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Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and directing of radio drama during the 1930s and 1940s.
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin is a 2005 documentary short subject about writer Norman Corwin. It was directed by Eric Simonson . In addition to Corwin, the cast includes Robert Altman , Norman Lear , Walter Cronkite , Studs Terkel , and radio historians Timothy Troy and Norman Gilliland .
Norman Corwin Presents is a Canadian-produced drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1972 to 1973. The series also aired on Group W owned television stations in the US. [ 1 ]
Transcription disc of We Hold These Truths (December 15, 1941). We Hold These Truths, a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Bill of Rights, was an hour-long radio program that explored American values and aired live on December 15, 1941, the first to be broadcast on all four major networks (CBS, NBC Red, NBC Blue, and Mutual).
Producers also planned to occasionally broadcast episodes of "outstanding original radio dramas of the past" and to present encore performances of the show's best-received episodes. [2] One such repeat was Norman Corwin's We Hold These Truths, which was originally broadcast on CBS. [4] In another case, the program repeated an episode of Mr ...
The World of Carl Sandburg was a stage presentation of selections from the poetry and prose of Carl Sandburg, chosen and arranged by Norman Corwin, starring Bette Davis. There was a 21-week national tour 1959–1960, co-starring Davis's husband Gary Merrill , towards the end, he was replaced by Barry Sullivan .
The show was rebroadcast on PBS on December 23, 1971, as an episode of Hollywood Television Theatre. [3] KCET rebroadcast the program in 2010 (about a year before Corwin's death) in honor of his 100th birthday, and followed it with a new interview with Corwin. [2] Corwin added two scenes to his original script for the TV production.
Norman Corwin: Lyn Murray: August 24, 1941: 26 by Corwin: Job: Norman Corwin: Deems Taylor: August 31, 1941: 26 by Corwin: Mary and the Fairy: Norman Corwin: Lud Gluskin: September 7, 1941: 26 by Corwin: Anatomy of Sound: Norman Corwin [no music] September 14, 1941: 26 by Corwin: Fragments from a Lost Cause: Norman Corwin: Alexander Semmler ...