High Tor is a made-for-television musical fantasy, broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS Television network, as a episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, directed by Franklin Schaffner and James Neilson, and based on a 1937 play by well-known playwright Maxwell Anderson.
Bing Crosby had seen Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (in which she was still appearing at the time), and invited her to appear in the film. Music was by Arthur Schwartz, with lyrics by Anderson. Because Crosby was uncomfortable with the exigencies of live television, he insisted that it be filmed. For this reason, High Tor is often considered the first TV movie.
