Natalie Wood sings? In 1955?! Someone hit record on live TV!
Johanna Spyri's beloved children's story is given the live-television musical treatment.
Production
Broadway-scale sets built for one night only. Absurd commitment.
Acting
Jeannie Carson's relentless sunshine powers the whole thing.
Costume
Natalie Wood in a wheelchair AND petticoats? Iconic.
Director
Max Liebman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired once on NBC's Max Liebman Presents and was considered lost until a kinescope surfaced decades later.
Robert Clary, who plays Eric, was a Holocaust survivor who later starred in Hogan's Heroes — his presence here adds unexpected historical weight.
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