Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson

Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson is a 30-minute weekly syndicated American anthology television series produced by Bing Crosby Productions[1] with production in Culver City.[2] It was filmed in New York City[citation needed] (except for some episodes that were filmed in Mexico)[3] and aired from 1952–55 on WPIX.[citation needed] It was also known as The Gloria Swanson Show.[4]

Gloria Swanson served as the hostess for the series and appeared in four episodes.[3] Its guest stars included Vera Miles, Bonita Granville, Barbara Billingsley, Bobby Driscoll, Marjorie Lord, Hans Conreid, Denver Pyle, and Gigi Perreau.

Harve Foster was the director.[5]

Swanson's segments as hostess were removed when CBS Television Film Sales packaged episodes for syndication in 1955. The trade publication Variety reported two reasons for the editing: to allow more time for commercials and to allow each station to have its own host.[6]

References

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8. P. 62
  2. ^ Welsch, Tricia (2013). Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 348. ISBN 9781617037504. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Irvin, Richard (2017). Film Stars' Television Projects: Pilots and Series of 50+ Movie Greats, 1948–1985. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN 9781476669168. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  4. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 330. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  5. ^ Johnson, Erskine (March 26, 1953). "In Hollywood". Shamokin News-Dispatch. p. 6. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Host-Narrator Slots Now 'Open Enders' Too For Local Personalities". Variety. February 23, 1955. p. 38. Retrieved April 9, 2023.


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