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MAX LIEBMAN PRESENTS

Episode Guide
version 6.0 December 2007

(Ep 2.6, 2.7)
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MAX LIEBMAN PRESENTS

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This show was also known as The Sunday Spectacular.

First season broadcast on every fourth Saturday from 9/12/1954 to 6/9/1956 on NBC.

Second season broadcast every fourth Sunday from 9/11/1955 to 8/12/1956 on NBC.
 

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1.01 Max Liebman Presents: SATINS AND SPURS

12-Sep-1954

written by Billy Friedberg & William Glickman & Max Liebman

 & Fred Saidy & Neil Simon

directed by Charles O'Curran

Songs by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

Cast:

Betty Hutton .......... Cindy Smathers

Kevin McCarthy ........ Tony

Genevieve ............. Chanteuse

Guy Richmond .......... Tex

Josh Wheeler .......... Dick

Edwin Phillips ........ Ollie

Neva Patterson ........ Ursula

Maggi McNellis

Synopsis:

Cindy Smathers, a rodeo star who appears at Madison Square Garden in New York City and

becomes the subject of a Life magazine photo essay about a country girl in the big city.

The photographer at first makes her feel like such a rube but eventually they fall in love

and the pictures land Cindy the lead in a Broadway musical.

*Note: Songs sung by Betty Hutton, include: Whoop-Diddy-Ay / Wildcat Smathers / Satins and Spurs /

The Little Roll Rock / I've Had Enough - Hutton & McCarthy / Nobody Cares / Back Home /

You're So Right for Me - Hutton & McCarthy / Sexy Sadie/Finale.

1.02 Max Liebman Presents: LADY IN THE DARK

25-Sep-1954

written by Billy Friedberg story by Moss Hart

directed by Max Liebman and Jeffrey Hayden

Cast:

Ann Sothern ........... Liza Elliot

James Daly ............ Charley Johnson

Carleton Carpenter .... Russell Paxton

Luella Gear ........... Maggie Grant

Paul McGrath .......... Kendall Nesbitt

Shepherd Strudwick .... Dr. Alexander Brooks

Robert Fortier ........ Randy Culver

Stephanie Augustine ... Miss Foster

Synopsis:

Liza Elliot, neurotic fashion editor of Allure magazine, seeks psychiatric help to solve her problems.

Her Freudian session leads to three musical dream sequences, including:

Glamour Dream: Oh Fabulous One/Huxley/One Life to Live/Girl of the Moment / Wedding Dream: Mapleton High Chorale/This is New/The Princess of Pure Delight / Circus Dream: The Greatest Show on Earth/Dance of the Tumblers/The Best Years of His Life/Tschaikowsky/The Saga of Jenny / Childhood Dream: My Ship.

1.03 Max Liebman Presents: SUNDAY IN TOWN

10-Oct-1954

written by Bill Friedberg & Neil Simon & William Glickman

directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Steve Allen

Cast:

Judy Holliday

Dick Shawn

Jack Russell

1.04 Max Liebman Presents: THE FOLLIES OF SUZY

23-Oct-1954

written by Bill Friedberg & William Glickman & Neil Simon & William Jacobson & Fred Saidy

directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Steve Allen

Cast:

Zizi Jeanmaire

Tom Avera

Cliff Norton

Connie Russell

Paul Whiteman

Synopsis:

Steve Allen is a young playwright who daydreams about an imaginary French ballerina, Jeanmarie, as she appears in three romantic stories set in different time periods of American history.

*Note: Also appearing are the dance team of Harrison & Eliot.

1.05 Max Liebman Presents: FANFARE

Prod. no. N-5726

07-Nov-1954

written by William Friedberg, Fred Saidy, Neil Simon, Will Glickman, Bill Jacobson

directed and produced by Max Liebman

Musical Conductor Charles Sanford

 Hosted by Steve Allen

Cast:

Judy Holliday

Frank Sinatra

Dick Shawn

Jacques Tati

1.06 Max Liebman Presents: BEST FOOT FORWARD

20-Nov-1954

written by Neil Simon & William Glickman & Fred Saidy

& Bill Friedberg & William Jacobson

directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Marilyn Maxwell ....... Gale Joy

Bob Cummings .......... Jack Haggerty

Charlie Applewhite .... Bud Hooper

Hope Holliday ......... Minerva

Jeannie Carson ........ Helen Twitterton

Harrison Miller ....... Dutch

Arte Johnson .......... Chuck

James Komack .......... Hunk

Howard St. John ....... Dean Reeber

Synopsis:

The story of a fading Hollywood movie star, Gale Joy, who descends on a boy's

prep school as a publicity stunt to accompany a student, Bud Hooper, to his prom.

