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Technicians prepare to film scene for ‘The Ox-Bow Incident’ on 20th Century-Fox lot.
20th Century-Fox Hour
Of the major Hollywood studios entering TV this season, 20th CenturyFox has made probably the most ambitious attempt to provide viewers with high-quality entertainment. Its 20th Century-Fox Hour on CBS presents top stars in adaptations of past movie hits. Unfortunately, the program has run into a frequent TV stumblingblock: many a 90-minute or two-hour story can’t be compressed effectively into 45 minutes of TV time.
Merle Oberon and Michael Wilding headed a fine cast in Noel Coward’s “Cavalcade,” but even the full-length movie version had trouble chronicling a British family from the Boer War to the 1930’s. In “Laura,” George Sanders, Robert Stack and Dana Wynter tried valiantly, but in vain, to evoke
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the feature film’s suspenseful mood.
It was not. until the show’s third entry, “The Ox-Bow Incident,” that aim and accomplishment dovetailed. Impeccably acted by Cameron Mitchell, Raymond Burr, Robert Wagner and other superior players, this emotionpacked drama was something TV— and Hollywood—could be proud of.
Unlike other film studios’ offerings, the program isn’t a collection of clips from old films, nor is it a “showcase” for young, little-known actors. The studio obviously lavishes time, money and skill on its TV efforts. In fact, production chief Darryl F. Zanuck personally supervises each TV film.
The studio plugs forthcoming movies in the final 15 minutes of each hourlong program, when Joseph Cotten conducts a studio tour and interviews various stars. This portion of the show is also well done; the plugs are relatively unobtrusive.