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 Season 18 (CBS)(1972-73)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox [Uploaded Feb 2018]
references:
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18.01 [768] Camera Three: Boulez: A New Season [Part I]
10Sep1972
directed and produced by Merrill Brockway.
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Pierre Boulez
Michael Tilson Thomas
Synopsis:
Part one of a two-part visit with Pierre Boulez, music director of the New York Philharmonic, includes a conversation between the controversial conductor
and Michael Tilson Thomas, the 25-year-old music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conductor of the Boston Symphony;
plus scenes of Boulez rehearsing with the New York Philharmonic and a performance of the overture to "L'Incontro Improvviso," a little heard opera by Haydn.

18.02 [769] Camera Three: Boulez: A New Season [Part II]
17Sep1972
directed and produced by Merrill Brockway.
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Pierre Boulez (conductor-composer)
Michael Tilson Thomas (musical director of Buffalo Philharmonic)
Members of the New York Philharmonic.
Synopsis:
Boulez plays Stravinsky's "Concertino"
Boulez rehearses and conducts a chamber orchestra in Stravinsky’s "Concertino", and discusses the work with Michael Tilson Thomas. "Concertino" has the
unusual distinction of having been written by Stravinsky as a string quartet and later reworked by the composer as a chamber piece.

18.03 [770] Camera Three: Notes on the Making of a Political Documentary [Part I]
24Sep1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Marcel Ophuls
Synopsis:
The first of a thoughtful two-part discussion with German film director Marcel Ophuls, who evaluates the many aspects which go into making political
and historical documentaries, like his widely acclaimed "The Sorrow and the Pity" which chronicles the fall of France in World War II.
Scenes from the award-winning documentary will be shown.

18.04 [771] Camera Three: Notes on the Making of a Political Documentary [Part II]
01Oct1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Marcel Ophuls
Perry Wolff
Synopsis:
German film director Marcel Ophuls and CBS News producer Perry Wolff continue their illustrated discussion of political and historical documentaries
with special emphasis on Ophuls' masterful four-and-a-half-hour film about the fall of France in World War II, "The Sorrow and the Pity," which has
been hailed for its candor and its clarity everywhere it has been shown.

18.05 [772] Camera Three: The Time Stop and Other Times [Part I]
08Oct1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Ralph Brown
Chuck Green
Synopsis:
Part One. First of a two-part study of the art and history of tap dancing should find viewers beating time at home. Brought to life via film clips that
go back to the turn-of-the-century as well as the 1930s, tap dancing styles and rhythms also will be demonstrated by Ralph Brown and Chuck Green,
performers from the current production of Leticia Jay's "Tap Happening" revue in New York City.

18.06 [773] Camera Three: The Time Stop and Other Times [Part II]
15Oct1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Ralph Brown
Chuck Green
Buster Brown
Bert Gibson
Fred Kelly
Jimmy Slydes
Synopsis:
Part Two. For the second half of this two-part series on the art and history of tap dancing, tune in for performances by dancers in what they call a
"challenge round." What it involves is a specialty routine by each of six dancers — Buster Brown, Ralph Brown, Bert Gibson, Chuck Green, Fred Kelly
and Jimmy Slydes all of them former vaudeville and nightclub performers, currently, appearing in Leticia Jay's "Tap Happening" revue.

18.07 [774] Camera Three: Judith Blegen: An American Story
22Oct1972 [rerun 25Nov73]
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Judith Blegen
Alfredo Antonini
CBS Chamber Orchestra
Synopsis:
An unusual half-hour visit with Judith Blegen, Metropolitan Opera soprano, who will not only sing two songs by Debussy, but also be accompanied by
members of her musical family. Miss Blegen's sister Barbara Blegen Brown will assist her at the piano and her brother Halward Blegen will play the
trumpet while the CBS Chamber Orchestra performs under the direction of Alfredo Antonini. In view of the Blegen family's musical background,
Judith Blegen and her sister Barbara will talk about their lives with their violinist mother and instrumentalist father.

