Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic

Dramatic programming

Dramatic programming in the UK, or television drama and television drama series in the US, is television program content that is scripted and fictional along the lines of √a traditional drama. This excludes, for example, sports television, television news, reality show and game shows, stand-up...

 television series which was produced by NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes

Lucky Strike

Lucky Strike is a brand of cigarette owned by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and British American Tobacco groups. Often referred to as "Luckies", Lucky Strike was the top selling cigarette in the United States during the 1930s.- History :...

, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

Evolution

In 1949, to develop the series for NBC, Montgomery relocated his family from the West Coast to New York City. Robert Montgomery Presents originally was telecast on a semi-weekly basis, alternating with Musical Comedy Time and Somerset Maugham TV Theatre until December 1951 when it became a weekly series.

Initially offering hour-long dramas adapted from successful Hollywood films, the series was hosted and produced by Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery (actor)

Robert Montgomery was an American actor and director.- Early life :Montgomery was born Henry Montgomery, Jr. in Beacon, New York, then known as "Fishkill Landing", the son of Mary Weed and Henry Montgomery, Sr. His early childhood was one of privilege, since his father was president of the New...

. His presence lent a degree of respectability to the new medium of television, and he was able to persuade many of his Hollywood associates to appear. Montgomery introduced each episode and also acted in many episodes.

The program was noted for the high level of production values and the consistent attempt to present quality entertainment within the constraints of a live presentation. A drama built around the Hindenburg disaster

Hindenburg disaster

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey...

, including interviews with survivors of the actual event, was one example of the ambitious nature of the program.

Productions

The debut episode was W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham , CH was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and, reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s.-Childhood and education:...

's The Letter

The Letter (play)

The Letter is a play by W. Somerset Maugham dramatised from a short story that first appeared in his 1926 collection The Casuarina Tree. The story is based on a real-life scandal involving the wife of the headmaster of a school in Kuala Lumpur who was convicted in a murder trial after shooting...

. During its first season, the movie adaptations included Rebecca, The Egg and I

The Egg and I (film)

The Egg and I is a 1947 film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book by Betty MacDonald.This comedy was such a hit with audiences, it spawned the Ma and Pa Kettle film series...

, Dark Victory

Dark Victory

Dark Victory is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, and Ronald Reagan...

and Montgomery's Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse is a 1947 American crime film noir produced by Universal Studios. It was directed by the actor Robert Montgomery from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, which was based on a novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes. The drama features Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King,...

. Over the following seasons it adapted highly respected works but also showcased new writers and original dramas written expressly for the series. On Christmas Eve 1956, in a departure from its usual non-musical format, the series telecast Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast...

, which had already become an annual television event.

From 1952, a repertory cast appeared on the show along with guest artists (and featured during the series' Summer Theater seasons as well). Montgomery's daughter, Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American film and television actress whose career spanned five decades. She is perhaps best remembered for her roles as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched, as Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape and as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden.-Early life:Born in Los...

, made her acting debut as a repertory player in 1953 and remained with the show until 1956. Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half of a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly...

 also made his acting debut as part of the same group in 1954.

Guest stars

Notable guest stars included:

• Luther Adler
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• Brian Aherne
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• Eddie Albert
  Eddie Albert
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• Robert Alda
  Robert Alda
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• Mary Astor
  Mary Astor
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• Jean-Pierre Aumont
  Jean-Pierre Aumont
  -Early life:Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc . His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr. His father was from a Dutch Jewish family and his mother's family were French Jews...
  
  
• Jim Backus
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• Fay Bainter
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• Barbara Bel Geddes
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• Constance Bennett
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• Edna Best
• Claire Bloom
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• Lee Bowman
  Lee Bowman
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• Lloyd Bridges
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• Vanessa Brown
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• James Cagney
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• Madeleine Carroll
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• John Cassavetes
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• Claudette Colbert
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• Jackie Cooper
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• Robert Culp
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• Robert Cummings
  Robert Cummings
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• James Dean
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• Gloria DeHaven
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• Joanne Dru
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• James Dunn
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• June Duprez
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• Tom Ewell
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• Peter Falk
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• Betty Field
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• Geraldine Fitzgerald
  Geraldine Fitzgerald
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• John Forsythe
  John Forsythe
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• Peggy Ann Garner
  Peggy Ann Garner
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• Dorothy Gish
  Dorothy Gish
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• Lillian Gish
  Lillian Gish
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• Thomas Gomez
  Thomas Gomez
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• Farley Granger
  Farley Granger
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• Signe Hasso
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• Hurd Hatfield
  Hurd Hatfield
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• June Havoc
  June Havoc
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• Helen Hayes
  Helen Hayes
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• Van Heflin
  Van Heflin
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• Wanda Hendrix
  Wanda Hendrix
  Wanda Hendrix was an American film and television actress.Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract...
  
  
• Charlton Heston
  Charlton Heston
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• Kim Hunter
  Kim Hunter
  Kim Hunter was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire...
  
  
• Diana Hyland
  Diana Hyland
  Diana Hyland was an American actress best known for her television appearances and occasional films.-Career:Hyland made her acting debut in 1955 in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents...
  
  

• Louis Jourdan
• Boris Karloff
  Boris Karloff
  William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...
  
  
• Grace Kelly
  Grace Kelly
  Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of...
  
  
• Phyllis Kirk
  Phyllis Kirk
  -Early life and career:Born Phyllis Kirkegaard in Syracuse, New York , she contracted polio as a child which resulted in health problems for the rest of her life. As a teen, she moved to New York City to study acting and changed her last name to "Kirk"...
  
  
• Elsa Lanchester
  Elsa Lanchester
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• Angela Lansbury
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• Piper Laurie
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• Anna Lee
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• Jack Lemmon
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• Audra Lindley
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• June Lockhart
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• Paul Lukas
  Paul Lukas
  Paul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
  
  
• Diana Lynn
  Diana Lynn
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• Jeffrey Lynn
  Jeffrey Lynn
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• Raymond Massey
  Raymond Massey
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• Walter Matthau
  Walter Matthau
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• Roddy McDowall
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• Darren McGavin
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• Dorothy McGuire
  Dorothy McGuire
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• Burgess Meredith
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• Roger Moore
  Roger Moore
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• Chester Morris
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• Leslie Nielsen
  Leslie Nielsen
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• David Niven
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• Margaret O'Brien
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• Una O'Connor
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• Gale Page
• Geraldine Page
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• Vincent Price
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• Ella Raines
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• Lydia Reed
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• Lee Remick
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• Gena Rowlands
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• Ann Rutherford
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• Martha Scott
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• Zachary Scott
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• Alexis Smith
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• Kent Smith
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• Brett Somers
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• Jean Stapleton
• Inger Stevens
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• Franchot Tone
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• Jo Van Fleet
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• Estelle Winwood
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• Joanne Woodward
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• Teresa Wright
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• Jane Wyatt
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• Gig Young
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Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category
1952	Nominated	Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...	Best Dramatic Show
1953	Won		Best Dramatic Program
1954	Nominated		Best Dramatic Show