Chrysler Festival | |
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Genre | variety concert |
Directed by | Don Hudson |
Presented by | Elaine Grand Hume Cronyn |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Stuart W. Griffiths |
Producer | Franz Kraemer |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 14 November 1956 – 17 April 1957 |
Chrysler Festival is a Canadian variety concert television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1957.
The concerts were recorded at Loew's Uptown Theatre in Toronto, with two thousand attendees in the theatre. Lucio Agostini was the series musical director. [1]
The series aired on selected Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as a mid-year replacement for Folio . Episodes were broadcast as follows:
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