Passport to Adventure (TV series)

Passport to Adventure, later retitled Passport, was a Canadian movie television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1967.

Passport to Adventure
Also known asPassport
Presented byElwy Yost
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerJohn Twomey
ProducersDoug Davidson (1965–1966)
Ed Mercel (1966–1967)
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original release18 October 1965 (1965-10-18) –
30 June 1967 (1967-06-30)

Premise

The series would present American and British films of the 1930s through to the 1960s subdivided for broadcast in serial format during each week. The series can be perceived as a viewer's digest of some of the best films ever to have been produced up to that time. Episodes included interviews with actors and film experts such as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Elwood Glover, Arthur Treacher and Willard Van Dyke.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 18 October 1965 to 30 June 1966. The series was retitled Passport for its second season from 17 October 1966 to 30 June 1967.

An incomplete list of the movies serialized on Passport to Adventure and its sequel Passport is as follows:

See also

References
  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Passport to Adventure". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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