Rod Serling : his life, work, and imagination / Nicholas Parisi ; foreword by Anne Serling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parisi, Nicholas, author.

Serling, Anne, author of forward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Serling, Rod, 1924-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Serling, Rod.

Serling, Rod, 1924-1975.

Twilight zone (Television program : 1959-1964).

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Criticism and interpretation.

Television personalities--United States--Biography.

Television personalities.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

Summary:

"Long before anyone had heard of alien cookbooks, gremlins on the wings of airplanes, or places where pig-faced people are considered beautiful, Rod Serling was the most prestigious writer in American television. As creator, host, and primary writer for The Twilight Zone, Serling became something more: an American icon. When Serling died in 1975, at the age of fifty, he was the most honored, most outspoken, most recognizable, and likely the most prolific writer in television history. Though best known for The Twilight Zone, Serling wrote over 250 scripts for film and television and won an unmatched six Emmy Awards for dramatic writing for four different series. His filmography includes the acclaimed political thriller Seven Days in May and cowriting the original Planet of the Apes. In great detail and including never-published insights drawn directly from Serling's personal correspondence, unpublished writings, speeches, and unproduced scripts, Nicholas Parisi explores Serling's entire, massive body of work. With a foreword by Serling's daughter, Anne Serling, Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination is part biography, part videography, and part critical analysis. It is a painstakingly researched look at all of Serling's work--in and out of The Twilight Zone."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 From Binghamton to the Battlefield and Back p. 7

Chapter 2 A Storm in Cincinnati p. 23

Videography 1 Stars over Hollywood and Lux Video Theatre p. 34

Chapter 3 Serling's Obsolete Men p. 45

Videography 2 Armstrong Circle Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Doctor, and Kraft Television Theatre p. 50

Chapter 4 A Return to Radio p. 69

Videography 3 Chrysler Medallion Theatre, Motorola Television Hour, and Studio One p. 72

Chapter 5 Say Something about Something: Serling on Having a Point of View p. 83

Chapter 6 In Praise of the Individual p. 86

Videography 4 Danger and Ford Theatre p. 91

Chapter 7 "Patterns": An Overnight Sensation Five Years in the Making p. 96

Videography 5 Climax!, United States Steel Hour, Matinee Theatre, and Kaiser Aluminum Hour p. 104

Chapter 8 Serling in the Censorship Arena p. 123

Chapter 9 From the Middle Ground to the Murder of Emmett Till p. 128

Chapter 10 Of "Dust" and "Doomsday" p. 136

Chapter 11 Live from Television City in Hollywood: Playhouse 90 p. 151

Chapter 12 A Ninety-Minute Knockout: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" p. 154

Videography 6 Playhouse 90 p. 160

Chapter 13 In the Presence of Whose Enemies? Serling and Anti-Semitism p. 174

Chapter 14 Patterns of Violence p. 178

Chapter 15 Its about Time: Desilu Playhouse's "The Time Element" p. 185

Chapter 16 Entering The Twilight Zone p. 189

Videography 7 The Twilight Zone: Season 1 p. 200

Videography 8 The Twilight Zone: Season 2 p. 227

Videography 9 The Twilight Zone: Season 3 p. 248

Videography 10 The Twilight Zone: Season 4 p. 269

Videography 11 The Twilight Zone: Season 5 p. 276

Chapter 17 After Twilight: Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Movie and The Twilight Zone: Season 6 p. 288

Chapter 18 The Loner p. 293

Videography 12 The Loner p. 300

Chapter 19 Another Christmas, Another Carol, and the Soviet Communist Conspiracy p. 322

Chapter 20 Odd Street and The Doomsday Flight: The Twilight Zone Sequel That Never Was p. 327

Chapter 21 Rod Serling and Planet of the Apes p. 332

Chapter 22 The New People and the Same Old Song and Dance p. 346

Chapter 23 "A Storm in Summer" p. 349

Chapter 24 A Season to Be Wary of the Night Gallery p. 356

Videography 13 Night Gallery: Pilot and Season 1 p. 367

Videography 14 Night Gallery: Season 2 p. 398

Videography 15 Night Gallery: Season 3 p. 441

Chapter 25 Rod Serling: Actor, Narrator ... Game Show Host? p. 451

Chapter 26 Between Science and Superstition: Rod's Religion p. 456

Chapter 27 A Legacy as Timeless as Infinity p. 463.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

ISBN:

9781496817501

1496817508

OCLC:

1038456496