The Thin Air

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"The Thin Air"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 1
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue
Written by Sumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateSeptember 21, 1952 (1952-09-21)
Running time60 mins
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"The Thin Air" is a 1952 American television play that was an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse . [1] [2]

Contents

It was based on the real life disappearance of Dorothy Arnold. [3]

Premise

A young girl disappears on the night of her engagement party.

Cast

Radio adaptation

Elliott also adapted the script for radio, and a play version was broadcast in Australia in 1954 for The General Motors Hour. [4]

The Age wrote "it made excellent listening." [5]

"Whereabouts Unknown"

Elliott reworked the material for "Whereabouts Unknown", an episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour starring MacDonald Carey and Kim Hunter. [6] [7]

The Buffalo News wrote "Kim Hunter had a great role and she lived it up to the hilt... the play built to a poignant finale." [8]

The Atlanta Journal called it a "superficial drama" which "wasted the talents of Kim Hunter." [9]

References

  1. ↑ "21 September 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
  2. ↑ "Tomorrow's Tips". The Buffalo News. September 20, 1952. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "ARTHUR POLKINGHORNE'S". The Sun. No. 13311. New South Wales, Australia. October 7, 1952. p. 21 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved September 17, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "COMPLETE GUIDE TO TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES". The Courier-mail . Queensland, Australia. June 2, 1954. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "THE WEEK IN WIRELESS--". The Age . No. 30, 923. Victoria, Australia. June 12, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Picture Tape". Chillicothe Gazette. March 2, 1957. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "2 Part Whodunit". The Cincinnati Post. February 28, 1957. p. 30.
  8. ↑ "Radio and TV News". The Buffalo News. February 27, 1957. p. 46.
  9. ↑ "Drama's revival is a mystery". The Atlanta Journal. February 27, 1957. p. 23.
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