Showcase Productions, Inc. was the original packager/producer of much of the prime time, live, dramatic, color, 60 minute and 90 minute programming which appeared primarily on NBC during the period between September 1954 and September 1957.

Producer's Showcase Library

"WIDE WIDE WORLD"

Directed By: Dick Schneider, Associate Director Dominick Dunne
Written By:
Produced by: Fred Rickey
Air Date: 6/27/55
Stars:
Show: First international show with live remote locations from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico; directed by Dick Schneider, Associate Director Dominick Dunne, scenic designer Reuben Ter-Aratunian, produced by Fred Rickey (who died 3 days before the telecast) and Alvin Cooperman; hosted by Dave Garroway; segments include jazz concerts with Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton ("That's My Desire") backed up by the Woody Herman orchestra (with Woody singing), featuring Bobby Hackett on trumpet ("My Funny Valentine"); jam session of "When The Saints Go Marchin' In;" Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, featuring Lorne Greene in "Julius Caesar," with backstage segments with Director Michael Langham and Artistic Director Tyrone Guthrie; Cantinflas, performing his famous "bullfighter" act from Tiajuana Mexico; various scenes in New York City, Chicago, Des Moines, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington D.C., Mount Hood; the RCA commercial features Vaughn Monroe and Milton Berle.

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