Curtain Call (American TV series)

Not to be confused with Curtain Call (Australian TV series).
Curtain Call
GenreDramatic anthology
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerWorthington Miner
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJune 20 (1952-06-20) –
September 26, 1952 (1952-09-26)

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,[1] Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Robert Preston, Maureen Stapleton, Miriam Hopkins, and John Forsythe. It was produced by Worthington Miner.

Robert Boyle was the director.[3]

Episodes

Partial List of Episodes of Curtain Call
Date Title Actors
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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 190. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  2. ^ Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Curtain Call (Dramatic Anthology)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.
  3. ^ a b "Curtain Call". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. August 10, 1952. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Curtain Call". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. August 17, 1952. p. 8. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Curtain Call". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. August 31, 1952. p. 8. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Curtain Call". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 7, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "Curtain Call". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 14, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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