1975

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
CBS movie
Sam O'Steen, director
Chris Seitz, unit production manager
Ken Swor, first assistant director
Henry Lange Jr., second assistant director

M aureen Stapleton plays a lonely New York City widow who finds love a belated second time around with a portly married postman (Charles Durning) in a dance hall, shuffling to the 1930s oldies in this superbly realized period piece. O'Steen, the accomplished editor of many Woody Allen movies, crafts his own idiosyncratic gem this time around with this evocative mood drama. Michael Brandon and Michael Strong co-starred. The show, O'Steen, writer Jerome Kass and the two leads were also nominated for Emmy Awards.