The kids at the Junior Prom go wild over the movie star and she's forced to seek

 refuge in the boy's dormitory - a move that could get the boys expelled from school.

1.07 Max Liebman Presents: SPOTLIGHT

05-Dec-1954

directed by Bill Hobin

Hosted by Jimmy Durante

Guest cast:

Sonja Henie

Jack Buchanan

Jeannie Carson

Pat Carroll

1.08 Max Liebman Presents: BABES IN TOYLAND

18-Dec-1954

written by Bill Friedberg & Neil Simon & Fred Saidy

directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Wally Cox ............ Toymaker Grumino

Dave Garroway ........ Santa Claus

Ellen Barrie ......... Joan

Dennis Day ........... Tommy Tucker

Barbara Cook ......... Jane Piper

Jack E. Leonard ...... Silas Barnaby

Karin Wolfe .......... Ann Piper

Synopsis:

A department store Santa entertains a lost young girl with tales of a land where

storybook characters live. The girl dreams of Toyland and the story of

Tommy Tucker who wants to win the hand of Jane Piper despite the evil

Silas Barnaby who wants Jane for himself.

1.09 Max Liebman Presents: GOOD TIMES

02-Jan-1955

written by Bill Friedberg & Neil Simon & William Glickman

& Fred Saidy & William Jacobson

directed by Max Liebman and Bill Hobin

Hosted by Steve Allen

Guest cast:

Judy Holliday

Dick Shawn

William Le Massena

Robert Gallagher

Donn Driver

Cathryn Damon

The Ritz Brothers

1.10 Max Liebman Presents: NAUGHTY MARIETTA

15-Jan-1955

Guest cast:

Patrice Munsel ....... Marietta d'Altena

Alfred Drake ......... Captain Dick Warrington

John Conte ........... Lt. Governor Le Grange

Gale Sherwood ........ Yvonne

Donn Driver .......... Louis D'Arc

Robert Gallagher ..... Captain of Ship

William Le Massena ... Rudolfo

Charles Dagmar ....... Punch & Judy Puppeteer

Synopsis:

Operetta set in New Orleans circa 1780. Marietta is there to escape from an

unwanted marriage in France and Capt. Dick is there to lead his Rangers against

a pirate gang. Marietta is first attracted to the son of the lieutenant governor. But when he

 is revealed as the pirate leader, she turns her attentions to Capt. Dick. She decides he

is the man for her when he is able to finish the "Dream" melody that Marietta recalls from childhood.

1.11 Max Liebman Presents: VARIETY

30-Jan-1955

directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Perry Como

Kitty Kallen

Buddy Hackett

Bill Hayes

Pat Carroll

Jack Russell

Herb Shriner

Bil Baird & Cora Baird, Puppeteers

Synopsis:

Music, comedy and song & dance, including a jazz version of Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore."

1.12 Max Liebman Presents: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE

12-Mar-1955

written by Billy Friedberg & Neil Simon & William Glickman & Al Schwartz

based on a novel by Mark Twain

directed by Max Liebman and Bill Hobin

Music by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Guest cast:

Eddie Albert .......... Martin Barrett

Janet Blair ........... Sandy

Boris Karloff ......... King Arthur

John Conte ............ Sir Kay

Gale Sherwood ......... Morgan Le Fay

Leonard Elliott ....... Merlin

Beverly Dennis

Ray Drakeley

Synopsis:

Max Liebman presents A Connecticut Yankee, inspired by the Mark Twain tale.

It tells of a modern-day groom-to-be who is projected back in time to the days

of King Arthur. There, the people he knows at home assume the identities

of the characters about the Round Table and their lady-loves.

