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Bracken's World
1969-70
| Sylvia
Caldwell - Elanor Parker
Kevin Grant - Peter Haskell Davey Evans - Dennis Cole Laura Deane - Elizabeth Allen John Bracken (voice only) - Warren Stevens John Bracken - Leslie Nielsen Diane Waring - Laraine Stephens Rachel Holt - Karen Jensen Paulette Douglas - Linda Harrison Marjorie Grant - Madlyn Rhue Tom Hudson - Stephen Oliver Grace Douglas - Jeanne Cooper Mark Grant - Gary Dubin |
The
personal and professional lives of fictitious people in the movie business
were the focus of this melodrama.
Filmed at 20th Century Fox, and featuring many real-life movie stars in cameo roles, Bracken's World was set at fictional Century Studios. Studio head John Bracken, though never seen in the first season, dominated the lives of the principals in the series through his executive secretary, Sylvia Caldwell. Among his many scheming underlings were writer-producer Kevin Grant; Laura Deane, who ran the studio's new talent school; stunt man Davey Evans; and a number of aspiring young actors and actresses.
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Episodes
Known To Be In Existence
(listed in alphabetical
order -- no further episode info is currently available):
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRLS
Air
Date: 11-14-69
Guests: Arthur Hill, Luke Halpin, Diana Dye, Ed Bach, Kevin Hagen
THE ANONYMOUS STAR
Air
Date: 11-13-70
Guests: Janet Leigh, Ida Lupino, Marie Windsor
A BEGINNING A MIDDLE AND AN END
Air
Date: 3-6-70
Guests: Joseph Campanella, Virginia Wing
CLOSET SET
Air Date: 10-24-69
Guests: John Van Dreelen, Yvonne Wilder, Philip Pine
COUNTRY BOY
Air
Date: 12-18-70
Guest: Tim Matheson
DIFFUSION
Air
Date: 3-13-70
Guests: Anne Baxter, Don Knight, Zooey Hall, Fred Sadoff
DON’T YOU CRY SUSANNAH
Air Date: 10-10-69
Guests: Ray Milland, Diana Ewing, Vernon Weddle
FADE IN (Premiere Episode)
Air Date: 9-16-69
Writer: Dorothy Kingsley
Director: Walter Doniger
Guests: Omar Sharif, Tony Curtis, Raquel Welch
Synopsis: Bracken's World focused on the employees of Century Studios, located
in Hollywood, California. John Bracken was the studio head, who, for the first
season, was heard, but not seen. He was the occasional voice on the speaker
phone, either praising or chastizing the studio population, who included his
executive assistant, Sylvia Caldwell; stunt man, Davey Evans; the New Talent
School head, Laura Dean, and her up and coming students, Rachel Holt, Diane
Waring, Paulette Douglas, and Tom Hudson; producer/director Kevin Grant, his
alcoholic wife, Marjorie, their 8 year old son, Mark; and Paulette' pushy stage
mother, Grace Douglas. We learn of Sylvia's devotion to the studio, Laura's
devotion to her students, Kevin's unhappy marriage and his attraction to Diane
Waring; and Grace Douglas' opposition to her daughter Paulette's relationship
with stuntman, Davey Evans.
FALLEN, FALLEN, IS BABYLON
Air Date: 2-20-70
Guests: Richard Thomas, Dabbs Greer, Margo Sappington
FOCUS ON A GUN
Air Date: 1-2-70
Guests: Dennis Patrick, Joe Don Baker, George Murdock
HEY GRINGO -- HEY PANCHO
Air Date: 10-30-70
Guests: Ricardo Montalban, John Randolph
INFINITY
Air Date: 11-20-70
Guests: Darren McGavin, Ann Givin, Ned Glass, Sean Kelly
JENNY, WHO BOMBS BUILDINGS
Air Date: 10-2-70
Guests: Sally Field, Rick Gates
KING DAVID
Air Date: 10-3-69
Guests: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jay C. Flippen, Carolyn Jones
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, CHANGE IT OR LOSE IT
Air Date: 9-18-70
Guests: Forrest Tucker, Tony Bill, Burr DeBenning, Freeman King
THE MARY TREE
Air Date: 10-23-70
Guests: Edward G. Robinson, Diana Hyland
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE STUDIO
Air Date: 1-16-70
Guests: James Hampton, Michael Baseleon
MONEY MEN
Air Date: 1-9-70
Guests: Carl Betz, Jan Sterling, Liam Sullivan, Sue England
MURDER--OFF CAMERA
Air Date: 9-25-70
Guests: Stuart Whitman, Ellen Corby
THE NUDE SCENE
Air Date: 11-27-70
Guests: Lois Nettleton, Craig Stevens, Steve Ihnat
ONE, TWO, THREE... CRY
Air Date: 3-27-70
Guests: Barry Sullivan, Jo Ann Pflug, Susan Cabot, William Mims
OPTIONS
Air Date: 10-17-69
Guests: Robert Colbert, Warren Berlinger, Debbie Reynolds
PACKAGE DEAL
Air Date: 11-28-69
Guests: Shelley Fabares
PAPA NEVER SPANKED ME
Air Date: 2-27-70
Guests: Martin Sheen, Jack Albertson
PERFECT PIECE OF CASTING
Air Date: 1-30-70
Guests: Broderick Crawford, Monte Markham, Warren Berlinger
A PREVIEW IN SMARAKAND
Air Date: 10-16-70
Guests: William Schallert, Suzanne Charny, Stanley Clements, Ed Peck
A SCORE WITHOUT STRINGS
Air Date: 12-4-70
Guest: Jim McMullan
STOP DATE
Air Date: 12-19-69
Guests: Dane Clar, Cliff Robertson, Marie Windsor, Richard Anderson
SUPERSTAR
Air Date: 2-6-70
Guests: Andy Devine, Stephen McNally, Lee Majors, Warren Berlinger
TOGETHER AGAIN -- FOR THE LAST TIME
Air Date: 10-9-70
Guests: Janice Rule, Charles Drake, Jeff Donnell, John Archer
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HAPPY ENDINGS?
Air Date: 2-13-70
Guests: Lee Grant, Flora Plumb, Jack Riley
WILL FREDDY'S REAL FATHER PLEASE STAND UP?
Air Date: 12-11-70
Guests: Rupert Crosse, George Spell, Warren Berlinger, Diana Sands
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