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Fireside Theatre (1949 – 1955)

Fireside Theatre

^{(1949 – 1955)}

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30m

Drama

April 5th, 1949

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Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.

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Cast

Gene Raymond
Self - Host
John Warburton
(segment "Confession")
Nolan Leary
Dabbs Greer
Detective
Hugh Sanders
Andy McMasters
Everett Glass
Secretary of War
Gertrude Michael
Amanda
Clark Howat
(segment 'The Imp in the Bottle')
George Wallace
Bumble Cobb
William Fawcett
Jed
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Directors

Frank Wisbar
(214 episodes, 1950-1955)
John Reinhardt
(6 episodes, 1949-1950)
William Cameron Menzies
(2 episodes, 1949)
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Producers

Frank Wisbar
producer / executive producer / producer (216 episodes, 1949-1955)
Sidney Smith
associate producer
(93 episodes, 1950-1955)
John Reinhardt
producer / producer / producer / producer / producer / producer (6 episodes, 1949-1950)
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Writers

Louis L'Amour
(original by) (1 episode, 1953)
Jerry Anson
(1 episode, 1952)
William Ard
original story
(1 episode, 1955)
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Keywords

anthology

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

April 5th, 1949 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

Fireside Theatre (original title)
Kleine Spiele aus Übersee (Germany)
ジェーン・ワイマンの炉端劇場 (Japan) (Japanese title)
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Locations

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Running Times

30 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Hal Roach Studios
General Television Enterprises
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Distribution Companies

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (United States of America) (original airing)

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