| Theatre '62 | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Fred Coe |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | 1961 (1961) – 1962 (1962) |
Theatre '62 is an American dramatic anthology series produced byFred Coe. Seven hour-long episodes aired on theNational Broadcasting Company during the 1961–62 season. Its episodes were abridged adaptations of popular feature films produced byDavid O. Selznick.
Theatre '62 was announced as a series that would present eight hour-long adaptions of feature films produced byDavid O. Selznick. The TV plays were to be presented monthly beginning in October 1961, but the last of the announced episodes,Portrait of Jennie, was not produced.[1]
Sumner Locke Elliott adapted "Notorious"[citation needed] and "Spellbound"[2]: 341 for the series;Robert Goldman adapted "The Spiral Staircase"[2]: 342 and "The Paradine Case".[2]: 292 Directors includedPaul Bogart,[2]: 341 Fielder Cook[2]: 151 andBoris Sagal.[2]: 310, 342
The presentation of "Rebecca" on April 8, 1962, was NBC's last live drama in prime time until 1980, whenThe Oldest Living Graduate was presented.[3]
| Date | Title | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 1961 | "The Spiral Staircase" | Elizabeth Montgomery,Lillian Gish,Eddie Albert,Jeffrey Lynn,Edie Adams,Frank McHugh,[4]Gig Young[2]: 342 |
| November 19, 1961 | "Intermezzo" | Ingrid Thulin,Jean-Pierre Aumont,[5]Teresa Wright,[6]George Voskovec[2]: 199 |
| December 10, 1961 | "Notorious" | Joseph Cotten,Barbara Rush,George Grizzard,[7]Cathleen Nesbitt,[citation needed]Edward Andrews[2]: 361 |
| January 14, 1962 | "The Farmer's Daughter" | Lee Remick,Peter Lawford,Charles Bickford,Cornelia Otis Skinner,[8]Jerome Cowan,Milton Selzer,Murray Hamilton[2]: 150–151 |
| February 11, 1962 | "Spellbound" | Maureen O'Hara,Hugh O'Brian,[9]Oscar Homolka,Paul McGrath,Tim O'Connor[2]: 341 |
| March 11, 1962 | "The Paradine Case" | Viveca Lindfors,Richard Basehart,Boris Karloff,[10]Robert Webber,Bramwell Fletcher,Tom Helmore[2]: 292 |
| April 8, 1962 | "Rebecca" | James Mason,Joan Hackett,Nina Foch,[3]Lloyd Bochner,Murray Matheson[2]: 310 |
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