Portrait in Celluloid (Climax!)

"Portrait in Celluloid"
Climax! episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 11
Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Written by	Rod Serling
Featured music	Jerry Goldsmith
Original air date	November 24, 1955 (1955-11-24)
Running time	0:58:40
Guest appearances
Jack Carson as Art Shaddick Kim Hunter as Barbara Williams
Episode chronology

"Portrait in Celluloid" was an American television movie broadcast by CBS on November 24, 1955, as part of the television series, Climax!. It was written by Rod Serling. John Frankenheimer was the director and Martin Manulis the producer. Frankenheimer was nominated for an Emmy for his direction.

Plot

Art Shaddick (played by Jack Carson), was an Oscar-winning screenwriter many years ago and is now an unsuccessful, abrasive, and desperate literary agent. His secretary Barbara (played by Kim Hunter) presents him with an excellent script written by her friend, a talented young writer. Shaddick insists that the script needs rewriting and proposes to collaborate on the rewrite. Shaddick's contributions remove the script's freshness.

Cast

The cast consisted of:[1]

• Jack Carson as Art Shaddick
• Kim Hunter as Barbara Williams
• Don Taylor as John Appleby
• Audrey Totter as Edna Shaddick
• Robert F. Simon as Robert Chumley
• John Gallaudet as Boris Lotz

William Lundigan hosted the broadcast.[1]

Production

The movie was broadcast by CBS on November 24, 1955, as part of the television series, Climax!. It was written by Rod Serling. John Frankenheimer was the director and Martin Manulis the producer.[1]

Frankenheimer received his first Emmy nomination for the production.[2]

References

1. "Climax!: Portrait in Celluloid". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
2. "John Frankenheimer". Television Academy. Retrieved October 16, 2020.