Synopsis
An early local Los Angeles television program from 1949: a pop music show, with its original commercials.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1940s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Live television
- Local television
- Los Angeles
- Pop music
- Popular music
- Early television
- 1940s
- 1949
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A must-see for Charles Lampkin, and for its vintage · rspencer · 2015-10-08
This was a local LA series broadcast on KNBH (NBC network) that purported to depict a group of performers preparing for that week's show. In other words, it was something of a "backstage musical" setup, but with most of the non-performance backstage business consisting of in-line ad spots for Sealy Mattress. At the beginning, singers Dottie Jo Coulter and Dick Vine are talking to each other, and one mentions to the other that the next day is the first day of fall. That sets up a program of autumn-themed songs performed by these singers, hoofers Priscilla Gates and Vivi Allen, and pianist…