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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.
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).
Biography is an American documentary television series and media franchise created in the 1960s by David L. Wolper and owned by A&E Networks since 1987. Each episode depicts the life of a notable person with narration, on-camera interviews, photographs, and stock footage.
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 .
Webber received the 2014 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art." [ 3 ] She was the first woman so honored. [ 3 ] Her program Treasure of Literature was named "Most Popular Television Program – 1949" by the Television Academy.
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 .