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ly established, and Carlton Winckler (today General Manager, Program Dept., C.B.S., New York City) assigned me as an Art Director for A.B.C.
Still standing here, are the two stages where old Vitagraph movies were made. They were later acquired by Warner Brothers, and Al Jolson, John Barrymore, and many others helped make film history here. Today, Art Linkletter, Charlie Ruggles, and scores of others carry on in the same old stages before electronic cameras.
A.B.C. has been a great sponsor of dramatic shows, not only on this Coast, where we put on shows such as "Mysteries of Chinatown," "Your Witness," "The Ruggles" and "Personal Appearance Theatre," but also in New York, where the "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" and "Celanese Theatre" rank among today's best, both artistically and technically.
An Art Director in TV faces an almost .insurmountable schedule of 20 to 30 sets per week. There is great variety in the types of show
in every TV studio. First, the commercial set, which is built in stage fashion, providing "cover" for 3 sides and handled by one camera.
Second, the vaudeville show, consisting more or less of painted backdrops or Shipman backings which, due to the rapid succession of scenes and acts, will "fly" in theatre fashion, making space for another set. The next set might be built on a large dolly-wagon and be rolled on stage without any loss of time.
Third, the variety show, consisting of small "corner" sets built, so to speak, around 2 cameras as the center point. Fourth, the live dramatic show, which presents the most problems for the Art Director, and at the same time is the most interesting.
Scripts for a dramatic show must be on the Art Director's desk at least one week before shooting. The scripts are read at once and immediately discussed with the Director assigned to the show. Even before discussing any artistic values, the
From this typical installation of iron piping, is suspended the electrical illumination equipment required is overhead lighting of television settings at A.B.C.
Light platforms, as used in motion picture production, are not used — television lighting equipment be so much lighter in weight.
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