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American TV series or program
Gulf Playhouse
Genre
Dramatic anthology
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
October 3, 1952 (1952-10-03) – September 11, 1953 (1953-09-11)
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Gulf Playhouse, also known as Gulf Playhouse: 1st Person and First Person Playhouse is an American anthology series that aired on Friday nights from 1952 to 1953 on NBC.[1] Originally a standard live dramatic anthology series, it was later redeveloped as a summer replacement series whose anthology stories were now told as seen through the "eye" of the camera.[2] The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person, animal or object.[1]
Gulf Playhouse debuted on October 3, 1952,[2] replacing We the People.[3] It initially ran on NBC opposite My Friend Irma. When it was canceled, Gulf replaced it with The Life of Riley.[4] The revised version, Gulf Playhouse: 1st Person, was the summer replacement for Riley in 1953.[1]
The series ran for twenty-four episodes with stars that included Rod Steiger, Tony Randall, Kim Stanley, Eddie Bracken, Ward Bond, Wendell Corey, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, and Kim Hunter. The show's sponsor was Gulf Oil, and it was produced and directed by Frank Telford. Among its other directors was Arthur Penn.[5] and Wes McKee. Bill Hoffman edited the scripts. Many of the writers were relatively unknown at the time. They included Carey Wilber, Frank D. Gilroy, Abby Mann, and Norman Lessing.[4]
^ abcTim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Gulf Playhouse, 1st Person (Dramatic Anthology)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.
^ abHawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^"This Week (Cont'd)". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 28, 1952. p. 5. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
^ abGould, Jack (December 21, 1952). "The Gulf Playhouse". The New York Times. p. X 11. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^Wood, Robin; Lippe, Richard (2014). Arthur Penn: New Edition. Wayne State University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8143-3927-5. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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