It's a Business

It's a Business
Genre	Situation Comedy
Created by	Bob Weiskopf
Starring	Bob Haymes Leo De Lyon Dorothy Loudon
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	March 19 (1952-03-19) – May 21, 1952 (1952-05-21)

It's a Business was a television sitcom that aired on the DuMont Television Network for 10 episodes. ^[1]

Broadcast history

It's a Business aired on DuMont from March 19 to May 21, 1952, ^[2] replacing Famous Jury Trials , ^[1] and was a half-hour program that aired on Wednesdays at 9 pm. The series starred Bob Haymes and Leo De Lyon as Broadway song publishers in the 1900s, during the vaudeville era, and Dorothy Loudon as their secretary. ^[3]

The series was set in a time prior to prohibition, and episodes included songs from that period as the stars tried to publish songs and get popular singers of that er to use them. Haymes, De Lyon, and Loudon sang some of the songs. ^[4]

Production

The program was directed by Frank Bunetta and written by Bob Weiskopf. Paul Rosen was the producer. ^[2] Mort Lindsey directed the music ^[1] It was broadcast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York City ^[1] with no studio audience. ^[5]

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

1. Leszczak, Bob (2 November 2012). Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-6812-6 . Retrieved April 13, 2022.
2. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 415. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
3. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Random House Publishing. p. 675. ISBN   978-0-345-49773-4 . Retrieved 2024-07-02.
4. Coppola, Jo (March 28, 1952). "Tele-Tales" . Newsday. p. 50. Retrieved November 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. Hyatt, Wesley (October 6, 2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN   978-1-4766-0515-9 . Retrieved November 28, 2024.

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

• It's a Business at IMDb
• DuMont historical website Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine