Cosmopolitan Theatre
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Cosmopolitan Theatre is an American anthology series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network
from October 2, 1951 to December 25, 1951.
magazine, and was one of many TV series airing "Tele-plays" at the time.
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
from October 2, 1951 to December 25, 1951.
Synopsis
The series consisted of live presentations of stories written for CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine, and was one of many TV series airing "Tele-plays" at the time.
Episode status
Certain episodes exist within private collections. Precisely how many episodes exist remains unknown.Episodes
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | Guest star(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "The Secret Front" | October 2, 1951 | Marsha Hunt Marsha Hunt (actress) Marsha Hunt is an American film, theater, and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s.-Career:... , Kurt Katch Kurt Katch Kurt Katch was a Polish film and television actor. Katch was born as Isser Kac. He appeared in Quiet Please, Murder, The Mask of Dimitrios, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and several of the James Bond series movies, among many others. Katch is interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Los... , and Lee Tracy Lee Tracy William Lee Tracy was an American actor.- Early life :Tracy was born in Atlanta, Georgia.After graduating from Western Military Academy in 1918 he studied electrical engineering at Union College, and then served as a 2nd lieutenant in World War I. In the early 1920s he decided to work as an actor... |
| 1-2 | "Be Just and Fear Not" | October 9, 1951 | Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian stage and film actor.-Early life:Born in Vienna, Austria, Schildkraut was the son of stage actor Rudolph Schildkraut. The younger Schildkraut moved to the United States in the early 1900s. He appeared in many Broadway productions... and June Walker |
| 1-3 | "Incident in the Blizzard" | October 16, 1951 | Betty Field Betty Field Betty Field was an American film and stage actress. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.... and E. G. Marshall E. G. Marshall E. G. Marshall was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s... |
| 1-4 | "Reward, One Million" | October 23, 1951 | Dennis Hoey Dennis Hoey Dennis Hoey was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. He played the Master of Harrow in The Foxes of Harrow and appeared in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. After a career as a singer, Hoey moved to acting on the stage in... and Beatrice Straight Beatrice Straight Beatrice Whitney Straight was an American theatre, film, and television actress. Hers remains the shortest acting performance in a film to win an Oscar. In her winning role in the 1976 film Network, she was on screen for five minutes and forty seconds, the shortest time ever for the winner of the... |
| 1-5 | "Mr. Pratt and the Triple Horror Bill " | October 30, 1951 | Constance Dowling Constance Dowling Constance Dowling was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.-Early life and career:... and Tom Ewell Tom Ewell Tom Ewell was an American actor.-Early life and career:Born Samuel Yewell Tompkins in Owensboro, Kentucky, where his family expected him to follow in their footsteps as lawyers or whiskey and tobacco dealers.... |
| 1-6 | "Last Concerto" | November 6, 1951 | Lon Chaney, Jr. Lon Chaney, Jr. Lon Chaney, Jr. , born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney... , Susan Douglas Susan Douglas Rubes Susan Douglas Rubes is an Austrian-born actress and producer.She was born Zuzka Zenta in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Alfred and Charlotte Burstein. When she was young, her parents moved to a ranch in central Bohemia, Czechoslovakia... , and Ruth McDevitt Ruth McDevitt Ruth McDevitt was an American stage, film, radio and television actress.-Career:She was born Ruth Thane Shoecraft in Coldwater, Michigan. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she married Patrick McDevitt and decided to devote her time to her marriage. After her husband's death in... |
| 1-7 | "I'll Be Right Home, Ma" | November 13, 1951 | Charles Nolte |
| 1-8 | "The Tourist" | November 20, 1951 | Peggy Allenby Peggy Allenby Peggy Allenby was an American silent film actress who continued as performer in television. She appeared in silent films, including The Man Who Came Back .-Career:... , John Boruff, and John Hoyt John Hoyt John Hoyt was an American film, stage, and television actor.-Early life:Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even a nightclub comedian... |
| 1-9 | "Time to Kill" | November 27, 1951 | John Forsythe John Forsythe John Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's... , Phyllis Love Phyllis Love Phyllis Love was an American theater and television actress.-Career:Throughout the 1950s she acted in Broadway productions and the occasional film. She won the Clarence Derwent Award in 1951 for her role in The Rose Tattoo. On television, she appeared principally in guest roles from 1950 until her... , and Torin Thatcher Torin Thatcher Torin Thatcher was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.... |
| 1-10 | "The Beautiful Time" | December 4, 1951 | Joseph Buloff and Lili Darvas |
| 1-11 | "Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star" | December 11, 1951 | Peggy Conklin and Bramwell Fletcher Bramwell Fletcher Bramwell Fletcher was a British stage, film, and television actor.... |
| 1-12 | "The Sighing Sounds" | December 18, 1951 | Bethel Leslie Bethel Leslie Bethel Leslie was an American theatre, film, and television actress and a screenwriter.Born in New York City, Leslie was discovered by George Abbott, who cast her in the play Snafu in 1944... and Gordon Mills |
| 1-13 | "One Red Rose for Christmas" | December 25, 1951 | Jo Van Fleet Jo Van Fleet Jo Van Fleet was an American theatre and film actress.-Career:Van Fleet established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's The Trip to... |