Program Playhouse
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Program Playhouse was an anthology television series aired on the DuMont Television Network on Wednesdays from June 22 to September 14, 1949.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 676|edition=4th}}
Overview
Program Playhouse presented a variety of kinds of programs to determine how potential sponsors and audiences reacted to each one.{{cite news |title=Mystery Series Introduces New TV Technique |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/845602562/?match=1&terms=%22Hands%20of%20Murder%22 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=The Virginian-Pilot |date=March 12, 1950 |location=Virginia, Norfolk |page=C 7|url-access=subscription }} Hands of Murder was a program that originated on this show.
Episodes
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}}
= Partial list of episodes =
The first program starred Ernest Truex as Caspar Milquetoast in "The Timid Soul". Others included
- "Trouble, Inc." - Earl Hammond
- "Roscoe Karns and Inky Poo" - Roscoe Karns
- "The Hands of Murder"{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|page=828|edition=7th}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|1-59213-245-6}}
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327351/ Program Playhouse at IMDB]
- [https://dumonthistory.com/a2.html DuMont historical website]
Category:DuMont Television Network original programming
Category:1949 American television series debuts
Category:1949 American television series endings