CAMERA THREE: APPROACHES TO ACTING, PART 1: THE METHOD (TV)
Summary
One in this series of programs on the performing and visual arts. In this program, theater critic Margaret Croyden interviews Lee Strasberg, America's leading proponent of Method acting and co-founder of the Actors Studio. Highlights include the following: Strasberg speaks about the creation of a method of acting; the importance of Stanislavski's work; the Moscow Art Theater; the basic acting problem; why the Actors Studio is not open to the public; Marilyn Monroe's work in his classes; the value of the theater; and the future of the theater. Also, Strasberg is shown leading an exercise in his class and critiquing his actors. (Network affiliation varies; this series also aired locally on WCBS-TV in New York from 1953 to 1956 and on PBS from 1979 to 1980.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 16, 1975 Sunday 11:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:23
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:29761
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Talk/Interviews; Acting - Study and teaching
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1956-1979
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John Musilli … Producer, Director
- Margaret Croyden … Writer, Narrator
- Lee Strasberg … Guest