Star Stage

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Betty Grable and Casey Adams in Cleopatra Collins, 1956

Star Stage is a half-hour American television anthology series that began on September 9, 1955, and ended on September 7, 1956.[1]

It was sponsored on alternate weeks by

NBC.[citation needed] Approximately two-thirds of the episodes were done live and the remainder were filmed.[1] Filmed episodes were produced by Revue.[3] Some episodes originated from WRCA-TV in New York City, and others came from KRCA-TV in Los Angeles. When the program debuted, it was carried live on 31 stations and by delayed broadcast on 12.[2]

Guest stars included: Mary Astor, Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen,[1] Ward Bond, Eddie Bracken, Rod Cameron, Wendell Corey, Joseph Cotten, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Dan Duryea, Joan Fontaine, Greer Garson, Betty Grable, Lorne Greene, Dennis Morgan, Sylvia Sidney,[4] Jack Whiting, Cornel Wilde, and Alan Young.

Robert Stevenson, Sidney Lanfield, Felix E. Feist, and Don Weis
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Episodes

Partial List of Episodes of Star Stage
Date Title Actor(s)
September 16, 1955 "Cop Without a Badge" Joey Walsh, James Gregory[6]
October 7, 1955 "On Trial" Joseph Cotten[7]
December 25, 1955 "The Knife" Donald Woods, Pud Flanagan, Edward Binns, Barbara Joyce, Anne Hegira[8]
February 24, 1956 "Career" Greer Garson, Patric Knowles, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Erdman, Sarah Selby, Douglas Evans, Mandie Prickett[9]
August 10, 1956 "The Sainted General" Luther Adler[10]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Friday (9)" (PDF). Ross Reports on Television. September 4, 1955. p. 100. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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  4. ^ "Network People" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 5, 1956. p. 74. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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