Printer's Measure

"Printer's Measure"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 21
Directed byDelbert Mann
Written byPaddy Chayefsky
Original air dateApril 26, 1953 (1953-04-26)
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"Printer's Measure" is a Paddy Chayefsky-written episode of the TV anthology series, The Philco Television Playhouse. The episode was directed by Delbert Mann, produced by Fred Coe, and aired in April 1953.

The script was based on a short story Chayefsky had written in college,[1] which he summarized as follows:

It was about a boy who comes to work in a print shop. He is befriended by a rancorous old compositor. The old compositor has an immense pride in his craft, but he knocks it down continually in the eyes of the boy. When the boy leaves for a better-paying if less rewarding job in a furrier's shop, the old compositor suddenly slaps the boy, revealing how deeply he is hurt by the boy's defection.[2]

The "Printer's Measure" teleplay was one of six that Chayefsky selected for inclusion in a 1955 anthology of his television work.[3] He called it "probably the best-constructed script in the book".[4]

References

  1. ^ Mosel, Tad (December 10, 1989). "In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life". The New York Times. p. H7.
  2. ^ Chayefsky, Paddy (1955). Television Plays. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 82. LCCN 54009800.
  3. ^ "Display Ad for Television Plays". The New York Times. March 26, 1956. p. 27.
  4. ^ Chayefsky 1955, p. 81.
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