The Fabulous Fifties
Directed by Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Norman Jewison
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A two hour celebration of the 1950s.
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.Read moreLess
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.
The story
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.
Cast & crew
Rex HarrisonSelf
Julie AndrewsSelf
Elaine MaySelf
Mike NicholsSelf
Dick Van DykeSelf
Shelley BermanSelf
Henry FondaNarrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
Adolph GreenSelf
Jackie GleasonSelf
Leora DanaNarrator (segment "Gift from the Sea") (voice)
Maria KarnilovaSelfExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Producer
- Leland Hayward
- Director
- Ray Eames
- Writer
- Max Wilk
- Director
- Charles Eames
- Writer
- Charles Eames
- Writer
- Ray Eames
- Writer
- A.J. Russell
- Director
- Norman Jewison