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 anthology drama series

Dramatic programming

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 that debuted as a midseason replacement

Midseason replacement

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 on NBC

NBC

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 in January 1949. Hosted and narrated by Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields was an Irish stage and film actor.Born into an Irish Protestant family in Portobello, Dublin, he started acting in the Abbey Theatre when still a young man. He was the younger brother of Oscar-winning actor Barry Fitzgerald. An Irish nationalist, he fought in the Easter Rising of...

, the series ran until July 1949. Made by Grant Productions at Hal Roach Studios

Hal Roach

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, it was American television's first dramatic series to be shot on film instead of broadcast live. The program is also notable for being the first series to win an Emmy award

Emmy Award

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Synopsis

The show featured half-hour dramatizations of stories by renowned authors such as Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

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, Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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, Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

, Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....

, Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

, Frank Stockton and Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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. Other episodes were adapted from chapters of novels, such as The Bishop's Experiment, an adaptation of the section featuring the bishop in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

Les Misérables

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with Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

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 as Jean Valjean.

The show featured appearances by such actors as Julie Adams

Julie Adams

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, Robert Alda

Robert Alda

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, Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

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, Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

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, Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

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, William Frawley

William Frawley

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, Eva Gabor

Eva Gabor

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, Hurd Hatfield

Hurd Hatfield

William Rukard Hurd Hatfield was an American actor.-Biography:The son of William Henry Hatfield , an attorney who served as deputy attorney general for New York, and his wife, the former Adele Steele, Hatfield was born in New York City, and was educated at Columbia University before travelling to...

, Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas

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, Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

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, Alan Napier

Alan Napier

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, Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

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 and Selena Royle

Selena Royle

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.

At least nine episodes survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive

UCLA Film and Television Archive

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Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"The Necklace"	January 21, 1949
1-2	"The Sire de Maletroit's Door"	January 28, 1949
1-3	"Madamoiselle Fifi"	February 4, 1949
1-4	"The Mummy's Foot"	February 11, 1949
1-5	"The Substitute"	February 18, 1949
1-6	"The Invisible Wound"	February 25, 1949
1-7	"Capture"	March 4, 1949
1-8	"The Real Thing"	March 11, 1949
1-9	"The Treasure of Franchard"	March 18, 1949
1-10	"The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Adventure of the Speckled Band "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It is one of four Sherlock Holmes stories that can be classified as a locked... "	March 25, 1949
1-11	"The Tenor"	April 1, 1949
1-12	"The Manchester Marriage"	April 8, 1949
1-13	"The Lady Or the Tiger"	April 15, 1949
1-14	"A Confession on New Year's Eve"	April 22, 1949
1-15	"The Mysterious Picture"	April 29, 1949
1-16	"An Old, Old Story"	May 6, 1949
1-17	"The Marquise"	May 13, 1949
1-18	"The Million Pound Bank Note"	May 20, 1949
1-19	"Birthday of the Infants"	May 27, 1949
1-20	"Why Thomas Was Discharged"	June 3, 1949
1-21	"The Bishop's Experiment"	June 10, 1949
1-22	"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"	June 17, 1949
1-23	"An Only Son"	June 24, 1949
1-24	"Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff"	July 1, 1949
1-25	"Cricket on the Hearth"	July 8, 1949
1-26	"A Lodging for the Night"	July 15, 1949

Awards

Year	Award	Result	Category	Notes
1950	Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...	Won	Best Film Made for Television Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, which is awarded since 1992. The category was originally called Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special.-1980s:*1980: The Miracle Worker...	For episode "The Necklace"