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Title

  • Angel. The French lesson

Other Title

  • French lesson

Summary

  • Angelique, known as Angel, moves from France to the United States to marry American architect, John Smith. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Los Angeles, California. She tries her best to be a good housewife but sometimes runs into problems as she learns English and adapts to her new life and culture. In this episode Angel is hired to give French lessons to actor, James Garner. He likes Angel, and offers her a small part in his movie. After her first day on the set, Angel comes home acting like a movie star, with the stage name, "Veronica Bouchard". Johnny asks James for help, and he comes up with a plan to discourage Angel from wanting to become an actress.

Names

  • Oppenheimer, Jess, creator, television producer
  • Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1920-1988, television producer
  • Stone, Ezra, 1917-1994, television director
  • Davenport, William, 1925-1989, screenwriter, author
  • Fisher, Robert, 1922-2008, author
  • Lipscott, Alan, author
  • De Grasse, Robert, 1900-1971, cinematographer
  • Molin, Bud, editor of moving image work
  • Daniel, Eliot, composer
  • Fargé, Annie, 1934-2011, actor
  • Thompson, Marshall, 1925-1992, actor
  • Singleton, Doris, 1919-2012, actor
  • Keefer, Don, 1916-2014, actor
  • Garner, James, 1928-2014, actor
  • Walker, Ray, 1904-1980, actor
  • Burlingame Productions, production company
  • CBS Films (1955-1968) production company
  • CBS Television Network, broadcaster

Created / Published

  • United States : CBS Television Network, 1961-02-23.

Headings

  • -  Housewives--California--Humor
  • -  French--United States--Humor
  • -  Women immigrants--United States--Humor
  • -  French language--Study and teaching--Humor
  • -  Motion picture actors and actresses--Humor

Genre

  • Situation comedies (Television programs)
  • Fiction television programs

Notes

  • -  LP19840 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Burlingame Productions, Inc.; 22Feb61; LP19840.
  • -  Episode title and original broadcast date from donor inventory.
  • -  Annie Fargé, Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, Don Keefer, James Garner, Ray Walker.
  • -  Executive producer, Jess Oppenheimer ; director of photography, Robert De Grasse ; supervising film editor, Bud Molin ; music by Eliot Daniel.
  • -  Filmed at Desilu Studios, Culver City, California in 1960 or 1961.
  • -  Episode no. 19 (Internet movie database). Episode no. 26 (donor inventory).
  • -  Includes commercials for Post cereals, Yuban instant coffee, Johnson's shoe polish, and Post-Tens single serving cereal packs.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1960-1969, p. 22; OCLC record no. 818353897; Internet movie database, February 11, 2021; Terrace, V. Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010, p. 44 viewed February 11, 2021 via Google books; M/B/RS digital donor inventory (Oppenheimer (Jess) Collection).

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (30 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Oppenheimer (Jess) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021604002

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Oppenheimer, Jess, Creator, Television Producer, Edward H Feldman, Ezra Stone, William Davenport, Robert Fisher, Alan Lipscott, Robert De Grasse, et al. Angel. The French lesson. editeds by Molin, Bud Of Moving Image Work, , composeds by Daniel, Eliot, , produceds by Burlingame Productionsuction Company United States: CBS Television Network, -02-23, 1961. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021604002/.

APA citation style:

Oppenheimer, J., Feldman, E. H., Stone, E., Davenport, W., Fisher, R., Lipscott, A. [...] Cbs Television Network, B., Molin, B. O. M. I. W., ed. (1961) Angel. The French lesson. Daniel, E., comp, , Burlingame Productionsuction Company, prod United States: CBS Television Network, -02-23. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021604002/.

MLA citation style:

Oppenheimer, Jess, Creator, Television Producer, et al. Angel. The French lesson. ed by Molin, Bud Of Moving Image Work, , comp by Daniel, Eliot, , prod by Burlingame Productionsuction Company United States: CBS Television Network, -02-23, 1961. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021604002/>.