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The Alcoa Hour: The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)
Musical adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
While this is an adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", it is unlike any other version of the story you may have seen.
An excellent cast and wonderful songs. I do not remember seeing the original broadcast, but I grew up listening to the LP recording, and searched for years for a video -- the DVD I found was released in 2011.
Because it is a Kinescope, the video quality may disappoint some, but it is still very watchable.
The opening and closing credits show how vast the changes in TV production have been since 1956. This was part of "The Alcoa Hour", but the DVD run time is 81 minutes.
The Bible (2013)
In a word, disappointing.
What follows could contain what some may consider a spoiler, although with a 2000 year old story, I don't know how that could actually apply.
Could have been so much better. Spent more time on Samson than on Moses. Actors spent so much time yelling "Israel, Israel," it made me think more of an Olympic basketball final than Bible stories. All, or virtually all, of the actors portraying Hebrews appeared to be of Caucasian descent, until the story of Samson, when for no discernible reason, all of the Hebrews were suddenly of African descent. As soon as the Samson section was complete, all of the Hebrews again appeared to be of Caucasian descent. Important facts were skipped, such as the 40 years of wandering after the ten commandments were received. Others were changed, such as Moses turning over leadership to Joshua immediately after receiving the commandments, instead of just prior to when they crossed the Jordan river into what became Israel. Cecil B. deMille got that right (twice), but this production didn't.
Between the errors and the omissions, a disappointing production.