| The Seven Lively Arts | |
|---|---|
 Jason Robards andMaureen Stapleton in "Blast at Centralia #5" | |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Directed by | Mel Ferrer George Roy Hill Sidney Lumet Norm Nowicki |
| Presented by | John Crosby |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 44 mins. |
| Production company | CBS |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | November 3, 1957 (1957-11-03) |
The Seven Lively Arts is an Americananthology series that aired on Sunday afternoons onCBS television[1] from November 3, 1957, until February 16, 1958. The series was executive produced byJohn Houseman, and hosted byNew York Herald Tribune criticJohn Crosby.[2]Alfredo Antonini served as the musical director for several episodes.[citation needed] The title was taken from the influential book of the same name written by the cultural criticGilbert Seldes, in which he argued that the low arts (comics, vaudeville) deserved as much critical attention as the high arts (opera, literature). The eleven programs produced were—not in order:
In a review in the periodicalFilm and TV Music Thomas Talbert praised the episode "The Sound of Jazz", writing that it had an element that had been "lacking in TV music presentation".[3] Talbert called the episode "Truly a brilliant program, artistically photographed without stiffness and easily the best that television has offered on modern music."[3]
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