Summary
This home-made kinescope (without sound) shows fragments of one of the Thursday Night Programs broadcast by the predecessor of WNBC-TV, the experimental NBC station W2XBS. The melodrama, about a family's descent into poverty, is presented as a play within the program. Also shown are shots of patrons entering the Lester Wallace Theatre to watch the show, cards that direct theater patrons in proper behavior, and a "dramatis personae." Fragmentary scenes include Badger (played by Norman Lloyd) and Bloodgood (played by George Coulouris) plotting together and Bloodgood setting a house on fire.
Details
- NETWORK: W2XBS-TV
- DATE: August 31, 1939 Thursday 8:31 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:11:05
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:61166
- GENRE: TV - Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: W2XBS (New York, NY) - TV series, 1939-1941
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CREDITS
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Dion Boucicault........ Writer
Joyce Arling........ Cast
Derek Fairman........ Cast
Norman Lloyd........ Cast
George Coulouris........ Cast
Shelia Trent........ Cast
Molly Pearson........ Cast
Clarence R. Chase........ Cast
Tom Gorman........ Cast
Whitford Kane........ Cast
Fredrica Slemons........ Cast
John Call........ Cast
Robert Lindsay........ Cast
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