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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 · November 9, 2014 - 7:00 pm. Billy Wilder Theater. In-person: Daniel Selznick. ABC/CBS/Dumont/NBC, 10/24/1954. Produced by David O. Selznick and broadcast in 1954 simultaneously on all four major networks, this astounding, seldom-seen, 75th-anniversary tribute to the electric light (sponsored by General Electric) is best understood as a time ...
Nov 5, 2014 · November 4, 2014 by Robert Jay. UCLA to Screen Light’s Diamond Jubilee Special from 1954. 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.
Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV Movie 1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb in 1879. This 1954 documentary was titled "Light's Diamond Jubilee" for the 75th anniversary of the electric light.
