The Plymouth Playhouse (1953– )
"ABC Album" (original title)

ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for... See full summary »

Stars:

Donald Cook, Whit Bissell, Norman Budd

Cast

Series cast summary:
Donald Cook	...	Himself - Host (14 episodes, 1953)

Storyline

ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for the 1953 TV season. The episodes were expensive to produce and featured top notch casts and two of the episodes were picked up by sponsors and broadcast in the 1953-54 season.

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Plot Keywords:

anthology

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 1953 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Plymouth Playhouse

Company Credits

Production Co:

John Rust Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Episode 1.8, "Colonel Humphrey J. Flack", was the pilot for the 1953 series Colonel Humphrey Flack starring Alan Mowbray.

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