"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950) TV series 1950-1963

Directors:

William Corrigan
John Fitchen

Writers:

Irve Tunick (2 episodes)
Harold Gast (episode)
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | unknown

Release Date:

6 June 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Documentary dramas - plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Current Events | Public Service | Company Sponsor Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Douglas Edwards	...	Himself - Host / ... (69 episodes, 1957-1961)
Sandy Becker	...	Himself - Host (41 episodes, 1954-1955)
Bob Sherry	...	Himself - Host / ... (38 episodes, 1953-1954)
John Cameron Swayze	...	Host / ... (36 episodes, 1955-1957)
Joe Ripley	...	Himself - Host (33 episodes, 1952-1953)

Series Directed by
William Corrigan		(91 episodes, 1954-1963)
Paul Bogart		(35 episodes, 1955-1963)
Ted Post		(22 episodes, 1951-1952)
Garry Simpson		(21 episodes, 1950-1953)
James Sheldon		(11 episodes, 1953-1954)
Cort Steen		(8 episodes, 1953-1954)
Hal Keith		(5 episodes, 1950)
Harvey Marlowe		(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
Daniel Petrie		(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Robert Stevens		(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
John Fitchen		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Jerome Coopersmith		(20 episodes, 1955-1963)
Harold Gast		(17 episodes, 1956-1963)
Irve Tunick		(16 episodes, 1954-1963)
Alvin Boretz		(16 episodes, 1956-1963)
Anne Howard Bailey		(11 episodes, 1951-1955)
Art Wallace		(11 episodes, 1956-1960)
Robert Van Scoyk		(11 episodes, 1960-1963)
Jerome Ross		(9 episodes, 1950-1961)
Frank De Felitta		(9 episodes, 1951-1954)
Roger O. Hirson		(9 episodes, 1956-1960)
Doris Halman		(8 episodes, 1950-1953)
Ruth Woodman		(7 episodes, 1950-1954)
Hamilton Benz		(6 episodes, 1952-1953)
Vance Bourjaily		(6 episodes, 1956-1959)
Roger Garis		(5 episodes, 1951-1953)
William Dudley		(5 episodes, 1951-1952)
Carey Wilber		(5 episodes, 1952-1954)
Nicholas E. Baehr		(5 episodes, 1953-1955)
Kay Arthur		(4 episodes, 1951-1953)
Elizabeth Hume		(4 episodes, 1951-1952)
Frank O'Neill		(4 episodes, 1952-1953)
George Lowther		(4 episodes, 1953-1954)
Irving Gaynor Neiman		(4 episodes, 1954-1962)
Don Mankiewicz		(4 episodes, 1961-1963)
Ira Avery		(3 episodes, 1950-1951)
Leslie Scott		(3 episodes, 1950-1951)
Philip H. Reisman Jr.		(3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Abram S. Ginnes		(3 episodes, 1957-1960)
Robert J. Crean		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Lawrence Dugan		(2 episodes, 1950-1952)
Virginia Dugan		(2 episodes, 1950-1952)
Don Ettlinger		(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
James Garvin		(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
William Welch		(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
Dennis Conover		(2 episodes, 1950)
Bob Duncan		(2 episodes, 1950)
Michele Cousin		(2 episodes, 1951-1953)
Turner Bullock		(2 episodes, 1951-1952)
Eli Cantor		(2 episodes, 1951)
Rod Serling		(2 episodes, 1952-1955)
Peggy Hilton		(2 episodes, 1952-1954)
Konrad Bercovici		(2 episodes, 1952-1953)
S. Lee Pogostin		(2 episodes, 1952-1953)
Jeanne Warner		(2 episodes, 1952-1953)
David Shaw		(2 episodes, 1954-1960)
Robert Alan Aurthur		(2 episodes, 1954)
Michael Dyne		(2 episodes, 1955-1957)
Sheldon Stark		(2 episodes, 1955-1956)
Irving Elman		(2 episodes, 1955)
Douglas Taylor		(2 episodes, 1955)
John Vlahos		(2 episodes, 1955)
George Lefferts		(2 episodes, 1956-1957)
Alvin Yudcoff		(2 episodes, 1956-1957)
David Davidson		(2 episodes, 1958-1962)
Elliott Baker		(2 episodes, 1961)
Leon Tokatyan		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
David Padwa		(1 episode, 1956)
Jerome Cameron		(unknown episodes)
Agnes Nixon		(unknown episodes)
Boris Simon		(unknown episodes)
Douglas Stone		(unknown episodes)
Don Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
George Lowther	....	producer (61 episodes, 1950-1951)
Robert Costello	....	producer / associate producer / ... (36 episodes, 1954-1963)
Hudson Faucett	....	producer (32 episodes, 1950-1953)
David Susskind	....	executive producer / producer (21 episodes, 1951-1960)
Jacqueline Babbin	....	associate producer / producer (6 episodes, 1956-1958)
Budd Wilds	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Selig Alkon	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1962)

