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Season
19 (CBS)(1973-74)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Uploaded Feb
2018]
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19.01 [807] Camera Three: Rufino Tamayino: The Sources of His Art
09Sep1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
This consistently resourceful and imaginative series, which offers artists
and writers, known and unknown, a wonderful showcase for their work,
opens its 19th season on CBS this morning with a film study of one of
Mexico's great painters, Rufino Tamayino.
19.02 [808] Camera Three: Liszt in Mid-Life at Mid-Century
16Sep1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Joseph Villa
Synopsis:
Music lovers will be treated to three pieces by Franz Liszt which he wrote
at age 40 in the middle of the 19th century, expressing his own restless
volatility at that time of his life. Young pianist Joseph Villa, a Juilliard
graduate who is beginning his concert career as a Liszt specialist,
is the guest soloist this morning.
19.03 [809] Camera Three: Ken Russell [Part I]
23Sep1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Ken Russell
Synopsis:
Flamboyant, controversial and offbeat are just a few of the descriptive
words that fit British film director Ken Russell, known to American
audiences
through his films "Women in Love," "The Boy Friend" "The Devils" and "The
Music Lovers."
Part one of this two-part profile of Russell examines his early career
highlighted by three short" films which got him a job with the BBC, where he
made an
enormous success with his film biographies.
19.04 [810] Camera Three: Ken Russell [Part II]
30Sep1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Ken Russell
Synopsis:
Part two of a colorful profile of one of Britain's most controversial,
nonconformist televison and film' directors, Ken Russell. Russell will talk
about his films,
backed up by film clips of "The Devils" and "The Boy Friend."
19.05 [811] Camera Three: The Bix Pieces
07Oct1973 [rerun 04Aug74]
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Twyla Tharp
Synopsis:
Unusual fare for jazz buffs, as the, music of the great jazz musician, Bix
Beiderbecke, is used as the basis for the choreography of five dances,
as a tribute to the man and his work. Twyla Tharp doubles as choreographer
and performer, is joined by dancers Sara Rudner, Rose Marie Wright,
"Isabel Garcia-Lorca and Kenneth Rinker.
19.06 [812] Camera Three: If One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
14Oct1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The title quotation calls to mind the brilliance of the photographs that
made Life Magazine a weekly treasure-trove, and it is Life Magazine and an
evaluation
of its contents and impact, which is evoked in this half hour program.
19.07 [813] Camera Three: Basil Bunting, Poet of Northumberland
21Oct1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Patrick Macnee
Synopsis:
Another showcase, this time for the English poet, Basil Bunting, filmed in
the north country that is his home and his inspiration. Tune in for Bunting
in his habitat,
reading of some'of his poems, backed up by a narrative text on Buntings life
by actor Patrick Macnee.
19.08 [814] Camera Three: Peter Handke: Theater and Ideas [Part I]
28Oct1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Part I. Here's a two-part introduction to the work of the Austrian
experimental playwright, Peter Handke, whose work has received critical
attention in this
country through the off-Broadway productions of "two of his plays, "Kaspar"
and "The Ride Across Lake Constance."
Theater buffs and, drama students will be particularly interested in the
excerpts of five of his plays, performed this morning and next Sunday,
for an opportunity to fathom his provocative, occasionally obscure, and
demanding ideas.
19.09 [815] Camera Three: Peter Handke: Theater and Ideas [Part II]
04Nov1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Christopher Lloyd
Stephen Elliott
Priscilla Pointer
Ray Stewart
Synopsis:
Excerpts from major works of Austrian playwright Peter Handke will be
presented in the second part of a two-part episode.
19.10 [816] Camera Three: The Theater Rejoins the World: Dialogue on a New
Society [Part I]
11Nov1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Part I. Continuing its series of programs showcasing the ideas and dramatic
styles of a number of experimental playwrights and theater groups,
Camera Three turns to "The Open Theater," as its subject. The Open Theater
offers a highly original approach to movement, pace and drama, as an
expression of ideas.
19.11 [817] Camera Three: The Theater Rejoins the World: Dialogue on a New
Society [Part II]
18Nov1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The Mutation Show is prepared in co-operation with The Open Theater is
presented.