18.08 [775] Camera Three: Theater Laboratoire Vicinal from Brussels
29Oct1972
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
This visiting experimental theater group of Brussels offers students of the theater and avant-garde enthusiasts, another example of offbeat dramatic expression,
placing its accent on gesture. The group presents an excerpt from their Off-Broadway production called "Tramp."

18.09 [776] Camera Three: Alicia de Larrocha with Mozart's Piano Concerto
05Nov1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Alicia de Larrocha
Sergiu Comissiona
Synopsis:
Virtuoso pianist Alicia de Larrocha is the guest, offering music lovers a very special treat. She will perform Mozart's Concerto 27 in B Flat,
as soloist with the CBS Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Sergiu Comissiona, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

18.10 [777] Camera Three: Diane Arbus: Going where I've Never Been
12Nov1972
directed and produced by John Musilli
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Doon Arbus (daughter of Diane Arbus), Marvin Israel (designer, friend)
John Szarkowski (director of photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York City)
Lisette Model (photogrpaher, teacher of Diane Arbus)
Mary Clare Costello (voice).
Synopsis:
The work of photographer Diane Arbus as explained by her daughter, friends, critics, and her own words as recorded in her journals. Illustrated with many of her photographs.

18.11 [778] Camera Three: The Four Note Opera
19Nov1972
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Anthony Falco
Roger Owen Quids
Martha Novick
Julie Kennedy
Eric Steinman
Synopsis:
Excerpts from "The Four Note Opera," by Tom Johnson, are performed In recital style by baritone Anthony Falco, tenor Roger Owen Quids,
contralto Martha Novick and soprano Julie Kennedy. Eric Steinman conducts from the piano.
This is a satire of classical opera and the four notes sung are literally, a, b, d, and e.

18.12 [779] Camera Three: Gisela May: Reflections on the Theater of Brecht
26Nov1972
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Gisela May, star of the Berliner Ensemble founded by the famous German playwright Bertolt Brecht, discusses the kind of theater the ensemble was,
both as to its acting style and political satirical content, and performs a number of songs including the title song from "Mother Courage" in German.

[--] Camera Three: The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
03Dec1972 [repeat]
Synopsis:
In case you missed this colorful half hour back in November of 1970, tune in this morning for a'conversation between two enthusiastic
devotees of the genius of Buster Keaton, one of the world's greatest film comedians.

[--] Camera Three: La Rose Papal
10Dec1972 [repeat]
Synopsis:
Here's another opportunity for Spanish speaking people to see a performance of a one-act play by the late playwright Ramon Maria del Valle-Inclan,
produced by the Esta Moche Teatro company of Madrid. A voice-over English translation of "The Paper Rose" will be provided, also.

[--] Camera Three: The Soul of Verdi
17Dec1972 [repeat]
Synopsis:
The CBS Symphomy Orchestra and Chorus perform choruses from several operas by Giuseppi Verdi in "The Soul of Verdi".

[--] Camera Three: Parables From Godspell
24Dec1972 [repeat]
Synopsis:
"Parables From Godspell" features excerpts from the Broadway hit based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew.

[--] Camera Three: Norman McLaren: Film Artist
31Dec1972 [repeat]
Synopsis:
Film buffs who are especially interested in the work o( avant-garde filmmakers will want to tune in for this 1970 report on Norman McLaren of Canada,
lie is on hand to describe his innovative techniques, "camera-less animation," and "synthetic sound."

[--] Camera Three: Portrait of Mischa Dichter
07Jan1973 [repeat]
Synopsis:
Young Dichter, aged 25, when this program was first shown,in March of 1970, took second place at the Tchairovsky Piano Competition in Moscow back in 1966.
He's here on camera playing selections from Mozart, Brahms, Schumann and Stravinsky, to illustrate the range of his talent.
In addition to the musical segment of the program, Camera Three offers a short profile of Dichter's life which began with his birth in Shanghai
and his entrance into the U.S. in infancy.

[--] Camera Three: The Inner Secrets of Kabuki
14Jan1973 [repeat]
Synopsis:
This 1969 program initiates the viewer into the "inner secrets" of Japan's classic theater. Not only does it present filmed highlights of the elements
which go into the art form of the Grand Kabuki Theater, but it also offers an interview and a demonstration of the exaggerated gestures and symbolic tricks
involved in its mime, dance and drama by two Kabuki artists, members of the Tokyo Grand Kabuki Theater which toured the United States.

