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Four Star Playhouse (syndicated as Star Performance) is an American anthology series that ran from September 25, 1952, through September 27, 1956. [ 1 ] Overview
Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell , David Niven , Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea , it was inspired by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz founding Desilu Productions a year earlier.
"The Firing Squad" is a 1955 episode of the TV series Four Star Playhouse. It was based on the classic Canadian novel Execution. It was relocated to be set in the Australian army in World War Two, one of the rare depictions of Australia in Hollywood at the time. [1] [2]
Four Star Playhouse is a radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. The 30-minute program was broadcast on NBC beginning in July 1949 and was sustaining. [1] It lasted only three months. [2] Four Star Playhouse was one of "at least 10" new programs developed for that summer by NBC's [West] Coast programming
Four Star Playhouse broadcast "Meet McGraw" as an episode on February 25, 1954. [1] In that episode, McGraw was "a hood with a price on his head" who helped people who for some reason could not go to the police. [6] Stage 7 also had an episode featuring McGraw in March 1955. [7]
Produced by Four Star Productions, it was similar in some respects to Four Star Playhouse. Thirty-nine episodes were filmed, [2] 13 of which were based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham. [3] Henry Fonda was the host, [4] which primarily meant that he was spokesman for the beer
Lupino appeared in 19 episodes of Four Star Playhouse from 1952 to 1956, an endeavor involving partners Charles Boyer, Dick Powell and David Niven. From January 1957 to September 1958, Lupino starred with her then-husband Howard Duff in the sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve , in which the duo played husband-and-wife film stars named Howard Adams and Eve ...
Four Star Television (also Four Star Films, Four Star Productions, and Four Star International), an American TV production company (1952–1989) Four Star Playhouse, American TV anthology series 1952–1956; Four Star Playhouse (radio program), American radio anthology series 1949; Four Star Revue, American variety/comedy program 1950–1953