Until recently, the oldest entertainment program known to survive on color videotape was NBC’s An Evening with Fred Astaire, broadcast live on October 17, 1958.
But now, a rare color videotape of the Kraft Music Hall Starring Milton Berle that predates the Astaire special by nine days has been discovered. The tape will be shown at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood on Saturday, February 24th at 7:30 Pm in a program that is free and open to the public.
“The Berle Kraft tape is the oldest known color videotape of an entertainment program,” said Mark Quigley, the John H. Mitchell Television Curator at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. “Entertainment” is a key distinction. The oldest known color tape is of the NBC Washington studios dedication ceremony on 05-22-1958.
“With the introduction of videotape technology in the broadcast industry starting in 1956, one of...
But now, a rare color videotape of the Kraft Music Hall Starring Milton Berle that predates the Astaire special by nine days has been discovered. The tape will be shown at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood on Saturday, February 24th at 7:30 Pm in a program that is free and open to the public.
“The Berle Kraft tape is the oldest known color videotape of an entertainment program,” said Mark Quigley, the John H. Mitchell Television Curator at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. “Entertainment” is a key distinction. The oldest known color tape is of the NBC Washington studios dedication ceremony on 05-22-1958.
“With the introduction of videotape technology in the broadcast industry starting in 1956, one of...
- 2/9/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
July 17 is the weekend that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” was supposed to open, but in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the world has folded back on itself like a scene from one of the director’s mind-benders. As infection rates hit new highs in the U.S., theaters postpone or reverse their plans to reopen, and movies that planned to follow “Tenet” scramble to later spots on the calendar.
That leaves streaming platforms and on-demand services to once again pick up the slack, offering a genre-spanning selection of new offerings. There are showbiz documentaries — including one spotlighting Broadway legend Kaye Ballard, and another about animation mavens Spike and Mike — as well as Sundance-blessed indie offerings such as “Dirt Music” (with Garrett Hedlund) and “The Sunlit Night” (starring Jenny Slate).
On Netflix, there’s “The Best Years of Our Lives” meets “Boyhood” in the decade-spanning, New York Times-produced documentary “Father Soldier Son,...
That leaves streaming platforms and on-demand services to once again pick up the slack, offering a genre-spanning selection of new offerings. There are showbiz documentaries — including one spotlighting Broadway legend Kaye Ballard, and another about animation mavens Spike and Mike — as well as Sundance-blessed indie offerings such as “Dirt Music” (with Garrett Hedlund) and “The Sunlit Night” (starring Jenny Slate).
On Netflix, there’s “The Best Years of Our Lives” meets “Boyhood” in the decade-spanning, New York Times-produced documentary “Father Soldier Son,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
"She's original, she's not like anybody else." Abramorama recently debuted the first official trailer for Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On!, a documentary film about the famed actress Kaye Ballard. This originally premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival last year, and debuts virtually next month. Their description explains: "This charming documentary showcases the career of musical-comedy sensation Kaye Ballard, whose ability to sing and tell jokes was ubiquitous in the late 20th century. Delightful moments are captured in rare archival footage and interviews with Ann-Margret, Michael Feinstein and Ballard herself." After an extraordinary career in the arts, Ballard unfortunately passed away early last year at the age of 93. "The film sparkles with the energy of the era of entertainers whose skills had to bridge vaudeville to theater, radio to film, and television variety shows to sit coms." If you're interested in a fascinating actress, give this a watch.
- 6/18/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Mine" is a short film of three friends travelling through the desert on vacation. Along the way they meet some shady characters, who get the friends involved in a dangerous trade. A trailer for the film is now available, which shows the character Kurt (Jason Lockhart) to be a little more mischievous than others expect. This is the third film from Runway Pictures and also starring are Jennifer Sun Bell and Roy Huang. Prepare for this one at a film festival near you including Traverse City, Rome and Prince Edward Island. A trailer is below.
Director/writer: Greg Thompson.
Producers: Roy Huang, Jennifer Sun Bell, Dan WIngate, Juri Koll, Kyle Hudson and Greg Thompson.
Cast: Roy Huang, Jennifer Sun Bell, Jason Lockhart, Douglass Bennett, Kim Rhodes and Barbara Kerr Condon.
The trailer for "Mine" is here:
*currently set to play in at least fourteen film festivals.
**the score features No'a Winter Lazarus,...
Director/writer: Greg Thompson.
Producers: Roy Huang, Jennifer Sun Bell, Dan WIngate, Juri Koll, Kyle Hudson and Greg Thompson.
Cast: Roy Huang, Jennifer Sun Bell, Jason Lockhart, Douglass Bennett, Kim Rhodes and Barbara Kerr Condon.
The trailer for "Mine" is here:
*currently set to play in at least fourteen film festivals.
**the score features No'a Winter Lazarus,...
- 9/2/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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