John G. Stephens

From My Three Sons to Major Dad

My Life as a TV Producer

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Produktbeschreibung

Over the course of his five-decade career in television, John Stephens produced many hit shows, including My Three Sons, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, How the West Was Won, and Simon & Simon. He also produced a number of failures, including The Smith Family (starring Henry Fonda and Ron Howard) and arguably the worst Movie of the Week, the pilot to Wonder Woman (starring Cathy Lee Crosby). Along the way, Stephens encountered the usual-and not so usual-difficulties that accompany work on such projects.

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Produktdetails

• The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series Nr.118
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780810852792
• ISBN-10: 0810852799
• Artikelnr.: 21700717

Autorenporträt

John G. Stephens began his television career in 1953 as a story reader. He worked his way up to casting director, then producer. In five decades of work, he produced some of television's most popular series.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 0 Acknowledgments Part 0 Preface Chapter 1 Martinis and Quaker Oars
with Bill Frawley Chapter 2 Thanks for the Job, Dad!-Barbara Stanwuck and
George Sanders Chapter 3 New York Moves West-Dickie Widmark and Charles
Bronson Chapter 4 Katy Jurado Needs a Job and Tommy Kirk Gets His Start
Chapter 5 The Great Gildersleeve-Unchained and Hall Bartlett Chapter 6 I
Ruin a Preview Chapter 7 "Why Did You Bring That Bum in Here?" Chapter 8
Aaron Spelling, Chuck Connors, and Angie Dickinson Chapter 9 Encounters
with Betty White and Tallulah Bankhead Chapter 10 Keenan Wynn, the Actor
and the Writer Chapter 11 Good Days and Bad Nights on The Millionaire
Chapter 12 Las Vegas with Bob Altman Chapter 13 How We Filmed My Three Sons
Chapter 14 Casting My Three Sons Chapter 15 Fred's Frugality Chapter
16 From Bill Frawley to Bill Demarest Chapter 17 Three Sons Directors
Chapter 18 Jimmy Stewart at Scale Chapter 19 My Toughest Show: Family
Affair Chapter 20 Sebastian Cabot and Trailer Sizes Chapter 21 Ann Sothern,
Ethel Merman, and Zsa Zsa Chapter 22 Henry Fonda and Ron Howard: Bullets
and Brownies Chapter 23 John Forsythe and Walter Brennan in Rome Chapter 24
Lunch with Ray Walston-I Make a Few Mistakes Chapter 25 Twenty-Five Girls
with Beautiful Whats? Chapter 26 Don Fedderson Chapter 27 Fred Henry-Brian
Keith to the Rescue Chapter 28 "Garry Marshall's Italian, Brian" Chapter 29
I Produce TV's Worst Ninety-Minute Movie of the Week Chapter 30 If the
Script is Bad, Filming It Doesn't Make It Better Chapter 31 Premier
Sadat-Gunsmoke's Last Season Chapter 32 I Help to Put 60 Minutes into Prime
Time Chapter 33 Jim Arness and How the West Was Won Chapter 34 Season Two
of West Chapter 35 Season Three-Burgess Meredith Needs Toilet Paper Chapter
36 Marciano and Working with Boxers Chapter 37 Meeting with Brandon
Tartikoff Chapter 38 Elizabeth Montgomery as Dorian Gray?-I Enter the 25th
Century Chapter 39 The Start of Simon & Simon Chapter 40 Simon Season Two:
Where the Cheapest Becomes the Best Chapter 41 The Stars Become STARS
Chapter 42 The Enquirer Catches Up with Simon & Simon Chapter 43 The Stars
Strike Back Chapter 44 A Good Script to Start the Season Chapter 45
Universal's Suits-the Simon "Bible" Chapter 46 The Agony and the Ectasy of
Locations Chapter 47 Lucky Luciano: "A True American Hero" Chapter 48
Gangster Chronicles Goes Down Chapter 49 Computers, Corey, and Max Gail's
Ponytail Chapter 50 Don Bellisario: A Complicated Genius Chapter 51 The
Nonunion Experience Chapter 52 I Finally Sell a Show: Major Dad Chapter 53
The Sitcom World of Today: Not Desi's or Lucy's Chapter 54 I Become a
Pitchman and Strike Out Chapter 55 My Swan Song Chapter 56 In Conclusion
Part 57 Index Part 58 About the Author