*

Highlights

Songs : "This is My Night to Howl ", "My Heart Stood Still", "Thou Swell" ........Eddie Albert

"At the Round Table" ......... Boris Karloff

"On a Desert Island with Thee", "To Keep My Love Alive" ........ Gale Sherwood

"Hymn to the Sun", "Ye Lunchtime Follies", "Can't You Do a Friend a Favor?" ....... Eddie Albert

"I Feel At Home with You" ............. Jack Thompson

"You Always Love the Same Girl" ............ Eddie Albert / The Camelot Samba.

1.13 Max Liebman Presents: THE MERRY WIDOW

09-Apr-1955 NBC Sat

Written by Bill Friedberg & Neil Simon & William Glickman

Adapted from the 1907 play with music by Franz Lehar and book by Leo Stein & Victor Leon

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Anne Jeffreys ......... Sonia Sadoya

Barry Sullivan ........ Prince Danilo

Edward Everett Horton . Baron Zelta

Helena Bliss .......... Valencienne

Jack Russell .......... Lieutenant Nicholas

John Conte ............ Georges

Synopsis 1:

The pretty widow, Sonia, comes to Paris for a gay fling. Since she owns most of

her native Marsovia, her government wants to make certain her second marriage

does not take her wealth away from home. Their choice of a groom

 the dashing Marsovian Prince Danilo.

Synopsis 2:

Sonja Sadoya is a wealthy young widow who is being romanced by the dashing

Prince Danilo, a womanizing Marsovian embassy attache who is courting Sonia in hopes

of using her money to restore his country's fiscal solvency. Sonia attempts to convince

 Dalio that she is penniless and still get him to marry her.

*

Highlights

ACT I

"Can-Can" ..................... Dancers

"Maxim's" ..................... Sullivan

"Girls, Girls, Girls .......... Sullivan, Conte

"You'll Love Love in Paris .... Jeffreys

"Fidelity" .................... Conte

"Love Song" ................... Jeffreys, Sullivan

"Merry Widow Waltz" ........... Ensemble

ACT II

"Marsovian Dance" ............. Kraft, Linn & Alexander

"Vilia" ....................... Jeffreys

"Lovely Is The Music" ......... Ensemble

"Fidelity" .................... Conte

"Ladies of the Chorus" ........ Singers

"The Merry Widow Waltz" ....... Ensemble

1.14 Max Liebman Presents: KALEIDOSCOPE

24-Apr-1955

Hosted by Judy Holliday

Guest cast:

Frank Sinatra

Dick Shawn

George S. Irving

Robert Gallagher

Beatrice Arthur

Synopsis:

Judy appears with George Irving in the "Museum Sketch"

and with Bea Arthur in "The Hat Sketch".

Dick Shawn appears in "The Dario Sketch" and sings "Not Since Nineveh",

from the musical "Kismet" supported by singers and dancers.

Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander dance to "Whatever Lola Wants",

from  the forthcoming musical, "Damn Yankees".

The dancers and singers perform in a production number

of "You're Devastating". The New York finale features the entire cast in

"Razz-a-ma-tazz". From Hollywood Frank Sinatra appears in a comedy sketch

and sings: "I'm Gonna Live till I Die", "One For the Road" and "Learnin' the Blues".

1.15 Max Liebman Presents: THE DESERT SONG

07-May-1955

written by Billy Friedberg & Neil Simon & William Glickman

Based on Sigmund Romberg's "The Desert Song"

Book by Otto Harbach

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein & Frank Mandel

Staged by Milton Lyon

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Musical numbers staged by Rod Alexander

Musical conductor, Charles Sanford

Musical adaptation by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl

Arrangements by Irwin Kostal

Choral director, Clay Warnick

Lighting by Fred McKinnon

Adaptation of the 1926 Broadway operetta

Guest cast:

Nelson Eddy ........... Pierre/The Red Shadow

Gale Sherwood ......... Margot

Otto Kruger ........... General Birabeau

John Conte ............ Paul Fontaine

Salvatore Baccalone ... Ali Ben Ali

Viola Essen ........... Azuri

Earl William .......... Hassi

Felisha Conde ......... Castenette Dancer

Synopsis 1:

