer one should NOT expect 2011 TV quality. These episodes are offered for their historical and TV history value
These are custom made DVDs, not available commercially.
ALL EPISODES ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!