[--] Camera Three: Judith Blegen: An American Story
25Nov1973 [repeated from 22Oct72]
[--] Camera Three: Hans Richter
02Dec1973 [postponed to next week]
19.12 [818] Camera Three: Give Chance a Chance: Hans Richter
09Dec1973 [rerun 18Aug74]
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Dadaist painter, sculptor and filmmaker Hans Richter (1888-1976) is profiled
in a 1973 program. From his home in Southbury, Conn., Richter talks about
his life and philosophy of art.
Interwoven are dozens of his paintings, photographs of famous friends, and
film clips.
19.13 [819] Camera Three: National Folk Ensemble of Pakistan
16Dec1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
Dance buffs are offered a treat this morning with a performance by the
National Folk Ensemble of Pakistan, recreating their country's traditional
dances
dating back hundreds of years, in the costumes of their periods, set to the
music played with authentic instruments.
Another feature of interest, is an interview by program commentator Faubion
Bowers, with a leading Pakistani actor, Zia Moyheddin.
19.14 [820] Camera Three: The Long Conversation: The Making of the United
States Constitution
23Dec1973
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A program dramatizing some of the personalities, ideas and tensions that
accompaned the drafting of the Constitution.
19.15 [821] Camera Three: Ancient Voices of Children
30Dec1973
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Jan De Gaetani
Francesca De Gaetani
Arthur Weisberg conductor
Synopsis:
George Krumb, a contemporary American composer, whose songs were inspired by
the great Spanish author, Federico Garcia Lorca, but are musically
an amalgam of varied styles, both modern and classical, discusses his work
this morning.
A major feature of the program, however, are the songs themselves performed
by mezzo-sopranos Jan De Gaetani and Francesca De Gaetani,
with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Arthur Weisberg.
19.16 [822] Camera Three: Seven Personal Films
06Jan1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
"Seven Personal Films" by women. The real common denominator of these films,
according to producer Merrill Brockway is that they share
an aesthetic grounded in the artist's emotional life.
19.17 [823] Camera Three: Richard II
13Jan1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Ian Richardson
Richard Pasco
Margaret Croyden
Synopsis:
Drama buffs are given a special treat this morning. Ian Richardson and
Richard Pasco, of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, appear in excerpts of
"Richard II"
in the two roles the actors are playing on alternate nights, King Richard
and Bolingbroke, during their company's current run in New York, at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Tune in for these superb actors and critic Margaret Croyden's commentary.
19.18 [824] Camera Three: Sylvia Plath: Part I — The Struggle
20Jan1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Margaret Croyden
Synopsis:
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, currently performing a
dramatization of Sylvia Plath's poems at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in
New York City,
appear here this morning in excerpts from that production. On hand to offer
background and commentary of Miss Plath's work, is drama critic Margaret
Croyden.
19.19 [825] Camera Three: Sylvia Plath: Part II — Getting There
27Jan1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Margaret Croyden
Synopsis:
Poems by the late Sylvia Plath, set to music by composer Elizabeth Swandos,
are sung by Michele Collison, with piano, bass, drums, bells and cymbals
accompanying her,
performed by Jeffrey Waxman, John Schimmel and Alan Kirschenbaum. Another
highlight of the program is the illuminating commentary by drama critic
Margaret Croyden
on Miss Plath and her work.
19.20 [826] Camera Three: John, Is That Billy Coughing?
03Feb1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
This consistently enterprising series dedicated to showcasing artists, of
every kind of endeavor, gives center stage this morning to a creative
designer of advertising.
He is George Lis, head of the Lois Holland Callaway agency in New York City,
and we meet him at work filming television commercials, and hear him
exploring and explaining
his ideas of communicating with people through design.
19.21 [827] Camera Three: The Cosmic Connection
10Feb1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Dr. Carl Sagan
Synopsis:
With the increased space aroused interest that some form of life may exist
on other planets, viewers may find this morning's investigation into the
subject by
Dr. Carl Sagan, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, intriguing.
19.22 [828] Camera Three: Le Piano Vivant
17Feb1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Marie-Francois Bucquet
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
Music lovers are treated to a concert performed by the celebrated and highly
controversial French pianist Marie-Francois Bucquet, along with illuminating
commentary on her work by critic Faubion Bowers.
