Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a thirty-minute weekly show, but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show was extended to sixty minutes, and the ...
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Ken Carpenter | ... | Self - Announcer / ... 193 episodes, 1953-1957 |
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Jay Jackson | ... | Self - Announcer / ... 137 episodes, 1950-1953 |
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Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a thirty-minute weekly show, but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show was extended to sixty minutes, and the plays were primarily adaptations of motion pictures, and a host was added. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play. Written by Jack McKillop
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From 1950 to September 1953, the live thirty-minute broadcast came from New York City. The show moved to Hollywood in September 1953, and continued the thirty-minute schedule. In August 1954, the show moved to NBC, and came from Hollywood in a sixty-minute format. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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In the 1954-55 season when James Mason was host, Buzz Kulik plied his trade as a director on this show before moving on to direct episodes of 'The Twilight Zone'. Charles Bennett, famous for his Hitchcock and DeMille collaborations in the 30's and 40's also wrote 'The Browning Version' which was aired on the 7th April 1955.