 Campbell Playhouse's "ALGIERS" Produced and scripted by Orson Welles adapted from Walter Wagner's screenplay "Algiers" PLOT SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE ALGIERS: Charles Boyer stars as a charming Parisian jewel thief hiding out in the "casbah" of Algiers (then a French colony); Hedy Lamarr, as the slumming tourist, is also very good. There are good supporting actors in most of the other parts, including Alan Hale (senior), father of Alan Hale (junior) who was "Skipper" on TV's "Gilligan's Island". Gene Lockhart, as the betrayer, is also a standout. The "casbah" itself, part North African/part Hollywood, is also a star here. Lots of good set design and camerawork (James Wong Howe) The music is credited to "Mohammed Igarbouchen" (a.k.a. Mohamed Ygerbuchen) and he also did the music for the French "Pépé le Moko" of which "Algiers" was a re-make. The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. The show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell’s Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse. Approximate play time of 1 hour ALGIERS EXCERPT.mp3
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