Cinema Varieties

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Cinema Varieties
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Original releaseSeptember 1949 (1949-09) 
November 1949 (1949-11)

Cinema Varieties is a television program on the DuMont Television Network which was shown on Sunday nights at 8:30pm ET from September 1949 to November 1949. Clips from old movies were shown on this 30-minute program. [1] [2]

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References

  1. IMDB entry
  2. "DuMont Television Network Historical Website: Appendix One: Programs (A-L)" . Retrieved 2009-05-17.

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