1961 NBC "Tinted" Color Programming?

[holmesuser01]

I was told years ago that December Bride is tangled up in copyright issues. Parke Levy created it, Desi Arnaz produced and filmed it for Desilu, and CBS owned the shows.

My 35mm's were from the daytime runs, with cut footage wound onto the end of the reel. Of course, I put the footage back where it was supposed to go!! The daytime version was cut by one minute for more commercial time.

[Steve Hoffman]

I was home from school sick (strep throat) and watching "Pete and Gladys" on my parents portable Zenith in their bedroom on the Friday morning of Nov. 22, 1963 when the "Bulletin" from CBS News came on about the assassination of JFK. I'll never forget that.. The East Coast got The Edge Of Night or whatever it was but us West Coast folk got "Pete and Gladys" forever impacted in our memories along with the death of the President. A very weird combination..

[Leslie]

Originally Posted by Steve Hoffman

I was home from school sick (strep throat) and watching "Pete and Gladys" on my parents portable Zenith in their bedroom on the Friday morning of Nov. 22, 1963 when the "Bulletin" from CBS News came on about the assassination of JFK. I'll never forget that.. The East Coast got The Edge Of Night or whatever it was but us West Coast folk got "Pete and Gladys" forever impacted in our memories along with the death of the President. A very weird combination..

I was in school on that fateful day and we were dismissed for the day after the news broke. I was supposed to go to confirmation class for the Episcopal Church that afternoon, But Father Gracia cancelled that as well. It's funny that all people's memories of that day are imperishable. I remember it so clearly. When I got home I remember my Mother and our neighbor Carol O'Dea sitting in silence watching the events unfold on our set.

[Leslie]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

I was told years ago that December Bride is tangled up in copyright issues. Parke Levy created it, Desi Arnaz produced and filmed it for Desilu, and CBS owned the shows.

My 35mm's were from the daytime runs, with cut footage wound onto the end of the reel. Of course, I put the footage back where it was supposed to go!! The daytime version was cut by one minute for more commercial time.

Those 35mm prints must look awesome! The prints used for my DVD are taken from 16mm and show some occasional signs of age (jumping due to broken sprocket holes and such), but this does not impair my enjoyment of the show. The DVD also came with 2 "bonus" episodes of December Bride. The gentlemen who sold me the set used to post many old and obscure series, but has been inactive on ioffer for several years now. I posted on SitcomsOnLine that I had done a copyright search on P&G, and I was informed that due to new copyright laws, P&G wouldn't be completely out of copyright until 2057! At which time I would be 105!