The BEST episodes of Great Performances season 15
Every episode of Great Performances season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Great Performances season 15!
Great Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.
#1 - James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/1987
Hosted by Johnny Carson. A retrospective on the life and career of actor James Stewart, with clips from many of his films and interviews with people who have worked with him.
#2 - Bacall on Bogart
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1988
Narrated by Lauren Bacall, this documentary focuses on the life and career of her late husband Humphrey Bogart. The program includes film clips and outtakes, interviews with Bogart's costars, directors and friends, and footage from Bogart and Bacall's home movies. "Bacall on Bogart" was nominated for a 1988 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Informational Special.
#3 - Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1987
A Hollywood actress who worries that the movie world is eroding her grip on reality is drawn into a love affair with an ordinary - and married - guy.
#4 - Monsignor Quixote
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/1987
In this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the village's mayor and his car called Rocinante. On their way he has to master the same adventures as his ancestor.