Delbert MannPlays on Stage, Plays on TV, Plays on Film, Movies on TV... and SceneDelbert Mann—who isn't to be confused with that depressing cartoon shlub Dilbert—began his career as a regional...

Paddy ChayefskyHe Saw the SignThe story of Marty begins with a really sad sign: "Girls, Dance With the Man Who Asks You. Remember, Men Have Feelings, Too." Ouch, right? Bronx-born writer Paddy Chay...

Hecht-Hill-Lancaster/United ArtistsThe Little Tax Write-Off That CouldWhen Harold Hecht, a professional dancer-turned-agent, saw his friend Paddy Chayefsky's TV-movie Marty, he thought the story mi...

Play Come to LifeBack in the old days, TV movies weren't anything like today's standard tear-jerker Lifetime flick fare. They seemed more like plays that simply happened to be shot with film on a f...

Marty's composer, Roy Webb, was best known for less cheerful work, including a pack of noir films and his collab with none other than horror-grandpa Alfred Hitchcock in his 1946 thriller Notorious....