Latest "Archive Presents" Release: What Make Sammy Run

KOCH VISION AND THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION PROUDLY PRESENT THE HISTORIC DVD RELEASE OF ONE OF TELEVISION’S “LOST” CLASSICS: BUDD SCHULBERG’S "WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?"

Fifty years after its initial television broadcast on NBC’s “Sunday Showcase,” KOCH Vision and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation proudly present the historic DVD debut of Budd Schulberg’s scathing Hollywood drama WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? – directed by Academy Award®-winner Delbert Mann (Marty). This rags-to-riches story of a hustler navigating the “dog eat dog” world of 1930s Hollywood is the latest release under the The Archive of American Television Presents banner, a new partnership with the collaborative mission to present culturally and historically significant productions from the Golden Age of Television on DVD. Starring Tony award-winning actor Larry Blyden (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) as the infamous “Sammy Glick” and supplemented by newly-recorded audio commentary with co-stars Barbara Rush and Dina Merrill as well as an exclusive interview with author and screenwriter Budd Schulberg, WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? arrives in stores for the first time ever on February 10 - you can buy it direct here.

About “The Archive of American Television Presents”
“The Archive of American Television Presents” is a partnership between KOCH Entertainment and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. The collaborative mission is to present culturally and historically significant productions from the Golden Age of Television on DVD, restored and re-mastered from the best-quality sources. The Television Academy Foundation and its Archive of American Television does not own or represent any of the programs being released under this partnership.

It was 45 years ago today...

Archive Interviewee Vince Calandra was the talent coordinator for The Ed Sullivan Show the day the Beatles made their historic (first US television) appearance, 45 years ago today on February 9, 1964!


Calandra was featured in emmy's article about the Beatles on that memorable broadcast, "You Say You Want a Revolution."

You can view Calandra's entire interview online, here.

Detailed Description:
Talent Executive Vince Calandra was interviewed for over four hours in Westwood, CA. He talks about working at CBS, where he was promoted to librarian at CBS Films, where he handled the network's syndication vaults. He talks about transferring to The Ed Sullivan Show, where he worked in production, and describes his promotion to talent coordinator for the series as well as some of the guests he booked including Jim Henson, Jackie Mason, Alan King, Irving Berlin and Bob Dylan. He also speaks in detail about the first American TV appearance appearance of The Beatles. He details his later work as the talent executive on the syndicated Mike Douglas Show and, later, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. He speaks of his then-current projects including working as a talent executive for AFI specials and the American Teacher Awards. B-roll. Conducted December 4, 2003 by Jeff Abraham.

Actor Philip Carey Has Died

Philip Carey, best known as "Asa Buchanan" on One Life to Live, but who appeared extensively on television in such primetime series as Philip Marlowe (as the title character) and Laredo (as senior officer Captain Edward Parmalee), has died at the age of 83.

His Archive of American Television interview was conducted on July 25, 2002 and is viewable online here.

Interview description:
Philip Carey reminisced about his early years in acting under contract at Warner Bros., and described how Jack Warner compelled him to change his name (from Eugene). Next, he spoke of the television programs on which he starred, including Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers, Philip Marlowe, and Laredo. Finally, he talked about his years on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live as patriarch Asa Buchanan, and explained how the program and the daytime business have changed since he joined their ranks in 1979.

Robert Culp's Interview is Now Online

Iconic actor Robert Culp's Archive interview is now available online! For I,Spy fans, here's a short segment from his interview:



Click here to watch the entire 3-hour interview.

Full Interview Description:
Robert Culp was interviewed for three hours in Los Angeles, CA. Culp talks about his childhood interests and how he aspired to be an animator for Disney when he grew up. He talks about his acting training and his move to New York City. He explains how he was able to get work in television as an indirect result of the Hollywood Blacklist: since he was a newcomer. He discusseshis early experiences in Los Angeles as a struggling actor and describes his first role as a series regular on the series Trackdown, which he calls a “western Dragnet.” He describes some of the roles he had in a variety of the popular TV genres of the day— western, detective, medical, sci-fi— including his memorable parts on the classic sci-fi anthology The Outer Limits. He then speaks in great detail about the role and the series for which he is most closely associated: “Kelly Robinson” on I, Spy. For this series he talks about the on-location shooting, working with co-star Bill Cosby (and the controversial casting of an African-American lead), and talks about some of the series’ episodes that he wrote as well as acted in. He then discusses two other series for which he memorably appeared: The Greatest American Hero and Everybody Loves Raymond. The interview was conducted by Stephen J. Abramson on November 6, 2007.