Your Favorite Story

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Your Favorite Story
Also known asYour Favorite Story
(Your Favorite Playhouse)
Genre Anthology
Directed by Lewis Allen
Eddie Davis
Robert Florey
Leslie Goodwins
Tom Gries
John Guillermin
Phil Karlson
Lew Landers
Christian Nyby
Ted Post
Presented byAdolphe Menjou
Starring Robert Blake
Raymond Burr
Mae Clark
Suzanne Flon
DeForest Kelley
Anita Louise
Adolphe Menjou
Ralph Morgan
Kenneth Tobey
Narrated by Adolphe Menjou
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes25
Production
Running time25 mins.
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseJanuary 11, 1953 (1953-01-11) 
1955 (1955)

Your Favorite Story is a syndicated TV anthology series [1] that was broadcast in the United States from 1953 to 1955. The program was also known as My Favorite Story. [2] [3] [4] It was premiered in December 1954 with the title Your Favorite Playhouse.

This program was adapted from the radio show Favorite Story which ran from 1946 to 1949. [5] The program's 25 episodes were hosted and narrated by Adolphe Menjou, who also acted in several episodes. [6] It featured episodes originally written by Leonard St. Clair, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Frank R. Stockton.

The show was produced by Ziv Television Programs. [2] John Guillermin directed some episodes. [7]

The program's initial episode was an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", directed by Eddie Davis and starring Raymond Burr. [4]

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