The American Short Story

The American Short Story is an American television anthology series produced by Learning in Focus and Sea Cliff Productions for the Public Broadcasting Service. It consisted of adaptations of short stories by both classic and contemporary American writers.^[1]

Robert Geller was the Executive Producer. Directors included Lamont Johnson, John Korty, Joan Micklin Silver, Ján Kadár, and Randa Haines.

Seventeen episodes aired on PBS from 1974 to 1980.

Episodes

• Almos' a Man (1976) by Richard Wright (author), starring LeVar Burton^[2]
• Barn Burning (1980) by William Faulkner, starring Tommy Lee Jones^[3]
• Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976) by F. Scott Fitzgerald, starring Shelley Duvall and Veronica Cartwright^[4]
• The Blue Hotel (1977) by Stephen Crane, starring David Warner (actor) James Keach, and Lisa Pelikan^[5]
• The Displaced Person (1977) by Flannery O'Conner, starring Irene Worth, Samuel L. Jackson, and Henry Fonda^[6]
• The Golden Honeymoon (1980) by Ring Lardner, starring James Whitmore, Teresa Wright, and Henry Fonda^[7]
• The Greatest Man in the World (1980) by James Thurber, starring Brad Davis (actor) and Carol Kane^[8]
• I'm a Fool (1977) by Sherwood Anderson, starring Ron Howard and Amy Irving^[9]
• The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) by Katherine Anne Porter, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Lois Smith^[10]
• The Jolly Corner (1975) by Henry James, starring Salome Jens and Fritz Weaver^[11]
• The Man That Corrupted Hadlyburg (1980) by Mark Twain, starring Robert Preston (actor)^[12]
• The Music School (1974) by John Updike, starring Ron Weyand and Colleen Dewhurst^[13]
• Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974) by Ambrose Bierce, starring Salome Jens and Colleen Dewhurst^[14]
• Paul's Case (1980) by Willa Cather, starring Eric Roberts^[15]
• Rappaccini's Daughter (1980) by Nathaniel Hawthorne, starring Kristoffer Tabori and Kathleen Beller^[16]
• Soldier's Home (1977) by Ernest Hemingway, starring Richard Backus and Henry Fonda^[17]
• The Sky is Gray (1980) by Ernest J. Gaines, starring Olivia Cole and Cleavon Little^[18]

References

• "The American Short Story" Volume One, edited by Calvin Skaggs, published by Dell Publishing (1977) ISBN 0-440-30294-3
• "The American Short Story" Volume Two, edited by Calvin Skaggs, published by Dell Publishing (1980) ISBN 0-440-30297-8