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• #14072: TONY AWARDS, 17TH ANNUAL THE

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  1963-04-28, WOR, 42 min.

  • Van Heflin
  • Margaret Leighton
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Pat Hingle
  • Robert Morse
  • Martin Gabel
  • Abe Burrows
  • Orson Bean
  • Rosalind Russell
  • Anita Gillette
  • Alan Arkin
  • Phyllis Newman
  • Dane Clark
  • Sandy Dennis
  • Charles Nelson Reilly
  • George Abbott
  • David Yarnell
  • Jean Shepherd
  • Harold Prince
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont
  • Lionel Bart
  • Burt Shevelove
  • Alan Schneider
  • Anna Quayle
  • Sam Levene
  • Solly Pernick

  The 17th Annual Tony Awards for excellence in theatrical performances for 1962 are awarded from the Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies is Abe Burrows and Robert Morse. Broadcast locally on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York. WOR radio host Jean Shepherd opens and introduces the show. George Abbott wins the Best Direction of a 
  Musical award for "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum."  
  
  Produced by David Yarnell.
  
  NOTE: This rare television audio air check broadcast was recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records, June 19, 2002 (Claim #5364), for the most money paid for a television soundtrack, sold to The American Theatre Wing, Inc., by Archival Television Audio, Inc., transacted on June 20, 2001.
  
  
  
   
  
  NOTE: The first 42 minutes of the one hour broadcast. 
                                                                                                                                                                     

• #14890: TONY AWARDS, 19TH ANNUAL, THE

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  1965-06-13, WOR, 78 min.

  • Mike Nichols
  • Van Johnson
  • Zero Mostel
  • Tom Bosley
  • Jose Ferrer
  • Walter Matthau
  • Jack Albertson
  • Liza Minnelli
  • David Merrick
  • Neil Simon
  • Irene Worth
  • John Gielgud
  • Joseph Stein
  • Jean Shepherd
  • Harold Prince
  • Claire Nichtern
  • Hume Cronyn
  • Alice Ghostly
  • Victor Spinetti
  • Maria Karnilova
  • Jerome Robbins
  • Jerry Bock
  • Sheldon Harnick
  • Oliver Smith
  • Patricia Zipprodt
  • Gilbert Miller

  Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Tom Bosley are the hosts for the presentation of the 19th annual American Theatre wing "Tony Awards," from The Astor Hotel in New York City.  Nominees: Best Dramatic Play: "Luv," "The Odd Couple," "The Subject Was Roses," "Tiny Alice." Best Musical Play: "Fiddler On The Roof," "Golden Boy," "Half a Sixpence," "Oh What a Lovely War!" Actor-Dramatic Star: John Gielgud ("Tiny Alice") Walthay Matthau ("The Odd Couple") Donald Pleasence ("Poor Bitos") Jason Robards ("Hughie"). Actress Dramatic Star: Marjorie Rhodes ("All in Good Time") Bea Richards ("The Amen Corner") Diana Sands ("The Owl and The Pussycat") Irene Worth ("Tiny Alice") Actor-Musical Star: Sammy Davis Jr. ("Golden Boy") Zero Mostel ("Fiddler On The Roof") Cyril Richard ("The Roar Of The Greasepaint-The Smell Of The Crowd") Tommy Steele {" Half a Sixpence") Actress Musical Star: (Elizabeth Allen ("Do I Hear a Waltz?) Nancy Dussault (" Bajour") Liza Minnelli ("Flora The Red Menace") Inger Swenson ("Baker Street").  
  
  Opening introduction by Jean Shepherd. 
  
  Hosts: Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, and Tom Bosley. 
  
  NOTE: On June 19, 2002 this television audio sound track was accredited to Phil Gries (Archival Television Audio, Inc.), and accepted into The Guinness Book of World Records  as the most money (four figures) ever transacted for a TV Audio Air Track.