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6 records found for Jack Dempsey
1957-09-22, CBS, 5 min.
June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971 ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN) Television's longest-running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955, to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive. The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture. Guests include Betty Grable, Jack Dempsey, and George Raft.
1960-06-19, WABC, 28 min.
Actor James Cagney is host and reviews the lives and boxing styles of Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson, who meet the following night for the World's Heavyweight Championship rematch. Former heavyweight champs Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney analyze the styles of the two fighters.1964-04-15, WABC, 52 min.
- Floyd Patterson
- Jack Dempsey
- Howard Cosell
- Joe Louis
- Willie Mays
- Leo Durocher
- Ralph Branca
- Ken Strong
- Arthur Daly
- Frankie Frisch
- Carl Hubbel
- Horace McMahon
- Jim Crowley
- William Shea
- Adolphus Freeman
- Bobby Thomson
Horace McMahon narrates this special review of the history of the Polo Grounds. Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, Willie Mays, boxing champs Joe Louis, Floyd Patterson, Ken Strong, Arthur Daly, Frankie Frisch, Leo Durocher, Jack Dempsey and Carl Hubbel review the fabulous past of the Polo Grounds, a great arena where everything but Polo was played. Produced by Howard Cosell. The Polo Grounds : requiem for an arena / a Howard Cosell production in association with WABC-TV ; producer, Howard Cosell ; director, Lou Volpicelli ; writers, Howard Huckner, Jack O'Grady. Summary: A look at the history of New York City's famed Polo Grounds, which is facing the wrecking ball very shortly. Featured are comments by sports greats Frankie Frisch, Jack Dempsey, "Sleepy" Jim Crowley, Carl Hubbell, Ken Strong, Leo Durocher, Willie Mays, Bobby Thompson, Ralph Branca, and Floyd Patterson. Also, New York Times sports columnist Arthur Daley (who comments on what happened on December 7, 1941), William Shea (the man who Shea Stadium is named after), and Polo Grounds security guard Adolphus Freeman.#14895: CBS NEWS, THE
Order1965-07-09, CBS, min.
President Johnson says Vietnam war will get worse before it gets better, Robert Kennedy criticizes US policy in Vietnam, General Maxwell Taylor resigns as ambassador, replaced by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jack Dempsey comments on the state of today's boxing, Walter Cronkite reports from Zone-"D" in South Vietnam, a report from the Da Nang Air Force base.
1967-00-00, , min.
- Muhammad Ali
- Rocky Marciano
- Joe Louis
- Jack Sharkey
- Jess Williard
- Jack Dempsey
- James Corbett
- John L. Sullivan
- James Braddock
- Jim Jeffries
- Jersey Joe Walcott
- Max Baer
- Jack Johnson
- Gene Tunney
- Max Schmeling
- Bob Fitzsimmons
Computerized matches of the world's greatest boxers. Dempsey vs. Corbett, Sullivan vs. Braddock, Louis vs. Williard, Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey, Baer vs. Johnson, Marciano vs. Tunney, Jeffries vs. Walcott, Ali vs, Schmeling, Dempsey vs. Sullivan, Louis vs. Fitzsimmons, Baer vs. Marciano, Ali vs. Jeffries, Dempsey vs. Louis, Jeffries vs. Marciano, Dempsey vs. Marciano.
1967-12-18, NBC, 85 min.
A computer-generated 15-week series from the Miami Convention Hall. Guy Lebow calls the action. Introduction by Murray Woroner. Joe Louis & others are interviewed prior to the fight. There are comments after the 13th round knockout of Jack Dempsey by Rocky Marciano from Jack Sharkey, Jack Kearns Jr., Jim Braddock, Chris Dundee, Angelo Dundee, Hank Kaplan, and an extended interview on his boxing prowess from Rocky Marciano. Includes commercials including Frank Sinatra for Save The Children Federation.