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THURSDAY NIGHT PROGRAM, THE: THE STREETS OF NEW YORK OR POVERTY IS NO CRIME {EXCERPTS; FRAME SPEED SLOWED DOWN TO NORMAL SPEED} (TV)
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: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: W2XBS (New York, NY) - TV series, 1939-1941
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dion Boucicault … Writer, Based on the play by
- Joyce Arling … Cast, Fairweather, Lucy
- Derek Fairman … Cast, Livingstone, Mark
- Norman Lloyd … Cast, Badger
- George Coulouris … Cast, Bloodgood, Gideon
- Shelia Trent … Cast, Bloodgood, Alida
- Molly Pearson … Cast, Puffy, Mrs.
- Clarence R. Chase … Cast, Puffy
- Tom Gorman … Cast, Fairweather, Paul
- Whitford Kane … Cast, Fairweather, Capt.
- Fredrica Slemons … Cast, Fairweather, Mrs.
- John Call … Cast, Puffy, Dan
- Robert Lindsay … Cast, Daniels