Writing
Gavin Lambert (23 July 1924 – 17 July 2005) was a British screenwriter, novelist, and biographer.
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.
An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served.
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.
An actress is persuaded by a charming man to join him in a scheme of revenge against his cousin.
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.
A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Through a variety of his highs and lows, chaptered in TV-style format, Liberace's life from his early years through his death are chronicled.
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
Ruth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up.
