Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
Episodes
My Wife Geraldine
Sep 25, 1952
Dante's Inferno
Oct 02, 1952
The Lost Silk Hat
Oct 23, 1952
Backstage
Nov 06, 1952
Welcome Home
Nov 20, 1952
The Island
Dec 04, 1952
The Officer and the Lady
Dec 18, 1952
Knockout
Jan 01, 1953
Man on a Train
Jan 15, 1953
Trail's End
Jan 29, 1953
Sound Off, My Love
Feb 12, 1953
The Man in the Box
Feb 26, 1953
No Identity
Mar 12, 1953
The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
Mar 26, 1953
The Last Voyage
Apr 23, 1953
Night Ride
May 07, 1953
The Ladies On His Mind
May 21, 1953
To Whom It May Concern
Jun 04, 1953
Shadowed
Jun 18, 1953