Pierre Birabeau, son of the general of all French troops in Morocco,

is secretly sympathetic to the local Riffs. Disguising himself in a red costume,

 he leads the Moroccans against his own countrymen, but at the garrison he

pretends to be a weakly simpleton. His behavior with his fellow Frenchmen

does not help further his desire for romance with the beautiful Margot. She

prefers dashing, but fickle, Captain Paul Fontaine. Pierre has no choice but to

go to Margot in his other identity, the notorious Red Shadow, and carry her off to

his desert camp. Complications arise when Azuri, a dancing girl, reveals

the camp's location to the French.

Synopsis 2:

This is the tale of a dashing Frenchman who, opposing his own father,

General Birabeau's campaign, joins the Riffs of Morocco in their battle against

the French. Our hero leads a double life, at home the playboy, Pierre; in the desert,

 Red Shadow, the fighter for Moroccan independence. Neither his girl nor his father

suspects that these two are one and the same.

*

Highlights:

ACT I

Scene 1. Desert Oasis

"Riff Song" .................... Eddy

Scene 2. Street and cafe

"Why Do We Marry Soldiers?"..... Girls

"French Marching Song" ......... Eddy

"Pretty Maid of France" ........ Conte, Sherwood

"Girls, Girls, Girls" .......... Conte, Sherwood

"Romance" ...................... Conte

Scene 3. General Birabeau's Mansion

Dance .......................... Viola Essen

"Then You Will Know" ........... Eddy, Sherwood

"I Want a Kiss" ................ Eddy, Sherwood

"Romance" ...................... Sherwood

"Desert Song" .................. Eddy

ACT II

Scene 1. Ali Ben's Desert Fortress

"My Little Castognette" ........ Dancers

"Eastern-Western Love" ......... Eddy, Williams, Baccaloni

Scene 2. General Birabeau's Mansion

"Sabre Song" ................... Sherwood

Scene 3. Ali's Fortress

"Desert Song" .................. Eddy

ACT III

Scene 1. General Birabeau's Mansion

"Dance of Triumph" ............. Viola Essen

"French Military Song" ......... Conte

Scene 2. Town Square

"One Alone" .................... Eddy, Sherwood

*Note: "The Desert Song" debuted at New York's Casino Theater in 1926.

1.16 Max Liebman Presents: PROMENADE

22-May-1955

written by Bill Friedberg & William Glickman & Neil Simon

 & William Jacobson & Fred Saidy

directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Tyrone Power

Guest cast:

Judy Holliday

Janet Blair

Kay Starr

George S. Irving

Barbara Baxley

Jack Russell

Herb Shriner

Zachary A. Charles

Bil Baird & Cora Baird, Puppeteers

Synopsis:

Actor Tyrone Power is the host and actresses Judy Holliday and Janet Blair

as well as dancers Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander; singers Kay Starr,

Jack Russell, Herb Shriner and Barbara Baxley perform.

*

Highlights:

"It's A Great Feeling" .............. Cast

"What Part of Indiana?" ............. Shriner

Baseball Wives ...................... Holliday, Blair, Baxley

Trapped ............................. Holliday, Russell, Baxley,

George Irving, Zachary Charles

Girl Singers ........................ Holliday, Blair, Starr

"I Love To Rhyme" ................... Blair

"Carabelle" ......................... Russell

"The Carioca" ....................... Linn & Alexander

"Chattanooga Choo-choo" ............. Cast

"Side By Side" ...................... Starr

"If You Love Me" .................... Starr

"That Ain't Love" ................... Starr

"Wheel of Fortune" .................. Starr

1.17 Max Liebman Presents: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER

04-Jun-1955

written by Neil Simon & Bill Friedberg & William Glickman

 Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play "Arms and the Man."

directed by Jeffrey Hayden

Guest cast:

Eddie Albert ......... Captain Bumerli

Rise Stevens ......... Nadina

Akim Tamaroff ........ Major Ludek

David Atkinson ....... Alexius Spiridoff

George Ebeling ....... General Masakroff

Synopsis:

Captain Bumerli, a cowardly Swiss Army pastry chef, finds himself in the midst

of battle and flees the scene. He escapes up a trellis and ends up in the bedroom

of Nadina, the fiancee of a war hero. Nadina helps him avoid capture by the

 Bulgarians and later helps him escape. A year later Bumerli returns to win

Nadina's love and prevent her loveless marriage to Major Spiridoff.