18.13 [780] Camera Three: King of Ragtime
21Jan1973
directed and produced by John Musilli
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Joshua Rifkin
Harold Cromer
Eubie Blake
Synopsis:
Scott Joplin (1868-1917), his music and his life are evoked through the playing of pianist Eubie Blake, composer Joshua Rifkin and singer Harold Cromer,
as well as pictures of Joplin, born near Texarkana into the family of a freed slave.
Some of his marvelous tunes, including "Maple Leaf Rag," and "Pineapple Rag Song," will delight any lover of the ragtime beat.

*NOTE: Scott Joplin, who was born into the family of a freed slave near Texarkana on the Texas-Arkansas border, early in life began playing the highly developed
black music of the time. After moving to St. Louis, then going to the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, he settled briefly in Sedalia, Mo. During that period,
Joplin wrote most of the music that established his reputation as an American genius, including the piece that earned him nationwide fame, "Maple Leaf Rag."

18.14 [781] Camera Three: The Darpana Dance Company of India
28Jan1973
Host James Macandrew
cast
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
This performance of Indian dances illustrates modern and traditional themes and techniques. Critic Faubion Bowers offers his commentary and interviews Mrinalni Sarabai,
the star and choreographer of the contemporary ballet based on a 5,000-year-old hymn.

18.15 [782] Camera Three: Michel Beroff Plays Olivier Messian
04Feb1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Pierre Boulez
Synopsis:
Students of contemporary music and concert-goers generally will want to tune in for a rare half hour. Pierre Boulez, music director of the New York Philharmonic
and an enthusiastic exponent of the modern school, will offer the background commentary on the work of composer Olivier Messiann, called "Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant Jesus,"
portions of which the young French pianist Michel Beroff, will play. Composer, pianist and commentator are all French musicians who have been greatly affected by one another.

18.16 [783] Camera Three: Words and Music by Noel Coward
11Feb1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Barbara Cason
Roderick Cook
Jamie Ross
Synopsis:
The current hit off-Broadway revue "Oh, Coward!" with Roderick Cook, Barbara Cason and Jamie Ross are an ingratiating trio of interpreters of some of Cowards'
most witty and sophisticated songs.

18.17 [784] Camera Three: Conversation: Joseph Chaikin and R.D. Laing
18Feb1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Radical psychoanalyst R.D. Laing and experimental theater director Joseph Chaikin discuss personal freedom. Dr. R.D. Laing, the brilliant Scottish psychoanalyst
whose writings about his unorthodox methods of treatment have created both interest and controversy, is heard here this morning in conversation with an avantgarde
theater director, Joseph Chaikin, head of an experimental group in New York.

18.18 [785] Camera Three: Dances of Bali
25Feb1973 [rerun 01Sep74]
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
Balinese dancers and Indonesian music are featured, including a dance of bees, a demon dance and an imitation of musical instruments.
Faubion Bowers discusses the art form with Sukraka and Raka.

18.19 [786] Camera Three: Sivuca!
04Mar1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Brazilian musician Sivuca, a composer-singer and guitar-harmonica-and-piano player talks about his life and his career as a musician who taught himself
all he knows about music. He plays on his own and with his drum-bass-flute-percussion group.

18.20 [787] Camera Three: Souvenir: Eleanora Duse
11Mar1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Eva LeGallienne
Julie Harris
Synopsis:
Two famous actresses, Eva LeGallienne, who actually knew Duse well, and Julie Harris, discuss the-talents, the technique and the life of
one of the legendary actresses of all time — Eleanora Duse (1859-1924).
Theater buffs will be particularly interested in the photographs as well as the excerpts of a 1916 film ("Cenere") which will be shown.

18.21 [788] Camera Three: The Filming of Godspell
18Mar1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
John-Michael Tebelak
Stephen Schwartz
David Greene
Synopsis:
Theatergoers and film buffs' will be particularly interested in hearing about the problems and opportunities involved in transferring an Off-broadway musical to a film,
from author John-Michael Tebelak, "Godspell's" composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and the film director David Greene.

