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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
Episode 19 : Shadowed
June. 18,1953
Past haunts politician running for Senator.
Episode 18 : To Whom It May Concern
June. 04,1953
A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.
Episode 17 : The Ladies On His Mind
May. 21,1953
A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.
Episode 16 : Night Ride
May. 07,1953
Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.
Episode 15 : The Last Voyage
April. 23,1953
Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.
Episode 14 : The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
March. 26,1953
After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.
Episode 13 : No Identity
March. 12,1953
Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.
Episode 12 : The Man in the Box
February. 26,1953
Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.
Episode 11 : Sound Off, My Love
February. 12,1953
Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.
Episode 10 : Trail's End
January. 29,1953
A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.
Episode 9 : Man on a Train
January. 15,1953
William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.
Episode 8 : Knockout
January. 01,1953
Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.
Episode 7 : The Officer and the Lady
December. 18,1952
A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.
Episode 6 : The Island
December. 04,1952
Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.
Episode 5 : Welcome Home
November. 20,1952
A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.
Episode 4 : Backstage
November. 06,1952
An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes $5 could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.
Episode 3 : The Lost Silk Hat
October. 23,1952
Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.
Episode 2 : Dante's Inferno
October. 02,1952
Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.
Episode 1 : My Wife Geraldine
September. 25,1952
Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.
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