Underplayed Gems

The Web (1950)

The Web poster
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 211 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is an American anthology series from the 1950s. Each episode presents a self-contained dramatic story. The show was performed live and sponsored by cigarette companies.

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What happens

The Web is an American dramatic anthology series that aired live on CBS for four seasons from July 11, 1950, to September 26, 1954. The program was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and was narrated by Jonathan Blake. A series with the same title and a similar premise was also broadcast briefly by NBC during the summer of 1957. Herbert Hirschman and Lela Swift directed on alternate weeks. Kent cigarettes and Embassy Cigarettes sponsored the program, which originated at WCBS-TV. In 1951, it featured the first televised adaptation of a work by Nigel Kneale, adapted from a short story in his collection Tomato Cain & Other Stories. The series won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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