Comments on: W2XBS Schedule, Week of August 13th, 1939 http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/10/wx2bs-schedule-week-of-august-13th-1939/ Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:08:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Barry I. Grauman http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/10/wx2bs-schedule-week-of-august-13th-1939/comment-page-1/#comment-20925 Barry I. Grauman Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:55:18 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=4781#comment-20925 Earl Wild, the pianist who performed on Tuesday afternoon, August 15th, died last Saturday [January 23rd] at the age of 94. According to his obituary in the NEW YORK TIMES, his 15 minute televised performance was the first recital EVER given by a classical pianist on television (he was working for NBC at the time, and they obviously asked him to perform on W2XBS for an "experimental" audience). Later, after his naval tour of duty in World War II, Wild became associated with ABC as a composer/conductor [and "staff pianist"] from 1944 through 1968, and was well known in classical music circles. His memoirs, completed before his death, will be published later this year. Perhaps there were recollections of his appearance(s) on W2XBS in his manuscript.... Earl Wild, the pianist who performed on Tuesday afternoon, August 15th, died last Saturday [January 23rd] at the age of 94. According to his obituary in the NEW YORK TIMES, his 15 minute televised performance was the first recital EVER given by a classical pianist on television (he was working for NBC at the time, and they obviously asked him to perform on W2XBS for an “experimental” audience). Later, after his naval tour of duty in World War II, Wild became associated with ABC as a composer/conductor [and "staff pianist"] from 1944 through 1968, and was well known in classical music circles. His memoirs, completed before his death, will be published later this year. Perhaps there were recollections of his appearance(s) on W2XBS in his manuscript….

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]]> By: Barry I. Grauman http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/10/wx2bs-schedule-week-of-august-13th-1939/comment-page-1/#comment-17012 Barry I. Grauman Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:22:18 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=4781#comment-17012 It probably was THE "Grand Illusion" (with subtitles); remember, W2XBS had a steady supply of recent foreign films, primarily of French origin, to "fill" their schedules between 1939 and '41. However, it was quite possible that W2XBS' film editors slightly "condensed" the movie to fit an hour's time period [remember when they telecast "Hell's Angels" in two parts during that same period, as IT had a two-hour running time?]. I'd like to think those films had an influence on SOMEONE watching one of those early TV sets In New York during that period, which led them to.... "Three Of A Kind" [aka "Mistaken Identity" in future TV prints] was a 1936 "Poverty Row" light comedy produced by the defunct Invincible Pictures Corp., with Evalyn {that's how her name was spelled} Knapp, Chick Chandler, Richard Carle, Billy Gilbert, and other veteran character actors and actresses you've never heard of. "Death Goes North" was a 1939 Canadian Western, released the month before (and probably shown on American TV for the first time on the 15th) from the independent Kenneth J. Bishop Productions, featuring Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley, James McGrath- and Rin Tin Tin, Jr. as "King" [probably the equivalent of "Sergeant Preston's" lead sled dog "Yukon King" in the later radio and TV series, "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON" {originally "THE CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON" on radio}]. It probably was THE “Grand Illusion” (with subtitles); remember, W2XBS had a steady supply of recent foreign films, primarily of French origin, to “fill” their schedules between 1939 and ‘41. However, it was quite possible that W2XBS’ film editors slightly “condensed” the movie to fit an hour’s time period [remember when they telecast "Hell's Angels" in two parts during that same period, as IT had a two-hour running time?]. I’d like to think those films had an influence on SOMEONE watching one of those early TV sets In New York during that period, which led them to….

“Three Of A Kind” [aka "Mistaken Identity" in future TV prints] was a 1936 “Poverty Row” light comedy produced by the defunct Invincible Pictures Corp., with Evalyn {that’s how her name was spelled} Knapp, Chick Chandler, Richard Carle, Billy Gilbert, and other veteran character actors and actresses you’ve never heard of. “Death Goes North” was a 1939 Canadian Western, released the month before (and probably shown on American TV for the first time on the 15th) from the independent Kenneth J. Bishop Productions, featuring Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley, James McGrath- and Rin Tin Tin, Jr. as “King” [probably the equivalent of "Sergeant Preston's" lead sled dog "Yukon King" in the later radio and TV series, "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON" {originally "THE CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON" on radio}].

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