Dave Garroway Movies

The 1979 Rankin/Bass production Jack Frost is a made-for-TV stop motion animation feature. Buddy Hacket narrates the story as the voice of groundhog Pardon-Me-Pete. The spirit of winter, Jack Frost (voice of Robert Morse) falls for a young woman named Elisa (voice of Debra Clinger). He asks Father Winter to make him into a human so he can win her love. However, she is already engaged to the brave knight, Sir Danny. When the villianous King Kubla Kraus (voice of Paul Frees) kidnaps her, Jack has to turn back into his spirit form in order to use his powers to save her. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Dave Garroway hosts this all-star celebration of network television's tenth anniversary (actually, NBC and CBS had signed on in 1941, but 1947 is the "accepted" debut date). Utilizing the most up-to-date technology available at the time, the program features several remote pickups, with Garroway anchoring in Chicago, Milton Berle appearing from New York, Ernie Kovacs chiming in from Las Vegas, and producer Albert McCreery rehearsing an episode of his anthology Cameo Theatre from NBC's Burbank studios (this last segment was orginally seen in color). On film, Dragnet star Jack Webb discusses the progress of dramatic television, while television critics from New York, Hollywood, Detroit and Springfield, Missouri debate the question "Has TV Fulfilled Its Promise?" Extra added attractions include live coverage of the Veteran Days ceremonies at Arlington, kinescopes of TV broadcasts from Paris, London, Tokyo, and Moscow (satellite technology was, of course, still the stuff of science-fiction yarns), and rare clips from past TV milestones. If The Fabulous Infant still exists, it would be well worth having on the home-video market. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Newly arrived at Columbia, quickie producer Sam Katzman tried his hand at a musical with I Surrender Dear. Gloria Jean stars as Patty Nelson, the daughter of "old fashioned" radio disc jockey Russ Nelson (Robert Emmet Keane). When Patty's bandleader boyfriend Al Tyler (David Street) gets her father's radio job, she walks out on him. The lovers are eventually reunited, but not before plenty of misunderstandings and musical numbers. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of three real-life deejays: Jack Eigen (immortalized by Nichols and May's "Jack Ego" routine), Peter Potter (of Juke Box Jury fame), and future Today Show host Dave Garroway. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide