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| show_name = The Islanders |
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| runtime = approx. 50 minutes |
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| creator = [[Richard L. Bare]] |
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| company = [[MGM Television|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television]] |
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| starring = [[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]]<br />[[James Philbrook]]<br /> [[Diane Brewster]] |
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| distribution = [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] |
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| country = United States |
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| starring = [[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]] <br> [[James Philbrook]] <br> [[Diane Brewster]] |
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| language = English |
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| country = USA |
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| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |
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| first_aired = {{start date|1960|10|2}} |
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| last_aired = {{end date|1961|3|26}} |
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'''''The Islanders''''' is an American adventure [[television series]] which aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1960 to 1961, starring [[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]], [[James Philbrook]], and [[Diane Brewster]]. |
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'''''The Islanders''''' is an American adventure drama series which aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1960 to 1961, starring [[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]], [[James Philbrook]], and [[Diane Brewster]].<ref>HOLLYWOOD TIE-LINE: Hollywood Tie-Line |
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By RUTH WATERBURY. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 11 Sep 1960: H15.</ref> |
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==Premise== |
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At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade (Reynolds) and Zack Malloy (Philbrook), co-owners of a [[Grumman Goose]] [[amphibious aircraft]], start their one-plane airline in the [[Moluccas]] or [[Spice Islands]] of the southeastern [[Pacific Ocean]]. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer (Brewster) and Shipwreck Callighan ([[Roy Wright (actor)|Roy Wright]]). |
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Stated a [[United Press International|UPI]] article on September 20, 1960, "Basis of the show is a one-airplane airline run by the three principals in the lush East Indies. The men are soldiers of fortune and Diane [Brewster] plays a Dutch girl attempting to regain her family’s property."<ref>Scott, Vernon, United Press International, "Palm Trees To Replace TV Snow Set," ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', Tuesday 20 September 1960, Volume 67, page 3.</ref> |
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At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade (Reynolds) and Zack Malloy (Philbrook), co-owners of a [[Grumman Goose]] [[amphibious aircraft]], start their one-plane airline in the [[Moluccas]] or [[Spice Islands]] of the southwest [[Pacific Ocean]]. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina "Steamboat Willy" Vanderveer (Brewster) and Shipwreck Callighan ([[Roy Wright (actor)|Roy Wright]]). |
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''The Islanders'', primarily sponsored by [[Liggett & Myers]]' [[Chesterfield cigarettes|Chesterfield]] cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' and ''[[Candid Camera]]'' on [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] and the second half of ''[[The Dinah Shore Show]]'' and the last season of ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'' on [[NBC]]. |
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"The boys get into lots of messes," said Brewster "and things aren't helped for them by the way I play one of them against the other in whatever romantic notions they have about me."<ref>DOUBLE-DEALING DIANE |
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William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a ''[[Terry and the Pirates (TV series)|Terry and the Pirates]]'' or a ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good."<ref>http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/10/02/past_articles/reynoldswilliam.txt</ref>{{dl|fix-attempted=yes|date=October 2017}} |
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Korman, Seymour. Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Dec 1960: h7.</ref> |
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==Cast== |
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After ''The Islanders'', Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a [[magazine]] publisher and the love interest of [[Loretta Young]] in her short-lived ''[[The New Loretta Young Show]]'', which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,''[[The Gallant Men]]'', a [[World War II]] series, and ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The FBI]]'' with [[Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]]. |
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*[[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]] as Sandy Wade |
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*[[James Philbrook]] as Zack Malloy |
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*[[Diane Brewster]] as Wilhelmina "Steamboat Willy" Vanderveer |
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==Episodes== |
