Alice Backes
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- 2. The Jazz Singer Oct 13, 1959
- A cantor and his son clash over the father's expectations for his son.
- 3. The Turn of the Screw Oct 20, 1959
- A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
- 4. The Secret World of Kids Oct 27, 1959
- Art Linkletter hosts this episode organized around the theme of children. Jon Provost, Angela Cartwright and Teddy Rooney perform a musical version of Tom Sawyer; Ann Blyth portrays a new mother caring for infant with Ed Wynn voicing the baby's thoughts; and Vincent Price tries to prove that a chimp can learn more about art than a child.
Summary. The show was known as either Ford Startime—TV's Finest Hour or Lincoln–Mercury Startime, depending on which division of the Ford Motor Company was presenting commercials within that show. The contents varied from week to week — dramas, musical comedies, and variety shows were all presented.
Startime: With Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes. The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
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- 1959-10-06
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- 60
"The Turn of the Screw" was an American television movie broadcast by NBC on October 20, 1959, as the third episode of the television series, Ford Startime. It was written by James Costigan as an adaptation of Henry James' novella of the same name. John Frankenheimer was the director and producer.
FORD STARTIME TV'S FINEST HOUR: TURN OF THE SCREW (TV) Summary. One in this series presented by the Ford Motor company. In her American television debut, Ingrid Bergman portrays a governess hired to care for two orphans, Flora and Miles, in this adaptation of Henry James's classic psychological ghost story.
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Ford Startime - TheTVDB.com. Ford Startime (aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime) was an hour long, color anthology series sponsored by the automotive company. Music, variety and drama alternated in various programs over the course of the one season it aired. Many top stars appeared.
Tennessee Ernie Ford finds that chivalry and knighthood were a lot of bunk when scientists, with the aid of a time machine, transport him back to 6th century Camelot. He is befriended by Clarence but captured by Sir Bors, a Knight of the Round Table, and taken to the court of King Arthur.
