Synopsis
Fragment of "Hold that camera", broadcast on DuMont's WABD on Dec. 1, 1950. The show aired Fridays from 8:30 - 9 pm and apparently lasted just 13 weeks. Roscoe Karns (Rocky King) drops in and makes a pitch for his own show later that evening. Note: Opening credits and some of the ("integrated") commercials for "Esquire Boot Polish" are missing from this Kinescope.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Live TV
- 1950
- DuMont
- 1950's Television
- Kinescope
- Kyle MacDonnell
- Roscoe Karns
- Rex Marshal
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Strange Title for a Variety Show · Archive fan · 2010-09-11
Ah, the Dumont Network. "Hold That Camera" began as a gameshow, was quickly retooled into a variety show, and for some penny-pinching reason they kept the gameshow title. Did they already pay for the signs with the show title? Another neat example of the low-budget early TV universe. The program takes place on a nightclub set that is almost a duplicate of another early Dumont program I've seen, "The Morey Amsterdam Show." The singing host, Kyle McDonell, was apparently "on the cover of Life magazine and named 'Miss Television of 1948' by Time magazine." Hence the welcoming big smile -- which…