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Silent Night, Lonely Night is a 1959 play by
Robert Anderson .
The 1959 production on Broadway starred
Henry Fonda and
Barbara Bel Geddes .
[1]
It was Anderson's last play for a number of years.
[2]
1969 TV adaptation
The play was adapted into a
television film in 1969, produced by
Universal Television and broadcast on
NBC .
[3]
[4] The film was directed by
Daniel Petrie and starred
Lloyd Bridges and
Shirley Jones . Jones received an
Emmy award nomination for her performance.
[5] The film score was composed by
Billy Goldenberg .
References
^ 'Silent Night, Lonely Night': Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes Star Robert Anderson Play Opens at Morosco, by Brooks Atkinson.
The New York Times , 4 December 1959, p. 36.
^ Mitgang, Herbert (12 June 1988).
"Robert Anderson: The Drama of Being a Dramatist" . The New York Times .
^ "There's No Biz Like TV Film Biz",
Smith, Cecil.
Los Angeles Times , 9 January 1969, g17.
^ "Movies are better than ever--at least on the little screen", Los Angeles Times , December 1969, q2.
^
Shirley Jones at emmys.com
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