Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre A Slow Fade to Black (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

A Slow Fade to Black (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

An old-time movie studio executive is the victim of a corporate takeover. In his waning days, he takes his anger out on everyone around him, from family to movie stars, and vainly attempts to push through an outdated movie project.

Director

Ron Winston

Writer

Rod Serling (written by)

Producer

Richard Berg (as Dick Berg)

Composer

Benny Carter (music by)

Cinematographer

John F. Warren

Editor

Howard Epstein

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 27, 1964

Release date

Mar 27, 1964 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 16 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Leon Belasco Robbins Robbins See fewer	Philo Vance Returns (1947)
Dabney Coleman Stanley Rivkin Stanley Rivkin See fewer	WarGames (1983)
Robert Culp Peter Furgatch Peter Furgatch See fewer	I Spy (1965)
James Dunn Russ Landers Russ Landers See fewer	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Scott Elliott Grannigan Grannigan See fewer	The French Line (1953)
Sharon Farrell Melissa Melissa See fewer	Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Bob Hope Self / 'producer of the year' Self / 'producer of the year' See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Clegg Hoyt Guard Guard See fewer	13 West Street (1962)
Sally Kellerman Jerrie Jerrie See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Anna Lee Paula Kirsch Paula Kirsch See fewer	The Sound of Music (1965)
Marian McCargo Secretary (as Marian Moses) Secretary (as Marian Moses) See fewer	The Undefeated (1969)
Woodrow Parfrey Kessler Kessler See fewer	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Michael Pataki Young Mike Kirsch Young Mike Kirsch See fewer	Rocky IV (1985)
Simon Scott Henderson Henderson See fewer	Cold Turkey (1971)
Rod Steiger Mike Kirsch Mike Kirsch See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)