▪▪The
STORY of CHRISTMAS
THE
STORY OF CHRISTMAS first aired on NBC December 22, 1963.
Sponsored solely by General Mills, and hosted by Ernie, it was the first
hour-long prime time network television special to ever be aired without
commercial interruptions.
Written by the renowned author, Charles Tazewell
(The Littlest Angel) adorned with soaring vocal arrangements written and
conducted by Roger Wagner, and featuring a stunning eighteen-and-a-half minute
animated segment, conceived, produced and filmed by master artist Eyvind Earle (Sleeping Beauty, Fantasia),
The Story Of Christmas
was Ernie's lifelong dream, and the effort he regarded as his crowning
achievement. It became -- literally overnight -- one of the highest rated,
critically acclaimed holiday specials of all time. Reviewing it's first airing,
Daily Variety was quoted as saying:
"The tape should be preserved and played
back for years on end. It's brilliance will never be dimmed
or excelled."
Long
believed to have been lost -like so many other brilliant moments from
television's history- one of only two master tapes known to have existed was
finally found following an exhaustive, world-wide search, just three short
weeks before Christmas, 1996.
With that original tape fully restored, Tennessee
Ernie Ford Enterprises joined with the prestigious Museum Of Television And
Radio, to host the first public screening of The Story Of Christmas
in more than 30 years, at the John H. Mitchell Theater in Beverly Hills on
December 15, 1997. The reaction was overwhelming.
Today, TEF
Enterprises is proud to announce the release of this exclusive, limited edition
DVD of The Story of Christmas, just in time for the Holidays. Completely
restored, with digitally enhanced video and audio, this rare release is a
timeless classic and one of television's true masterpieces.
Click here to add this
Classic Holiday Masterpiece to your collection today!
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