Passport to Adventure (TV series)
Passport to Adventure, later retitled Passport, was a Canadian movie television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1967.
Passport to Adventure | |
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Also known as | Passport |
Presented by | Elwy Yost |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | John Twomey |
Producers | Doug Davidson (1965–1966) Ed Mercel (1966–1967) |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 18 October 1965 – 30 June 1967 |
Premise
The series would present American and British films of the 1930s through to the 1960s subdivided for broadcast in serial format during each week. The series can be perceived as a viewer's digest of some of the best films ever to have been produced up to that time. Episodes included interviews with actors and film experts such as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Elwood Glover, Arthur Treacher and Willard Van Dyke.[1]
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 18 October 1965 to 30 June 1966. The series was retitled Passport for its second season from 17 October 1966 to 30 June 1967.
An incomplete list of the movies serialized on Passport to Adventure and its sequel Passport is as follows:
- King Kong (1933)
- The Sea Hawk (1940)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Magic Sword (1962)
- Jesse James (1939)
- The Return of Frank James (1940)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- The Wooden Horse (1950)
- They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
- Larceny, Inc. (1942)
- Union Pacific (1939)
- Between Two Worlds (1944)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- The Mark of Zorro (1941)
- My Darling Clementine (1946) - Director's Cut!
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
- The Sea Wolf (1941)
- Destroyer (1943)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- The Three Musketeers (1939)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- Destination Tokyo (1944)
- Submarine Seahawk (1958)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
- Never Say Die (1939)
- Crash Dive (1943)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
- Earthworm Tractors (1936)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1940)
- The Golden Blade (1953)
- They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
See also
- Magic Shadows, a similar series hosted by Elwy Yost
References
- Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Passport to Adventure". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Passport to Adventure". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 4 November 1996. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Passport to Adventure at IMDb