The Roaring 20's (TV series)
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The Roaring 20's | |
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Genre | Drama |
Directed by | Robert Altman Richard Benedict Edward Dein Robert Douglas Charles F. Haas Stuart Heisler Marc Lawrence Leslie H. Martinson Irving J. Moore Charles R. Rondeau Sidney Salkow Richard C. Sarafian Robert B. Sinclair Robert Sparr George Waggner |
Starring | Dorothy Provine Rex Reason Donald May John Dehner Gary Vinson Mike Road |
Theme music composer | Mack David Jerry Livingston |
Composers | Michael Heindorf Howard Jackson Frank Perkins |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 45 |
Production | |
Executive producer | William T. Orr |
Producers | Jerry Davis Boris Ingster Tom McKnight Gordon Bau (make-up) |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 50 mins. |
Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | October 15, 1960 January 20, 1962 | –
The Roaring 20's is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.
Synopsis
Dorothy Provine stars as Pinky Pinkham, the singer at the Charleston Club, in all forty-five episodes of this hour-long series that deals with newspaper reporters covering crime and gangsters for the fictitious New York Record in the 1920s, such as Scott Norris (Rex Reason), Pat Garrison (Donald May), Duke Williams (John Dehner), and copy-boy Chris Higby (Gary Vinson). Mike Road played police Lieutenant Joe Switoski. Other stars were James Flavin as Robert Howard and Louise Glenn as Gladys, who appear in thirty-three and thirty episodes, respectively.
Guest stars
Reception
In its first year, The Roaring 20's faced competition from the Top 20 programs, Perry Mason on CBS and Bonanza on NBC. In the 1961-1962 season, however, Bonanza was shifted to Sunday, and the western series, Tales of Wells Fargo, moved into the time slot opposite The Roaring 20's.
Soundtrack album
In 1960 Warner Bros. Records issued the mono soundtrack album The Roaring 20's to accompany the series.[1] Musical direction was by Sandy Courage.
Track listing
- "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"; "Bye Bye Blackbird"; "Whisper Song"; "Laugh Clown Laugh"
- "Charleston"; "Doin' the Raccoon"; "Black Bottom"
- "I Wanna Be Loved by You"; "Someone to Watch Over Me"; "Don't Bring Lulu"
- "Mountain Greenery"; "Sweet Georgia Brown"
- "Poor Butterfly"; "Let's Misbehave"; "Avalon"
- "O-oo Ernest"; "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"; "Do, Do, Do"
- "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You"; "Tea for Two"; "The Girl Friend"
- "It Had to Be You"; "Just a Memory"; "Barney Google"
- "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"; "Limehouse Blues"
- "Am I Blue?"; "Let's Do It"; "Nagasaki"; "The Roaring Twenties"
Notes
- ^ The full album title was: Music from The Roaring 20's Warner Bros. New Hit Television Show, songs by Dorothy Provine and the music of Pinky and her Playboys Catalogue number: WM 4035 (W1394).
External links
- 1960 American television series debuts
- 1962 American television series endings
- 1960s American television series
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- American drama television series
- Black-and-white television programs
- English-language television programs
- Television series about journalism
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television
- Television series set in the 1920s
- Television shows set in New York City