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The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
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The Ford 50th Anniversary Show

The Ford 50th Anniversary Show

1953
Comedy, Musical
TV Special
2h 0m
Broadcast live on June 15, 1953, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Ford Motor Company purchased two hours of prime time from both NBC and CBS for an entertainment extravaganza celebrating the company's 50th anniversary. Featuring performances from an all-star cast and choreography by Jerome Robbins, the program received four honors at the 1954 Sylvania Television Awards. (wikipedia.org)

Directed by:

Jerome Robbins, Clark Jones

Screenwriter:

Frederick Lewis Allen, Sidney Olson, Lois Long

Starring:

Rudy Vallee, Eddie Fisher, Ethel Merman, Wally Cox, Dorothy Stickney, Mary Martin, Theda Bara, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, Marian Anderson, Lowell Thomas, Edward R. Murrow

Franchise:

CBS, NBC

Genres:

Comedy, Musical, History

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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The Ford 50th Anniversary Show

1953
Comedy, Musical
TV Special
2h 0m
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Rated 26 May 2024
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This was the very first TV spectacular, and has been called "a landmark in television" and "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s". Definitely a product of its time, it goes in for a good bit of flag-waving and American optimism. But it's worth watching for Wally Cox--a great, subtle comedian, quite underappreciated, and Mary Martin, who is spectacular here: beautiful singing, and her review of 50 years of fashion is brilliant. And Murrow even gets in a dig at McCarthyism.
Rated 26 May 2024

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