1984

1984 is available on the Studio One Anthology by Koch Vision released Nov. 11, 2008. It has 17 episodes (out of almost 500 broadcast) and a seminar from 1987 at the Paley Center and other bonus features.

Amazon.com and DeepDiscount.com have this set of 6 discs but wait until it is cheaper. The retail is $99.99 and the prices go up and down. The best one I got was for $35.08 when DeepDiscount was having a sale. Amazon was $44.xx yesterday and is $89.99 today. Just put it in your cart and check your cart each day at Amazon until the price is better or buy from a Marketplace Seller at Amazon.

The episodes are all kinescopes filmed live from a television monitor. The broadcasts were done live and not repeated. I understand that the later ones were not filmed live when they moved from New York to Hollywood per the panel discussion but I watched a 1953 one and I believe it was still live. Amazing they look at good as they do.

Details of 1984: Stars Eddie Albert Jr., Lois Hunt, Lorne Green (yes, from Bonanza), and look for Martin Landau in a crowd - a good closeup is given but he is not in the credits. I read the book in the late 50's or early 60's so do not remember that the story proceded the way it was broadcast on Studio One. I guess I will have to read it again.

The show is worth watching. I haven't seen the movie version with Edmund O'Brien (1956) in years and years so will have to try to find that one. I think it is the one I remember most. There are remakes but I have not seen them.