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CBS Children's Film Festival (1967 – 1978)

CBS Children's Film Festival

^{(1967 – 1978)}

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February 5th, 1967

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CBS Children's Film Festival is a television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children. Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons during the summer from 1967, it became a regularly scheduled program in 1971 on the CBS Saturday morning lineup, running one hour with some films apparently edited down to fit the time slot. The program was hosted by 1950s television act Kukla, Fran and Ollie, aka puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and actress Fran Allison.

Kukla, Fran and Ollie were dropped from the series in 1977 and the program was renamed CBS Saturday Film Festival. In 1978 CBS canceled the show in favor of the youth targeted magazine 30 Minutes which was modeled after its adult sister show 60 Minutes. CBS canceled 30 Minutes in 1982 and brought back Saturday Film Festival which ran for two seasons until CBS cancelled it for good in 1984.

Perhaps the most famous "episode" of the series was the 1960 British film Hand in Hand, the story of a deep friendship between two elementary school students, one a Roman Catholic boy and the other a Jewish girl.

In addition to many American and British films, the series also featured motion pictures from Russia, France, Bulgaria, Japan, Sweden, Italy, China, Australia, South Africa, and Czechoslovakia as well as several other countries.

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Cast

Perry Benson
Maurice
Anoop Singh
Anoop
Raymond Boal
Johnny
Brett Way
The boy
Hermione Gingold
Witch
Lynne Morgan
Judy Graham
Joey Davidson
Jimmy
Linda Robson
Linda
Kim Clifford
Becky
Steve Dodd
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Directors

Bert Salzman
(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Harry Booth
(2 episodes, 1973-1976)
Obrad Gluscevic
(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
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Producers

Faith Frenze
series producer
(50 episodes, 1974-1978)
Anna Home
executive producer / producer: BBC (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Laurence Henson
producer
(1 episode, 1974)
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Writers

Harry Devlin
(based upon "Old Black Witch") (1 episode, 1976)
Wende Devlin
(based upon "Old Black Witch") (1 episode, 1976)
Laurence Henson
additional scenes
(1 episode, 1974)
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Keywords

children
child
puppet show
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

February 5th, 1967 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

CBS Children's Film Festival (original title)
Фестиваль детских фильмов на CBS (Russian Federation) (Russian title)
CBS Children's Film Festival (United States of America)
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Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Pandemonium Productions
CBS (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

CBS (United States of America) (1967 - 1978)
CBS (United States of America) (1967 - 1978)
CBS (United States of America) (1967 - 1978)
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