Genre: | Dramatic anthology |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Producer: | Worthington Miner |
Network: | NBC |
Curtain Call is an American television anthology series that aired on NBC from June 20, 1952 until September 26, 1952,[1] as the summer replacement for The RCA Victor Show.[2] Fourteen 30-minute episodes were telecast live from Hollywood. Its stories were based upon the works of writers like John Steinbeck, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Cheever, among others.
Guest stars included Boris Karloff, Richard Kiley, Carol Bruce, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Robert Preston, Maureen Stapleton, Miriam Hopkins, and John Forsythe. It was produced by Worthington Miner.
Robert Boyle was the director.
Date | Title | Actors | |
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August 15, 1952 | "The Vexations of A J Wentworth, B A" | Harry Townes, Melville Cooper, Michael McAloney, and Tarry Green[3] | |
August 22, 1952 | "The Liar" | Charlton Heston, Ilona Massey, Fredric Tozere, Susan Harris, Karen Lindgren[4] | |
August 29, 1952 | "The Summer People" | James Dunn, Frances Fuller, Paul Ford, Parker Fennelly, Margaret Hamilton, Jimmy Goodwin, Victor Thorley[5] | |
September 5, 1952 | "The Model Millionaire" | Michael Evans, Stella Andrew, Murray Matheson, Robin Craven, Peter Pagan[6] | |
September 12, 1952 | "Mutiny in the Zoo" | Louise Larrabee, Howard Smith, Nell Harrison, Harry Cook, Victoria Ward[7] |