NOTE: Adapted from the 1909 Broadway opera, with music by Oscar Straus

and libretto by Rudolph Bernauer & Leopold Jacobson.

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2.01 [18] Max Liebman Presents: HEIDI

01-Oct-1955

Written by Neil Simon & Billy Friedberg

Story by Johanna Spyri

Directed by Max Liebman

Music by Clay Warnick, Mel Pahl and Irwin Kostal

Based on melodies by Robert Schumann with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.

Musical direction by Charles Sanford

Choral direction by Clay Warnick

Choreography by Paul Starbuck

Guest cast:

Jeannie Carson ........ Heidi

Wally Cox ............. Peter

Elsa Lanchester ....... Fraulein Rottenmeier

Natalie Wood .......... Klara Sesseman

Jo Van Fleet .......... Aunt Dete

Richard Eastham ....... Grandfather

Robert Clary .......... Eric

Highlights:

Songs: "I Got My Way", "Greener Pastures", "I Love to Rumble",

 "Right or Wrong" "The Etiquette Song."

2.02 [19] Max Liebman Presents: THE GREAT WALTZ

05-Nov-1955

Based on Moss Hart's operetta.

Music by Johann Strauss, Sr. & Jr., book by A.M. Willner, Heinz Reichert,

 Ernst Marischka & Caswell Garth as adapted by Moss Hart. Lyrics by Desmond Carter.

Guest cast:

Patrice Munsel ........ Resi Ebesteder

Keith Andes ........... Johann Strauss, Jr

Jarmila Novotna ....... Madame Baranska

Bert Lahr ............. Hans Ebesteder

Henry Sharp ........... Johann Strauss, Sr/Otto Hartkopf

Lee Goodman ........... Ferdi

Gordon Dillworth ...... Otto Hartkopf

Sam Schwartz .......... Conductor

Mia Slavenska ......... Ballerina

Synopsis:

Johann Strauss, Jr. who is struggling against the machinations of a jealous father,

when help comes from two lovely sources. One is a young singer who offers to

perform his songs in her father's coffee house. The other is a woman who

has money and important connections.

*

Highlights:

ACT I

"Laughter Is the Thing" ...... Munsel, Andes

"Mme. Baranska's Song" ....... Novotna

"An Artist's Life" ........... Munsel

"Solo Ballet" ................ Slavenska

"Too Close To Me" ............ Novotna, Andes

"Tales from the Vienna Woods.. Munsel

ACT II

"Friendly Understanding" ..... Munsel, Andes

"The Composer Conducts" ...... Andes

"Charwomen's Song" ........... Munsel

"Character Ballet" ........... Dancing Ensemble

"I Hate the Waltz"............ Lahr

ACT III

"Laughter Is the Thing" (reprise) ..... Munsel, Andes

Finale: "Blue Danube" ........ Ensemble

2.03 [20] Max Liebman Presents: DEAREST ENEMY

26-Nov-1955

Songs by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Based on the book by Herbert Fields

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Robert Sterling ......... John Copeland

Anne Jeffreys ........... Betsy Burke

Cyril Ritchard .......... General Howe

Cornelia Otis Skinner ... Mrs. Murray

Helen Ford

Synopsis 1:

British officers Howe and Copeland recall how Mrs. Murray and a band

of patriotic female colonists were instrumental in England losing

 the war for American independence.

Synopsis 2:

At the home of Mrs. Robert Murray on Murray Hill in Manhattan a group of women

 is apparently cooking and putting up preserves in actuality, the ladies are making

ammunition for the Continental Army. Word is brought that the British have landed

nearby, and shortly General Howe and his staff arrive at the Murray home. At first

the good ladies think to discourage British interest in their "cooking" and in themselves

 by making themselves look as homely as possible. But they change their tactics when

they learn they must detain the British so that General Putnam can join forces with

General Washington. Off come the disguises, on goes the charm and two romances

 bud - one between Mrs. Murray and General Howe and another between Betsy Burke

and Captain Copeland.

