The Adventures of Marco Polo (1956)
Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.
Director: Max Liebman
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Alfred Drake as Marco Polo |
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Doretta Morrow as Beggar Girl |
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Arnold Moss as Nicolo |
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Paul Ukena as Kublai Khan |
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Jerome Kilty as Baron's Son |
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Ross Martin as Baron |
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Beatrice Kraft as Dancer |
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Bhasker as Whirling Dervish |
| Directing | Max Liebman | Director |
| Sound | Clay Warnick | Songs |
| Sound | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Charles Sanford | Conductor |
| Sound | Irwin Kostal | Orchestrator |
| Writing | Will Glickman | Writer |
| Sound | Mel Pahl | Songs |
| Writing | Edward Eager | Lyricist |
| Production | Max Liebman | Producer |
| Writing | Billy Friedberg | Writer |
| Writing | Neil Simon | Writer |
