Hollywood Premiere Theatre Explained

Genre:Anthology
Starring:Gil Lamb (host)
Don DeFore
Gale Storm
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Thomas Sarnoff
George Cahan
Runtime:30 minutes
Channel:ABC

Hollywood Premiere Theatre was the original title of an American television program that was broadcast more often as Hollywood Theatre Time on the ABC Television Network from September 20, 1950 to October 5, 1951.[1] Content varied from week to week, including situation comedies, dramatic presentations, and scenes from well-known plays. Some early episodes were a variety program, The Gil Lamb Show.

The series was one of the first anthology shows aired from the West Coast, with viewers in the East seeing kinescopes of episodes.[2] George M. Cahan and Thomas W. Sarnoff were the producers.[2] Robert S. Finkel was the director.[3]

The program's competition included The Victor Borge Show on NBC and The Sam Levinson Show on CBS.[4]

Gale Storm co-starred with Don DeFore in "Mr. and Mrs. Detective" (alternately titled "Mystery and Mrs." on the show's September 27, 1950, episode. It was a pilot for a prospective series, but the series was not developed.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brooks . Tim . Marsh . Earle F. . The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present . 2009 . Random House Publishing Group . 978-0-307-48320-1 . 625 . February 15, 2022 . en.
  2. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 384. 4th.
  3. May 1951 . 8 . Hollywood Theater Time . Ross Reports . April 8, 2024 .
  4. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops . 2015 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0515-9 . 26 . February 17, 2022 . en.
  5. Book: Tucker . David C. . Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record . 2018 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-7177-2 . 203–204 . February 15, 2022 . en.