Well dear readers, I am here to tell you I sucessfully tracked down PLN's episode of "Suspense" (it was getting doubtful at the end after scrolling through 25 episodes and hitting the last disc with little confirmation that any of the celebs listed on the outside of the box had been in any of the episodes provided) but lo and behold, disc 4 episode 1 of collection 1 of Suspense, the episode entitled: "Woman in Love" does in fact contain a very young Newman (so young that he doesn't even warrant billing at the top of the show). "And now 'Suspense' sponsored by Auto-Lite and it's 90,000 dealers everywhere..." This episode of Suspense takes us to Budapest, 1952 where Alexia, a young woman who wants to travel to Sweden to be with her fiance but her mother (?) and some sort of underground leader want her to carry information to the resistance (at least I think that's what's happening here... so very difficult to tell). Alexia is also the only character that speaks with a Hungarian accent (which makes her absolutely ridiculous, because it is, in fact, the worst accent ever.) Alexia is sent to the passport office to get her papers in order, and it is here where we catch our first glimpse of Communist Captain Radefski (PLN). His eyes dart up to Alexia, and maybe it's just me, but you can see the star he is destined to become in that flash. Sadly, as the play progresses and Radefski opens his mouth, we can see that PLN does not quite have the acting chops that won him so many Oscar nominations. There seems to be no point to this episode, it ends abruptly and provides little satisfaction other than PN's chiseled cheekbones. 2007-08-01 19:09:00 GMT | ||||||
Showing posts with label Teleplays. Show all posts
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Tales of ... SUSPENSE!
New DVD Release: "Suspense: The Lost Episodes"
New DVD out today: "Suspense: The Lost Episodes" is an anthology series from the early 1950's that starred some legendary stars, including horror maestro Boris Karloff, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Rod Steiger, Anne Bancroft, Jack Lemmon, John Forsythe, Hume Cronyn, Peter Lorre, Leslie Nielsen, Eva Gabor, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Palance, Jack Klugman, George Reeves, Lee Marvin, Eva Marie Saint, Jackie Cooper, Stella Adler, Joan Blondell, Cloris Leachman, Brian Keith and many others.
What's so unique about this new set is that it is probably one of Newman's first television appearances (depending on which one he stars in) and that it is a little publicized role (this is the first time I've seen the name of this anthology series in all my research).
Chris Kaltenbach of the Baltimore Sun says: "Some 90 episodes of the series, unseen by the public since their original broadcast, turned up in kinescopes recently, and this collection presents 30 of them, complete with vintage commercials. Though marred by dime-store sets (mostly made of cardboard, they tend to move in ways they shouldn't) and the occasional actor who doesn't realize the camera's on him, this collection is an invaluable relic from television's earliest days, when almost everything about the medium was new and untried."
Fear not dear readers, I'm off to Netflix to figure out which ep belongs to Newman so you don't have to!
Episodes include:
Disc #1: A Night at the Inn (1949), Dead Ernest (1949), Help Wanted (1949), The Comic Strip Murder (1949), Dr. Violet (1949), The Murderer (1949), Black Passage (1949) and The Man in the House (1949).
Disc #2: The Suicide Club (1950), The Parcel (1950), My Old Man’s Badge (1950), Photo Finish (1950), Edge of Panic (1950), The Brush-Off (1950), Dead Fall (1951) and Double Entry (1951).
Disc #3: On a Country Road (1951), Summer Storm (1952), Wisteria Cottage (1951), The Black Panther (1952), Alibi Me (1952), The Debt (1952), The Crooked Frame (1952) and Remember Me? (1952).
Disc #4: Woman in Love (1952), The Invisible Killer (1952), Vacancy for Death (1953), The Kiss-Off (1953), Kiss Me Again Stranger (1953) and The Duel (1953).
What's so unique about this new set is that it is probably one of Newman's first television appearances (depending on which one he stars in) and that it is a little publicized role (this is the first time I've seen the name of this anthology series in all my research).
Chris Kaltenbach of the Baltimore Sun says: "Some 90 episodes of the series, unseen by the public since their original broadcast, turned up in kinescopes recently, and this collection presents 30 of them, complete with vintage commercials. Though marred by dime-store sets (mostly made of cardboard, they tend to move in ways they shouldn't) and the occasional actor who doesn't realize the camera's on him, this collection is an invaluable relic from television's earliest days, when almost everything about the medium was new and untried."
Fear not dear readers, I'm off to Netflix to figure out which ep belongs to Newman so you don't have to!
Episodes include:
Disc #1: A Night at the Inn (1949), Dead Ernest (1949), Help Wanted (1949), The Comic Strip Murder (1949), Dr. Violet (1949), The Murderer (1949), Black Passage (1949) and The Man in the House (1949).
Disc #2: The Suicide Club (1950), The Parcel (1950), My Old Man’s Badge (1950), Photo Finish (1950), Edge of Panic (1950), The Brush-Off (1950), Dead Fall (1951) and Double Entry (1951).
Disc #3: On a Country Road (1951), Summer Storm (1952), Wisteria Cottage (1951), The Black Panther (1952), Alibi Me (1952), The Debt (1952), The Crooked Frame (1952) and Remember Me? (1952).
Disc #4: Woman in Love (1952), The Invisible Killer (1952), Vacancy for Death (1953), The Kiss-Off (1953), Kiss Me Again Stranger (1953) and The Duel (1953).
2007-07-24 19:42:58 GMT
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