19.23 [829] Camera Three: Good Evening
24Feb1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Peter Cook
Dudley Moore
Synopsis:
Those Incorrigible British humorists, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, stars of
their two-man revue, "Good Evening," one of the high spots of the current
Broadway season,
visit the show for a sampling of their zany comedic talents. Since they
range from Moore's virtuosity at the piano to parodies by both of any
subject matter at all,
meeting them can't be less than a treat.
19.24 [830] Camera Three: Mahler: Songs From Ruckert
03Mar1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Heather Harper
Alfredo Antonini
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
Famed soprano Heather Harper sings three songs composed by the great Gustav
Mahler to poems by the German romantic Friedrich Ruckert.
Alfredo Antonini conducts the CBS Chamber Orchestra accompanying Miss
Harper; and critic Faubion Bowers is joined by Henry-Louis de la Grange,
Mahler's biographer,
for a discussion of the works of composer Mahler and poet Ruckert.
19.25 [831] Camera Three: Nightwalk [Part I]
10Mar1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Sam Shepard
Megan Terry
Jean-Claude Van Itallie
Synopsis:
One of the more ambitious experimental groups known as the Open Theatre,
which disbanded last year, managed to offer imaginative as well as
controversial works
by such writers as Jean-Claude Van Itallie, Sam Shepard and Megan Terry.
Camera Three is offering a two-part production of their last work, presented
and written
as an exercise in theatrical expression of the human condition by the group
collectively.
19.26 [832] Camera Three: Nightwalk [Part II]
17Mar1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The Open Theater's last production, "Nightwalk," begun last week as a
two-part showcase for the experimental collective theater piece, concludes
this morning
with its surrealist view of the human condition.
19.27 [832] Camera Three: Japanese Photography
24Mar1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Contemporary Japanese photography actually a Western import in their
camera-conscious country, is the subject of this half-hour study. Using 150
photographs
in illustration, against a backgroun of films of modern Japan, the program
shows the influences at work in the creation of the photographs.
19.28 [833] Camera Three: I Change with the Work: Portrait of Isamu Noguchi
31Mar1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Art enthusiasts are offered a special treat this morning, as Camera Three
presents a film profile of famed sculptor-designer Isamu Noguchi.
Born and raised in Japan but educated in the United States, the 70-year-old
Noguchi is still at work trying out new designs and inventions.
19.29 [834] Camera Three: Dear Nobody
07Apr1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Series followers will be intrigued by this half-hour visit with Jane Maria
Robbins, and portions of her one-woman dramatization of the life of Fanny
Burney (17S2-1840),
an English novelist of considerable renown before the advent of Jane Austen.
Miss Robbins uses the author's letters and diaries as her source material.
[--] Camera Three:
14Apr1974
pre-empted for Easter Service Special
19.30 [835] Camera Three: Looking at Radio [Part I]
21Apr1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The history of radio is traced in this two-part program.
Camera Three explores the phenomenon of the comeback of radio, not just as a
medium for news and disc jockeys, but as a source of entertainment on a much
broader scale.
It examines the recent success of the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre (seen in the
New York area on WOR) which finds the younger crown switching to its thrills
and excitement
and away from the inevitable disc jockey rounds.
Pennsylvania listing
Contemporary music by French pianist Marie-Francoise Buquet.
19.31 [836] Camera Three: Looking at Radio [Part II]
28Apr1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Part II. Here's more background information documented in stills, film
clips, and sound recordings, as well as in interviews with radio
personalities and officials,
on radio's past history and its present expansion, exemplified in its
revival of dramatic radio shows.
19.32 [837] Camera Three: Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?
05May1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Kenneth Koch, inspired teacher of poetry-reading-and-writing to children,
illustrates his unique method with seventh-grade students in "Camera
Three's" highly recommended show.
The glorious title of the program, "Rose, Where Did You Get That ..Red?" is
the work of a 10-year-old, Inspired by Mr. Koch's approach of reading and
analyzing poems of
the masters, and suggesting the children write a poem with a similar idea.
19.33 [838] Camera Three: Poetry to See, Poetry to Hear
12May1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Always interested in new ideas in the arts, Camera Three is host today to
writer-critic Richard Kostelanetz, who explores and demonstrates a new art
form which seeks
to combine language with graphics or musical Rhythms, with poetry as its end
result.
