The Seven Lively Arts

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The Seven Lively Arts
Maureen Stapleton Jason Robards Seven Lively Arts 1958.jpg
Jason Robards and Maureen Stapleton in "Blast at Centralia #5"
Genre Anthology
Directed by Mel Ferrer
George Roy Hill
Sidney Lumet
Norm Nowicki
Presented by John Crosby
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time44 mins.
Production company CBS
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseNovember 3, 1957 (1957-11-03)

The Seven Lively Arts is an American anthology series that aired on Sunday afternoons on CBS television [1] from November 3, 1957, until February 16, 1958. The series was executive produced by John Houseman, and hosted by New York Herald Tribune critic John Crosby. [2] Alfredo Antonini served as the musical director for several episodes.[ citation needed ] The title was taken from the influential book of the same name written by the cultural critic Gilbert Seldes, in which he argued that the low arts (comics, vaudeville) deserved as much critical attention as the high arts (opera, literature). The eleven programs produced were—not in order:

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Critical response

In a review in the periodical Film and TV Music Thomas Talbert praised the episode "The Sound of Jazz", writing that it had an element that had been "lacking in TV music presentation". [3] Talbert called the episode "Truly a brilliant program, artistically photographed without stiffness and easily the best that television has offered on modern music." [3]

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References

  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 392. ISBN   978-0823083152 . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. 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. 745. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  3. 1 2 Talbert, Thomas (Fall 1957). "Two Exceptional Television Programs". Film and TV Music. pp. 20–21. Retrieved October 4, 2023.