Hollywood Star Playhouse Log

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Hollywood Star Playhouse
This 30 minute anthology program was heard over three different networks during its three seasons. Many leading Hollywood stars appeared before the microphones for this programs original scripts. Marilyn Monroe made her radio debut on the 08/31/52 broadcast. Several programs were intended to become new series. On 04/13/52, the broadcast # 99 of The Six Shooter w/James Stewart did indeed become a new NBC series The Six Shooter in 1953, while the broadcast of 05/18/52 #104 Safari w/Ray Milland failed to make it.
There was a title change to this series. During the third network change to NBC the series picked up the sponsorship of the American Bakers and the series was called Baker’s Theater Of Stars.

Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length.

Broadcast History:
Network: CBS / ABC / NBC
04/24/50 to 01/16/51 CBS
07/26/51 to 01/17/52 ABC
02/24/52 to 02/15/53 NBC
Director:
Jack Johnstone
Music:
Jeff Alexander (CBS)
Basil Adlam (ABC)
Announcers:
Herb Rawlinson (CBS)
Orval Anderson, Irving Howard (ABC)
Wendell Holmes, Norman Brokenshire (NBC)
Writers:
Harold Swanton, Arch Oboler, Milton Geiger, Frank Burt, Robert Libbott and many others
Sponsors:
Emerson Drug (Bromo Seltzer) 04/24/50 to 07/16/51
American Baker 02/24/55 to 05/15/53


AUDIENCE RATINGS:
(First Season) A.C. Nielsen 12.9 (1950 to 1951)
(Second Season) A.C. Nielsen -- (1951 to 1952)
(Third Season) A.C. Nielsen 3.3 (1952 to 1953)



CBS
Monday - 8:00 p.m.

