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The brand teamed with its agency bbdo new york, giant spoon, and slates panoply. The last town car was a twopart original drama, the story of a widow who develops a consuming fear when strange and inexplicable events occur involving a 1925 rollsroyce town car being used as a taxicab and its secretive driver. The last full measure 2019 movies jan 20th once upon a winters date 2019 movies jan 19th. General electric theater drama old time radio downloads. It was later known as the lyric theatre and finally glockners automatic theatre, the name under which it is listed at cinema treasures. Occupying the sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 1 february 1953 to 27 may 1962, the general electric theater presented top hollywood and broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest. General electric theater season 5 episode the chess game. A man tells the story of his coming to adulthood when he left home at age 18 and learned the consequences of telling a lie to impress a girl.
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Cd premiere of superb elmer bernstein score for landmark cbs television anthology series sponsored by general electric, hosted by ronald reagan. General electric theater season 4 episode 16 simkl. Kennedy pressured ge to cancel the general electric theater or at least to fire reagan as the host if the program were to continue. A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish ozark hillbilly. When ronald reagan hosted general electric theater feb 17, 2019 by tomas kellner. Its been available on itunes and amazonuk as a download, but. General electric theater was an american anthology series hosted by ronald reagan that was broadcast on cbs radio and television.
The last full measure 2019 movies jan 26th the big trip 2019. Occupying the sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 1 february 1953 to 27 may 1962, the general electric theater presented top hollywood and broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible. General electric theater im a fool with james dean and ronald reagan 1954 part one duration. How to watch general electric theater season 5 episode 1 the great lady on kodi. The series was hosted by ronald reagan and sponsored by general electric. General electric was no newcomer to radio sponsorship by any means. Ones media general electric summer theater otr1cdgeneralelectric old time radio 1 mp3 cd 8 shows total playtime. An exgunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. Watch all 6 general electric theater episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. General electric theater 1953 was one of the finest, albeit shortlived, dramatic anthologies to air during the waning years of the golden age of radio. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. Ge podcast theater is an experimental partnership in branded podcast production between general electric, panoply, and the bbdo advertising agency. November 18, 2016 podcast news ge podcast theater, general electric, lifeafter, panoply jen thorpe.
Sponsors season 1 cbs early 1953 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Ronald reagan corporate spokesman and rising conservative. Blaze of glory starring lou costello, joyce jameson, jonathan harris, lurene tuttle, herman rudin, olan soule and phil arnold. After an audition show on january 18, 1953, entitled. Themes from the general electric theater download artwork. Season 5, episode 27 march 24, 1957 a gunslinger tries to live down his reputation by taking a job as a ranch hand but soon finds out that he cannot outrun his past. Michael reagan, adopted son of ronald reagan and jane wyman, contends that attorney general of the united states robert f.
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The series was developed by the channel and ge, and produced by oscar winners ron howard and brian grazer. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him. Not bad, really could have done without the awful laugh track though. Ge podcast theater returns with a new scifi thriller. Jeff immelt often was overly optimistic in how he ran general electric nyse. Hosted by ronald reagan, the series was sponsored by general electrics department. General electric theater was hosted by ronald reagan and the original ads are included.
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Season 3, episode 11 december 5, 1954 based on the box radio play, daytime nightmare which also starred ladd. Feather top was so silly that i only watched about 5 minutes of it. Below is a complete general electric theater episode list that spans the shows entire tv run. A man on a new york business trip encounters an attractive woman in the lobby and a romance begins. General electric theater soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Sponsors general electric theater next season 1 cbs early 1953. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. Elmer bernstein themes from the general electric theater. The series was not dropped because of low ratings but. General electric theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music.
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