General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein is a two-hour TV special broadcast live on March 28, 1954, on all four major TV networks of the time, DuMont, CBS, NBC, and ABC.
| General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ralph Levy |
| Starring | Mary Martin Groucho Marx Jack Benny John Raitt Gordon MacRae Florence Henderson Ed Sullivan Edgar Bergen Ezio Pinza Yul Brynner Janice Rule Patricia Morison |
| Music by | Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ralph Levy |
| Running time | 120 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | DuMont CBS NBC ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
The special was hosted by Groucho Marx, Mary Martin, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, and Edgar Bergen with his puppet Charlie McCarthy.
Songs
Sources:
- "Oklahoma" from Oklahoma! – Gordon MacRae, Florence Henderson, and chorus
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair (1945) – Mary Martin
- "If I Loved You" from Carousel – John Raitt, Jan Clayton
- "Soliloquy" from Carousel – John Raitt
- "You Are Never Away" from Allegro – Bill Hayes and Janice Rule
- "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" from South Pacific – Mary Martin and chorus
- "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific – Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza
- "A Puzzlement" from The King and I – Yul Brynner
- "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" from Oklahoma! – Gordon MacRae
- "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific – Mary Martin
- "Getting to Know You" from The King and I – Patricia Morison
- "The Big Black Giant" and "No Other Love" from Me and Juliet – Rosemary Clooney, Tony Martin
- "People Will Say We're in Love" from Oklahoma! – Gordon MacRae, Florence Henderson
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- Light's Diamond Jubilee (October 1954 special aired on all four American TV networks)
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
References
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