1h 30min | Drama,
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Stars: George Abbott, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, Don Murray.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212514/
Bootleg, good print on small screen.
Announced to be broadcast (TV) in color, but this print is b/w. It must have been filmed, because the visual quality is much better than kinescope.
Unfortunately, IMDb attaches the genre to TV episodes from the Series level, and does not provide for alterations to episodes. Some episodes of the series are musical, including the next show, which was announced to be a musical version of Our Town. This episode is NOT musical, despite MM as Sabina.
I first saw this play in a high school production, watching and photographing rehearsals for the school website. It starred one of my D/F Alg1 (or maybe PreAlg) students who went on to continuation school the next year. I found the production charming and funny.
I've also seen (& own) a production from '83 with Blair Brown, Sada Thompson and Harold Gould, whose voices I could hear while the '55 cast was speaking, especially Harold Gould, who delivers funny very well. This '55 production did not come across as funny, and MM got very emotional in the final act, and I don't remember that from other productions at all.
If this were the first SoOT that I saw, I would not pursue others.
Showcase Prod., distr. NBC, dir. Donehue; 6
