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Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) is a two-hour TV special that aired on October 24, 1954, on all four U.S. television networks of the time, DuMont, CBS, NBC, and ABC. The special won a Primetime Emmy Award for Victor Young for Best Music for a Variety or Dramatic series.
Light's Diamond Jubilee: Directed by Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, William A. Wellman, Bud Yorkin. With Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Benchley, Walter Brennan.
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Nov 9, 2014 · Topical comedy, stentorian speeches and dramatizations of everyday American struggles and triumphs, serve to celebrate the national character as constructed by Selznick, writer Ben Hecht, and a raft of top-flight Hollywood talents. Directed by: King Vidor, William A. Wellman, Norman Taurog, Roy Rowland, Christian Nyby, Bud Yorkin, Alan Handley.
Nov 5, 2014 · As part of its Archive Treasures series, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen a 1954 television special called “Light’s Diamond Jubilee” next Sunday (November 9th) at The Billy Wilder Theater. The two-hour special turned 60 this year, having originally aired on October 24th, 1954 from 9-11PM across all four TV networks then in ...
Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV Movie 1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This 1954 documentary was titled "Light's Diamond Jubilee" for the 75th anniversary of the electric light. Twenty-five years earlier, there had been a prior worldwide celebration termed "Light's Golden Jubilee" to celebrate light's 50th anniversary.
Final script for the 1954 television special, an anthology of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. An ambitious undertaking, with adaptations and original stories by G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Gordon, Irwin Shaw, Max Shulman, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain.
