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Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper

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"Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper"
The Alcoa Hour episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 18
Directed byDaniel Petrie
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateJune 9, 1957 (1957-06-09)

"Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" is a 1957 American television play by Sumner Locke Elliott which was an episode of the The Alcoa Hour. Helen Hayes won an Emmy for Best Actress.

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Reception

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Variety argued Hayes "proved abundantly how well she deserves the accolade of “First Lady” of the American stage. In... a slim.but well-thought-out script... she played the role of a stubborn old lady with force and conviction, bringing to the characterization a wholly believable flavor of a 'lost' generation."[1]

The Boston Globe called it an "inconsequential drama" that Hayes made "absorbing".[2]

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  1. ^ "Tele follow up comment". Variety. 12 June 1957. p. 43.
  2. ^ "Helen Hayes on TV". The Boston Globe. 10 June 1957. p. 37.
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