DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet, Alex Segal, Robert Mulligan, Ralph Nelson

Genre

anthology series, drama television series

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 34 episodes

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1950s American anthology series that aired monthly. Each episode adapted a classic novel or literary work into a 90-minute live television drama.

formaltheatricalclassicmeasuredliteraryintimateretroserious

What happens

DuPont Show of the Month is a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–61). During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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