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|Title = Five O'Clock Friday |
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|Title = Talent for Danger |
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|Title = Hostage Island |
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|Title = The Phantom Captain |
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|Title = Our Girl in Saigon |
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|Title = The Cold War of Adam Smith |
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|Title = Deadly Tomorrow |
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|Title = The Widow from Richmond |
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|Title = The Twenty-Six Paper |
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|Title = The Generous Politician |
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|Title = Escape from Kaledau |
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|Title = To Bell the Cat |
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|Title = Willy's Millionaire |
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|Title = The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo |
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|Title = Island Witness |
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|Title = A Rope for Charlie Munday |
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|Title = The Lacosta Vendetta |
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|Title = The Pearls of Ratu |
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|Title = The World is Her Oyster |
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==Filming== |
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William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a ''[[Terry and the Pirates (TV series)|Terry and the Pirates]]'' or a ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good."<ref>http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/10/02/past_articles/reynoldswilliam.txt {{Dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=October 2017}}</ref> |
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"We have a show that has all the meat and potatoes," said Reynolds during filming. "All it lacks is the gravy... we may be trying to place too much in a small screen."<ref>When the gravy's missing |
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Page, Don. Los Angeles Times 29 Jan 1961: f44.</ref> |
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===Accident=== |
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In February 1960 a plane carrying five crew members from Montego Bay to Miami crashed off the coast of Jamaica into the water. The men were Reynolds, Bare, Glenn Kirkpatrick, pilot Howard Smith and camera man George Schmidt.<ref>Crash Hurts TV Crew |
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The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959-1973); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]13 Feb 1960: A3.</ref> All but Schmidt were picked out of the water.<ref>Photo Standalone 2 -- No Title: Incomplete Source |
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Los Angeles Times 13 Feb 1960: 7.</ref> |
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==Broadcast== |
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''The Islanders'', primarily sponsored by [[Liggett & Myers]]' [[Chesterfield cigarettes|Chesterfield]] cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' and ''[[Candid Camera]]'' on [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] and the second half of ''[[The Dinah Shore Show]]'' and the last season of ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'' on [[NBC]]. |
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===Reception=== |
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Diane Brewster had earlier portrayed gambler "Samantha Crawford" in the first two seasons of ''Maverick'' (1957) and appeared in 1957-1958 in the first season of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' as schoolteacher "Miss Canfield," later replaced by [[Sue Randall]] as "Miss Landers." Subsequently in the 1960s, as a favor to writer/producer [[Roy Huggins]], Brewster occasionally portrayed without screen credit the murdered wife "Helen Kimble" (in flashbacks) in ABC's ''[[The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive]]''. |
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The ''Los Angeles Times'' said the show was like many other adventure series on ABC at the time (''Hong Kong'', ''Surfside 6'', ''Hawaiian Eye'') and said "it did achieve a certain flavour with its tropical background" adding "if the series scores at all - and it does show some promise - it will largely be due to Reynolds."<ref>TV REVIEW: The Islander Series Debuts With Bong |
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Page, Don. Los Angeles Times 4 Oct 1960: A11.</ref> |
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| The Islanders | |
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| Created by | Richard L. Bare |
| Starring | William Reynolds James Philbrook Diane Brewster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 50 minutes |
| Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 2, 1960 – March 26, 1961 |
The Islanders is an American adventure drama series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster.[1]
Premise
[edit]Stated a UPI article on September 20, 1960, "Basis of the show is a one-airplane airline run by the three principals in the lush East Indies. The men are soldiers of fortune and Diane [Brewster] plays a Dutch girl attempting to regain her family’s property."[2]
At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade (Reynolds) and Zack Malloy (Philbrook), co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina "Steamboat Willy" Vanderveer (Brewster) and Shipwreck Callighan (Roy Wright).
