Just wanted to let you know that the original kinescope of the Mary Martin PETER PAN, directed by Jerome Robbins, is now available for purchase on www.dvdsentertainment.com.

The stage production in 1954 closed after a brief run and was then televised. From what I have heard, it is an exact replica of the Robbins stage version, so you are seeing exactly what Robbins did. The later 1960 version dropped quite a bit of the Robbins direction--at least that is what I have heard from other sources.

Anyway, the dvd is quite inexpensive.

Enjoy!

Thanks, Phila!

I gotta crow!

I made a mistake about the website. It is: www.dvdsentertainmentonline.com.

Or, directly to the Peter Pan page. Do my eyes deceive me, or is the price really only 25 cents (plus $8.99 s/h)?

http://cgi3.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewU...p;userid=z45123

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=d...amp;btnG=Search

this seller is selling on many different e-commerce sites, and was once a seller on eBay (see the first link above) but is no longer selling there ("Not A Registered User"). At first glance it would appear that at least one reason may be that they were charging very low prices (a la .25) and overcharging on shipping (and it does not cost 8.99 to ship a DVD even Priority Mail) in order to circumvent listing fees on these sites (on eBay the rates appear to have been different) which are charged on the basis of the sale price and not for shipping. Whether or not the footage is public domain is unknown to me, but I can state the preceding with a fair amount of certainty.

it was shown as part of a series called "producers' showcase" and i did come across these two pages:

http://www.showcaseproductions.com/library/0006.htm

http://www.showcaseproductions.com/