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5/10 Country of origin United States Final episode date 20 January 1962 Number of episodes 48 | 8.4/10 Genre Drama First episode date 15 October 1960 Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Robert AltmanRichard BenedictEdward DeinRobert DouglasCharles F. HaasStuart HeislerMarc LawrenceLeslie H. MartinsonIrving J. MooreCharles R. RondeauSidney SalkowRichard C. SarafianRobert B. SinclairRobert SparrGeorge Waggner Starring Dorothy ProvineRex ReasonDonald MayJohn DehnerGary VinsonMike Road Theme music composer Mack DavidJerry Livingston Composer(s) Michael HeindorfHoward JacksonFrank Perkins Cast 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
- "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"; "Bye Bye Blackbird"; "Whisper Song"; "Laugh Clown Laugh"
- "Charleston"; "Doin' the Raccoon"; "Black Bottom"
- "I Wanna Be Loved by You"; "Someone to Watch Over Me"; "Don't Bring Lulu"
- "Mountain Greenery"; "Sweet Georgia Brown"
- "Poor Butterfly"; "Let's Misbehave"; "Avalon"
- "O-oo Ernest"; "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"; "Do, Do, Do"
- "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You"; "Tea for Two"; "The Girl Friend"
- "It Had to Be You"; "Just a Memory"; "Barney Google"
- "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"; "Limehouse Blues"
- "Am I Blue?"; "Let's Do It"; "Nagasaki"; The Roaring Twenties