"The boys get into lots of messes," said Brewster "and things aren't helped for them by the way I play one of them against the other in whatever romantic notions they have about me."[3]
Cast
[edit]- William Reynolds as Sandy Wade
- James Philbrook as Zack Malloy
- Diane Brewster as Wilhelmina "Steamboat Willy" Vanderveer
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Five O'Clock Friday" | Richard L. Bare | Unknown | October 2, 1960 |
| 2 | "Flight From Terror" | Unknown | Unknown | October 9, 1960 |
| 3 | "The Terrified Blonde" | Unknown | Unknown | October 16, 1960 |
| 4 | "Talent for Danger" | Unknown | Unknown | October 23, 1960 |
| 5 | "Operation Dollar Sign" | Unknown | Unknown | October 30, 1960 |
| 6 | "Hostage Island" | Unknown | Unknown | November 6, 1960 |
| 7 | "The Phantom Captain" | Unknown | Unknown | November 13, 1960 |
| 8 | "Our Girl in Saigon" | Unknown | Unknown | November 20, 1960 |
| 9 | "Forbidden Cargo" | Unknown | Unknown | November 27, 1960 |
| 10 | "The Cold War of Adam Smith" | Unknown | Unknown | December 4, 1960 |
| 11 | "Deadly Tomorrow" | Unknown | Unknown | December 11, 1960 |
| 12 | "The Widow from Richmond" | Unknown | Unknown | December 18, 1960 |
| 13 | "Duel of Strangers" | Unknown | Unknown | December 25, 1960 |
| 14 | "The Twenty-Six Paper" | Charles Haas | Unknown | January 8, 1961 |
| 15 | "The Generous Politician" | Stuart Heisler | Unknown | January 15, 1961 |
| 16 | "Escape from Kaledau" | Roger Kay | Unknown | January 29, 1961 |
| 17 | "To Bell the Cat" | Abner Biberman | Unknown | February 5, 1961 |
| 18 | "Willy's Millionaire" | Hollingsworth Morse | Unknown | February 12, 1961 |
| 19 | "The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo" | Harmon Jones | Unknown | February 19, 1961 |
| 20 | "Island Witness" | Harry Harris | Unknown | February 26, 1961 |
| 21 | "A Rope for Charlie Munday" | Herman Hoffman | Unknown | March 5, 1961 |
| 22 | "The Lacosta Vendetta" | Herman Hoffman | Unknown | March 12, 1961 |
| 23 | "The Pearls of Ratu" | Lewis Foster | Unknown | March 19, 1961 |
| 24 | "The World is Her Oyster" | Unknown | Unknown | March 26, 1961 |
Filming
[edit]William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good."[4]
"We have a show that has all the meat and potatoes," said Reynolds during filming. "All it lacks is the gravy... we may be trying to place too much in a small screen."[5]
Accident
[edit]In February 1960 a plane carrying five crew members from Montego Bay to Miami crashed off the coast of Jamaica into the water. The men were Reynolds, Bare, Glenn Kirkpatrick, pilot Howard Smith and camera man George Schmidt.[6] All but Schmidt were picked out of the water.[7]
Broadcast
[edit]The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC.
Reception
[edit]The Los Angeles Times said the show was like many other adventure series on ABC at the time (Hong Kong, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye) and said "it did achieve a certain flavour with its tropical background" adding "if the series scores at all - and it does show some promise - it will largely be due to Reynolds."[8]
Guest stars
[edit]- Aki Aleong
- Anna-Lisa
- Charles Bickford
- Charles Bronson
- Walter Burke
- Sebastian Cabot
- Anthony Caruso
- Hans Conried
- Elisha Cook, Jr.
- Norma Crane
- Christopher Dark
- Frank DeKova
- Peter Falk
- Betty Garde
- Myron Healey
- James Hong
- Robin Hughes
- Sam Jaffe
- Werner Klemperer
- Martin Landau
- Suzanne Lloyd
- George Macready
- E.G. Marshall
- Murray Matheson
- Nobu McCarthy
- Sean McClory
- Darren McGavin
- Jan Merlin
- Leslie Nielsen
- Jay Novello
- Joan O'Brien
- J. Pat O'Malley
- Leo Penn
- Gigi Perreau
- Suzanne Pleshette
- Gena Rowlands
- Gia Scala
- Robert J. Stevenson
- Harold J. Stone
- George Takei[9]
- Luther Adler
- Gloria Talbott
- Harry Townes
- Grace Lee Whitney
- Peter Whitney
- Adam Williams
- Fay Wray
- Keenan Wynn
References
[edit]- ^ HOLLYWOOD TIE-LINE: Hollywood Tie-Line By RUTH WATERBURY. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 11 Sep 1960: H15.
- ^ Scott, Vernon, United Press International, "Palm Trees To Replace TV Snow Set," The San Bernardino Daily Sun, Tuesday 20 September 1960, Volume 67, page 3.
- ^ DOUBLE-DEALING DIANE Korman, Seymour. Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Dec 1960: h7.
- ^ http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/10/02/past_articles/reynoldswilliam.txt [permanent dead link]
- ^ When the gravy's missing Page, Don. Los Angeles Times 29 Jan 1961: f44.
- ^ Crash Hurts TV Crew The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959-1973); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]13 Feb 1960: A3.
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