On Camera

On Camera
Genre	anthology
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	16 October 1954 – 22 September 1958

On Camera was a Canadian dramatic anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1958.

Premise

Various dramatic and comedic works were featured in On Camera, as written or adapted by Canadian writers.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast for four seasons as follows:

Day	Time	Season run
Saturdays	9:00 p.m.	16 October 1954 to 2 July 1955
Saturdays	9:00 p.m.	1 October 1955 to 23 June 1956
Mondays	8:30 p.m.	29 October 1956 to 22 September 1958

Episodes

Featured plays and presentations during On Camera's series run included:

• "Absentee Murder" (Charles Templeton)
• "The Almighty Voice" (a censored version of George Salverson's radio play Blasphemy)^[2]
• "Blind Date" (Jacqueline Rosenfeld)
• "Mr. Gidding Attacks" (Henry Feisen)
• "Gold Mine In The House" (J. N. Harris story; Sidney Furie adaptation)
• "The Guests" (Jack Benthover)
• "The Last Long Crusade" (Doris French)
• "Markheim" (Robert Louis Stevenson story)^[3]
• "The President's Ghost" (Michael Sheldon)
• "Stagecoach Bride" (Elsie Park Gowan)
• "Thank You, Edmondo" (Mac Shoub)
• "Two From King Street" (Jack Kuper)
• "Waltz" (Stanley Mann)
• "Who Destroyed The Earth" (Len Peterson)

Hugh Garner and Joseph Schull also wrote for the series. Episode producers included Paul Almond, Arthur Hiller, Charles Jarrott and Ted Kotcheff.

References

1. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "On Camera". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 284. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
3. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 286. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "On Camera". Queen's University. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• On Camera at the Internet Movie Database