{"id":30731,"date":"2013-02-19T07:09:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=30731"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:36:28","slug":"classic-requiem-for-a-heavyweightoctober-11-1956-playhouse-90-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=30731","title":{"rendered":"CLASSIC: &#8216;Requiem For A Heavyweight&#8217;October 11, 1956, &#8216;Playhouse 90&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLASSIC: &#8216;Requiem For A Heavyweight&#8217; RESTORED TELEVISION<\/p>\n<p>October 11, 1956, &#8216;Playhouse 90&#8217; presented &#8216;A Requiem For A Heavyweight&#8217; written by Rod Serling.<\/p>\n<p>The 90 minute, live teleplay won a Peabody Award, the first given to an individual script, and helped establish Serling&#8217;s reputation. The broadcast was directed by Ralph Nelson and is generally considered one of the finest examples of live television drama in the United States, as well as being Serling&#8217;s personal favorite of his own work. Nelson and Serling won Emmy Awards for their work. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>In the photo above, Ed Wynn and his son Keenan Wynn sit with Jack Palance during the final dress rehearsal. The camera is an RCA TK11. <strong>Below the full restored historic live broadcast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RESTORED: Requiem for a Heavyweight - Playhouse 90 (1956)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_el9xm6pxW4?start=487&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/491215960915958\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CLASSIC-Requiem-For-A-Heavyweight-October-11-1956-Playhouse-90-present\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/491216007582620\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLASSIC: &#8216;Requiem For A Heavyweight&#8217; RESTORED TELEVISION October 11, 1956, &#8216;Playhouse 90&#8217; presented &#8216;A Requiem For A Heavyweight&#8217; written by Rod Serling. 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