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Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

1952TV Series⏱️ 30m
ComedyCrimeDrama
⭐ 7.5
IMDB Rating
288 votes

This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
David Niven, Dick Powell, Charles Boyer
Release Date
September 25, 1952
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ† 2
Wins
🎯 16
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 8
Reviews
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

David Niven
David Niven
as Andy
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
as Willie Dante
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
as Paul
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
as Ellen
Herb Vigran
Herb Vigran
as Monte
Ray Walker
Ray Walker
as Tom Barry
Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
as Lt. Manny Waldo
Ralph Moody
Ralph Moody
as Conductor
Richard Hale
Richard Hale
as Judge
Robert Bice
Robert Bice
as Lucenec

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Four Star Productions

🏷️ Keywords

anthology seriesearly televisionanthology

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Four Star Playhouse
by epaul27 β€’ 2005-10-05

"I remember several episodes of Four Star Playhouse from 1953-54. Ida Lupino was in one of them called "The green Dress" or something like that. It scared the blazes out of me. In it, Ida Lupino starred as a housewife murdered by her husband. She was pushed down a flight of stairs and broke her neck. Later, she returned to haunt him as an apparition at the top of the stairs, wearing the same green dress that she died in. I was five or six years old at the time of viewing this. Guess you could say it stuck in my mind! The other episode was the story of a woman who was being exploited b..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The original four stars who were to appear in this show were Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Dick Powell, and Rosalind Russell. McCrea and Russell pulled out soon after the company was formed, and were replaced by Ida Lupino and David Niven.

πŸ“– Synopsis

This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.