Film, Video Court of human relations. [1959-07-01] Title on first slate board: Big break / Title on second slate board: Old couple / Inventory title: Court of human relations / Court of human relations
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Title
- Court of human relations. [1959-07-01]
Other Title
- Title on first slate board: Big break
- Title on second slate board: Old couple
- Inventory title: Court of human relations
- Court of human relations
Summary
- A three-member board mediates disputes and disagreements submitted for review by the people involved. Complainants and respondents are interviewed by A.L. Alexander and the mediators. In this episode, the board considers two cases. In the first case, a husband and wife, once well-to-do, have suffered financial reverses. The wife wishes her husband to accept their new circumstances. She asks that he forget the exclusive clubs to which he once belonged, the people who did not raise a hand to help him, and to get any job that will support them. Her husband does not want to take just any job. He wants work on the several deals he has pending, and to wait for his "big break". He feels that he will never be successful if he settles for less. In the second case, an elderly husband is upset because his 74-year-old wife wants to move out and find a job caring for an elderly person. She complains that he spends a lot of time at his lodge, which doesn't interest her, and sends money to his sister, which she objects to. She also wants to make money of her own.
Names
- Alexander, A. L., 1906-1967, creator, television producer, moderator
- Gimbel, Roger, television producer
- Gillaspy, Richard, television producer
- Nathanson, Ted, 1925-1997, television director
- Ankers, Kathleen, production designer
- Blaney, James, sound designer
- Wachenfeld, William A., 1889-1969, panelist
- Eddy, Paul Dawson, 1895-1975, panelist
- Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969, panelist
- Collins, Fred, 1925-2006, contributor
- National Broadcasting Company production company
Created / Published
- 1959.
Headings
- - Mediation
- - Marital conflict
- - Husband and wife
- - Financial security
- - Risk
- - Older people
- - Discontent
Genre
- Panel discussions
- Nonfiction television programs
Notes
- - Date in title from TV guide, July 1, 1959, p. A-54.
- - Moderator: A.L. Alexander.
- - Mediators: Judge Wm. A. Wachenfeld, Dr. Paul Dawson Eddy, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick.
- - Announcer: Fred Collins.
- - Associate directors, Richard Gillaspy, Larry Owen, Jr. ; scenic designer, Kathy Ankers ; technical director, Jack Irving ; lighting director, Leo Farrenkopf ; audio, Jim Blaney.
- - Most credits taken from Court of human relations production documents in M/B/RS Acquisition files. Moderator and mediators taken from film.
- - LC copy is not the broadcast copy; contains a slate board, slug for commercials, and is lacking end credits.
- - First case filmed on June 8, 1959; second case filmed on May 25, 1959, both in New York, N.Y.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - The Court of human relations originated as a popular radio program, also created and moderated by A.L. Alexander. In one or two cases per episode, a panel of mediators, including clergymen, authors, judges, educators, and other notables give advice on interpersonal problems presented to them by actual people, called "complainants" and "respondents". The cases involve family and other personal disputes, marital entanglements, emotional problems, and financial disagreements. The show aired in the afternoon on NBC from June 22, 1959 to August 21, 1959.
- - Sources used: Court of human relations production documents in M/B/RS Acquisition files (Alexander (A. L., Mrs.)); McNeil's Total television, 4th ed., p. 183; TV guide (New York edition), June 27-July 3, 1959, p. A-54; episode slate boards.
Medium
- 1 video file (digital) (26 min.) : sd., b&w.
Source Collection
- Alexander (A. L., Mrs.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2020600028
Online Format
- image
- video
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Contributor
- Alexander, A. L.
- Ankers, Kathleen
- Blaney, James
- Collins, Fred
- Eddy, Paul Dawson
- Fosdick, Harry Emerson
- Gillaspy, Richard
- Gimbel, Roger
- Nathanson, Ted
- National Broadcasting Company
- Wachenfeld, William A.