*

Highlights:

ACT I

"Cheerio" ................. Howe, Generals

"Sweet Peter" ............. Howe

"Heigh-ho Lackaday" ....... Mrs. Murray

"War Is War" .............. Mrs. Murray

"I Beg Your Pardon" ....... Betsy, John

"Old Enough to Love" ...... Mrs. Murray, Howe

"Here In My Arms" ......... Betsy, John

ACT II

"Gavotte" ................. Ensemble

"Where the Hudson River Flows" ..... Howe

"Bye and Bye" ............. Betsy, John

"Hermits" ................. Howe

ACT III

"I'd Like to Hide It" ..... Betsy

"Here's A Kiss" ........... Betsy, John

Finale: "Here In My Arms... Ensemble

2.04 [21] Max Liebman Presents: THE MAURICE CHEVALIER SHOW

Prod no. 55-4607

04-Dec-1955

Written by Neil Simon & Bill Friedberg

Directed and produced by Max Liebman

Musical Conductor Charles Sanford

Hosted by Maurice Chevalier

Guest cast:

Jeannie Carson

Pat Carroll

Marcel Marceau
Summary:

Dances and musical numbers staged by James Starbuck, musical conducted by Charles Sanford.

*Note: Marcel Marceau received an Emmy award for his appearance on this show

as "Best Specialty Act - Single or Duo."

2.05 [22] Max Liebman Presents: PARIS IN THE SPRINGTIME

21-Jan-1956

written by Neil Simon & Billy Friedberg

directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Dan Dailey ............ Steven

Gale Sherwood ......... Jeannie

Helen Gallagher ....... Josie

Jack Whiting .......... Felix

Carleton Carpenter .... Go-Go

Marcel Hillaire ....... Marcel
Synopsis:
Dan Dailey is a former nightclub hoofer who dreams of being a "serious dancer."

He goes to Paris where he reunites with his former dance partner and hooks up with

a woman who leads a Bohemian group of starving American actors. The story concerns

the type of antics that can happen in Paris in the springtime.

*

Highlights:

Songs: "Sunshine", "Stung", "Mme. de Paris", "Delicado",

"Old Routine",  "Can't Be Bothered", "From Another World", "Paris, Paree"

"Nobody's Chasing Me", "Marie Antoinette", "Un Coin de France".

2.06 [23] Max Liebman Presents: PANORAMA

26-Feb-1956

directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Imogene Coca

Guest cast:

Tony Randall

Eileen Barton

Johnny Desmond

Alan Dale

Bill Hayes

Bill Baird & Cora Baird and their Marionettes

Bambi Linn
Rod Alexander
Robert Gallagher
*
Highlights
*
Grand Opening ................. Ensemble
"Faithfully Yours" ............ Coca, Gallagher
Hollywood Star Interview ...... Coca, Randall
Forgotten Songs ............... Barton, Dale, Desmond, Hayes, Linn, Alexander
"Wide Wide Wonderful" ......... Coca, Randall
"Get Your Audience" ........... Randall
Tenacious Commercial .......... Coca, Marionettes
"The Merriest Widow" .......... Ensemble
"Come to the Pavilion" ........ Coca
"Merry Widow Waltz" ........... Ensemble
Encores ....................... Coca
"Jim", "Maywalk", "Strip", "Tramp"  [RF]
 

2.07 [24] Max Liebman Presents: HEAVEN WILL PROTECT THE WORKING GIRL

25-Mar-1956

directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Tony Randall

Guest cast:

Janet Blair

Bert Lahr

Nancy Walker

Helen Gallagher

Bob Carroll

Tammy Grimes

Connie Russell

Patricia Hammerlee

Synopsis:
The working girl, past and present, will be the subject.

