Academy Award Winner Cliff Robertson, accompanied by
Salome Jens, will be appearing as part of the UCLA Film
& Television Archive’s 13th Festival of Preservation in
“Cliff Robertson and The United States Steel Hour,” on
Wednesday August 9 at 7:30pm on UCLA’s Westwood campus.
One of the longest running and most successful of the
dramatic anthology series of the 1950s and 1960s, The
United States Steel Hour featured performances by many
up-and-coming actors and actresses who went on to
illustrious careers, including Cliff Robertson.
Robertson appeared in a total of four US Steel Hour
productions, receiving his first Emmy nomination for his
work in one of them.
Two episodes will be screened:
THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR: “The Two Worlds Of
Charlie Gordon” Aired 2/22/61 Directed by Fielder
Cook When the intelligence of a laboratory mouse named
Algernon is improved by an experimental operation,
Charlie Gordon, a gentle young man of limited mental
capacity, is persuaded to undergo a similar surgical
procedure. While the results are astounding, and Charlie
is transformed into a genius, it is by no means certain
whether the effect will be permanent. Cliff Robertson
received an Emmy nomination for his touching portrayal
of Charlie in this adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ Hugo
Award-winning short story “Flowers for Algernon.” In
1968, Robertson reprised the role in the motion picture
CHARLY, for which he won the Best Actor Oscar.
CBS. Executive Producer: George Kondolf. Writer: James
Yaffe. Based on the short story “Flowers for Algernon”
by Daniel Keyes. With: Cliff Robertson, Mona Freeman,
Maxwell Shaw, Joanna Roos.
THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR: “Man On The
Mountaintop” Aired 11/15/61 Directed by Tom Donovan
Cliff Robertson stars as Horace Mann Borden, a famous
former child prodigy who, having been driven since
infancy by his father, has now turned his back on the
world. He spends his days alone, going to movie after
movie, until a beautiful young woman moves in next door.
She becomes determined to breach the wall he has erected
between himself and the world, hoping to restore his
faith in humankind and in himself. CBS. Executive
Producer: George Kondolf. Writer: Robert Alan Aurthur.
With: Cliff Robertson, Paul McGrath, Salome Jens, Gene
Saks. 60 min.
Cliff Robertson, one of America’s foremost dramatic
actors, has been applauded on television, stage, and in
over seventy motion pictures. “I am honored to be the
guest of the people at the UCLA Film & Television
Archive, I’m thankful for their recognition of my work
in the United States Steel Hour productions, and I look
forward to participating in this year’s Festival of
Preservation.” Mr. Robertson
commented.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is internationally
renowned for its pioneering efforts to preserve and
showcase not only classic but also current and
innovative film and television. Additionally, the
Archive is a unique resource for media study, with one
of the largest collections of media materials in the
United States and the largest of any university in the
world. The combined collections represent an
all-encompassing documentation of the 20th century.
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Photo Courtesy of the UCLA Film &
Television Archive Cliff Robertson with Mona Freeman
from The US Steel Hour production of “The Two Worlds of
Charlie Gordon”
Check out the new official Cliff
Robertson website at:
www.cliffrobertson.info
Preservation is funded by Hallmark Cards, Inc.
High Resolution Images Available by Request or Through
UCLA FTP Resource
Press Contact for UCLA Film &
Television Archive:
Kelly Graml - UCLA Film & Television Archive
310 / 206-8588
VENUE: The James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall,
located on the northeast corner of the UCLA Westwood
campus, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and
Hilgard Avenue.
TICKETS: Admission is free, tickets will be available at
the box office starting an hour before showtime.
PARKING: There is free parking on Loring Ave. after 6
p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends. Parking is
also available adjacent to the James Bridges Theater in
Lot 3 for $8.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
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