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Four Star Playhouse(1952)

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First Air Date: 1952-09-25
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.8
Votes: 11
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 129

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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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 19
E01
My Wife Geraldine

Air Date: 1952-09-25

30m

Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

E02
Dante's Inferno

Air Date: 1952-10-02

30m

Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willi...

E03
The Lost Silk Hat

Air Date: 1952-10-23

30m

Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

E04
Backstage

Air Date: 1952-11-06

30m

An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a s...

E05
Welcome Home

Air Date: 1952-11-20

30m

A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and...

E06
The Island

Air Date: 1952-12-04

30m

Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

E07
The Officer and the Lady

Air Date: 1952-12-18

30m

A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying so...

E08
Knockout

Air Date: 1953-01-01

30m

Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

E09
Man on a Train

Air Date: 1953-01-15

30m

William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn...

E10
Trail's End

Air Date: 1953-01-29

30m

A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.

E11
Sound Off, My Love

Air Date: 1953-02-12

30m

Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

E12
The Man in the Box

Air Date: 1953-02-26

30m

Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

E13
No Identity

Air Date: 1953-03-12

30m

Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.

E14
The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

Air Date: 1953-03-26

30m

After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image ...

E15
The Last Voyage

Air Date: 1953-04-23

30m

Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.

E16
Night Ride

Air Date: 1953-05-07

30m

Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.

E17
The Ladies On His Mind

Air Date: 1953-05-21

30m

A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within ea...

E18
To Whom It May Concern

Air Date: 1953-06-04

30m

A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the mo...

E19
Shadowed

Air Date: 1953-06-18

30m

Past haunts politician running for Senator.

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