| Sylvania Award | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Sylvania Electric Products |
| Date | January 22, 1959 |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
The 1958 Sylvania Television Awards were presented on January 22, 1959, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The Sylvania Awards were established by Sylvania Electric Products.
The 31-member panel that decided the winners was chaired by Deems Taylor and also included Marvin Barrett, television editor of Newsweek; Kenneth Bartlett of Syracuse University; pitcher Bob Feller; Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz; actor and playwright Elliott Nugent; actress and author Cornelius Oits Skinner; and lawyer and writer Telford Taylor. [1]
The programs nominated for "Outstanding Telecast" included The Plot to Kill Stalin ; the Moiseyev Dancers on The Ed Sullivan Show ; An Evening with Fred Astaire ; Little Moon of Alban ; All the King's Men on Kraft Television Theatre ; The Bridge of San Luis Rey on DuPont Show of the Month ; and the episode "African Adventure" from Lowell Thomas's High Adventure . [2]
The nominees for outstanding actor included Paul Muni in The Last Clear Chance ; Melvyn Douglas in The Plot to Kill Stalin; Neville Brand in All the King's Men; and Fredric March in The Winslow Boy . [3]
The nominees for outstanding actress included Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town ; Piper Laurie in Days of Wine and Roses ; Julie Harris in Little Moon of Alban; and Judith Anderson and Viveca Lindfors in The Bridge on San Luis Rey. [3]