About Faces

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About Faces
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Ben Alexander, the show's host.
GenreGame show
Created by Ralph Edwards
Presented by Ben Alexander
Narrated by Tom Kennedy
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companyRalph Edwards Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseJanuary 4, 1960 (1960-01-04) –
June 30, 1961 (1961-06-30)

About Faces is an American game show that aired from January 4, 1960, to June 30, 1961, created by Ralph Edwards. [1] The host was Ben Alexander and the show's announcer was Tom Kennedy. [2]

Contents

Gameplay

Competitors were selected from the studio audience. [3] Each pair of contestants was challenged to recall how the two of them had come into contact with each other previously. The first to do so won a prize. The program was similar to Place the Face . [4]

For guest stars who appeared on the program, Alexander interviewed the star briefly before a "mystery person out of the star's past" was shown inside a picture frame. The star then heard a series of clues to help him or her identify the person in the frame. [5]

Schedule and production

About Faces was broadcast from 1 to 1:30 p. m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday. [6] The show was recorded on videotape. [7] After the show's run on ABC ended, its reruns were broadcast in some local markets. [8] Joe Landis was the producer and director. [9]

Guest stars

Guest stars who appeared on the show included Barbara Nichols, [5] Joan Blondell, [10] Rosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer, [11] and Olaf Odegaard. [12]

Episode status

The UCLA Film and Television Archive lists among its holdings the premiere episode with Zsa Zsa Gabor, Red Schoendienst (and family), Fred Haney, and Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan. [13] The March 17 edition exists on YouTube with Tom Kennedy as substitute host. [14]

The Paley Center for Media lists among its holdings the series pilot, taped May 6, 1959. Ferrer and Clooney are listed as the celebrity guests for that episode. [15]

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  3. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-7864-8641-0 . Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 12. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  5. 1 2 "Mayor Is 'Surprise' Guest on 'About Faces'". The Desert Sun. California, Palm Springs. March 3, 1961. p. 12. Retrieved April 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "2d Godfrey show on tv postponed" . The New York Times. December 11, 1959. p. 67. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Local Banker, Wife to Be In TV Show". The Shreveport Journal. November 12, 1960. p. 3. Retrieved April 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ben Alexander Spends Money On Own Shows, as a Sponsor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 20, 1960. p. 132. Retrieved April 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Programming" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 1, 1963. p. 136. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  10. ↑ Kennedy, Matthew (September 28, 2009). Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-62674-432-5 . Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  11. ↑ "(photo caption)". The Modesto Bee. August 7, 1960. p. G-12. Retrieved April 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "The Carroll Echo". Carroll Echo. Vol. VI, no. 13. 1961-05-05 – via Carroll University Archives.
  13. ↑ UCLA Archive: About Faces [ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube .
  15. ↑ Paley Center: About Faces


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