Alcoa Theatre
DeForest Kelley on Alcoa Theatre June 13, 1960
Genre	Anthology
Written by	Bob Barbash Frederick Brady Fred Freiberger Leonard Freeman Fred F. Finklehoffe Christopher Knopf Ruth McKenney Stirling Silliphant George F. Slavin
Directed by	Robert Florey Alvin Ganzer Don McDougall Robert Ellis Miller Don Taylor Don Weis
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	77
Production
Producer(s)	Vincent M. Fennelly Fred F. Finklehoffe Winston O'Keefe William Sackheim
Running time	30 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	October 7, 1957 – 1960

Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30pm on alternate Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers.^[1] Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre.

In 1955, the series premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes when the program moved to Monday evening two years later. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon, and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.

The series continued to feature the talents of veteran and emerging actors over the ensuing years, including Cliff Robertson, John Cassavetes, Cornel Wilde, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Carson, Walter Slezak and Gary Merrill. Child actor Flip Mark made his television debut as Robbie Adams in the 1959 episode "Another Day Another Dollar".

Gian-Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors remains one of the Alcoa Theatre's best-known presentations.

333 Montgomery (June 13, 1960) starred DeForest Kelley in the pilot episode of an unsold series written by Gene Roddenberry. It was based on the book Never Plead Guilty by San Francisco criminal lawyer Jake Ehrlich. Kelley acted in three separate pilots for Columbia, and the studio decided to try him in a lead and sent him to meet Roddenberry, who took him to San Francisco to meet Ehrlich, who chose him for the role. This role was crucial to Kelley's career because it introduced him to Roddenberry, later resulting in his Star Trek role.

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Recipient	Episode
1959	Nominated	Emmy Award	Best Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour	Christopher Knopf	"The Loudmouth"
	Nominated	Emmy Award	Best Single Performance by an Actor	Mickey Rooney	"Eddie"
	Won	Emmy Award	Best Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour	Alfred Brenner and Ken Hughes	"Eddie"
	Won	Emmy Award	Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour
	Won	Emmy Award	Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour	Jack Smight	"Eddie"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alcoa Theatre at the Internet Movie Database
• Alcoa Theatre at TV.com

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