"Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" | |
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The Alcoa Hour episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
Original air date | June 9, 1957 |
"Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" is a 1957 American television play by Sumner Locke Elliott which was an episode of The Alcoa Hour . Helen Hayes won an Emmy for Best Actress.
Variety argued Hayes "proved abundantly how well she deserves the accolade of “First Lady” of the American stage. In... a slim.but well-thought-out script... she played the role of a stubborn old lady with force and conviction, bringing to the characterization a wholly believable flavor of a 'lost' generation." [1]
The Boston Globe called it an "inconsequential drama" that Hayes made "absorbing". [2]
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