Summer Night Theater

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Summer Night Theater
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont Television Network
ReleaseJuly 7 (1948-07-07) –
July 28, 1948 (1948-07-28)

Summer Night Theater is a weekly television series broadcast on DuMont beginning July 7, 1953, and ending July 28, 1953,.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

This 30-minute series featured filmed dramas with Lloyd Bridges and Gale Storm among the stars.It was broadcast at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. After its four-week run on DuMont, it was broadcast in New York through the rest of summer 1953.[2]

See also[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1328. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

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