Star Stage

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Star Stage is a half-hour American television anthology series that began on September 9, 1955, and ended on September 7, 1956. [1]

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It was sponsored on alternate weeks by Chesebrough-Ponds and Campbell Soup Company [2] and hosted by Jeffrey Lynn, who became host on the November 18 telecast. [1] Thirty-nine episodes aired on NBC.[ citation needed ] Approximately two-thirds of the episodes were done live and the remainder were filmed. [1] Filmed episodes were produced by Revue. [3] Some episodes originated from WRCA-TV in New York City, and others came from KRCA-TV in Los Angeles. When the program debuted, it was carried live on 31 stations and by delayed broadcast on 12. [2]

Guest stars included: Mary Astor, Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, [1] Ward Bond, Eddie Bracken, Rod Cameron, Wendell Corey, Joseph Cotten, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Dan Duryea, Joan Fontaine, Greer Garson, Betty Grable, Lorne Greene, Dennis Morgan, Sylvia Sidney, [4] Jack Whiting, Cornel Wilde, and Alan Young.

Mort Abrahams was the executive producer, and Charles Russell was the initial producer, [2] In March 1956, S. Mark Smith was named producer. [5] Directors included feature film directors, Robert Stevenson, Sidney Lanfield, Felix E. Feist, and Don Weis.

Episodes

Partial List of Episodes of Star Stage
DateTitleActor(s)
September 16, 1955"Cop Without a Badge"Joey Walsh, James Gregory [6]
October 7, 1955"On Trial" Joseph Cotten [7]
December 25, 1955"The Knife" Donald Woods, Pud Flanagan, Edward Binns, Barbara Joyce, Anne Hegira [8]
February 24, 1956"Career" Greer Garson, Patric Knowles, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Erdman, Sarah Selby, Douglas Evans, Mandie Prickett [9]
August 10, 1956"The Sainted General" Luther Adler [10]

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