FORSYTE SAGA, THE {PART 5 OF 26}: A MAN OF PROPERTY (TV)
Summary
Part five of twenty-six adapted from a series of novels written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy. The series depicts the lives and loves of several generations of an upper middle-class British family from 1879 to 1926, revolving around two cousins, Jo and Soames Forsyte. In this episode, Soames buys property and hires Philip Bosinney to design his house; Irene and Bosinney begin to slowly fall in love; Winifred asks Soames to help her husband, Monty, pay off his gambling debts; and Jolyon attempts to make a final peace with his estranged son, Jo .
The program is followed by an installment of "Behind the Scenes," a series of conversations with James Day, president of NET, and those associated with "The Forsyte Saga." In this installment, Day talks with Fay Compton, who plays Aunt Ann.
(This series first aired on 126 public broadcast stations in the U.S. from October 1969 to March 1970, and its immense popularity led to the creation of "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1971.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: November 2, 1969 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:13
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T87:0129
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; Literature - Adaptations; Families
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1969-1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Donald Wilson … Producer
- David Giles … Director
- John Galsworthy … Based on the novels by
- Constance Cox … Adapted by
- Marcus Dods … Music by
- Tom McCall … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Kenneth More … Cast, Jo Forsyte
- Eric Porter … Cast, Soames Forsyte
- John Bennett … Cast, Philip Bosinney
- Nyree Dawn Porter … Cast, Irene
- June Barry … Cast, June
- Fay Compton … Cast, Aunt Ann
- Maggie Jones … Cast, Smither
- Nora Swinburne … Cast, Aunt Hester
- Nora Nicholson … Cast, Aunt Juley
- Margaret Tyzack … Cast, Winifred
- John Welsh … Cast, James
- Joseph O'Conor … Cast, Jolyon
- Bart Allison … Cast, Parfitt
- Lana Morris … Cast, Helene
- Gillian Martell … Cast, Mrs. Hawkins
- Jackie Smith … Cast, Holly
- Alan Williams … Cast, Jolly
- Norman Henry … Cast, Oliver
- Olwen Brooks … Cast, Bilson
- Terence Alexander … Cast, Monty
- George Woodbridge … Cast, Swithin
- A. J. Brown … Cast, Roger
- Kynaston Reeves … Cast, Nicholas
- John Barcroft … Cast, George
- Gary … Cast, Balthazar
- James Day