Your Favorite Story

*Your Favorite Story*
Your Favorite Story
Also known as	Your Favorite Story; (Your Favorite Playhouse)
Genre	Anthology
Directed by	Lewis Allen; Eddie Davis; Robert Florey; Leslie Goodwins; Tom Gries; John Guillermin; Phil Karlson; Lew Landers; Christian Nyby; Ted Post
Presented by	Adolphe Menjou
Starring	Robert Blake; Raymond Burr; Mae Clark; Suzanne Flon; DeForest Kelley; Anita Louise; Adolphe Menjou; Ralph Morgan; Kenneth Tobey
Narrated by	Adolphe Menjou
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	25 mins.
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 11, 1953 –; 1955

Your Favorite Story is a syndicated TV anthology series^[1] that was broadcast in the United States from 1953 to 1955. The program was also known as My Favorite Story.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was premiered in December 1954 with the title Your Favorite Playhouse.

This program was adapted from the radio show Favorite Story which ran from 1946 to 1949.^[5] The program's 25 episodes were hosted and narrated by Adolphe Menjou, who also acted in several episodes.^[6] It featured episodes originally written by Leonard St. Clair, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Frank R. Stockton.

The show was produced by Ziv Television Programs.^[2] John Guillermin directed some episodes.^[7]

The program's initial episode was an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", directed by Eddie Davis and starring Raymond Burr.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 1208. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "D. Fairbanks Noses Out 'Favorite Story'". Billboard. July 31, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 578. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ ^a ^b Gould, Jack (January 14, 1953). "Radio and Television". The New York Times. p. 37. Retrieved November 20, 2020 – via ProQuest.
^ Fusco, Joseph (December 2012). Beyond Dead End: The Solo Careers of The Dead End Kids. BearManor Media. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ Olsson, Jan (25 April 2015). Hitchcock à la Carte. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7602-6. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.

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[ets-1] Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 1208. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[bb-2] "D. Fairbanks Noses Out 'Favorite Story'". Billboard. July 31, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[tt-3] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 578. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[:0-4] Gould, Jack (January 14, 1953). "Radio and Television". The New York Times. p. 37. Retrieved November 20, 2020 – via ProQuest.

[5] Fusco, Joseph (December 2012). Beyond Dead End: The Solo Careers of The Dead End Kids. BearManor Media. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[6] Olsson, Jan (25 April 2015). Hitchcock à la Carte. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7602-6. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[ink-7] Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.

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