Star Tonight

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Star Tonight
GenreAnthology
Written byRay Bradbury
Roald Dahl
Abby Mann
Rod Serling
Oscar Wilde
Thornton Wilder
Directed byEdmund Goulding
Harry Herrmann
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes80
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseFebruary 3, 1955 (1955-02-03) –
August 9, 1956 (1956-08-09)

Star Tonight, an American television anthology series, aired on ABC from February 3, 1955,[1] to August 1956. It consisted of 80 total episodes, 30 from 1955 and 50 from 1956. Each episode was a self-contained story, usually adapted from famous plays, short-stories or novels by some of the writers of the day.

Harry Herrmann produced the program, which replaced So You Want to Lead a Band. It was sponsored by the Brillo Manufacturing Company.[1]

Episode list, partial[]

  • February 3,1955, "You Need Me"; with Jacqueline Holt, Kevin McCarthy
  • February 10, 1955, "The Week-end"; with Darryl Grimes, John Conte, Peg Hillias
  • February 17, 1955, "Concerning Death"
  • February 24, 1955 "How Beautiful the Shoes"[2]
  • March 3, 1955, "Zone of Quiet"
    • March 10, 1955, "Ile"
  • ...[3]

Notable guest stars[]

Theodore Bikel
Leo G. Carroll
Buster Crabbe
Robert Culp
Richard Davalos
Signe Hasso
Kim Hunter
June Lockhart
Nancy Malone
Kevin McCarthy
Jason Robards
Lois Smith
Rudy Vallee
Jo Van Fleet
Elizabeth Wilson
Joanne Woodward
Efrem Zimbalist Jr

References[]

  1. ^ a b Adams, Val (December 24, 1954). "Fonda to be host of drama on TV". The New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved March 20, 2021 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ "Concerning Death" [adapted from the John Collier story] (2- 17-55) Edward Andrews, Jo Van Fleet 4. "How Beautiful the Shoes" [adapted from the short story by Wilbur Daniel Steele] (2-24-55) John Baragrey, Lois Smith 5. "Zone of Quiet"
  3. ^ Larry James Gianakos Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle 1980 "43."The Summer Road" (12-1-55) Don Dubbins, Joan Tetzel, Don Briggs 45. "Nightmare by Day" [by Anne Howard Bailey] (12-8-55) Dor- een Lang, James Gregory 46. "Gang Up" [by Nicholas E. Baehr] (12-15-55) George Grizzard, Paul Carr, Polly Rowles 47. "The Selfish Giant" [adapted from the Oscar Wilde fable; narrated by Basil Rathbone] (12-22-55) George Mathews, Mia Slavenska 48. "Write Me a ...

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