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| I loved this - beautiful pencils. We only got our first TV in about 1963, so I don't know much about these earlier TV series, more's the pity.
Are there any more TV picture library stories here - I couldn't find any listed? |
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After some digging I learned O.S.S. was an early offering of Lew Grade's ITC. From WikiZero:
O.S.S. was a Buckeye Productions and Associated Television co-produced wartime television drama series.
It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957–1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by ABC.
The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France.
Main cast:
Ron Randell as Captain Frank Hawthorn
Lionel Murton as The Chief
Robert Gallico as O'Brien
Guest stars included Lois Maxwell, Christopher Lee and Doctor Who villain Roger Delgado. |
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| Publication | February 1959 | Price: 10d [0-0-10 GBP] | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | O.S.S. Operation Sweet Talk |
| Featuring | O.S.S. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Frank Hawthorn (photo of Ron Randell); Klaus (photo of Jerold Wells) |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Madame Tajana (Studio 200), 111 Old Bond St., London, W.1. |
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| Comic Story | Operation - Sweet Talk (63 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspired by Axis Sally. the Office of War Information recruits Kyro Caro to play Ilse. German agents attempt to kill her with a bomb, timed to go off during a Luftwaffe bombing of London. |
| Featuring | O.S.S. |
| Credits | Script:? (adaptation); Paul Dudley (original story) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Captain Frank Hawthorn; Chief; Nick Oliver; Kyro Caro; Heinz; Fischer (villain, dies); Klaus (villain); USAF General Allison |
| Notes | O.S.S -- "Operation Sweet Talk" -- Scripted from an Incorporated Television Programme Co. Production.
From http://www.tv.com/shows/oss/operation-sweet-talk-327112/cast/
Aired Sunday 7:30 PM Nov 09, 1957 on ITV
Lionel Murton Chief
Ron Randell Frank Hawthorn
Edwin Richfield Fischer
Jerold Wells Klaus
Charles Irwin Oliver
Robert Perceval General
Laya Raki Kyro Caro
Paul Dudley Writer
C. M. Pennington-Richards Director
Peter Pitt Editor
Indicia on last page lists:
Printed by Cahill & Co., Ltd., in the Republic of Ireland, at Parkgate Printing Works, Kingsbridge, Dublin, for the Publishers, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Also advertising Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (#2): The Wild One, Sword of Freedom: Adriana (#4), The New Adventures of Charlie Chan: No Future for Frederick (#3), and O.S.S. - Operation Big House (#5). |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Co-Operative Insurance Society Ltd., 109 Corporation Street, Manchester 4 |
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