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Cosmopolitan Theatre

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Cosmopolitan Theatre
GenreAnthology
Directed byDavid Pressman
Louis G. Cowan
David Crandall
Albert McCleery
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducersLouis G. Cowan
Sherman Marks
Albert McCleery
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesDuMont Television Network
Louis G. Cowan Productions
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseOctober 2 (1951-10-02) –
December 25, 1951 (1951-12-25)

Cosmopolitan Theatre is an American anthology series which aired on the DuMont Television Network Tuesdays at 9pm ET from October 2, 1951 to December 25, 1951.

Synopsis

The series consisted of live presentations of stories written for Cosmopolitan magazine, and was one of many TV series airing "tele-plays" at the time.[1]

Episode status

Certain episodes exist within private collections. Precisely how many episodes exist remains unknown.

Episodes

Episode # Episode title Original airdate Guest star(s)
1-1 "The Secret Front" October 2, 1951 Marsha Hunt, Kurt Katch, and Lee Tracy
1-2 "Be Just and Fear Not" October 9, 1951 Joseph Schildkraut and June Walker
1-3 "Incident in the Blizzard" October 16, 1951 Betty Field and E. G. Marshall
1-4 "Reward, One Million" October 23, 1951 Dennis Hoey and Beatrice Straight
1-5 "Mr. Pratt and the Triple Horror Bill " October 30, 1951 Constance Dowling and Tom Ewell
1-6 "Last Concerto" November 6, 1951 Lon Chaney, Jr., Susan Douglas, and Ruth McDevitt
1-7 "I'll Be Right Home, Ma" November 13, 1951 Charles Nolte
1-8 "The Tourist" November 20, 1951 Peggy Allenby, John Boruff, and John Hoyt
1-9 "Time to Kill" November 27, 1951 John Forsythe, Phyllis Love, and Torin Thatcher
1-10 "The Beautiful Time" December 4, 1951 Joseph Buloff and Lili Darvas
1-11 "Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star" December 11, 1951 Peggy Conklin and Bramwell Fletcher
1-12 "The Sighing Sounds" December 18, 1951 Bethel Leslie and Gordon Mills
1-13 "One Red Rose for Christmas" December 25, 1951 Jo Van Fleet

See also

References

  1. ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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