Rod Serling: An Author of Television

TVC 669.3: Joseph Dougherty, author of Rod Serling at 100, talks about the opportunity he once had to adapt Rod Serling's live television drama The Velvet Alley into a film, and how surprised he was to learn just how sparsely Serling wrote when Joe studied Serling's script for "The Purple Testament" for style purposes as part of the Velvet Alley project. Also in this segment: Ed asks Joe about his experiencing working with acclaimed actor David Strathairn when Stathairn starred in Joe's stage play Chester Bailey. Rod Serling at 100 is available from Fayetteville Mafia Press.