Studio One A Special Announcement (Season 9, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

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Studio One

A Special Announcement (Season 9, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

An eccentric hobbyist inadvertently gets the original draft of the Gettysburg Address at an auction. He decides to burn the paper to bring a focus of attention on the ideals it contains but agrees to wait until after a TV debate.

Director

Paul Nickell

Writers

David Aldrich (teleplay) | Fletcher Markle (creator) | Peter Van Slingerland (teleplay)

Producer

Felix Jackson

Composer

Vic Oliver

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 24, 1956

Release date

Sep 24, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 5 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 17 nominations

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Ray Collins Actor Actor See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)
Robert Cummings George Lumley (as Bob Cummings) George Lumley (as Bob Cummings) See fewer	Dial M for Murder (1954)
Betty Furness Self - Commercial Spokeswoman Self - Commercial Spokeswoman See fewer	Midshipman Jack (1933)
Robert Loggia Actor Actor See fewer	Big (1988)
Cameron Prud'Homme Actor Actor See fewer	Back from Eternity (1956)
Alexander Scourby Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Big Heat (1953)
Dorothy Stickney Actress Actress See fewer	I Never Sang for My Father (1970)