An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961

Muir, John Kenneth

McFarland & Co Inc（2006/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786428496
• DDC分類 791.4572

Full Description

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond made its television debut in 1959, nine months before Rod Serling's classic The Twilight Zone, and paved the way for a generation of television programs devoted to paranormal topics such as the occult, ESP, and ghost stories. One Step Beyond was also where some of Hollywood's most famous leading men, including Warren Beatty, William Shatner, and Charles Bronson, got their starts in television. This complete reference work to the 96 half-hour episodes that ran for three seasons on ABC also offers a detailed history, extensive commentary and summaries of the critical reception of One Step Beyond as well as coverage of the sequel series produced in 1978 entitled The Next Step Beyond. Complete credits for both series are provided.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Introduction     

Part I—History     

Part II—The Series     

Season One (1959)     

Season Two (1959-60)     

Season Three (1960-61)     

Part III—Newland Between Steps     

Part IV—The Next Step Beyond     

Part V—A "Legacy of Love"?

One Step Beyond as Genre TV's Paranormal Bedrock     

Appendix A: The Most Common Conventions and Themes in One Step Beyond     

Appendix B: A Survey of the Psychic, Paranormal and Inexplicable in Genre Television     

Appendix C: The Fifteen Best Episodes of One Step Beyond     

Appendix D: John Newland's Directing Contributions to Genre TV Series (1961-1978)     

Appendix E: Remakes     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index