"The Patty Duke Show" (1963) TV series 1963-1966

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Creators:

William Asher
Sidney Sheldon
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

18 September 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Music

Plot:

Cathy Lane, teen-aged daughter of a globe-trotting journalist, comes to live at the home of her uncle...

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | Editor | Sitcom | Slumber Party | Intellectual

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Patty Duke	...	Cathy Lane / ... (105 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jean Byron	...	Natalie Lane (105 episodes, 1963-1966)
William Schallert	...	Martin Lane / ... (104 episodes, 1963-1966)
Paul O'Keefe	...	Ross Lane (99 episodes, 1963-1966)
Eddie Applegate	...	Richard Harrison / ... (82 episodes, 1963-1966)

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Series Directed by
Stanley Prager		(31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gary Nelson		(14 episodes, 1965-1966)
Bruce Bilson		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
William Asher		(9 episodes, 1963-1964)
Claudio Guzmán		(9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Weis		(9 episodes, 1965)
Richard Kinon		(6 episodes, 1965-1966)
James Sheldon		(3 episodes, 1965)
Harry Falk		(3 episodes, 1966)
David Butler		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Rodney Amateau		(2 episodes, 1964)
Alan Rafkin		(2 episodes, 1964)
Bill Colleran		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
William Asher		(105 episodes, 1963-1966)
Sidney Sheldon		(105 episodes, 1963-1966)
Arnold Horwitt		(18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ed Jurist		(8 episodes, 1965-1966)
Sam Locke		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Joel Rapp		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
William Raynor		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Myles Wilder		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Bill Freedman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Ben Gershman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Sidney Morse		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Produced by
Stanley Prager	....	producer (37 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Ross	....	associate producer / producer (34 episodes, 1963-1966)
Bob Sweeney	....	producer (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Costello	....	producer (28 episodes, 1963-1964)
William Asher	....	producer (8 episodes, 1963)

Series Original Music by
Harry Geller		(19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Sid Ramin		(13 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Cinematography by
George Stoetzel		(71 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jacques R. Marquette		(32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Harold E. Wellman		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Bernard Leslie		(19 episodes, 1963-1964)
Paul Krasny		(15 episodes, 1965-1966)
Budd Hamilton		(7 episodes, 1963-1965)
William Cairncross		(4 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Tom Jennings		(28 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Art Direction by
Archie J. Bacon		(19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Gundlach		(15 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Set Decoration by
Joseph Reith		(19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jack Mills		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Robert Gundlach		(11 episodes, 1963)

Series Makeup Department
Jeanne Bodel	....	hair stylist (18 episodes, 1965-1966)
Peter Garofalo	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1963-1965)
Willis Hanchett	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1963)
Caryl Forest	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1963)

Series Production Management
Harry R. Sherman	....	unit manager (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Larry Heath	....	post-production supervisor (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
William A. Porter	....	production manager (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Stanley Neufeld	....	in charge of production (13 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl 'Major' Roup	....	assistant director (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Nancy Littlefield	....	second assistant director / assistant director (13 episodes, 1963-1964)
Harry R. Sherman	....	assistant director (12 episodes, 1965-1966)
Harry Falk	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1963-1965)
John Zane	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1963)

Series Art Department
Norman Kopelman	....	props (12 episodes, 1963)

