The General Electric Theater was produced by MCA-TV/Revue, was broadcast
every Sunday evening at 9:00pm, EST, beginning February 1, 1953 and ending
May 27, 1962. Each of the estimated 209 television episodes was an adaptation
of a novel, short story, play, film, or magazine fiction. On September 26, 1954,
Ronald Reagan debuted as the only host of the program.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker Clyde Chestnut Barrow
(Oct. 1, 1910-May 23, 1934) (Mar. 24, 1909-May 23, 1934)
The well-known criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow traveled the Central
U.S.with their gang the “Barrow Gang” during the Great Depression. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. The couple themselves were eventually ambushed and killed on a rural
road in Louisiana by law officers. Their exploits became a major part of American
pop folklore with the1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye
Dunaway.
The the ambush site was located on a desolate road, deep in the Louisiana woods
The Bonnie and Clyde 1934 Ford V8 Deluxe Sedan after the ambush
The Bonnie and Clyde Death Car on display at a museum in Nevada
Adrian Cronauer is a former U.S. Air Force sergeant and radio personality whose experiences as a popular Armed Forces Radio Service deejay in Vietnam inspired
the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams. Cronauer co-wrote
the original story for the film. He was based in Saigon from 1965 to 1966. He called
his program the “Dawn Buster”.
Cronauer earned a master’s degree in Media Studies from the New School for
Social Research in New York City and a law degree from the University of
Pennsylvania. His practice concentrated on information and communications
law. He was also the head of an advertising agency and later worked as a
special assistant to the Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office. Cronauer will turn 74 in September.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)
Welles was an actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in
theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his debut of the Mercury
Theatre; The War of the Worlds (1938), the most famous broadcast in the
history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941), which many critics and scholars
name as the best film of all time.