04/24/50 # 1 Nor Gloom Of Night w/James Stewart
05/01/50 # 2 Hospital, Quiet Zone w/Broderic Crawford
05/08/50 # 3 Confession w/Ray Milland
05/15/50 # 4 The Pattern In The Rug w/Claire Trevor
05/22/50 # 5 Clash By Moonlight w/John Lund
05/29/50 # 6 Real As Death w/Evelyn Keyes
06/05/50 # 7 Bang! Bang! You're Dead w/David Brian
06/12/50 # 8 Sacrifice w/Edward Arnold
06/19/50 # 9 Venom w/Cornel Wilde
06/26/50 # 10 Sound Off, My Love w/Dorothy McGuire
07/03/50 # 11 A Deep Red Mist w/John Hodiak
07/10/50 # 12 The Archer w/Wendell Corey
07/17/50 # 13 Jill Came Tumbling After w/Audrey Totter
07/24/50 # 14 Honeymoon Into Terror w/Lee Bowman
07/31/50 # 15 The Cave w/Van Heflin
08/07/50 # 16 Filler For Adventure w/Ronald Reagan
08/14/50 # 17 Street Of Jewels w/Dick Powell
08/21/50 # 18 Final Entry w/Victor Mature
08/28/50 # 19 Flute In The Night w/Herbert Marshall
09/04/50 # 20 Outpost w/Richard Widmark
09/11/50 # 21 Death Takes A Honeymoon w/Mercedes McCambridge
09/18/50 # 22 A Question Of Time w/Anne Baxter
09/25/50 # 23 The Man Who Knew Tomorrow w/William Powell
10/02/50 # 24 Dead Or Alive w/Ida Lupino
10/09/50 # 25 Of Night And The River w/Joseph Cotten
10/16/50 # 26 Reluctant Witness w/Robert Ryan
10/23/50 # 27 Death In The Desert w/Edmund O'Brien
10/30/50 # 28 Black Death w/Robert Cummings
11/06/50 # 29 Not The Nervous Type w/Barbara Stanwyck
11/13/50 # 30 Exhibit A w/Mel Ferrer
11/20/50 # 31 Drums Of Yesterday w/Rosalind Russell
11/27/50 # 32 Strange Vengeance w/Barry Sullivan
12/04/50 # 33 Revolution w/John Payne
12/11/50 # 34 Never Count On Murder w/Patricia Neal
12/18/50 # 35 The Tangled Web w/William Holden
12/25/50 # 36 Lefty Gallagher's Christmas Carol w/Dane Clark
01/01/51 # 37 What It's Really Like w/Alan Ladd
01/08/51 # 38 Dream Job w/Joan Bennett
01/15/51 # 39 Statement In Full w/Joan Crawford
01/22/51 # 40 Rabbit Foot w/Dick Haymes
01/29/51 # 41 Later Than You Think w/Victor Mature
02/05/51 # 42 Calculated Risk w/Vincent Price
02/12/51 # 43 Never Count On Murder w/Patricia Neal (Repeat)
02/19/51 # 44 Death Is A White Swan w/Edmund Gwenn
02/26/51 # 45 The Face w/David Niven
03/05/51 # 46 The Unknown w/Howard Duff
03/12/51 # 47 The Secret Room w/MacDonald Carey
03/19/51 # 48 The Redheaded Man w/Richard Widmark
03/26/51 # 49 You'll Never Know When w/Anne Baxter
04/02/51 # 50 The Perfect Mrs. Chesney w/Angela Lansbury
04/09/51 # 51 Ledge Of Death w/Barry Sullivan
04/16/51 # 52 The God They Call Gold w/Jeff Chandler
04/23/51 # 53 Father's Day w/Barbara Stanwyck
04/30/51 # 54 The Long Way Back w/David Brian
05/07/51 # 55 Death Is A Right Hook w/Dan Dailey
05/14/51 # 56 A Ride With A Stranger w/William Holden
05/21/51 # 57 Spectre Of The Red Balloon w/Mel Ferrer
05/28/51 # 58 They Call Me Lucky w/John Lund
06/04/51 # 59 The Trap w/Dean Stockwell
06/11/51 # 60 On A Windy Night w/Dana Andrews
06/18/51 # 61 Blackout w/Robert Young
06/25/51 # 62 Wanted: Beneficiary w/Dane Clark
07/02/51 # 63 The Envelope w/Richard Basehart
07/09/51 # 64 Knee High To A Corpse w/Mickey Rooney
07/16/51 # 65 Mindin' My Business w/Frank Lovejoy

ABC
Thursday - 8:30 p.m.

07/26/51 # 66 I Am A Coward w/Barbara Stanwyck
08/02/51 # 67 Until Death Do Us Part w/MacDonald Carey
08/09/51 # 68 A Wonderful Disposition w/
08/16/51 # 69 An Obit For Joe w/Barry Sullivan
08/23/51 # 70 Big Wave w/Claire Trevor
08/30/51 # 71 Until Midnight w/Lee Bowman
09/06/51 # 72 Cathedral In The Fens w/Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
09/13/51 # 73 Dust Of Doomsday w/William Bendix
09/20/51 # 74 Hour Of Truth w/Vincent Price
09/27/51 # 75 The Professor Stays At Home w/
10/04/51 # 76 The Gun And Miss Greenfield w/Anne Baxter
10/11/51 # 77 Postage Due w/Cornel Wilde
10/18/51 # 78 Killer's Moon w/Eve Arden
10/25/51 # 79 Wedding Present w/George Murphy
11/01/51 # 80 It Always Comes Up Tails w/M. Mitchell
11/08/51 # 81 Jack Of Diamonds w/John Payne
11/15/51 # 82 The Night The Moon Went Out w/Caesar Romero
11/22/51 # 83 No One Will Ever Know w/Ray Milland
11/29/51 # 84 The Brother Of The Ox w/Richard Widmark
12/06/51 # 85 Solo For The Bowstring w/Tyrone Power
12/13/51 # 86 The Diary Of A Madman w/John Lund
12/20/51 # 87 The Night Before Dawn w/Herbert Marshall
12/27/51 # 88 Year Of The Devil w/Robert Cummings
01/03/52 # 89 You're Driving Me Crazy w/Dennis O'Keefe
01/10/52 # 90 The Frontier w/Claire Trevor
01/17/52 # 91 The Deep Grave w/MacDonald Carey

NBC
Baker’s Theater Of Stars
Sunday - 5:00 p.m.

