Four Star Playhouse - Season 2

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Four Star Playhouse - Season 2
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Title:Four Star Playhouse - Season 2
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Air Date: 1953-09-24
Season Number: 2
Total Episodes: 31
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Overview
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
Seasons List
  • Season 1 (19 episode) - September 25, 1952
  • Season 2 (31 episode) - September 24, 1953
  • Season 3 (38 episode) - September 30, 1954
  • Season 4 (41 episode) - October 06, 1955

Episodes List

Finale

Episode 1 : Finale

Steve Carlyle is an actor who can't find work...
September 24, 1953
The Squeeze

Episode 2 : The Squeeze

Another of the great Willie Dante stories. Stan,...
October 01, 1953
A Place Of His Own

Episode 3 : A Place Of His Own

The Commander, a mildly brain injured war hero,...
October 08, 1953
Love At Sea

Episode 4 : Love At Sea

A journalist's wife who, while alone on a sea...
October 15, 1953
The Witness

Episode 5 : The Witness

A suave attorney is hired to defend a man on...
October 22, 1953
A Matter Of Advice

Episode 6 : A Matter Of Advice

Weary Dr. Gentry gets no rest from his irritating...
October 29, 1953
Search in the Night

Episode 7 : Search in the Night

A newspaper reporter is intrigued as to why a...
November 05, 1953
Moorings

Episode 8 : Moorings

A sickly aging shipping magnate falls in love...
November 12, 1953
The Hard Way

Episode 9 : The Hard Way

Vic breaks the bank at Willie's gambling hall,...
November 19, 1953
For Art`s Sake

Episode 10 : For Art`s Sake

Ted Parker enlists his friend Addy, a famous art...
November 26, 1953
The Girl On The Park Bench

Episode 11 : The Girl On The Park Bench

A beautiful, intelligent, and politically savvy...
December 03, 1953
The Room

Episode 12 : The Room

A doctor encounters suspicion and a dark secret...
December 10, 1953
A Man Of The World

Episode 13 : A Man Of The World

Predictable Andy Bush is taking a train to his...
December 17, 1953
The Gift

Episode 14 : The Gift

Businessman Carl Baxter is a good boss for 364...
December 24, 1953
House For Sale

Episode 15 : House For Sale

A woman visits an isolated house expecting to...
December 31, 1953
The Test

Episode 16 : The Test

A test pilot learns that it's possible that his...
January 07, 1954
The Bad Streak

Episode 17 : The Bad Streak

An honest professional casino owner runs into bad...
January 14, 1954
A String of Beads

Episode 18 : A String of Beads

Joan Robinson works as a governess for a wealthy...
January 21, 1954
Indian Taker

Episode 19 : Indian Taker

A comedy of errors about an insurance...
January 28, 1954
Second Dawn

Episode 20 : Second Dawn

A blind man has a chance for surgery to restore...
February 04, 1954
The Gun

Episode 21 : The Gun

A police detective returns home to his family one...
February 11, 1954
The Bomb

Episode 22 : The Bomb

An engaged couple and the woman's former suitor...
February 18, 1954
Meet McGraw: Long Count

Episode 23 : Meet McGraw: Long Count

McGraw, a private eye, is hired by Lila Lamont to...
February 25, 1954
Detective`s Holiday

Episode 24 : Detective`s Holiday

A detective (Dick Powell) takes a trip to a cabin...
March 04, 1954
Operation In Money

Episode 25 : Operation In Money

The chief teller of a bank openly embezzles a...
March 11, 1954
Lady of the Orchids

Episode 26 : Lady of the Orchids

An architect's wife endangers his career when she...
March 18, 1954
The Book

Episode 27 : The Book

A stranger tussles with John over a library book...
April 01, 1954
A Study In Panic

Episode 28 : A Study In Panic

Wise-guy newspaperman Fred Jordan writes a column...
April 08, 1954
Masquerade

Episode 29 : Masquerade

A costume ball during the New Orleans Mardi Gras...
April 15, 1954
Village In The City

Episode 30 : Village In The City

An artist turns detective to find out who...
April 22, 1954
The Doctor and the Countess

Episode 31 : The Doctor and the Countess

A famous plastic surgeon is recruited to severely...
April 29, 1954