Underplayed Gems

Windows (1955)

Windows poster
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 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

A live dramatic anthology series from the 1950s. It presented short plays about everyday people facing realistic problems. Each episode opened with a view through a window before the story began.

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What happens

Windows is a live 30-minute American dramatic anthology television series that was broadcast from July 8, 1955, to August 26, 1955. Eight episodes aired from New York City on CBS in 1955 as a summer replacement for Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person series. Notable guest stars included Geraldine Page, Jason Robards, Melvyn Douglas, and Anthony Perkins. Each episode of the show began by showing a window, after which the cameral moved through the window to begin the telling of the story, with each story "designed to show real people confronting real problems". Windows was created by Frank DeFelitta and Mort Abrahams and produced by Abrahams. Its directors were Jack Garfein, Jose Quintero, John Stix, and Leonard Valenta. Its writers included Shirley Peterson, Ray Bradbury and Arnold Schulman. The show was broadcast from 10:30 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays. Amoco and Hamm Brewing Company sponsored the program, which originated from WCBS-TV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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