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Four Star Playhouse (1952 – 1956)

Four Star Playhouse

^{(1952 – 1956)}

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Comedy, Crime, Drama

September 25th, 1952

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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.

Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.

The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

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Cast

David Niven
Adams
Dick Powell
Willie Dante
Charles Boyer
Paul
Ida Lupino
Ellen
Herb Vigran
Monte
Ray Walker
Conversing official at funeral
Regis Toomey
Lt. Manny Waldo
Ralph Moody
Conductor
Richard Hale
Judge
Robert Bice
Al Newsome
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Directors

Roy Kellino
(46 episodes, 1953-1956)
Robert Florey
(38 episodes, 1952-1956)
Richard Kinon
(10 episodes, 1955-1956)
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Producers

Don Sharpe
executive producer / executive producer (105 episodes, 1952-1956)
Warren Lewis
associate producer / producer / associate producer (36 episodes, 1952-1956)
Charles Boyer
producer
(29 episodes, 1952-1956)
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Writers

Gwen Bagni
screenplay
(10 episodes, 1953-1954)
Gwen Bagni
original screenplay
(4 episodes, 1952-1953)
Gwen Bagni
story
(3 episodes, 1953-1954)
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number in title
anthology
early television
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

September 25th, 1952 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

Four Star Playhouse (original title)
Thursday Matinee (Australia) (rerun title)
Wednesday Matinee (Australia) (rerun title)
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Locations

Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)

Sound Mixes

Mono
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Four Star Productions
Four Star

Distribution Companies

Rhino Home Video (United States of America)
Marathon Music & Video (United States of America)
Alpha Video Distributors (United States of America)
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