Hallmark Hall of Fame presents Moby Dick, Sunday, May 16, 1954 / by Herman Melville ; adapted for television by Howard Rodman ; devised and directed by Albert McCleery. 1954.

Rodman, Howard A., 1950?-....

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McCleery, Albert

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McCleery was born Dec. 30, 1911 in Lawrence, KN; contract writer for Columbia Pictures (1940-41); director of Fordham University theatre (1949); he is best remembered for his theatre-in-the-round productions of classics for television including Cameo theater, Fireside theatre, Hallmark hall of fame, and Matinee theatre; staff director NBC Television Programming Dept. (1949) and went on to become senior executive producer and director of Cameo theatre; produced and directed Hallmark hall of fame;...

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...