Prudential Family Playhouse (1950)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a 1950s TV anthology series that adapts Broadway plays and bestselling novels into live hour-long dramas. Each episode features a new cast of well-known stage and screen actors performing condensed versions of popular stories.
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What happens
Prudential Family Playhouse is an American television anthology drama series that aired on live CBS from October 1950 to March 1951. It debuted on October 10, 1950, and ended on March 27, 1951. Sponsored by Prudential Insurance, the series features actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or best selling novels. Among its stars were Gertrude Lawrence, Ruth Chatterton, Grace Kelly, Bert Lahr, Eva Marie Saint, Jessica Tandy, Helen Hayes, Kay Francis, Kevin McCarthy, and Dorothy Gish. Its writers included playwrights George Abbott, Robert Anderson, Ruth Gordon, and Sidney Howard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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