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The Roaring 20's (TV series)

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Country of origin
  
United States

Final episode date
  
20 January 1962

Number of episodes
  
48

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Genre
  
Drama

First episode date
  
15 October 1960

Number of seasons
  
2

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Directed by
  
Robert Altman Richard Benedict Edward Dein Robert Douglas Charles F. Haas Stuart Heisler Marc Lawrence Leslie H. Martinson Irving J. Moore Charles R. Rondeau Sidney Salkow Richard C. Sarafian Robert B. Sinclair Robert Sparr George Waggner

Starring
  
Dorothy Provine Rex Reason Donald May John Dehner Gary Vinson Mike Road

Theme music composer
  
Mack David Jerry Livingston

Composer(s)
  
Michael Heindorf Howard Jackson Frank Perkins

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Cast
  
Dorothy Provine, Rex Reason, Donald May, Gary Vinson, John Dehner

Similar
  
The Alaskans, Surfside 6, Colt 45, Bourbon Street Beat, Bronco

The Roaring 20's is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.

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Synopsis

Dorothy Provine stars as Pinky Pinkham, the singer at the Charleston Club, in all forty-five episodes of this hour-long series that deals with newspaper reporters covering crime and gangsters for the fictitious New York Record in the 1920s, such as Scott Norris (Rex Reason), Pat Garrison (Donald May), Duke Williams (John Dehner), and copy-boy Chris Higby (Gary Vinson). Mike Road played police Lieutenant Joe Switoski. Other stars were James Flavin as Robert Howard and Louise Glenn as Gladys, who appear in thirty-three and thirty episodes, respectively.

Reception

In its first year, The Roaring 20's faced competition from the Top 20 programs, Perry Mason on CBS and Bonanza on NBC. In the 1961-1962 season, however, Bonanza was shifted to Sunday, and the western series, Tales of Wells Fargo, moved into the time slot opposite The Roaring 20's.

Soundtrack album

In 1960 Warner Bros. Records issued the mono soundtrack album The Roaring 20's to accompany the series. Musical direction was by Sandy Courage.

Track listing

  1. "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"; "Bye Bye Blackbird"; "Whisper Song"; "Laugh Clown Laugh"
  2. "Charleston"; "Doin' the Raccoon"; "Black Bottom"
  3. "I Wanna Be Loved by You"; "Someone to Watch Over Me"; "Don't Bring Lulu"
  4. "Mountain Greenery"; "Sweet Georgia Brown"
  5. "Poor Butterfly"; "Let's Misbehave"; "Avalon"
  6. "O-oo Ernest"; "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"; "Do, Do, Do"
  7. "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You"; "Tea for Two"; "The Girl Friend"
  8. "It Had to Be You"; "Just a Memory"; "Barney Google"
  9. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"; "Limehouse Blues"
  10. "Am I Blue?"; "Let's Do It"; "Nagasaki"; The Roaring Twenties

References

The Roaring 20's (TV series) Wikipedia