I grew up knowing his name. As a child I used to regularly sneak downstairs to watch "Playhouse 90" on the tube. While not the only director credited, there was something consistent with a John Frankenheimer show; a diversity of themes. One production would be a comedy such as Kay Thompson's "Eloise" so rich and memorable, the next week a sci-fi drama "Forbidden Area," a Cornell Woolrich mystery, a Barnaby Conrad adventure, Fitzgerald's "Last Tycoon" all done live. It was also the birth of a new reality in writing, especially from Paddy Chayefsky whose work was labeled "kitchen...
- 11/18/2011
- by Arthur Axelman
- The Wrap
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