Series Original Music by
Harold Levey		(1 episode, 1953)
Will Schaefer		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Barbara Schultz		(1 episode, 1959)

Series Set Decoration by
Sy Tomashoff		(6 episodes, 1959-1962)
Henry Hubbert		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Costume Design by
Mildred Trebor		(5 episodes, 1959-1963)

Series Production Management
Aram Bohjalian	....	production management (1 episode, 1962)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Roth	....	associate director (4 episodes, 1959-1963)
Allen Shaw	....	associate director (3 episodes, 1962)

Series Art Department
Bob Krouskoff	....	graphic artist (1 episode, 1953)
Ben Edwards	....	sets (1 episode, 1954)
Sy Tomashoff	....	settings designer (1 episode, 1960)

Series Sound Department
Norman Ogg	....	audio (1 episode, 1953)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Al McClellan	....	video operator (18 episodes, 1956-1957)
Fred Manning	....	lighting director (4 episodes, 1959-1962)
Walter Urban	....	lighting director (3 episodes, 1962-1963)
William Little	....	video camera / video operator (2 episodes, 1953)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mildred Trebor	....	costume design (2 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Music Department
John Geller	....	music supervisor (18 episodes, 1956-1957)
Ethel Huber	....	music supervisor (6 episodes, 1961-1963)

Series Other crew
Irene Miller	....	assistant to producer (6 episodes, 1961-1963)
Faye Lee	....	talent consultant (5 episodes, 1961-1963)
Oscar Hobman	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 1961-1962)
Barbara Schultz	....	story editor (4 episodes, 1962-1963)
H.L. Folkerts	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Aram Bohjalian	....	production management (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack Perlis	....	media consultant (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Al Sher	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Elinor Bunin	....	graphics (2 episodes, 1962)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1950-1957)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1957-1963)

Other Companies

• Armstrong Cork Company  sponsoring

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

In the late 1960s, Armstrong Circle Theatre was temporarily revived, but not as a weekly anthology series of docudramas. Instead, it presented, over a period of about two years, four special programs, all adaptations of classic Broadway shows. "Brigadoon", "Carousel", and "Kiss Me Kate" all starred Robert Goulet (with different leading ladies), and "Kismet" starred José Ferrer in his only televised appearance in a Broadway musical.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (2012) (TV)

Dean effective in early tv drama

Gene Lockhart stars as an old irishman, longing to win the lottery to return home, in THE BELLS OF COCKAIGNE, a half hour drama, co-starring James Dean. Dean is effective as a young husband and father, who needs money to move to a dry climate in order to aid his ailing son. When Lockhart wins the lottery with a lucky number at the same time, Dean loses his pay in a poker game, Lockhart slips him the lucky lottery number, aiding the young couple as he simultaneously gives up his dream of returning to Ireland. Lockhart is fine. The DVD release of this production states it is an hour long, but it is not. It's 30 minutes. It's paired with the 1957 documentary THE JAMES DEAN STORY.