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Pioneers of Television: Crime Dramas DVD

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Item #: WC1422
As viewers reveled in being transported to shadowy underworlds, creative geniuses emerged in the forms of Jack Webb Dragnet, Desi Arnaz The Untouchables, Bruce Geller Mannix, and Mission: Impossible. Groundbreaking actors Bill Cosby I Spy and Angie Dickinson Police Woman, reveal the methods behind their successes as the first African-American and breakthrough female lead characters in a television series. Barbara ... More
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As viewers reveled in being transported to shadowy underworlds, creative geniuses emerged in the forms of Jack Webb Dragnet, Desi Arnaz The Untouchables, Bruce Geller Mannix, and Mission: Impossible. Groundbreaking actors Bill Cosby I Spy and Angie Dickinson Police Woman, reveal the methods behind their successes as the first African-American and breakthrough female lead characters in a television series. Barbara Bain and Martin Landau share the secrets behind the success of the innovative hit Mission: Impossible, while the evolution of Peter Falk's amazing characterization in his role as Columbo is recalled. And James Garner, in his only recent interview, along with series creator Stephen J. Cannell, recounts the success of the The Rockford Files' reluctant crime solver.

Producer: Boettcher/ Trinklein Television, Inc.
Production Year: 2011
Copyright Year: 2011
Director: Steven Boettcher, Michael Trinklein
Narrator: Kelsey Grammer
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: Stereo

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Judi
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5.0 star rating
07/17/20
I didnt know that!! (said repeatedly)
Review by Judi on 07/17/20 review stating I didnt know that!! (said repeatedly)
Fascinating! I watched it because there was nothing else on. I was a kid when my dad was watching these shows, but I wasnt interested in them then. To see them again and learn all the info behind them, especially about an era that as an 8 year old, I had no clue to (somewhere in there I think we got a TV with one of the first remote controls - it had 4 buttons), I was riveted. My interests at the time were the Brady Bunch and Partride Family. This show was very well done, fun to watch, and fascinating to listen to. Im buying this copy for my dad.

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Judi reviewed Pioneers of Television: Crime Dramas DVD
5 star rating
I didnt know that!! (said repeatedly)
Review by Judi review stating I didnt know that!! (said repeatedly)
Fascinating! I watched it because there was nothing else on. I was a kid when my dad was watching these shows, but I wasnt interested in them then. To see them again and learn all the info behind them, especially about an era that as an 8 year old, I had no clue to (somewhere in there I think we got a TV with one of the first remote controls - it had 4 buttons), I was riveted. My interests at the time were the Brady Bunch and Partride Family. This show was very well done, fun to watch, and fascinating to listen to. Im buying this copy for my dad.

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