Playhouse 90 Around the World in 90 Minutes (Season 2, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Playhouse 90

Around the World in 90 Minutes (Season 2, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

October 17, 1957, the CBS Television Network diverted from its typical format of live dramatic presentations for "Playhouse 90" to cover Michael Todd's gigantic party commemorating the one-year anniversary of the release of his film "...See moreOctober 17, 1957, the CBS Television Network diverted from its typical format of live dramatic presentations for "Playhouse 90" to cover Michael Todd's gigantic party commemorating the one-year anniversary of the release of his film "Around The World In 80 Days". Todd invited 18-thousand people to the gala in New York City's Madison Square Garden though the number probably was far greater because of party-crashers. Walter Cronkite hosted the coverage with future ABC Sports ace Jim McKay and news veteran Bill Leonard handling the interviewing of numerous celebrity party guests. During the broadcast, Garry Moore hosted occasional comedy vignettes of how Todd came to create his Academy award-winning movie. Written by D.K. Sullivan See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Boston Pops Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Charles Boyer Self Self See fewer	Gaslight (1944)
Red Buttons Self Self See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Maurice Chevalier Self Self See fewer	Gigi (1958)
Walter Cronkite Self Self See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Fernandel Self / Don Quixote Self / Don Quixote See fewer	The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Cedric Hardwicke Self Self See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Hedda Hopper Self Self See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self Self See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
George Jessel Self Self See fewer	Lucky Boy (1929)
Emmett Kelly Weary Willie Weary Willie See fewer	General Electric Theater (1953)
Arthur Krim Self Self See fewer	The Montecarlo Story (1956)
Swifty Lazar Self (as Irving Paul Lazar) Self (as Irving Paul Lazar) See fewer	Neighbors (1981)
Jack Lemmon Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	The Apartment (1960)
Bill Leonard Self Self See fewer	Expedition! (1960)
Joe E. Lewis Self Self See fewer	Too Many Husbands (1931)
James Mason Self Self See fewer	Lolita (1962)
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Jim McKay Self Self See fewer	ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961)
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Frank Sinatra Self Self See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Elizabeth Taylor Self Self See fewer	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Mike Todd Self (as Michael Todd) Self (as Michael Todd) See fewer	Around the World in 80 Days (1956)