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Release year: 1953

Storyline

ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for the 1953 TV season. The episodes were expensive to produce and featured top notch casts and two of the episodes were picked up by sponsors and broadcast in the 1953-54 season.

Top credits

Cast

Donald Cook — Self - Host
Boris Karloff — Story One - The Chase, starring in 'The Chase' and 'The Reticence of Cody Anne'
Wendell Corey — Sydney Carton
Wanda Hendrix — Lucie Manette

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Did you know

• This program was sponsored by the automobile manufacturer The Chrysler Corporation from the third episode onwards. Thus, the title was changed to The Plymouth Playhouse, Plymouth being one of the brand of automobiles manufactured by Chrysler.

• This show was broadcast on the ABC Network on Sunday nights between 7:30 and 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

• Episode 1.3, "Jamie", was the pilot for the 1953 sitcom of the same name (Jamie (1953)) starring Brandon De Wilde.