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PLAYHOUSE 90: THE MIRACLE WORKER (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. This program is a dramatic presentation of several months in the childhood of Helen Keller, when her teacher Anne Sullivan first comes to the Keller household. Closes with Mickey Rooney reading a letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the seventy-five-year-old Helen Keller. This is the first biographical dramatization authorized by Helen Keller. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 7, 1957 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:27:14
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T77:0111
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; Biography; Handicapped persons - Drama
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1956-1961
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Gas Association
- TV - Commercials - Bristol-Meyers products
CREDITS
- Martin Manulis … Producer
- Arthur Penn … Director
- William Gibson … Writer
- Fred Steiner … Music by
- Mickey Rooney … Host
- Teresa Wright … Cast, Annie Sullivan
- Burl Ives … Cast, Captain Keller
- John Barrymore Jr. … Cast, James Keller
- Akim Tamiroff … Cast, Mr. Anagnos
- Katharine Bard … Cast, Kate Keller
- Patty McCormack … Cast, Helen Keller
- Carroll McComas … Cast, Aunt Ev
- Pauline Myers … Cast, Viney
- Jason Johnson … Cast, The Doctor
- Cheryl Weinberg … Cast, Martha
- Milas G. Clark Jr. … Cast, Percy
- Dwight D. Eisenhower