TEXACO STAR THEATER {STARRING MILTON BERLE} {PETER
LORRE, JOAN ROBERTS, PHIL REGAN} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy/variety programs hosted by Milton Berle. Berle, dressed as a tramp, delivers an opening monologue on income taxes. Program highlights include the following: the Stewart Morgan Dancers perform an acrobatic routine; Berle does impersonations of Lionel Barrymore, Jerry Lewis, and Peter Lorre, who then joins him on stage; Lorre performs a dramatic soliloquy entitled "The Man with the Head of Glass"; Berle does a spoof of a music recital; Broadway star Joan Roberts, the original Laurey in "Oklahoma!," sings the title song and "People Will Say We're in Love," from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"; Berle joins then Roberts in a swinging rendition of "This Can't Be Love" from the Rodgers and Hart musical "The Boys From Syracuse"; in a commercial for Texaco products, comedian Sid Stone portrays a pitchman for a miracle power pills; Berle and Lorre appear in a sketch entitled "The Cabinet of Dr. X"; and Irish tenor -- and former Brooklyn police officer -- Phil Regan sings "It's a Grand Night for Singing"; Regan then performs his number one hit "Peg O' My Heart" in an audience sing-a-long and sings "When Irish Eyes Are Singing"; and outfitted in police uniforms, Regan and Berle do a medley of Irish songs associated with the police force. Includes commercials. This program contains minor technical problems. This represents the best copy of this program currently available to the Museum.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: March 15, 1949 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:53
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0085
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Acrobatics; Comedy; Drama; Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1948-1953
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Texaco Sky Chief gasoline
CREDITS
- Milton Berle … Host, Cast
- Peter Lorre … Performer
- Phil Regan … Performer, Singer
- Joan Roberts … Performer, Singer
- Stewart Morgan Dancers, The … Performer, Acrobats
- Sid Stone … Cast, Talent, Texaco commercials