18.22 [789] Camera Three: Speed Reading: Sense or Nonsense
25Mar1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Three experts on speed reading techniques Ronald Carver, experimental psychologist; Professor James I. Brown of the University of Minnesota; and Lenore Ringler,
professor of Educational Psychology at New York University — talk about the speed reading craze and the results and value of the techniques involved, in this provocative half-hour.

18.23 [790] Camera Three: Leni Riefenstahl [Part I]
01Apr1973
Written by Stephan Chodorov
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A profile of Leni Riefenstahl, a documentarian and one-time propagandist for the Nazis.
In the first of two shows, she reflects on the making of "Triumph of the Will" (1934), her record of a massive rally for Hitler at Nuremberg; and looks back on her early career.
Clips from Riefenstahl's films are shown. Leni Riefenstahl, controversial filmmaker and actress, best known in this country for her documentary study of the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin and censured the world over tor her film on Hitler's National Socialist rally in Nuremberg in 1934, is the subject of a two-part study beginning today on Camara Three.
Both programs offer a review of her work as an actress in the 1920s, as a brilliant maker of documentary films and an interview by writer Stephan Chodorov filmed in Munich.

18.24 [791] Camera Three: Leni Riefenstahl [Part II]
08Apr1973
Written by Stephan Chodorov
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The conclusion of a program with German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl who recalls the making of "Olympiad," her 1936 documentary on the Berlin Olympics.
Also: excerpts from the film's high-diving segment.
This is the Munich interview with Leni Riefenstahl, the film director whose documentary classics of the 1930s were greeted with acclaim and angry controversy,
particularly her pro-Nazi documentary called "Triumph of the Will."

18.25 [792] Camera Three: Bunraku: Japan's Classical Puppet Theatre
15Apr1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Don't miss this opportunity to get a glimpse of the art of puppetry as practiced by Japan's Classical Puppet Theatre. The puppets themselves seem to be capable
of the most extraordinary lifelike motions, even while the men who operate them are clearly in view of the audience.
A comedy about a man fishing for a beautiful woman in a river is told in puppetry.

[--] Camera Three:
22Apr1973
pre-empted for Easter Service

18.26 [793] Camera Three: A Renaissance of Lute Song
29Apr1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Anne Perret
Rodrigo de Zayas
Synopsis:
The long, rich tradition old music and vocal literature for the lute is explored by eminent lutanist Rodrigo de Zayas and his wife mezzo-soprano Anne Perret.

18.27 [794] Camera Three: Sarah Loves Opera Loves Sarah
06May1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
After you've tuned in this program, its title will mean more to you than just an echo of something Gertrude Stein might have written.
The Sarah involved is Sarah Caldwell, director of the Opera Company of Boston, who is rarely spoken of without the word "dynamic."
Opera buffs will be particularly intrigued to see the company at work and listen to the tireless and creative Miss Caldwell.

18.28 [795] Camera Three: The MJQ (Modern Jazz Quartet): Flavors of the Old and the New
13May1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Modern Jazz Quartet
Synopsis:
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary broadcast this morning, "Camera Three" presents the Modern Jazz Quartet in a program of music representing the old and the new.
On the one hand, mere are two traditional pieces by the quartet's vibraharpist Milt Jackson and an ultra-modern work called "Visitors From Space,"
by the quartet's John Lewis (pianist and harpsichordist).

18.29 [796] Camera Three: An Interview with George Dunning
20May1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
George Dunning
Synopsis:
Students of animation in films, the film buffs as well, will want to tune in and hear George Dunning, animator and director of the film "Yellow Submarine,"
starring the Beatles. During the course of this interview, filmed in London, Mr. Dunning talks about the art and technique of film animation, both of which
are illustrated in a film short he made called "Damon," shown on the broadcast.
Summary:
Film animation is explored through the work of "Yellow Submarine" director George Dunning. In a 1973 interview, Dunning describes the techniques used in
the Beatles movie. Also seen is his cartoon "Damon." Fellow animator Chuck Jones is the host.

