Hotel de Paree

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Hotel de Paree
Earl Holliman Hotel De Paree 1959.jpg
Earl Holliman as Sundance.
StarringEarl Holliman
Jeanette Nolan
Judi Meredith
Strother Martin
Theme music composerDimitri Tiomkin
Paul Francis Webster
ComposersDimitri Tiomkin (1.1)
Rene Garriguenc (1.1, 1.15, 1.22)
Leith Stevens (1.4)
Lucien Moraweck (1.1, 1.7, 1.13)
Alexander Courage (1.7)
Wilbur Hatch (1.17)
Fred Steiner (1.24)
William Lava (one episode)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes33
Production
ProducersStanley Rubin
Sam Rolfe
Running time30 minutes
Production companyCBS Productions
Release
Original networkCBS
Picture formatBlack and white (1959-1960)
Original releaseOctober 2, 1959 (1959-10-02) –
June 3, 1960 (1960-06-03)

Hotel de Paree is a Western television series starring Earl Holliman that aired thirty-three episodes on the CBS Friday evening from October 2, 1959, until September 23, 1960,[1] under the alternate sponsorship of the Liggett & Myers company (L&M cigarettes) and Kellogg's.

Format[]

The show starred Holliman as Sundance, a gunfighter just released after 17 years in prison.[2] In the first episode, he is in Georgetown, Colorado, where he kills the town villain and is then urged by the citizens to become the marshal. He accepts the job and also becomes a part owner of the Hotel de Paree, owned by two French women, Annette Deveraux, played by Jeanette Nolan, and her niece, Monique (Judi Meredith), relatives of the man whom he had earlier killed. Sundance wore a string of polished silver dollars[citation needed] in the band of his black Stetson, which often blinded his adversaries.[3]

During the run of the series, Sundance dealt with assorted antagonists and maintained flirtations with both of the Deveraux women. Sundance also befriended a local shopkeeper, Aaron Donoger, played by veteran Western performer Strother Martin.[4] The program was filmed at CBS Studio Center. On the evening of the series debut broadcast, October 2, 1959, star Earl Holliman also appeared an hour later in the premiere episode of The Twilight Zone, "Where Is Everybody?", which also aired on CBS.

Guest stars on Hotel de Paree included Philip Abbott, Theodore Bikel, Sebastian Cabot, Russ Conway, , Walter Coy, Royal Dano, King Donovan, Brian Donlevy, Jack Elam, Leif Erickson, Ron Hayes, Allyn Joslyn, Don Keefer, Nora Marlowe, Martin Milner, , Gregg Palmer, John M. Pickard, Judson Pratt, , Peter Mark Richman, Vic Tayback, and Peter Whitney.

Paperback Novel[]

In 1959, Gold Medal Books published Sundance as by "Richard Telfair" (pseudonym of Richard Jessup), an original novel based on the series.

Comic Book[]

A single issue featuring an original story written by Gaylord Du Bois appeared in Dell's Four Color series (#1126).

Episode list[]

Episode # Episode title Directed By Written By Original airdate
1-1 "Sundance Returns" [aka "Sundance Comes Home"] (pilot) Robert Aldrich Sam Rolfe October 2, 1959
1-2 "Juggernaut" John Brahm Ellis Kadison October 9, 1959
1-3 "Vein of Ore" TBA TBA October 16, 1959
1-4 "The High Cost of Justice" Don Taylor Jack Laird October 23, 1959
1-5 "The Return of Monique" Walter Grauman Doris Gilbert October 30, 1959
1-6 "A Rope Is For Hanging" TBA TBA November 6, 1959
1-7 "A Fool and His Gold" TBA TBA November 13, 1959
1-8 "The Only Wheel In Town" TBA TBA November 20, 1959
1-9 "The Man Who Believed In Law" Ida Lupino Francis M. Cockrell November 27, 1959
1-10 "Sundance and the Hostiles" TBA TBA December 11, 1959
1-11 "Sundance and the Violent Siege" TBA TBA December 18, 1959
1-12 "The Louis XIV Table" TBA TBA December 25, 1959
1-13 "Sundance and the Blood Money" Andrew V. McLaglen Paul Savage January 1, 1960
1-14 "Sundance and the Bare-Knuckled Fighters" TBA Jack Jacobs January 8, 1960
1-15 "Sundance and the Kid From Nowhere" TBA TBA January 15, 1960
1-16 "Sundance Goes To Kill" Alvin Ganzer Herman Groves January 22, 1960
1-17 "Sundance and the Boat Soldier" Ida Lupino TBA February 5, 1960
1-18 "Sundance and the Man In Room Seven" TBA TBA February 12, 1960
1-19 "Hard Luck For Sundance" Buzz Kulik Jack Laird February 19, 1960
1-20 "Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader" Andrew V. McLaglen Story by: William Gulick
Teleplay by: Jack Laird		 February 26, 1960
1-21 "Sundance and Useless" TBA Jack Jacobs March 4, 1960
1-22 "Sundance and the Hero of Bloody Blue Creek" TBA TBA March 11, 1960
1-23 "Sundance and the Marshal of Water's End" TBA TBA March 18, 1960
1-24 "Sundance and the Black Widow" John Rich Gene Roddenberry April 1, 1960
1-25 "Vengeance For Sundance" Arthur Hiller Robert Lees April 8, 1960
1-26 "Sundance and the Man in the Shadows" TBA TBA April 15, 1960
1-27 "Sundance and the Long Trek" Andrew V. McLaglen Jack Jacobs April 22, 1960
1-28 "Bounty For Sundance" TBA TBA April 29, 1960
1-29 "Sundance and the Good-Luck Coat" TBA TBA May 6, 1960
1-30 "Sundance and the Cattlemen" (aka "Sundance and the Outlaw Holiday") TBA TBA May 13, 1960
1-31 "Sundance and the Barren Soil" TBA TBA May 20, 1960
1-32 "Sundance and the Fallen Sparrow" Buzz Kulik Jack Morton May 27, 1960
1-33 "Sundance and the Delayed Gun" TBA TBA June 3, 1960

References[]

  1. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 392. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  2. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 468. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
  3. ^ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present, New York: Ballantine Books, 1999, ISBN 0-345-42923-0. p. 412
  4. ^ Armstrong, Stephen B. Andrew V. McLaglen: The Life and Hollywood Career. McFarland. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7864-8670-0. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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