Silent Night, Lonely Night
Appearance
Silent Night, Lonely Night is a 1959 play by Robert Anderson.
The 1959 production on Broadway starred Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes.[1]
It was Anderson's last play for a number of years.[2]
1969 TV adaptation
[edit]The play was adapted into a television film in 1969, produced by Universal Television and broadcast on NBC.[3][4] The film was directed by Daniel Petrie and starred Lloyd Bridges and Shirley Jones. Jones received an Emmy award nomination for her performance.[5] The film score was composed by Billy Goldenberg.
References
[edit]- ^ 'Silent Night, Lonely Night': Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes Star Robert Anderson Play Opens at Morosco, by Brooks Atkinson. The New York Times, 4 December 1959, p. 36.
- ^ Mitgang, Herbert (12 June 1988). "Robert Anderson: The Drama of Being a Dramatist". The New York Times.
- ^ "There's No Biz Like TV Film Biz", Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times, 9 January 1969, g17.
- ^ "Movies are better than ever--at least on the little screen", Los Angeles Times, December 1969, q2.
- ^ Shirley Jones at emmys.com
External links
[edit]- Review of 1959 Broadway production at the Crimson
- 1959 Broadway production at IBDB
- 1969 TV Adaptation at IMDb
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