Four Star Playhouse
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First Air DateSep 25, 1952
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Production
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Rotten tomato57%
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Original titleFour Star Playhouse
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ReleaseSep 25, 1952
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Overview
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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Casts
Season 1 ( 1952-09-25)
My Wife Geraldine
Dante's Inferno
The Lost Silk Hat
Backstage
Welcome Home
The Island
The Officer and the Lady
Knockout
Man on a Train
Trail's End
Sound Off, My Love
The Man in the Box
No Identity
The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
The Last Voyage
Night Ride
The Ladies On His Mind
To Whom It May Concern
Shadowed
Season 2 ( 1953-09-24)
Finale
The Squeeze
A Place Of His Own
Love At Sea
The Witness
A Matter Of Advice
Out of the Night
Moorings
The Hard Way
For Art`s Sake
The Girl On The Park Bench
The Room
A Man Of The World
The Gift
House For Sale
The Test
The Bad Streak
A String of Beads
Indian Taker
Second Dawn
The Gun
The Bomb
Meet McGraw: Long Count
Detective`s Holiday
Operation In Money
Lady of the Orchids
The Book
A Study In Panic
Masquerade
Village In The City
The Doctor and the Countess
Season 3 ( 1954-09-30)
Man in the Cellar
Never Explain
Interlude
The Wallet
The Adolescent
The Contest
Vote Of Confidence
My Own Dear Dragon
Marked Down
Meet A Lonely Man
Bourbon Street
A Championship Affair
The Answer
Go Ahead And Jump
A Bag Of Oranges
Stuffed Shirt
Breakfast in Bed
The Good Sister
A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln
Fair Trial
The Wild Bunch
Tusitala
The Returning
Eddie`s Place
Henry And The Psychopathic Horse
Nightmare At Lark Cottage
The Girl On The Bridge
The Collar
Madeira, Madeira
With All My Heart
The House Always Wins
Uncle Fred Flits By
Alias Mr. Hepp
Trudy
Broken Journey
The Executioner
The Frightened Woman
Award
Season 4 ( 1955-10-06)
The Firing Squad
The Face of Danger
Let the Chips Fall
Full Circle
A Spray of Bullets
The Devil to Pay
Here Comes the Suit
Looking Glass House
Something Very Special
A Place Full of Strangers
One Way Out
Dark Meeting
Magic Night
Tunnel of Fear
High Stakes
The Listener
Safe Keeping
No Limit
Command
Once to Every Woman
Red Wine
To Die at Midnight
Desert Encounter
The Case of Emily Cameron
The Rites of Spring
Autumn Carousel
Wall of Bamboo
Touch and Go
A Long Way From Texas
That Woman
The Other Room
One Forty-Two
Beneath the Surface
Watch the Sunset
Second Chance
Woman Afraid
The Stacked Deck
Distinguished Service
Yellowbelly
The Stand-In