![]() ![]() After Crosby had seen Julie Andrews perform in her Broadway debut 'The Boy Friend', he insisted she play the female lead of Lise, marking Andrews' debut on US television. Both Anderson and Schwartz envisaged the musical as a star vehicle for Bing Crosby who played the lead role of Van Van Dorn. Anderson had first considered adapting 'High Tor' as a musical for television in 1949 and enlisted Arthur Schwartz to compose the song score. Filmed in November 1955, the television musical was based on Maxwell Anderson's 1936 play 'High Tor'. ![]() Performer: Julie Andrews, Bing Crosby, Everett SloaneÄescription: 'High Tor' is regarded as being the first recognised made for television movie. ![]()
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