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Betty Grable and Casey Adams in Cleopatra Collins, 1956

Star Stage was a half-hour US anthology series. It was sponsored by Campbell Soup Company and hosted by Jeffrey Lynn, who became host on the November 18th telecast. Thirty-nine episodes aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1955–56. Two-thirds of the episodes were done live and the remainder were filmed.

Guest stars included Sylvia Sidney,[1] Greer Garson, Dennis Morgan, Joseph Cotten, Dan Duryea, Joan Fontaine, Betty Grable, Paul Douglas, Polly Bergen, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Bracken, Jeanne Crain, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Young, and Mary Astor.

Directors included feature film directors, Robert Stevenson, Sidney Lanfield, Felix E. Feist, and Don Weis.

References

  1. ^ "Debut". Long Beach Independent. September 9, 1955. p. 30. Retrieved March 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon