In this week’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, I look back at Paddy Chayefsky’s Marty–not the Oscar-winning 1955 film version, but the original live TV drama telecast in 1953 that made a star out of Rod Steiger and has been remembered ever since as a landmark of television’s early years. It only aired once, save for a 1981 replay on PBS, and only now has it been transferred to DVD as part of the Criterion Collection’s Golden Age of Television box set. How does it hold up today? Pick up a copy of Saturday’s paper and find out.
UPDATE: Read the whole thing here.
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The original theatrical trailer for the film version of Marty:
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