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Four Star Playhouse
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.
Aired: Oct 06, 1955 Genre: Drama ComedyDuration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production:
Episodes
01: The Firing Squad02: The Face of Danger03: Let the Chips Fall04: Full Circle05: A Spray of Bullets06: The Devil to Pay07: Here Comes the Suit08: Looking Glass House09: Something Very Special10: A Place Full of Strangers11: One Way Out12: Dark Meeting13: Magic Night14: Tunnel of Fear15: High Stakes16: The Listener17: Safe Keeping18: No Limit19: Command20: Once to Every Woman21: Red Wine22: To Die at Midnight23: Desert Encounter24: The Case of Emily Cameron25: The Rites of Spring26: Autumn Carousel27: Wall of Bamboo28: Touch and Go29: A Long Way From Texas30: That Woman31: The Other Room32: One Forty-Two33: Beneath the Surface34: Watch the Sunset35: Second Chance36: Woman Afraid37: The Stacked Deck38: Distinguished Service39: Yellowbelly40: The Stand-In41: Success Story