The Adventures of Marco Polo (1956)

Director: Max Liebman

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.

Cast

Alfred Drake

Marco Polo

Doretta Morrow

Beggar Girl

Arnold Moss

Nicolo

Paul Ukena

Kublai Khan

Jerome Kilty

Baron's Son

Ross Martin

Baron

Beatrice Kraft

Dancer

Bhasker

Whirling Dervish