Big Show, The - Episode 7

di Goodman Ace (Autore)

The Copyright Group, 2019

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television. For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with ‘The Big Show’. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers. It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business. Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing ‘The Big Show’ was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

• Autore: Goodman Ace
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 01:29:36
• Anno edizione: 2019
• Editore: The Copyright Group
• EAN: 9781839670619

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