The Loretta Young Show: The Best Of The Complete Series [100th Birthday Edition]
Description
Starting with the very first episode of the original show, Letter from Loretta, this 17 DVD box set includes the very best of The Loretta Young Show, 8 discs of which have never been released on DVD and are exclusive to this set! To add to your enjoyment, bonus features include a conversation with Loretta’s children, rare family home movies and photographs, movie trailers, interviews with veterans of The Loretta Young Show and a short biography that highlights Loretta’s career as actress, mother and role model to millions of American women.
Few celebrities have enjoyed the professional longevity of Hollywood actress Loretta Young, whose remarkable career stretched over seven decades - beginning as a child extra during the Silent Era of motion pictures and attaining star status as a romantic leading lady during Hollywood’s Golden Age. Miss Young appeared in over 100 films during her movie career, most notably The Farmer's Daughter, for which she won an Academy Award®. But in 1953, she announced her retirement from film and signed a contract with Proctor & Gamble and the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to produce and star in her own television series.
Her first show, Letter to Loretta, went on the air that September and was an immediate hit. Later re-titled The Loretta Young Show, her weekly anthology series was the first to feature a female star as host and actress, and made Miss Young one of the best-known and beloved personalities on television.
With a mix of both melodramas and light romantic comedies, the series was designed and intended for a female audience. Young chose stories for their messages, and while many stories affirmed postwar, middle-class ideas about the home, families, and gender roles, the show also explicitly addressed social issues of the day. It stands out as a rare, primetime network drama series where a woman tells her stories.
Why We Love It
“This 17-DVD box set is a must have for fans of Golden Age Television and classic Hollywood aficionados alike…this collection includes the very best of The Loretta Young Show, highlighting Young's career as actress, mother and role model to millions of American women.” – Broadway World
Product Information
DISCS 17 |
RUN-TIME 63 hrs |
ASPECT RATIO 1.33:1 |
COLOR Black and White |
LANGUAGE English |
REGION Region 1 |
RATING Not Rated |
PRODUCTION DATE 1953-1961 |
CLOSED-CAPTIONED No |
SUBTITLES None |
Cast & Crew
Loretta Young | Self - Hostess, Inga Helborg, Sister Ann |
John Milton Kennedy | Announcer, Self - Announcer |
Robert Foulk | Hank, Department of Power Man, Headquarters |
John Newland | Alex Stark, Creighton Halliday, David Harrison |
Dabbs Greer | Attendant, Chester Ives, Dentist |
Kitty Kelly | Amy, Edith, Gloria Schumaker |
Ann Doran | Anne Thomas, Felice Badt, Ginny Tucker |
Ricardo Montalban | Angelo Pelligrini, Father Garcia, Father William Gomez |
Mabel Albertson | Babs, Doris, Edna Hardish |
George Nader | Arthur Wayne, Austin Granger, Barry Kendall |
Richard Morris | Director |
Robert Florey | Director |
Harry Keller | Director |
Norman Foster | Director |
John Newland | Director |
Rudolph Maté | Director |
Richard Carlson | Director |
Tay Garnett | Director |
Richard Donner | Director |
Justus Addiss | Director |
Jeffrey Hayden | Director |
Alan DeWitt | Director |
Everett Sloane | Director |
Don Weis | Director |
Laslo Benedek | Director |
William Bruckner | Director |
Ted Post | Director |
Mark Stevens | Director |
William F. Claxton | Director |
John Knight | Director |
Arthur Lubin | Director |
Richard Morris | Writer |
Richard Morris | Writer |
Richard Morris | Writer |
Richard Morris | Writer |
Richard Morris | Writer |
Richard Morris | Writer |
William Bruckner | Writer |
William Bruckner | Writer |
William Bruckner | Writer |
William Bruckner | Writer |
William Bruckner | Writer |
Pauline Stone | Writer |
Pauline Stone | Writer |
Pauline Stone | Writer |
Pauline Stone | Writer |
Lowell S. Hawley | Writer |
Lowell S. Hawley | Writer |
Lowell S. Hawley | Writer |
Lowell S. Hawley | Writer |
Michael Cosgrove | Writer |
Michael Cosgrove | Writer |
Gene Levitt | Writer |
