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#19272: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
Order1971-05-31, ABC, min.
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1933. Scheduled sequences... America goes wild with the repel of prohibition; Capone, Dillinger, and Bonnie and Clyde make headlines; pastels and chiffon adorn the fashion world; Model B. Fords roll off the assembly line; and Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany. Also: an interview with fan dancer Sally Rand (the hit of the Chicago World's Fair), and a montage of depression scenes set to Barbra Streisand's "Happy Days Are Here Again." Mel Torme is host.
#19273: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
Order1971-06-28, ABC, min.
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1939. Scheduled sequences... The German invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland; "The City" a film short about problems created by the new prosperity (such as choking traffic); stills from "The Wizard Of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind"; Pablo Picasso's anti-war painting "Guermica" (with films of Madrid in flames); the opening of the New York World's Fair and Lou Gehrig's farewell to baseball. Host: Mel Torme.#19270: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
Order1971-07-19, ABC, min.
- Victor Buono
- Al Jolson
- Mel Torme
- Jonathan Harris
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- Knute Rockne
- Helen Morgan
- Richard Arlen
- Anne Seymour
- Alice Backes
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1927. Scheduled sequences...the flight of Charles A. Lindbergh; a Knute Rockne half-time speech; an excerpt from Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", Helen Morgan singing "My Bill" (from "Showboat") and excerpts from "Wings," the first Oscar-winning film. Star Richard Arlen is a studio guest. Also: a recreation of the Round Table at New York's Algonquin Hotel, mecca of the 20's literati. Woollcott: Victor Buono. Edna Ferba: Ann Seymour. Noel Coward: Jonathan Harris, Dorothy Parker: Alice Backes. Mel Torme host.
#19274: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
Order1971-07-26, ABC, min.
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1941. Films include Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt's "Date That Will Live In Infamy" speech; the Battle Of Britain ; arms production in the US; Japanese-American internment camps; civil air defense training sessions; and stars such as Abbott and Costello selling war bonds.On a lighter note, Agnes Moorehead reminiscences about Orson Welles and her part in "Citizen Kane," and boxing champ Joe Louis is seen in training. Host: Mel Torme.#19271: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
Order1971-08-02, ABC, min.
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1932. Scheduled sequences...Franklin Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency; the Bonus Army marches on Washington; Radio City Music Hall opens in New York; Jackie Cooper talks about his role in "The Champ," host Mel Torme sings excerpts from Broadway's "Of Thee I Sing"; a salute to Greta Garbo. Host: Mel Torme