[78-L] ^Survival of anything from The Best of Broadway (1954-55)

[Michael Biel]

There were color kines, I have one of a Lenny the B "Young Peoples
Concert".  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

-------- Original Message --------
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Remember Fred Allen's gag about the poor couple who got married
> on "Bride and Groom" but their marriage won't be legal in 14 states
> until the kinescope is shown?

> That out of the way, were there color kinescopes made? Or just b&w?  dl

 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:05:50 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^Survival of anything from The Best of Broadway (1954-55)
> 
> The fact that it was before videotape means it is MORE likely to have
> survived. Videotape was erasable. Kinescope film wasn't. There are
> maybe 100 programs from the 50s on videotape, and 50,000 or more on
> kinescope film. Including shows that were on videotape. The would make
> a kine of the tape and erase the tape, but EVERY network show was
> recorded on kine because there were stations not on the wireline
> network. Every show. Every episode of every show. All of them. On
> all four networks. Every last network show was kinescope recorded if it
> was not on film already.
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
> 
> Doubt that this inquiry will bear fruit, but check out this series of
> specials aired between 1954 and 55 on CBS entitled "The Best of
> Broadway."
> 
> http://www.eofftv.com/b/bes/best_of_broadway_main.htm
> 
> These were color broadcasts and done live. As they were made before the
> advent of videotape I suspect they won't have survived, but I'm curious
> as to whether any are known extant as black and white kinescopes. These
> programs used original cast members; for example, "Panama Hattie"
> featured Ethel Merman. And I'm also curious how they got them out to the
> West Coast in prime time in color (or if they did so at all).
> 
> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> 
> 
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