Chrysler Festival
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| Chrysler Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | variety concert |
| Directed by | Don Hudson |
| Presented by | Elaine Grand Hume Cronyn |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Stuart W. Griffiths |
| Producer(s) | Franz Kraemer |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBC Television |
| Original run | 14 November 1956 – 17 April 1957 |
Chrysler Festival is a Canadian variety concert television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1957.
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[edit] Premise
The concerts were recorded at Loew's Uptown Theatre in Toronto, with two thousand attendees in the theatre. Lucio Agostini was the series musical director.[1]
[edit] Scheduling
The series aired on selected Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as a mid-year replacement for Folio. Episodes were broadcast as follows:
- 14 November 1956: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Edmund Hockridge, Shirley Jones, Eartha Kitt, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- 28 November 1956: Larry Adler, Percy Faith, Tito Gobbi with Pilar Lorengar, Bob Hamilton Trio (American dance group), Peter Sellers
- 23 January 1957: Lisa Della Casa with Richard Tucker (opera duet), Ferrante & Teicher, José Greco, Edith Piaf, La Ronde from New Faces of 1956[2]
- 20 February 1957: Kaye Ballard, Rosemary Clooney with Bill Johnson, Dorothy Dandridge, Maureen Forrester, Glenn Gould, Mata and Hari (dancers)[3]
- 20 March 1957: André Eglevsky, The Four Lads, Melissa Hayden, George Shearing Quintet.
- 17 April 1957: Marian Anderson, George London, Oscar Peterson Trio
[edit] References
- ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Chrysler Festival". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=710. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Blackburn, Bob (24 January 1956). "Televiews / Atomic Ping-Pong With Mouse Traps". Ottawa Citizen: p. 21. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=WM4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=3484,2019341. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette (Montreal): p. 13. 20 February 1957. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=vXkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5364%2C3587373. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
[edit] External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Chrysler Festival". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Car.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Chrysler Festival at the Internet Movie Database
