One Bright Day (play)

One Bright Day is a stage play written by Sigmund Miller. It has been adapted for television at least three times.

Robert Montgomery Presents

A version aired as part of American anthology series Robert Montgomery Presents, on October 29, 1956. A 60-minute series, the episode likely ran between 47 and 50 minutes excluding the commercials (exact running time unknown). Cast included Katherine Anderson, Sidney Blackmer, House Jameson, Norma Moore, and Robert Webber.[1]

ITV Television Playhouse

A version aired as part of British anthology series ITV Television Playhouse, on 6 December 1956, and re-titled The Lion's Share. A 60-minute series, the exact running time excluding commercials is unknown. Cast included Alan Gifford, Betty McDowall, William Franklyn, Henry Kendall, Vincent Holman, Al Mulock, George Ricarde, Rita Stevens, Victor Wood, Mark Bellamy, Don Gilliland, and Maurice Durant.[2] This version is missing, believed lost.[3]

Australian version

A version aired on Australian television in 1959 on non-commercial broadcaster ABC. Broadcast live in Sydney on 7 October 1959, a kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown in Melbourne on 30 December 1959.[4] (it is not known if it was shown on ABC's then-new stations in Brisbane and Adelaide). 75 minutes in duration, cast included Joe McCormick, Kevin Sanders, Patricia Kerr, Eric Gormley, Julian Flett, Georgie Sterling, Nigel Lovell, Eve Hardwicke, Carlotta Kalmar, Laurie Lange, John Llewellyn and Al Thomas.[5] It is not known if the kinescope recording of this version still exists or not.

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References

  1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0687463/
  2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0908907/
  3. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=c4a56145-b706-4cfd-a188-39e1c7428196
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sKUUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sq8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4916%2C3972219
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l4NWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6992%2C8371310

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