When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool. Part of the Screen Directors Playhouse series, sponsored by Kodak, and in association with Screen Directors Guild.
Released: Dec 21, 1955
Runtime: 30 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Buster Keaton, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown, Evelyn Ankers, Jack Kruschen, Jack Elam
Crew: Sidney S. Van Keuren (Production Supervisor), James J. Geller (Story Editor), William Sterling (Production Coordinator), Charles F. Pyke (Art Direction), Jack Pierce (Makeup Department Head), Barbara Avedon (Writer)