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Thank you very much for your March 15 cover article on Jack Webb, NBC's gold mine . . . His story is not only one of hard work and accomplishment, but it typifies the American success story...
Your article on Jack (Dragnet) Webb was very interesting, but it should have been entitled "What Makes Jackie...
...guys who are experts in riding on your back and putting their hands in your pockets." Those of us who are familiar with such matters are well aware that were it not for George Rosenberg, Sergeant Friday would probably have never achieved his present rank at all ... As Webb's agent he put the program together with the help of the aforementioned gentlemen. And what's more, he sold...
Realism & Quality. Webb shot his first picture in two long days. When he looked at it he began realizing with growing horror that it would be seen by armies of viewers on ten-inch television screens. He spent two extra days of shooting to achieve an effect which has become one of his trademarks: in every possible situation he told his story with closeups. The Human Bomb was a smash hit-with his sponsors, the critics and the public. In the 2½ years since-years of increasing success and acceptance-Webb has achieved Dear miracles in combining speed...
...work at a pace and in a catch-as-catch-can manner reminiscent of the early days of silent pictures. Where major studios do well to dub sound on one 1,000-ft. reel of film in one day, Dragnet must finish three reels in a half-day. But Webb refuses to surrender his almost fantastic insistence on accuracy of detail in backgrounds, dialogue and mannerisms...