About Faces Explained

About Faces should not be confused with All About Faces.

Genre:Game show
Creator:Ralph Edwards
Presenter:Ben Alexander
Narrated:Tom Kennedy
Country:United States
Language:English
Runtime:25 minutes
Company:Ralph Edwards Productions
Network:ABC

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]

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, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . 1997 . Watson-Guptill Publications . 978-0823083152 . 22 March 2020. 5.
  2. Schwartz, David - The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, 1987
  3. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. . January 10, 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8641-0 . 5 . April 3, 2023 . en.
  4. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 12. 4th.
  5. News: Mayor Is 'Surprise' Guest on 'About Faces' . April 3, 2023 . The Desert Sun . March 3, 1961 . California, Palm Springs . 12. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 2d Godfrey show on tv postponed . April 3, 2023 . The New York Times . December 11, 1959 . 67. subscription .
  7. News: Local Banker, Wife to Be In TV Show . April 3, 2023 . The Shreveport Journal . November 12, 1960 . 3. .
  8. News: Ben Alexander Spends Money On Own Shows, as a Sponsor . April 3, 2023 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . March 20, 1960 . 132. Newspapers.com.
  9. April 1, 1963 . 136 . Programming . Broadcasting . April 4, 2023.
  10. Book: Kennedy . Matthew . Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes . September 28, 2009 . University Press of Mississippi . 978-1-62674-432-5 . April 3, 2023 . en.
  11. News: (photo caption) . April 3, 2023 . The Modesto Bee . August 7, 1960 . G-12. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1961-05-05 . The Carroll Echo . Carroll Echo . . VI . 13.
  13. http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=about%20faces&SL=None&Search_Code=FTIT&CNT=50&PID=xq_MH-g0qtjL6UUmkt3Owa3xD&SEQ=20090407161635&SID=1 UCLA Archive: About Faces
  14. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
  15. http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=About+Faces&p=1&item=B:26972 Paley Center: About Faces