Cosmopolitan Theatre | |
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Genre | Anthology |
Directed by | David Pressman Louis G. Cowan David Crandall Albert McCleery |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producers | Louis G. Cowan Sherman Marks Albert McCleery |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies |
DuMont Television Network Louis G. Cowan Productions |
Original release | |
Network | DuMont |
Release | October 2 December 25, 1951 | –
Cosmopolitan Theatre is an American anthology series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from October 2, 1951, to December 25, 1951. [1]
The series consisted of live presentations of stories written for Cosmopolitan magazine, and was one of many TV series airing "tele-plays" at the time. [2]
The program was broadcast live. If any episodes exist, they would be in the form of kinescope recordings. [3]
Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | Guest star(s) |
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1-1 | "The Secret Front" | October 2, 1951 | Marsha Hunt, Kurt Katch, and Lee Tracy [4] |
1-2 | "Be Just and Fear Not" | October 9, 1951 | Joseph Schildkraut and June Walker [5] |
1-3 | "Incident in the Blizzard" | October 16, 1951 | Betty Field and E. G. Marshall |
1-4 | "Reward, One Million" | October 23, 1951 | Dennis Hoey and Beatrice Straight |
1-5 | "Mr. Pratt and the Triple Horror Bill " | October 30, 1951 | Constance Dowling and Tom Ewell |
1-6 | "Last Concerto" | November 6, 1951 | Lon Chaney Jr., Susan Douglas, and Ruth McDevitt |
1-7 | "I'll Be Right Home, Ma" | November 13, 1951 | Charles Nolte |
1-8 | "The Tourist" | November 20, 1951 | Peggy Allenby, John Boruff, and John Hoyt |
1-9 | "Time to Kill" | November 27, 1951 | John Forsythe, Phyllis Love, and Torin Thatcher |
1-10 | "The Beautiful Time" | December 4, 1951 | Joseph Buloff and Lili Darvas |
1-11 | "Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star" | December 11, 1951 | Peggy Conklin and Bramwell Fletcher |
1-12 | "The Sighing Sounds" | December 18, 1951 | Bethel Leslie and Gordon Mills |
1-13 | "One Red Rose for Christmas" | December 25, 1951 | Jo Van Fleet |
Louis G. Cowan packaged Cosmopolitan Theatre; Sherman Marks was the producer and director. [6] Writers of episodes included Richard Macauley [4] and David Shaw. [5]
The show replaced Cavalcade of Bands [6] from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays. [2] It originated from WABD and was carried live to 14 stations with 10 more showing it via kinescope. [6]
In December 1951, critic John Crosby called Cosmopolitan Theatre "the Dumont network's most elaborate entry into the dramatic field". [7] He noted that restricting the show's content to stories from the magazine "places a rather severe limit not only on the range of material but also on the type of material open to this program." [7] He noted that the two forms of media differed greatly in the ways they affected audiences and ended the review with the comment, "TV has conditioned us to accept a much harder degree of reality than most slick fiction has ever attempted." [7]