18.30 [797] Camera Three: Conversations About Theater [Part I]
27May1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Margaret Croyden
Jerzy Grotowski
Synopsis:
Part One. This two-part program is aimed specifically at the nature, styles and forms of the experimental theatre as demonstrated by the creative designs -
and philosophies of two directors of international note. This morning, the avant garde director of the Polish Laboratory Theater, Jerzy Grotowskis,
talks to theater critic Margaret Croyden about his work and his reactions to wandering about the U.S. on foot and by car.

18.31 [798] Camera Three: Conversations About Theater [Part II]
03Jun1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Peter Brook
Synopsis:
English director Peter Brook discusses the recent tour of his international theater company through Africa in conclusion of a two part series.

18.32 [799] Camera Three: To Sarah Lee
10Jun1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A short film about life in Texas along Highway 90. The film, directed by Richard Black and produced by Peter Gill, is a portrail of man on the land,
and evokes that quality of wide-open space that makes man feel so small in relationship to his surroundings, yet so large within himself.
Black and Gill collected the materials for his film in several months of living and working along Highway 90 with their crew.
In this "Camera Three" broadcast, the young filmmakers briefly explain their intentions and techniques in making the film.

18.33 [800] Camera Three: Why the Greeks?
17Jun1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The amazing staying power of the classic Greek poets, whose relevance and insight have been "rediscovered" time and time again throughout history, is discussed.

18.34 [801] Camera Three: The Greeks Had a Word For It
24Jun1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
"Eros," the love of passion and longing, is dramatized in scenes and poems from classic Greek literature, in "The Greeks Had a Word For It," to be presented on "Camera Three".
Love poetry by Homer, Sappho, Sophocles, Plato, Aristophanes and others fourline poems and whole scense are presented in dramatic readings, and in song and theatrical
performance by Leo Aylen and Annette Battam Aylen. All the dramatizations portrays love.

18.35 [802] Camera Three: A Rememberance of Edward Steichen
01Jul1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Photographer Edward Steichen was considered by many to be one of the best, if not the best, photographers in the world. He died this year at the age of 93,
prompting Camera Three to edit a film portrait produced when he was 86 and present it here.
Many of Steichen's best known portraits are shown in this fitting tribute to his talent and genius.

18.36 [803] Camera Three: Lots of Fun at Finnegan's Wake
08Jul1973 [rerun 25Aug74]
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Fans of both James Joyce's literary genius and Anthony Burgess' explosive writing style will enjoy this unique outing in which Burgess examines
James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" in an Irish pub setting.

18.37 [804] Camera Three: The Geography of Schizophrenia [Part I]
15Jul1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
First of a two-part discussion on schizophrenia, a mental disorder which is frequently misunderstood because of its complexity, features a conversation
on the nature of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment, by Dr. Humphrey Osmond, an authority on schizophrenia and hallucinations,
and Dr. Paul Gillette, psychologist, novelist and journalist on medical research and psychiatry.

18.38 [805] Camera Three: The Geography of Schizophrenia [Part II]
22Jul1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Dr. Humphrey Osmond, an esteemed and internationally recognized authority on. schizophrenia, continues his exploration of tbe subject
with. Dr. Paul Gillette, psychologist, novelist and journalist.

18.39 [806] Camera Three: A Conversation with the Lord Chancellor of England
29Jul1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Lord Hailsham
Sheridan Morley
Synopsis:
As Lord Chancellor of England, Lord Hailsham's duties combine the responsibilities of our Chief Justice of the United States and our Attorney General.
It is, therefore, of great interest to listen to Lord Hailsham's description of his office which he, apparently, believes to have as its base the "separation of powers"
in the English government. Tune in for this interview, filmed last December in England, with British journalist Sheridan Morley.

[--] Camera Three: King of Ragtime
05Aug1973 [repeat]

[--] Camera Three: Gisele May: Reflections of the Theatre of Brecht
12Aug1973 [repeat]

[--] Camera Three: The Photography of Diane Arbus
19Aug1973 [repeat]

[--] Camera Three: Goddess Dancers of Cambodia
26Aug1973 [repeat from 12Dec71]

[--] Camera Three: Gilberto Gil
02Sep1973 [repeat from Nov71]

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