https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/0b8ed469-10ff-4238-b3f3-927a55ef1792 Beginning with a 2 minute long Ford Motors commercial, this black and white film TIN CAN SKIPPER is an episode of the TV show Ford Theater that first aired in season seven in 1956. This is a melodrama starring B-list actors Phyllis Kirk and Scott Brady as a couple, he (Hutch) skipper of a Navy destroyer (USS Boarman), and she (Nora) being the fiance of one of his buddies (Jolly) who happens to be part of the crew of Hutch’s ship. Hutch and Nora fall madly in love while Jolly is off on assignment. At time code 19:00 the story of the USS Boarman unfolds showing us that Jolly was killed in battle and Hutch, as captain didn’t act to rescue him because it would have cost the lives of 5 men to do so. It’s filled with battle scenes at sea. Hutch feels guilty and vows never to see Nora again. He can’t forgive himself. Nora, still in love with Hutch, and not one to give up easily, tells her story to an older salty Commander, who it coincidentally turns out is the father of Jolly. He confronts Hutch and tells him that he needs to forgive himself and that he, the father of Jolly, forgives him. Film ends with Hutch and Nora lip-locked as the music swells and more Ford Motor promos fill the screen. Also stars John Hoyt, William Leslie, Thom Carney and William Challee. Ford Theatre, spelled Ford Theater for the radio version and known as Ford Television Theatre for the TV version, was a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. At various times the television series appeared on all three major television networks, while the radio version was broadcast on two separate networks and on two separate coasts. Ford Theatre was named for its sponsor, the Ford Motor Company, which had an earlier success with its concert music series, The Ford Sunday Evening Hour (1934–42). The first Ford Theatre on U.S. television appeared on October 17, 1948, near the dawn of regularly scheduled prime time network programming. It was an hour-long drama, broadcast live, as was most television of the era. This series used primarily Broadway actors. The program began as a monthly series, switching to bi-weekly a year later, in alternation on Friday nights at 9pm Eastern time with the 54th Street Revue. During this period, programming included adaptations of Little Women, with June Lockhart and Kim Hunter, and One Sunday Afternoon, with Burgess Meredith and Hume Cronyn. During the following season, the final season for the program on CBS, the alternation in the same time slot was with Magnavox Theater. A half-hour filmed Ford Theatre returned to the airwaves on NBC for the 1951-52 season on Thursday nights at 9:30pm Eastern. At this time production was moved from New York to Hollywood, and featured actors based there rather than on Broadway. Some of these programs were comedies instead of dramas. Performers appearing during this era included Frank Bank, Scott Brady, Claudette Colbert, Charles Coburn, Ed Hinton, Peter Lawford, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Karen Sharpe, Ann Sheridan, Barry Sullivan and Beverly Washburn. Also appearing for the first time together were Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, in an episode entitled "First Born", which first aired on February 3, 1953. In October 1954, Ford Theatre became the first network television series to be filmed regularly in color. During this period, Ford Theatre finished in the Nielsen ratings at #30 for the 1952-1953 season, #7 in 1953-1954, #9 in 1954-1955 and #13 in 1955-1956. After four seasons on NBC, the program was shown for a final season on ABC during the 1956-57 season. The time slot was changed to Wednesdays at 9:30pm. The last prime time broadcast of Ford Theatre was on July 10, 1957. In 1954, Billboard voted it the best filmed network television drama series We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. 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