Larchmont Gazette
1954 Year in Review
1954
Year in
Review



Year in Review interprets Larchmont history year by year. Larchmonters speak for themselves through news reports, pictures, and official documents.


Dedicated to two local men who gave their lives in the Korean War.

Francis J. MacDonnell

Owen A. Norton

 


I LED THREE LIVES
Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
United Artists Corporation


Directors and Production Chiefs:
M. Unger, Henry S. Kesler, Herbert Strock, Eddie Davis, Leon Benson
Jack Herzberg, Lew Landers, Julius J. Epstein

starring
Richard Carlson
as
Herbert A. Philbrick

In October 1954, Herbert A. Philbrick addressed the Community Forum of Larchmont at Mamaroneck Junior High School. Larchmonters knew of Philbrick because of a best-selling book titled "I Led Three Lives" along with a popular television show by the same name. In the show, Philbrick, played by actor Richard Carlson, was a member of the communist party in the Boston area, but also counterspy for th FBI.

The following are some screen shots of an episode of the series titled "Passports." In the show, Philbrick is assigned by his communist contacts to assist a highly placed informant in obtaining a forged passport. Philbrick almost gets exposed when the communists decide to search is briefcase, which was supposed to contain a surveillance tape recorder. However, at the last moment, the FBI agents had removed the device because they suspected problems.

Philbrick identifies the forger, and the FBI searches his workshop and determines the identity of the informant who is arrested at the airport.


Philbrick bowls on a Saturday Afternoon

His communist contact arrives.

His contact signals for a meeting.

Philbrick is to help an informant obtain a passport.

A meeting with the FBI.

A surveillance tape recorder.

Contact with the informant's passport forger.

Confronted outside by the communist contacts.

Suspicion about what's in the briefcase.

Suspicion intensifies.

The briefcase is inspected.

No tape recorder is found.

Later, Philbrick calls the FBI.

The FBI agents take the call.

They meet and try to identify the forger.

A surveillane tape is played.

Philbrick recognizes the voice.

The search the forger's workshop.

Another communist informant is identified.

Mission accomplished.

 

 

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