Series Sound Department
Al Gramaglia	....	sound re-recording mixer (81 episodes, 1963-1966)
James Perdue	....	sound (19 episodes, 1964)
Jim Bullock	....	supervising sound editor / sound editor (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
James Thompson	....	sound mixer (18 episodes, 1965-1966)
Newton Avrutis	....	sound (14 episodes, 1963-1965)
Vito L. Ilardi	....	sound (12 episodes, 1963)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Hank Muller	....	camera operator (30 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sol Negrin	....	camera operator (21 episodes, 1963-1964)
Harold Lebow	....	chief electrician (14 episodes, 1963-1965)
Fred Porrett	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1965)
Louis Cappeta	....	head grip (2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Casting Department
Anne Kelleher	....	casting supervisor (8 episodes, 1963)
Tom Jennings	....	casting (4 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bryce Sevier	....	wardrobe (14 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Editorial Department
Ralph Rosenblum	....	supervising film editor (15 episodes, 1963-1965)
George Fredrick	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Sid Ramin	....	composer: theme music / conductor / ... (104 episodes, 1963-1966)
Robert Wells	....	composer: theme lyrics (27 episodes, 1963-1966)
Harry Geller	....	conductor (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert H. Raff	....	supervising music editor (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Kenn Collins	....	music editor (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Herman Fuchs	....	music editor (5 episodes, 1963)
Ethel Huber	....	music consultant / music supervisor (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joseph Lesko	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Other crew
Barbara Robinson	....	script supervisor (25 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bruce Johnson	....	assistant to producer (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
George Turpin	....	assistant to producer (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ed Jurist	....	script consultant (16 episodes, 1965-1966)
Adeline Leonard Seakwood	....	production secretary (14 episodes, 1963-1965)
Maggie James	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Betty Todd	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1964)
Lois O'Connor	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1963)
Belle Halpern	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jane Hollzer	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1964)
Elizabeth Savage	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1965)
Carole Brody Sheppard	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1963-1966)
• Chrislaw Productions
• Cottage Industries Inc. (1965-1966)
• United Artists Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (original airing)
• MGM Television (1997) (USA) (TV) (1997-)
• Shout! Factory (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season one)
• Sony Pictures Television (2005) (USA) (TV)
• United Artists Television

Other Companies

• Bayer  original sponsor (Bayer Aspirin)
• General Mills  original sponsor (Gold Medal Flour, Cheerios, Betty Crocker products)
• Nabisco  original sponsor
• Noxell  original sponsor (Noxema face cream and Cover Girl make-up)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (104 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

William Schallert, who played Martin Lane (Patty's father), also played Kenneth Lane (Cathy's father and Martin's twin brother) during the Christmas episode where Martin was forced to fire Kenneth.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In some very early episodes, the face of Patty Duke's stand-in can be briefly glimpsed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Violent Years (#7.10)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Cousins: The Theme from the Patty Duke Show

A Hotdog Makes This Girl Lose Control

Fresh from winning her Oscar for The Miracle Worker in 1962, those in control of Patty Duke's career decided that a weekly television show about as far away from the serious drama of The Miracle Worker was the way to go.

Thus was fashioned The Patty Duke Show set in Brooklyn Heights, an area I'm somewhat familiar with and which was not in any way captured by the show which never got closer to Brooklyn than ABC studios back lot. It was about two cousins who could have been identical twins.

As we learned from that theme that still runs through my brain, Cathy Lane was a girl who enjoyed the minuet, Ballet Russe, and crepe Suzette, while Patty Lane suffered from the fact that a hot-dog made her lose control and of course enjoyed the latest teen music. Cathy was the cousin brought up in the United Kingdom where apparently she missed the revolution in music that was happening in Liverpool. She spoke with a proper posh English accent while Patty was your typical American teen, but hardly spoke Brooklynese.

So Cathy was her living with her American relations in Brooklyn Heights which consisted of Patty, her younger brother Paul Linke and parents William Schallert and Jean Byron. The situations were no different than you would have found on any of the other comedies aimed at the teen audience.

Of course the playing of twins is a challenge to any player and Patty Duke met the challenge. Patty was so wholesome in her image that one forgot she had won an Oscar for a challenging role. She had good reason to worry when this show ran its course whether her career like so many other teen idols would get back on track.

I did and always have liked William Schallert who's had one of the longest careers going and in his eighties is still working. He was a great father figure and got to do it all again as the Gidget series was remade in the Eighties.

The Patty Duke Show did no harm to its star's career and I'm sure the residuals are nice. One thing always bothered me thought. The local teen hangout was referred to as 'the shake shop'. I've not heard that term used in my generation, my parent's generation, nor in any succeeding generations ever. If anyone ever heard that term outside the Patty Duke Show, please document.

One thing's certain, you won't find a 'shake shop' in Brooklyn Heights.