Norman Corwin Presents

Norman Corwin Presents
Genre	drama anthology
Written by	Norman Corwin
Directed by	George McCowan Herb Roland
Presented by	Norman Corwin
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	Arthur Joel Katz
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Group W Arjo Productions Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	19 June 1972 (1972-06-19) – 12 September 1973 (1973-09-12)

Norman Corwin Presents is a Canadian-produced drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1972 to 1973. The series also aired on Group W owned television stations in the US. ^[1]

Premise

The series host was American broadcast writer Norman Corwin who introduced dramas of various genres and subjects.

Production

The series was a co-production of Group W and Arjo Productions (Arthur Joel Katz). It was recorded in Toronto on videotape. ^[2]

The series relied on American actors such as Diane Baker, Milton Berle, Beau Bridges, Stan Freberg, Fred Gwynne, Rip Torn and Cicely Tyson. They were supported by Canadian actors such as Gale Garnett, Lynne Gorman, Don Harron, Leslie Nielsen, William Shatner and Donald Sutherland.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was syndicated on American television. In Canada, it was broadcast on CBC Television from 19 June 1972 until 12 September 1973 approximately every week, scheduled on varying evening time slots during its sole season.

Episodes

• "Aunt Dorothy's Playroom", starring Fred Gwynne ^[2]
• "The Better it is, the Worse it is", starring John Saxon as a married man in an affair with an unmarried woman approximately half his age. ^[3]
• "Bingo Twice a Week", a drama which portrays an aging woman who is being ejected from her daughter's residence ^[4]
• "The Blue Hotel"
• "Crown of Rags", starring David McCallum; written by Howard Brown, guest dramatist ^[5]
• "The D.J.", written by M. Charles Cohen
• "The Discovery"
• "First Big Try", starring Donald Sutherland as narrator of a quasi-documentary about the League of Nations ^[6]
• "A Foreign Field"
• "Hold That Line"
• "Jefferson's Crush"
• "The Joy of Living"
• "Letter From an Only Child", a psychological drama, starring Gerard Parkes, Maxinne Miller, Diane Baker; Don Balluck, writer ^{[7] [8]}
• "A Matter of Life and Death"
• "The Moat Farm Murder", starring James Booth, based on an actual British homicide case ^[9]
• "Odyssey in Progress"
• "The One Man Group", a comedy concerning a man who becomes possessed by the ghosts of historical figures, starring Donald Harron ^[10]
• "Pappy's Oasis", starring Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia, a drama about a fugitive ^[11]
• "Please, No Flowers"
• "The Pursuit", starring David McCallum as an Everyman, who is constantly sought by elements of contemporary society, Arthur Joel Katz director. ^[12]
• "Reunion"
• "A Soliloquy for Television"
• "A Son, Come Home", starring Georg Stanford Brown; written by Ed Bullins ^[13]
• "Two Gods on Prime Time", starring Leslie Nielsen, Forrest Tucker, Cicely Tyson in which the mythical Roman deities Mars and Venus are guests on a televised talk show. ^[14]
• "The Undecided Molecule"
• "You Think You Got Troubles"

References

1. "Norman Corwin Presents" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
2. Corcelli, John (September 2005). "Norman Corwin Presents". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. "TV Week". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 5 December 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
4. "For your television viewing pleasure". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 14 September 1974. p. 17A. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
5. "Crown of Rags" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
6. "TV Week". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 22 September 1974. p. 14. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
7. Penn, Frank (1 June 1973). "This is the way the world ends". The Ottawa Citizen . p. 27. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
8. "Sunday evening". Windsor Star . 27 October 1973. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
9. "TV Scout's Best Bets". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 30 October 1971. p. 20. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
10. "For Your Television Viewing Pleasure". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 1 August 1974. p. 19E. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
11. "TV Week". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 11 July 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
12. "TV Times". Windsor Star . 8 September 1973. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
13. "A Son, Come Home" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
14. "TV Week". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 15 August 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Norman Corwin Presents". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• Norman Corwin Presents at IMDb
• Audio-only recordings of 20 complete Norman Corwin Presents television episodes 1972