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Corwin


Corwin Synopsis

When this acclaimed feature documentary aired on PBS, the Hollywood Reporter wrote, "When you peruse the cultural landscape, there are not that many folks who have achieved the acclamation of national treasure." The late Norman Corwin, who turned 100 years old in 2011, was the great writer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. His productions regularly featured actors such as Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Groucho Marx and Lionel Barrymore.

The film includes excerpts from many of his famous radio plays and later television productions, along with interviews with CBS news anchor Charles Kuralt, CBS President William Paley, Ray Bradbury, Norman Lear, Bill Moyers and media historian Erik Barnouw.

Actor Charles Laughton said at the time, "There is no actor on the stage, or the screen or in radio, who will not drop what he is doing to be in one of Norman Corwin's radio shows. We all look up to him as a writer of the first importance, as one of the most important writers in any medium in America today."

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Film Credits

Written, Produced and Directed by

  1. Les Guthman

Starring

  1. Norman Corwin
  2. Charles Kuralt
  3. Norman Lear
  4. William Paley
  5. Orson Welles
  6. Jimmy Stewart
  7. Gene Kelly
  8. Lauren Bacall
  9. Peter Lorre
  10. Groucho Marx
  11. James Cagney
  12. Danny Kaye
  13. William Shatner
  14. Ray Bradbury
  15. Erik Barnouw
  16. Studds Terkel
  17. Charles Laughton
  18. Eva Marie Saint
  19. Richard Dysart
  20. Samantha Eggar
  21. David Warner
  22. Marvin Kaplan
  23. Milton Berle
  24. Robert Montgomery
  25. Martin Gabel
  26. Paul Robeson
  27. William Wyler
  28. Bill Moyers
  29. Eric Sevareid

Edited by

  1. Tom Siiter and Marco Ruggio

Executive Producer

  1. Joe Saltzman

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