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Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09

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Title
Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09
Additional title: Camera Three (Television program)
Names
Herridge, Robert, 1914-1981 (Adapter)
Avery, Gaylord (Presenter)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Composer)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Conductor)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Commentator)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Performer)
Blackburn, Robert, 1925- (Commentator)
Scott, Toni, Mrs (Commentator)
Macandrew, James (Moderator)
Higgins, Michael, 1920-2008 (Narrator)
Nettleton, Lois (Performer)
Sarracini, Gerald, 1927-1957 (Performer)
Herridge, Robert, 1914-1981 (Producer)
Bowen, Ward C (Consultant)
Tedesco, Louis (Technical director)
Bonsignore, Sal (Lighting designer)
Moriarty, Francis (Director)
University of the State of New York (Sponsor)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Distributor)
Collection

Tom Scott audio collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1955-09
Date Created: 1955-11-10
Table of Contents
Part 1: [Excerpt, end of] Channel 2 commercials (Unidentified television announcer) -- [Opening remarks] (James Macandrew, moderator) -- The rendezvous -- [Closing remarks and credits] (Gaylord Avery, announcer) -- [Excerpt, end of] Stay tuned announcements (Channel 2) [ends abruptly] |||| Part 2: Commentary (Tom Scott) ; Tom Scott plays a improvised piano prelude "Love to my friend Robert" to his "psychiatrist" Robert Blackburn (?) -- [Excerpt from B minor Mass: Credo / J. S. Bach] -- Commentary (Tom Scott) ; [Unidentified opera recording] ; [Set-up?] -- Sending a Western Union telegram for Robert Herridge via telephone for bill of payment [from Channel Three's] "Heart of darkness" ; One-sided argument (and possible manic break) via telephone with Robert Herridge via telephone about his payment for "Heart of darkness" (Tom Scott and Toni Scott, commentary) -- [Unidentified commentary and piano playing (3 pieces) in the background] (Tom Scott, commentary and piano ; with Robert Blackburn (?)) [ends abruptly]
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 4071
Topics
Herridge, Robert, 1914-1981 -- Telephone calls
Television plays
Telegraph
Telephone calls
Piano music
Mental illness
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883. Svidanie.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Masses, BWV 232, B minor. Symbolum Nicenum
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961. Rendezvous.
Genres
Music
Filmed performances
Television music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [written by Ivan Turgenev] ; adapted for television by Robert Herridge. [Home recording about a telegram, an argument with Robert Herridge over the telephone and an improvised piano prelude], 1955-11-10 / by Tom Scott.
Numbering: "12"--From original audiotape container spine.
Source note: "Cam 3; 'Rendezvous", 9/ /55"--From original audiotape container.
Creation/production credits: Part 1: Robert Herridge, adaptor and producer ; Francis Moriarty, director ; Dr. Ward C. Bowen, advisory consultant for the New York State Education Department and director of visual aids ; Louis Tedesco (?), technical director ; Sal Bonsignore (?), lighting director.
Performers: Part 1: Michael Higgins (Narrator) ; Lois Nettleton (Akulina) ; Gerald Sarracini (Viktor Alexandrich) ; Tom Scott, composer and conductor ; [Columbia Symphony Orchestra?] ; James Macandrew, moderator ; Gaylord Avery, announcer. Part 2: Tom Scott, Dr. Robert Blackbrown (?) and Toni [Mrs. Tom Scott] (?), commentary.
Venue: Originally broadcast WCBS-TV, New York, New York September 1955 (Part 1); Recorded Tom Scott's house, New York, New York 1955 November 10 (Part 2)
Acquisition: Separated from; Music Division, Tom Scott papers, 1912-1970 (bulk 1942-1960); JPB 12-08.
Acquisition: Gift; Susanna Scott; 2011.
Language: Part 1 spoken in English (originally written in Russian); part 2 spoken in English.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (62 min., 57 sec.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half-track, mono, NAB ; 7 in.
Description
In part 1, the dramatic performance of Ivan Turgenev's "The rendezvous" was presented by Camera Three (WCBS-TV, Channel 2) with the New York State Education Department. In part 2, composer Tom Scott performs an improvised piano prelude, dictates a telegram to Robert Harridge, and has a one-sided arguement with Mr. Herridge about payment for his work on "Heart of darkness" via telephone (contains colorful language)
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 940840869
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20904695
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0982c010-4644-0136-55c4-2ba334feae4e
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1914: Creator Born
  • 1955: Created (Approximate)
  • 1981: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09 " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1955 - 1955. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e89960-c36d-0133-9983-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09 " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e89960-c36d-0133-9983-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1955 - 1955). Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e89960-c36d-0133-9983-60f81dd2b63c

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Camera Three presents "The rendezvous",1955-09