- Title: Keeping Love Alive
- Date: 18th February 1989
- Summary: ELISABETH WELCH IS A LIVING LEGEND. HER CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS SPANS A PHENOMENAL ERA FROM 1923 WHEN SHE MADE HER BROADWAY DEBUT TO 1986 WHEN HER ONE-WOMAN SHOW IN NEW YORK WAS AWARDED AN 'EMMY'. IN THIS FILM SHE PERFORMS SONGS BY COLE PORTER, IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE GERSHWIN AND JEROME KERN, AND SHE LOOKS BACK ON AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER THAT BEGAN WITH FAMILY TRAGEDY, WAS NEARLY ENDED BY ILLNESS, AND YET CONTINUES TO ENJOY SUCCESS AFTER SUCCESS. WRITING IN 'THE GUARDIAN' OF HER 'EMMY' AWARD-WINNING ONE-WOMAN SHOW IN NEW YORK IN 1986, W.J. WEATHERBY WROTE: ' PEOPLE STOOD UP APPLAUDING .... AND AT THE END THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER GO, AS IF KNOWING THEY MIGHT NOT SEE HER LIKE AGAIN'.
- Description:AT EIGHTY YEARS OLD,ELISABETH WELCH,THE EXPATRIATE AMERICAN SINGER,IS AT THE PEAK OF HER CONSIDERABLE FORM AS AN INTERPRETER OF POPULAR SONG. THIS FILM IS A PORTRAIT OF HER LIFE AND TIMES CENTRED AROUND ONE HER PERFORMANCES.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Garrett Robinson Company
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:18/02/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s