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American Playhouse: The Shady Hill Kidnapping (Original souvenir book for the 1981 television episode, signed by director Paul Bogart and producers Ann Blumenthal and Jac Venza)
by John Cheever (screenwriter); Paul Bogart (director); Polly Holliday, Paul Dooley (starring)
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- Signed
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About This Item
Arlington: PBS, 1982. Vintage souvenir reference photograph book produced by PBS in conjunction with the 1982 television episode, an adaptation of John Cheever's 1958 short story "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill." SIGNED on the title page by director Paul Bogart and producers Ann Blumenthal and Jac Venza.
The episode aired on January 12, 1982, and was the premiere of the anthology television series "American Playhouse," a series broadcast from 1982 to 1996, over 13 seasons. In this episode, a suburban family in a small, bourgeois town causes a comic uproar when they announce their five-year-old son has been kidnapped, producing a fake ransom note to substantiate their claims.
Set in the fictitious town of Shady Hill.
Brief rubbing on the front board, else Near Fine with no dust jacket as issued.
The episode aired on January 12, 1982, and was the premiere of the anthology television series "American Playhouse," a series broadcast from 1982 to 1996, over 13 seasons. In this episode, a suburban family in a small, bourgeois town causes a comic uproar when they announce their five-year-old son has been kidnapped, producing a fake ransom note to substantiate their claims.
Set in the fictitious town of Shady Hill.
Brief rubbing on the front board, else Near Fine with no dust jacket as issued.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 154871
- Title
- American Playhouse: The Shady Hill Kidnapping (Original souvenir book for the 1981 television episode, signed by director Paul Bogart and producers Ann Blumenthal and Jac Venza)
- Author
- John Cheever (screenwriter); Paul Bogart (director); Polly Holliday, Paul Dooley (starring)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- PBS
- Place of Publication
- Arlington
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Film Ephemera | Films with Literary Sources | Film Still Photographs | Photographs | Film Books | Television | Television Movie | Mystery and Crime | 1980s Cinema | Comedy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Still Photographs; Film Ephemera; Comedy; Films with Literary Sources; Photographs;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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