Dark of Night
| Dark of Night | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology |
| Starring | Shirley Jones Alan Hale, Jr. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Frank Bunetta |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | October 3, 1952 – May 1, 1953 |
Dark of Night is an American dramatic anthology series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network . It aired Fridays at 8:30pm EST from October 3, 1952 to May 1, 1953.
The series starred mostly unknown actors. In it, the character known as "The Stranger" traveled to a different site each week in order to solve a crime. Each episode was filmed at a different location in the New York City area. According to Brooks and Marsh (1984), locations included a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Brentano's book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.[1]
Episode status
Though most episodes of DuMont series were eventually destroyed, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one episode of Dark of Night.[2]
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1952-53 United States network television schedule
- at CVTA with episode list
References
- ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
- ^ "The DuMont Television Network". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
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- 1952 American television series debuts
- 1953 American television series endings
- 1950s American television series
- American drama television series
- American anthology television series
- Black-and-white television programs
- DuMont Television Network shows
- English-language television programming
- United States television show stubs