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Information Please Series 2, No. 2
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Information Please Series 2, No. 2

Oct 04, 1940

Information Please Series 2, No. 2
1940 10 min 1 vues
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "Life With Father", as a visiting guest expert. Questions involved football plays, license plates and plays that dealt with family relationships.
Comedy
Here Is China
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Here Is China

Mar 14, 1944

Here Is China
1944 26 min 1 vues
A documentary giving a short history of China and how it was being affected by the Japanese invasion during World War II, aka The Second Sino-Japanese War.
Documentary
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
5.5

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1

Sep 08, 1939

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
1939 10 min 6 vues
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segment stars Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, and John Kieran.It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel, a rare instance of a game show being nominated for an Academy Award.
Family
The Reformation: Age of Revolt
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The Reformation: Age of Revolt

Feb 02, 1973

The Reformation: Age of Revolt
1973 23 min 1 vues
This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of Martin Luther as a part and/of these conditions as indications of future trends.
Documentary
Bartleby
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Bartleby

Oct 10, 1969

Bartleby
1969 28 min 1 vues
Bartleby, an enigmatic man who calmly refuses to carry out his duties, is introduced in this period dramatization of Melville’s haunting story as a scrivener in a 1969 film production of Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Drama
The Lottery
6.7

The Lottery

Jan 02, 1969

The Lottery
1969 19 min 12 vues
Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as part of a ritual to ensure a good harvest.
Horror
The Borrowers
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The Borrowers

Dec 14, 1973

The Borrowers
1973 81 min 6 vues
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.
Family
The Name's the Same
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The Name's the Same

Dec 31, 1952

The Name's the Same
1952 min 1 vues
The Name's the Same is an American game show that was produced by Goodson-Todman for the ABC television network from December 5, 1951 to August 31, 1954, followed by a run from October 25, 1954 to October 7, 1955. It was alternately sponsored by Swanson and Johnson Wax for the majority of its run. It was also sponsored by the Bendix home appliance division of Avco early in its run, and Clorets and Chicken of the Sea tuna midway through its run. The show's final sponsor, Ralston Purina, also sponsored Ethel and Albert, the program that replaced The Name's the Same on the ABC schedule.
Critic at Large
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Critic at Large

Apr 27, 1949

Critic at Large
1949 min 1 vues
Author and critic John Mason Brown, who once commented that "some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes," offered this intellectual alternative in 1948-1949. It consisted of an informal living-room discussion on the arts with two or three guests, of the caliber of author James Michener, producer Billy Rose, publishrer Bennet Cerf, and critic Bosley Crowther. The subjects ranged from modern art to new novels, films, the theater and fashions.
Talk
What's My Line?
6.8

What's My Line?

Sep 03, 1967

What's My Line?
1967 min 25 vues
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Family
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
7.387

The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson

May 22, 1992

The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1992 min 71 vues
Le 1er octobre 1962, Groucho Marx accueillit Johnny Carson comme le nouveau présentateur du The Tonight Show. L’émission a été filmée à New York pendant pratiquement les dix premières années, avec Johnny Carson en tant que présentateur. Puis à partir de mai 1972, le plateau déménagea au Studio One à Burbank en Californie pour le reste de son « mandat » .
Talk