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.

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"DATELINE II"

Directed By: Alan Handley
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Air Date: 11/14/55
Stars: John Wayne, Peggy Lee, Milton Berle, William Holden, Greer Garson, John Raitt, Janet Blair, Patricia Benoit, Darren McGavin, Jason Robards, Tom Gorman and Richard M. Nixon
Show: A salute to foreign correspondents; presented in cooperation with Overseas Press Club of America, Inc., directed by Alan Handley, huge cast includes John Wayne, Peggy Lee, Milton Berle, William Holden, Greer Garson, John Raitt, Janet Blair, Patricia Benoit, Darren McGavin, Jason Robards, Tom Gorman and Richard M. Nixon. Milton Berle performs a monologue; Peggy Lee sings "You're My Thrill" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;" Irving Berlin sings a few bars from "You Gotta Get Up;" John Raitt sings "Free," written by Berlin especially for this program; Janet Blair sings "The Funnies" and reads the funnies as a ballet from "Li'l Abner" is performed; "Dateline Korea" is original playlet by Donald Bevan, honoring Pulitzer Prize Winning correspondent Marguerite Higgins, with Pat Benoit, Darren McGavin, Buzz Martin, Jason Robards, Robert Dryden, Bert Freed, and Frank Sutton. Janet Blair and Greer Garson sing "How About You;" John Wayne reminisces about role of Marine Correspondents; Spanish dance by Antonio, assisted by Carmen Rojas; John Steinbeck "Memorium to Robert Capa" read by William Holden; Robert Frost reads his poem "The land was ours before we were the land's;" Greer Garson pays tribute to underground newspaper in Cracow Ghetto; entire cast sings "Free" in Finale.

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