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Four Star Playhouse

1952 Series 4 seasons

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

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Episodes

4 seasons · 129 episodes

Season 1

  1. 01My Wife Geraldine
  2. 02Dante's Inferno
  3. 03The Lost Silk Hat
  4. 04Backstage
  5. 05Welcome Home
  6. 06The Island
  7. 07The Officer and the Lady
  8. 08Knockout
  9. 09Man on a Train
  10. 10Trail's End
  11. 11Sound Off, My Love
  12. 12The Man in the Box
  13. 13No Identity
  14. 14The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
  15. 15The Last Voyage
  16. 16Night Ride
  17. 17The Ladies On His Mind
  18. 18To Whom It May Concern
  19. 19Shadowed

Season 2

  1. 01Finale
  2. 02The Squeeze
  3. 03A Place Of His Own
  4. 04Love At Sea
  5. 05The Witness
  6. 06A Matter Of Advice
  7. 07Search in the Night
  8. 08Moorings
  9. 09The Hard Way
  10. 10For Art`s Sake
  11. 11The Girl On The Park Bench
  12. 12The Room
  13. 13A Man Of The World
  14. 14The Gift
  15. 15House For Sale
  16. 16The Test
  17. 17The Bad Streak
  18. 18A String of Beads
  19. 19Indian Taker
  20. 20Second Dawn
  21. 21The Gun
  22. 22The Bomb
  23. 23Meet McGraw: Long Count
  24. 24Detective`s Holiday
  25. 25Operation In Money
  26. 26Lady of the Orchids
  27. 27The Book
  28. 28A Study In Panic
  29. 29Masquerade
  30. 30Village In The City
  31. 31The Doctor and the Countess

Season 3

  1. 01Man in the Cellar
  2. 02Never Explain
  3. 03Interlude
  4. 04The Wallet
  5. 05The Adolescent
  6. 06The Contest
  7. 07Vote Of Confidence
  8. 08My Own Dear Dragon
  9. 09Marked Down
  10. 10Meet A Lonely Man
  11. 11Bourbon Street
  12. 12A Championship Affair
  13. 13The Answer
  14. 14Go Ahead And Jump
  15. 15A Bag Of Oranges
  16. 16Stuffed Shirt
  17. 17Breakfast in Bed
  18. 18The Good Sister
  19. 19A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln
  20. 20Fair Trial
  21. 21The Wild Bunch
  22. 22Tusitala
  23. 23The Returning
  24. 24Eddie`s Place
  25. 25Henry And The Psychopathic Horse
  26. 26Night At Lark Cottage
  27. 27The Girl On The Bridge
  28. 28The Collar
  29. 29Madeira, Madeira
  30. 30With All My Heart
  31. 31The House Always Wins
  32. 32Uncle Fred Flits By
  33. 33Alias Mr. Hepp
  34. 34Trudy
  35. 35Broken Journey
  36. 36The Executioner
  37. 37The Frightened Woman
  38. 38Award

Season 4

  1. 01The Firing Squad
  2. 02The Face of Danger
  3. 03Let the Chips Fall
  4. 04Full Circle
  5. 05A Spray of Bullets
  6. 06The Devil to Pay
  7. 07Here Comes the Suit
  8. 08Looking Glass House
  9. 09Something Very Special
  10. 10A Place Full of Strangers
  11. 11One Way Out
  12. 12Dark Meeting
  13. 13Magic Night
  14. 14Tunnel of Fear
  15. 15High Stakes
  16. 16The Listener
  17. 17Safe Keeping
  18. 18No Limit
  19. 19Command
  20. 20Once to Every Woman
  21. 21Red Wine
  22. 22To Die at Midnight
  23. 23Desert Encounter
  24. 24The Case of Emily Cameron
  25. 25The Rites of Spring
  26. 26Autumn Carousel
  27. 27Wall of Bamboo
  28. 28Touch and Go
  29. 29A Long Way From Texas
  30. 30That Woman
  31. 31The Other Room
  32. 32One Forty-Two
  33. 33Beneath the Surface
  34. 34Watch the Sunset
  35. 35Second Chance
  36. 36Woman Afraid
  37. 37The Stacked Deck
  38. 38Distinguished Service
  39. 39Yellowbelly
  40. 40The Stand-In
  41. 41Success Story

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1952
type
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Episodes
4 seasons · 129 episodes

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