The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American TelevisionTemple University Press, 2004 - 228 sivua "The heart of David Weinstein's book examines DuMont's programs and personalities, including Dennis James, Captain Video, Morey Amsterdam, Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners, Ernie Kovacs, and Rocky King, Detective. Weinstein uses rare kinescopes, archival photographs, exclusive interviews, trade journal articles, and corporate documents to tell the story of a "forgotten network" that helped invent the very business of network television."--Jacket. |
Sisältö
My Father Was an Engineer | 1 |
From Basement to Broadway | 9 |
Who Is in Charge Here? | 31 |
The DuMont Daytime Experiment | 51 |
Captain Video Protector of the Free World and the DuMont Network | 69 |
Whatd He Say? Morey Amsterdam Meets Norman Rockwell | 93 |
And Away He Went Jackie Gleason and the Cavalcade of Stars | 111 |
Law and Order DuMont Style | 137 |
A Bishop for Berle Fans | 155 |
Ernie Kovacs and the DuMont Legacy | 175 |
DuMont Chronology | 190 |
Notes | 194 |
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The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television David Weinstein Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2004 |
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