| Laramie | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Directed by | Earl Bellamy Thomas Carr Herschel Daugherty Tay Garnett Jesse Hibbs Herman Hoffman Joseph Kane Francis D. Lyon Hollingsworth Morse Lesley Selander William Witney |
| Starring | Robert Fuller John Smith Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Randall Eddy Waller Dennis Holmes Robert Crawford, Jr. |
| Composer(s) | David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge Arthur Morton Milton Rosen Hans J. Salter Albert Sendrey Harry Sukman |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John C. Champion |
| Producer(s) | Revue Studios |
| Running time | 60 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white (September 1959 - August 1961) Color (September 1961 - September 1963) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 15, 1959 – May 21, 1963 |
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.
Contents |
Synopsis
The story was about two brothers and a drifter who come together to run a stagecoach stop for the Great Central Overland Mail. After the first season, Hoagy Carmichael's contract was not renewed by NBC.[1] His character was written out with the explanation that he accompanied Andy to boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri. Andy, however, would appear in a couple of episodes during the second season.
To restore the chemistry of the original cast, as the third season began, Spring Byington and Dennis Holmes joined the cast as Miss Daisy Cooper and Mike Williams respectively. The series also made the transition from black-and-white to color at the beginning of its' third season (September 1961). On January 1, 1962, a new version of the NBC peacock "living color" logo was introduced before that night's Laramie broadcast, and would be used before every color show on the network until 1970. Because of this, it is sometimes referred to as the "Laramie peacock". Due to low ratings, Laramie was canceled after its fourth season.[1]
The German-Title of the series is: Am Fuß der blauen Berge
Cast
- John Smith as Slim Sherman
- Robert Fuller as Jess Harper
- Robert Crawford, Jr. as Andy Sherman
- Stuart Randall as Sheriff Mort Corey
- Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy (1959-1960)
- Dennis Holmes as Mike Williams (1961-1963)
- Spring Byington as Daisy Cooper (1961-1963)
Guest stars
- Chris Alcaide
- John Anderson
- Claude Akins
- Phyllis Avery
- Joanna Barnes
- James Best
- Ernest Borgnine
- Robert Bray
- Charles Bronson
- James Brown
- Edgar Buchanan
- Jean Byron
- Rod Cameron
- Pat Conway
- Russ Conway
- Ben Cooper
- Jim Davis
- Frank Dekova
- Dan Duryea
- Ross Elliott
- Jason Evers
- William Fawcett
- James Gregory
- Kevin Hagen
- Stacy Harris
- Ron Harper
- Ron Hayes
- Ben Johnson
- Russell Johnson
- L.Q. Jones
- DeForest Kelley
- John Larch
- Dayton Lummis
- John Lupton
- Barton MacLane
- John McIntire
- Jock Mahoney
- Denny Scott Miller
- Ed Nelson
- Lloyd Nolan
- Gregg Palmer
- Dennis Patrick
- John M. Pickard (seven times)
- Denver Pyle
- Gilman Rankin
- Herbert Rudley
- Bing Russell
- Jacqueline Scott
- Olan Soule
- Fay Spain
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Karl Swenson
- Gloria Talbott
- Lee Van Cleef
- Gary Vinson
- Adam West
- Robert J. Wilke
- Will Wright
DVD release
Timeless Media Group is set to release the complete third colorized season on March 30, 2009 on Region 1 DVD in the United States.[2]
References
- ^ a b Sudhalter, Richard M. (2003). Stardust Melody: The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Oxford University Press US. pp. 303. ISBN 0-195-16898-4.
- ^ Lambert, David (2009-02-19). "Laramie - TMB Says the Already-Shipped DVDs Suffer Replication Issue; Corrected Discs in March". tvshowsondvd.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Laramie-Season-3-Defective-Replacement/11355. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
External links
- Laramie at the Internet Movie Database
- Laramie at TV.com
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
