Our Town (Producers' Showcase)
1st episode of the 2nd season of Producers' Showcase / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Our Town" is a 1955 episode of the American anthology series Producers' Showcase directed by Delbert Mann and starring Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint. Sinatra plays the stage manager and Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint portray the teenagers who fall in love and get married. The episode is a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1938 play Our Town, with songs by Jimmy van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, mostly sung by Sinatra the stage manager between and during scenes from the play, and including a duet with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint. The 90-minute show was Sinatra's only performance in a dramatic role specifically for television until Contract on Cherry Street in 1977.[1]
"Our Town" | |
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Producers' Showcase episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 |
Directed by | Delbert Mann |
Written by | David Shaw (adaptation) Thornton Wilder (play) |
Produced by | Fred Coe |
Featured music | Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn |
Original air date | September 19, 1955 (1955-09-19) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Guest appearances | |
Frank Sinatra Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Shelley Fabares Paul Hartman |