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The show was known as either Ford Startime—TV's Finest Hour or Lincoln–Mercury Startime, depending on which division of the Ford Motor Company was presenting commercials within that show. The contents varied from week to week – dramas, musical comedies, and variety shows were all presented.
Startime: With Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes. The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
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"The Turn of the Screw" was an American television movie broadcast by NBC on October 20, 1959, as the third episode of the television series, Ford Startime. It was written by James Costigan as an adaptation of Henry James' novella of the same name. John Frankenheimer was the director and producer.
Audie Murphy the "most decorated soldier" of WWII plays the role of a psychopath at the house of a lonely widow whose son was a friend from the Army.#adAudie...
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- Audie Murphy American Legend
The Jazz Singer was produced on color videotape and aired as a one-hour episode of the short-lived TV series Lincoln-Mercury Startime (aka Ford Startime). It was preserved on black & white kinescope film. It has never been rebroadcast on NBC.
Recently viewed. The Turn of the Screw: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Ingrid Bergman, Isobel Elsom, Laurinda Barrett, Hayward Morse. A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
Ford Startime (aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime) was an hour long, color anthology series sponsored by the automotive company. Music, variety and drama alternated in various programs over the course of the one season it aired.