"We will bring you," Randall will say, "some of the songs, the motion pictures,

 the literature, the styles and the general background of the various periods we touch upon." [RF]
*
Highlights
*
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl ............ Gallagher
Three Momentous Machines ........................ Larh, Randall, Walker, Russell, Grimes
Make A Miracle .................................. Blair, Randall
Salesgirl and Floorwalker ....................... Lahr, Grimes, Hammerlee
Weekend of a Private Secretary .................. Walker
Breakfast in Bed ................................ Gallagher
Girls' Shower ................................... Walker, Hammerlee, Gallagher, Grimes, Russell
Tango Palace Girl ............................... Russell
Subway Incident ................................. Randall, Walker
Poor Young Girl ................................. Lahr
Million Dollar Baby ............................. Blair, Carroll
Working Girl Songs .............................. Ensemble
 

2.08 [25] Max Liebman Presents: THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO

14-Apr-1956

Written by Bill Friedberg & Neil Simon

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Music by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl

Based on Rimski-Korsakov themes with lyrics by Edward Eager

Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal and conducted by Charles Sanford

Guest cast:

Alfred Drake .......... Marco Polo

Doretta Morrow ........ Girl

Beatrice Kraft ........ Dancer

Arnold Moss ........... Niccolo

George Mitchell ....... Maffeo

Paul Ukena ............ Kublai Khan

Harold Vermilye ....... Baron of Tibet

Ray Drakeley

Margaret Wright

Synopsis:

Marco Polo's adventures take him from Venice to the Far East, where he visits the

court of the Kublai Khan in China, the ruler of Tibet and the kingdom of Persia.

 He also finds romance along the way.

*

Highlights

Musical selections: "Beyond the Sunset", "You'll Be Seeing Me", "Market Day",

"Xanadu", "Population", "Silver Bells", "The Tartar Song", "The Garden of Imagining",

 "Who, Me?", "Uneasy Lies the Head", "Worlds", "Is It You?", "You'll Be Seeing Me".

2.09 [26] Max Liebman Presents: THE MUSIC OF GERSHWIN

12-May-1956

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Guest cast:

Ethel Merman

Alfred Drake

Tony Bennett

Richard Hayman

Toni Arden

Robert Maxwell

Eugene List

Harrison Muller, Sr

Peter Conlow

Patricia Wilde
Synopsis:

This ninety minute tribute to the music of George Gershwin includes an eclectic array

of musical talent: Broadway stars Ethel Merman & Alfred Drake, pop singers

Tony Bennett & Toni Arden, pianist Eugene List, harmonica virtuoso Richard Hayman,

Broadway singer/dancer Peter Conlow, classical ballet dancer Patricia Wilde, "hot" harpist

Robert Maxwell, cool accordian jazz from Art Van Damme and his Quintet,

The Ballerinas Diana and more jazz from The Bob Hamilton Trio.

2.10 [27] Max Liebman Presents: THE MAURICE CHEVALIER SPECIAL

20-May-1956

Produced & Directed by Max Liebman

Hosted by Maurice Chevalier

Guest cast:

Polly Bergen

Stanley Holloway

Michel Legrand

Chita Rivera

2.11 [28] Max Liebman Presents: HOLIDAY

09-Jun-1956

Based on the story by Elmer Rice

Directed by Max Liebman and Charles S. Dubin

Produced by Max Liebman

Music by Clay Warnick & Mel Pahl

Adapted from the work of Johann Strauss

Lyrics by Edward Eager

Musical direction by Charles Sanford

Choreography by Rod Alexander

Guest cast:

Doretta Morrow

Keith Andes

Kitty Carlisle

Tammy Grimes

George S. Irving

Anthony Eisley

Jacques d'Amboise

Charles Weidman

Synopsis:

Musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's short-lived (8 performances) 1951 play

"The Grand Tour." The story involves a New England schoolteacher who falls in love with

an embezzling banker during a trip to Europe. In the end she uses her inheritance to cover

 his crime and returns him to his wife.

*

Highlights

Songs: "Escape it All", "According to the Baedeker", "I Want So Much",

"Qu'est-ce Que C'est?",  "Pantomime Ballet", "It Musn't Happen Now", "Chit Chat",

"Tra-la-la", "Once There Was a Man", "When a Woman is a Wife".

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