02/24/52 # 92 A Letter From Laura w/Jane Wyman
03/02/52 # 93 Father's Day w/Claire Trevor (Repeat)
03/09/52 # 94 Hospital Zone, Quiet w/Paul Douglas (Repeat)
03/16/52 # 95 Companion Wanted w/Deborah Kerr
03/23/52 # 96 Death Is A Right Hook w/Barry Sullivan (Repeat)
03/30/52 # 97 Blind Flight w/Audrey Totter
04/06/52 # 98 The Patient Stranger w/Gary Merrill
04/13/52 # 99 The Six Shooter w/James Stewart
04/20/52 #100 Dream Job w/Dianna Lynn
04/27/52 #101 Nor Gloom Of Night w/Alan Young (Repeat)
05/04/52 #102 The Wrong Pair Of Shoes w/Lee Bowman
05/11/52 #103 Drurv's Bones w/Herbert Marshall
05/18/52 #104 Safari w/Ray Milland
05/25/52 #105 Mrs. Teckev w/Barbara Stanwyck
06/01/52 #106 The Man On The Roof w/Caesar Romero
06/08/52 #107 The Long Shot w/David Niven
06/15/52 #108 The Nemesis w/Cornel Wilde
06/22/52 #109 Final Entry w/Van Heflin
06/29/52 #110 Real As Death w/Gloria Grahame
07/06/52 #111 Blonde Puzzle w/MacDonald Carey
07/13/52 #112 Not The Nervous Type w/Mercedes McCambridge (Repeat)
07/20/52 #113 Step Right Up And Die w/John Lund
07/27/52 #114 Tampico Incident w/Tony Curtis
08/03/52 #115 The Third Fate w/Barbara Stanwyck
08/10/52 #116 Avalanche w/Edmund O'Brien
08/17/52 #117 Haunt Me Not w/Deborah Kerr
08/24/52 #118 One Minute To Twelve w/Richard Basehart
08/31/52 #119 Statement In Full w/Marilyn Monroe (Repeat)
09/07/52 #120 The Tenth Planet w/Joseph Cotten
09/14/52 #121 The Reluctant Witness w/Dennis O'Keefe (Repeat)
09/21/52 #122 The Last Chance w/Charleton Heston
09/28/52 #123 Ambush For Two w/Barry Sullivan
10/05/52 #124 (Title Not Known)
10/12/52 #125 Sitting Duck w/Dane Clark
10/19/52 #126 Nothing To Lose w/Ray Milland & Claire Trevor
10/26/52 #127 Quicksand w/Dana Andrews
11/02/52 #128 The Big One w/M. Mitchell
11/09/52 #129 Double Disaster w/Lynn Bari
11/16/52 #130 Diamonds Of Gulaga w/Caesar Romero
11/23/52 #131 The Joyful Beggar w/William Holden
11/30/52 #132 The Word w/John Lund
12/07/52 #133 Memory Of The Future w/Ronald Reagan
12/14/52 #134 End Of Aunt Delia w/Cornel Wilde
12/21/52 #135 Santa Is No Saint w/Broderic Crawford
12/28/52 #136 All Brides Are Beautiful w/Ruth Hussey
01/04/53 #137 Match Point w/Joanne Dru
01/11/53 #138 The Soil w/Barry Sullivan
01/18/53 #139 Blackout w/Richard Conte (Repeat)
01/25/53 #140 Encore w/Janet Leigh
02/01/53 #141 (Title Not Known)
02/08/53 #142 (Title Not Known)
02/15/53 #143 (Title Not Known)

Last Broadcast


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