Posts Tagged ‘Elliot Norton’
Gordon Mehlman Shares Memories of WGBH Engineering Innovations
When I applied to WGBH in 1968, I had already interacted with the engineering department and so was lucky enough to be hired immediately.
Read MorePaul Noble on John F. Kennedy, Mrs. Roosevelt, Music, Art, and More
Paul Noble was hired through the Boston University Scholars program. Starting in 1959, he and his crew created a strong relationship between WGBH executives and staff, a culture based on humor and fun.
Read MoreThe Money Room: How I Got There
John Kerr: Having finished college in 1960, I locked my Ideor racing bike to a post near Tech Drugs and climbed the stairs at 84 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.
Read MoreThe Almost-Forgotten Shows and People of WGBH
A collection of “less remembered shows” and people who appeared on, or worked for, WGBH, remembered by Fred Barzyk, Michael Ambrosino, Boyd Estus, Doug Smith, and Bruce Bordett
Read MorePaul Noble Remembers: Elliot Norton and Rodgers and Hammerstein
They came into the studio and taped a half-hour show with Rodgers at the keyboard and Elliot and Hammerstein standing behind the piano.
Read MoreAudio: David Atwood on 30 years at WGBH-TV
David Atwood got hired at WGBH-TV in 1965, for 80 bucks a week. He worked his way up from hanging lights in the studio to directing thousands of hours of groundbreaking TV over a four decade career.
Read MoreIt was short, but what a ride!
From Dave Svens: This short film clip was taken during WGBH’s election coverage in November, 1966. Host Bob Baram is interviewing the newly elected US Senator from Massachusetts, Edward Brooke, who was the first African-American senator elected by popular vote.
Read MoreRemembering the original WGBH
From Art Singer: Fifty one years ago this past September, on several late afternoons a week, I would take the twenty minute walk from BU across the Charles to the station’s studios on the MIT campus for a night’s work.
Read MorePauline Mercer, 89, Energetic Producer, Administrator, Advocate
From WGBH QuickNooz Pauline Mercer died Sunday, November 11, 2007, at age 89, after an extended illness. Pauline began her career at ’GBH soon after our 1955 TV debut, first in a volunteer capacity and later as a staff producer (Elliot Norton Reviews) and administrator (Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!), retiring in 1993. More From Cynthia…
Read MoreWGBH Timeline (1946-1978)
From “The first 24 years: A somewhat random compendium of milestones along the way.”
Read MoreIn the Ille Novi – excerpts (1958)
From Paul Noble The following are excerpts from the Ille Novi collection. These “underground” newsletters were circulated from mid-1958 to mid-1961, and edited by the Queen (Jean Brady) and Paul Noble. September 1, 1958 (from Vol. 1, No. 2) Videotape Works! On Tuesday, July 29th, Jean Brady’s image was recorded on videotape at WGBH-TV, making…
Read MoreOne of the Deans of Theater Criticism, Elliot Norton, Exits the Stage
From the WGBH QuickNooz (with permission) — 10/20/2003 Elliot Norton passed away on Sunday in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He was 100. The former host of WGBH’s 24-year long TV series, Elliott Norton Reviews, Norton set a mid-century standard of theater writing as critic for The Boston Post, The Boston Record American and The Boston Herald…
Read MoreJust How Far Have We Come?
Television and radio, New Television Workshop, educational services, more From Don Hallock – 2000 Just how far have we come? How many programs, series, co-productions and other projects have borne the WGBH logo over the past 50 years? In that time, an enormous and varied community of richly talented human beings have transformed a modest…
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