On Camera (Canadian TV series)
On Camera | |
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Genre | anthology |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | 16 October 1954 22 September 1958 | –
On Camera was a Canadian dramatic anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1958.
Premise
[edit]Various dramatic and comedic works were featured in On Camera, as written or adapted by Canadian writers.[1]
Scheduling
[edit]This half-hour series was broadcast for four seasons as follows:
Day | Time | Season run |
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Saturdays | 9:00 p.m. | 16 October 1954 to 2 July 1955 |
Saturdays | 9:00 p.m. | 1 October 1955 to 23 June 1956 |
Mondays | 8:30 p.m. | 29 October 1956 to 22 September 1958 |
Episodes
[edit]Featured plays and presentations during On Camera's series run included:
- "Absentee Murder" (Charles Templeton)
- "The Almighty Voice" (a censored version of George Salverson's radio play Blasphemy)[2]
- "Blind Date" (Jacqueline Rosenfeld)
- "Mr. Gidding Attacks" (Henry Feisen)
- "Gold Mine in the House" (J. N. Harris story; Sidney Furie adaptation)
- "The Guests" (Jack Benthover)
- "The Last Long Crusade" (Doris French)
- "Markheim" (Robert Louis Stevenson story)[3]
- "The President's Ghost" (Michael Sheldon)
- "Stagecoach Bride" (Elsie Park Gowan)
- "Thank You, Edmondo" (Mac Shoub)
- "Two From King Street" (Jack Kuper)
- "Waltz" (Stanley Mann)
- "Who Destroyed The Earth" (Len Peterson)
Hugh Garner and Joseph Schull also wrote for the series. Episode producers included Paul Almond, Arthur Hiller, Charles Jarrott and Ted Kotcheff.
References
[edit]- ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "On Camera". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 284. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
- ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 286. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
External links
[edit]- Allan, Blaine (1996). "On Camera". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- On Camera at IMDb