19.34 [839] Camera Three: The March of Time [Part I]
19May1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
During the years 1935 to 1951, any adult of the period will readily recall
the vitality and quality of the weekly newsreels which sparked the movie
screens of more
than 5,000 theaters across the country. Camera Three devotes a two-part
program, illustrating through actual films and discussions with people who
were involved
with the series just what "The March of Time" was all about.
19.35 [840] Camera Three: The March of Time [Part II]
26May1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Part II. Whether or not you saw Part I last week, about the famous newsreels
that played so colorful a part in informing the public of events from 1935
to 1951,
tune in Part n this week for more excerpts of the films themselves and some
of the people involved in their production.
19.36 [841] Camera Three: Documentary Films: Discussion on the State of the
Art
02Jun1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Four distinguished producer-directors of documentary films are on hand not
only to discuss the state of the art of documentary filmmaking, but, also to
offer
excerpts from their work in illustration. They are Isaac Kleinerman with
film clips of his facinating study of an autistic child, "A Boy Named Terry
Egan";
Fred Wiseman with clips of his remarkable protrait of a monastery, "Essene";
Robert Macbeth with clips of his work, "In the Streets of Harlem";
and Willard Van Dyke with clips from "Valley Town."
19.37 [842] Camera Three: In the Streets of Harlem [Part I]
09Jun1974
produced and directed by Merrill Brockway
written and directed by Robert Macbeth
cast:
Robert Macbeth (filmmaker).
Synopsis:
Part one of a two part series displaying the documentary film work of Robert
Macbeth exploring the black community in Harlem. Macbeth explains how the
film was made in 1973.
19.38 [843] Camera Three: In the Streets of Harlem [Part II]
16Jun1974
produced and directed by Merrill Brockway
written and directed by Robert Macbeth
cast:
Robert Macbeth (filmmaker).
Synopsis:
Part two of a two part series displaying the documentary film work of Robert
Macbeth about the black community in Harlem. Macbeth explains how the film
was made in 1973.
[--] Camera Three: Homage to the Horse
23Jun1974 postponed to following week
19.39 [844] Camera Three: Homage to the Horse
30Jun1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Jack Whitaker pays homage to the horse. This documentary detailing the roles
the animal has played in the development of human civilisation.
19.40 [845] Camera Three: Seeing with Rudy Burckhardt
07Jul1974
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Faubion Bowers
Synopsis:
Film buffs and students of filmmaking will want to tune in for a glimpse of
the work of an original and enterprising spirit — filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt,
who is inspired by the streets of the cities to illuminate the feel of the
life of the people who inhabit them.
Excerpts from a number of his films will be shown with critic Faubion Bowers
on hand to narrate and comment on the content and style of the artist's
work.
19.41 [846] Camera Three: Dimensions of Depression [Part I]
14Jul1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
First in a two-week discussion by leading psychiatrists and psychologists on
the subject of the most common mental illness—depression.
Participating in the discussions are author-psychologist Paul Gilette;
William Knoff, associate professor of psychiatry at the State University of
New York in Syracuse,
and author Albert Ellid, clinical psychologist and psycho-therapist.
[--] Camera Three: Dimensions of Depression [Part II]
21Jul1974 (postponed to following week)
19.42 [847] Camera Three: Dimensions of Depression [Part II]
28Jul1974
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The concluding half of a two-part discussion by leading psychiatrists and
psychologists the subject of the most common mental illness ... depression.
Participants on the program include author-psychologist Paul Gillette;
William Knoff, associate professor of psychiatry in the State University of
New York in Syracuse;
and author Albert Allis, clinical psychologist and psycho-therapist.
[--] Camera Three: The Bix Pieces
04Aug1974 [rerun from
[--] Camera Three: The Bix Pieces
11Aug1974 [rerun from 07Oct73]
[--] Camera Three: A Portrait of Hans Richter
18Aug1974 [rerun from 09Dec73]
[--] Camera Three: Lots of Fun at Finnegan's Wake
25Aug1974 [rerun from 08Jul73]
[--] Camera Three: Dances of Bali
01Sep1974 [rerun from 25Feb73]
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