High Tor

High Tor was a made-for-television musical fantasy broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS network. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, which was based on a 1937 play by well-known playwright Maxwell Anderson. Bing Crosby had seen Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (in which she was still appearing at the time), and invited her to appear in the film. Music was by Arthur Schwartz, with lyrics by Anderson.

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Because Crosby was uncomfortable with the exigencies of live television, he insisted that it be filmed. For this reason, High Tor is often considered the first TV movie.

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Musical: The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. In modern times, these song-filled plays are known as musicals. There are two major kinds of musicals:...

March 10: March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). There are 296 days remaining....

1956: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

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