Norman Corwin Presents Explained

Genre:	drama anthology
Director:	George McCowan Herb Roland
Presenter:	Norman Corwin
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26
Producer:	Arthur Joel Katz
Runtime:	30 minutes
Company:	Group W Arjo Productions Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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
• "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"

External links

• Web site: Norman Corwin Presents . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150601000000/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/New.html . 1 June 2015 . dmy-all .
  • Audio-only recordings of 20 complete Norman Corwin Presents television episodes 1972

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norman Corwin Presents . 4 April 2015 .
2. Web site: Norman Corwin Presents . John . Corcelli . September 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
3. News: TV Week . 5 December 1974 . 10 . . 24 December 2010 .
4. News: For your television viewing pleasure . . 14 September 1974 . 17A . 24 December 2010 .
5. Web site: Crown of Rags . 4 April 2015 .
6. News: TV Week . 22 September 1974 . 14 . . 24 December 2010 .
7. News: This is the way the world ends . Frank . Penn . . 1 June 1973 . 27 . 24 December 2010 .
8. News: Sunday evening . . 27 October 1973 . 24 December 2010 .
9. News: TV Scout's Best Bets . . 30 October 1971 . 20 . 24 December 2010 .
10. News: For Your Television Viewing Pleasure . 19E . 1 August 1974 . . 24 December 2010 .
11. News: TV Week . 10 . 11 July 1974 . . 24 December 2010.
12. News: TV Times . . 8 September 1973 . 24 December 2010 .
13. Web site: A Son, Come Home . 4 April 2015 .
14. News: TV Week . 15 August 1974 . 10 . . 24 December 2010 .