What TV Show Was THe First to be Shot on Film? No, not I Love Lucy!
The Hollywood folklore (most self generated over the years) always served up the notion that Desi Arnaz 'invented' the 3 camera TV shoot as a way to have his show made on film so he and Lucille Ball could produce the show in Hollywood instead of New York.
Balderdash!
The first TV show to utilize film was done by the General Mills folks, who made Life With Father, or as it was sometimes called The Stu Irvin Show. Stu Irvin is now long forgotten 60 years after that fact, but at the time he was a prized catch for the fledgling TV industry. He had been a decent film star in the 1940's, and he was a big name for the small screen at the time.
It was a full two years later that I Love Lucy 'invented' the process!
You can watch Life With Father on TVS Comedy.Com, which is the Comedy Channel for TV4U.Com, the 48 channel IPTV network.
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