You Are There Teleplays: The Critical Edition You Are There, a classic of television's Golden Age, was produced by CBS News in its New York Studios from 1953 through 1955. Each episode, "reported" by such journalists as Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite, and Bill Leonard, investigated a historical event as if it were current breaking news. The series was directed by Sidney Lumet and starred such luminaries as James Dean, Paul Newman, Rod Steiger, E.G. Marshall, John Cassevetes, and Lorne Greene. The three key writers who created the showÚAbraham Polonsky, Arnold Manoff, and Walter BernsteinÚwere blacklisted by the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities. Not able to officially work on the program, they submitted their scripts through "fronts." (This volume re-establishes screen credit for ten of Polonsky's episodes.) Polonsky was blacklisted until 1968. In this volume-- Cortez Conquers MexicoThe Crisis of GalileoThe Fate of Nathan HaleThe Secret of Sigmund FreudThe Recognition of MichelangeloThe Vindication of SavonarolaMallory's Tragedy on Mt. EverestThe Emergence of JazzThe Torment of BeethovenThe Tragedy of John MiltonIt's a damn good program. . . . How do you get away with it? --Edward R. Murrow The show was part of early television's voyage of discovery and we were pleased to be aboard. --Mike Wallace We were conducting guerrilla warfare against McCarthy and the Committee. --Abraham Polonsky |
