Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983For the first time in a book on television, Screen Gems features a lengthy and detailed corporate history of the studio, which began as an obscure producer of TV commercials. It rapidly evolved into a leader in program packaging, music publishing, audience studies, and TV broadcasting. Also included is a program chronology listing the premiere and cancellation dates of every production. Among the programs chronicled are Route 66, The Naked City, Playhouse 90, Alcoa/Goodyear Theatre, The Monkees, Bewitched, Father Knows Best, The Donna Reed Show, QB VII, The Last Angry Man, Born Free, Police Story, Brian's Song, and Sadat. |
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120 minutes 30 minutes Art Directors Associate Producer Barry Based Bernard Slade Bill black & white Bob Claver Bobby Cast Charles color on film color on tape Columbia Pictures Television Corporation Credits Dick Directed Director of Photography Distributed by Screen drama E. W. Swackhamer episodes in black episodes in color Executive Producer Father Knows Best Film Editor Filmed on location Frank Fred George Gidget Grady Hunt Guest stars included Harry Ackerman Jack Jackie Barnett James Jeannie Jerry John Larry Leonard Makeup Supervision Michael Mike mini-series minutes in color Monkees Music Naked City NBC Television Network Paul Peter pilot Police Story Production Companies Richard Robert Peterson Ross Bellah Screen Gems season Set Decorator Show sitcom situation comedy Sound Mixer Steve Story Consultant studio Supervisor SYND syndication telefeature Tony vice president white on film William Writers Written young