CLASSIC: ‘Requiem For A Heavyweight’ RESTORED TELEVISION

October 11, 1956, ‘Playhouse 90’ presented ‘A Requiem For A Heavyweight’ written by Rod Serling.

The 90 minute, live teleplay won a Peabody Award, the first given to an individual script, and helped establish Serling’s reputation. The broadcast was directed by Ralph Nelson and is generally considered one of the finest examples of live television drama in the United States, as well as being Serling’s personal favorite of his own work. Nelson and Serling won Emmy Awards for their work. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney.

In the photo above, Ed Wynn and his son Keenan Wynn sit with Jack Palance during the final dress rehearsal. The camera is an RCA TK11. Below the full restored historic live broadcast!

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