Gene Levitt | Writer |
Gene Levitt | Writer |
Gene Levitt | Writer |
Marian Spitzer | Writer |
Marian Spitzer | Writer |
Marian Spitzer | Writer |
Marian Spitzer | Writer |
Marian Spitzer | Writer |
Devery Freeman | Writer |
Devery Freeman | Writer |
Devery Freeman | Writer |
Devery Freeman | Writer |
Donald S. Sanford | Writer |
Donald S. Sanford | Writer |
Donald S. Sanford | Writer |
Ruth Roberts | Writer |
Louis E. Holz | Writer |
Helen L. Morgan | Writer |
Helen L. Morgan | Writer |
Cameron Blake | Writer |
Cameron Blake | Writer |
John Meredyth Lucas | Writer |
John Meredyth Lucas | Writer |
John Meredyth Lucas | Writer |
Mary Jane Waldo | Writer |
Steve Fisher | Writer |
Stephen Lord | Writer |
Carlton E. Morse | Writer |
Carlton E. Morse | Writer |
Carlton E. Morse | Writer |
Lydia Schiller | Writer |
Darryl Hickman | Writer |
Gabrielle Upton | Writer |
Gabrielle Upton | Writer |
Jack Robbins | Writer |
Charles Bonner | Writer |
Charles Bonner | Writer |
Barbara Merlin | Writer |
Jack Natteford | Writer |
Jack Natteford | Writer |
Luci Natteford | Writer |
Luci Natteford | Writer |
Marion Thompson | Writer |
Marion Thompson | Writer |
Esther McCoy | Writer |
Esther McCoy | Writer |
Harlan Warde | Writer |
Harlan Warde | Writer |
Hugh Beaumont | Writer |
DeWitt Bodeen | Writer |
George Bradshaw | Writer |
R. Wright Campbell | Writer |
Ken Englund | Writer |
Doris Gilbert | Writer |
Willis Goldbeck | Writer |
Jack Leonard | Writer |
Audrey Lives | Writer |
Joanne Melton | Writer |
Phyllis Parker | Writer |
Henry J. Staudigl | Writer |
Dwight Taylor | Writer |
Robert Thomsen | Writer |
Catharine Barrett | Writer |
Edna Brophy | Writer |
Eustace Cockrell | Writer |
Paul Franklin | Writer |
Jean Holloway | Writer |
Norma Mansfield | Writer |
Ralph Mays | Writer |
Lemora Mattingly Weber | Writer |
Margaret Buell Wilder | Writer |
Marguerite Allen | Writer |
Ira Avery | Writer |
Jane Avery | Writer |
Florence J. Clarke | Writer |
Hobart Donavan | Writer |
F.W. Durkee | Writer |
László Görög | Writer |
Elizabeth S. Holding | Writer |
Laura Hunter | Writer |
Tom Lewis | Writer |
Lenora Mattingly | Writer |
André Maurois | Writer |
D.F. Miller | Writer |
Mary Heaton Vorse | Writer |
F.R. Weir | Writer |
Frances Ancker | Writer |
Heinrich Böll | Writer |
Virginia Chase | Writer |
Robert Craig | Writer |
Gerry Day | Writer |
George W. George | Writer |
Cecily Hallack | Writer |
Robert J. Hogan | Writer |
Cynthia Hope | Writer |
Ernest F. Miller | Writer |
Marie Therese Prohaska | Writer |
John J. Ryan | Writer |
Fred Schiller | Writer |
Wyatt Blassingame | Writer |
Helen Garnell | Writer |
Lucy Goodrich | Writer |
Maye Frank Grissette | Writer |
Pamela Hennell | Writer |
Douglas Morrow | Writer |
Beulah R. Stevens | Writer |
Morris Waldo | Writer |
Florence Zollicoffer | Writer |
Mortimer Braus | Writer |
Dorothy Davenport | Writer |
James Eastwood | Writer |
Harriet Frank Jr. | Writer |
Miss Fukiko-san | Writer |
Hugo Grimaldi | Writer |
Harriet Pratt | Writer |
Henry Richards | Writer |
Helen Rittell | Writer |
P.C. Tullier | Writer |
Malvin Wald | Writer |
Malvin Wald | Writer |
Harlan Ware | Writer |
Marilyn Cantor Baker | Writer |
Sylvia Dee | Writer |
Fred Ebb | Writer |
William Forrest | Writer |
Bertha Holt | Writer |
Mary Stermer | Writer |
Walter Tevis | Writer |
Roger Angell | Writer |
Verne Athanas | Writer |
Libbie Block | Writer |
Edwin Blum | Writer |
Elizabeth Enright | Writer |
Lois Hire | Writer |
Joseph Laitin | Writer |
Nancy Burrage Owen | Writer |
David Robinson | Writer |
David Robinson | Writer |
Michael Shaara | Writer |
Glen Sire | Writer |
Sue Sire | Writer |
Florence Jan Soman | Writer |
Leslie Gordon Barnard | Writer |
Ralph Bell | Writer |
Norman Foster | Writer |
Eugene Francis | Writer |
Arthur Gordon | Writer |
Lilly Gordon | Writer |
Lou Holtz | Writer |
Murray Leinster | Writer |
David R. Mace | Writer |
Agnes Sligh Turnbull | Writer |
Paul Crabtree | Writer |
Lee Strosnider | Writer |
John London | Producer |
Tom Lewis | Producer |
Tom Lewis | Producer |
Bert Granet | Producer |
Matthew Rapf | Producer |
Matthew Rapf | Producer |
Jack Murton | Producer |
Ruth Roberts | Producer |
Sherman A. Harris | Producer |
Harry Keller | Producer |