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Prudential Family Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on live CBS from October 1950 to March 1951. Sponsored by Prudential Insurance, the series features actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or best selling novels.
Original Release
10/10/1950 on CBS
US Release
10/10/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Abel | Sam Dodsworth / Egbert Flound |
Cliff Hall | Kurt von Obersdorf |
Eva Marie Saint | Edith Cortwright |
Kevin McCarthy | Richard Kurt / Ben Jordan |
Gertrude Lawrence | Marion Froude / Lydia Kenyon |
John McQuade | Harley Valentine / Frank Haines |
Robert Pastene | Robert Browning |
Hiram Sherman | Leander Nolan / Erwin Trowbridge |
Donald Curtis | Bill Blake |
Haila Stoddard | Myrtle Valentine |
# | Title | Air Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Biography | Tuesday, 10 October 1950 |
2 | Dodsworth | Tuesday, 24 October 1950 |
3 | Call It a Day | Tuesday, 07 November 1950 |
4 | Three Men on a Horse | Tuesday, 21 November 1950 |
5 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Tuesday, 05 December 1950 |
6 | Over 21 | Tuesday, 19 December 1950 |
7 | Burlesque | Tuesday, 02 January 1951 |
8 | Skylark | Tuesday, 16 January 1951 |
9 | Icebound | Tuesday, 30 January 1951 |
10 | Berkeley Square | Tuesday, 13 February 1951 |
11 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Tuesday, 27 February 1951 |
12 | One Sunday Afternoon | Tuesday, 13 March 1951 |
13 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Tuesday, 27 March 1951 |
Directors
Writers
Robert Anderson, James Hagan, Rudolph Besier, Dodie Smith, Sidney Howard, John L. Balderston, Samson Raphaelson, S.N. Behrman, George Manker Watters, Harry Leon Wilson, Frederick J. Jackson, Owen Davis, Arthur Hopkins, Sinclair Lewis, Henry James, John Cecil Holm, George Abbott, Ruth Gordon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Abel | Sam Dodsworth / Egbert Flound |
Cliff Hall | Kurt von Obersdorf |
Eva Marie Saint | Edith Cortwright |
Kevin McCarthy | Richard Kurt / Ben Jordan |
Gertrude Lawrence | Marion Froude / Lydia Kenyon |
John McQuade | Harley Valentine / Frank Haines |
Robert Pastene | Robert Browning |
Hiram Sherman | Leander Nolan / Erwin Trowbridge |
Donald Curtis | Bill Blake |
Haila Stoddard | Myrtle Valentine |
Ruth Chatterton | Fran Dodsworth |
Glenda Farrell | Effie Flound |
John Baragrey | Kurt |
Barbara Robbins | Edith |
Lili Valenty | Baroness |
Leslie Barrie | Clyde Lockert |
Edith King | Matey |
Archie Smith | Harry McKee |
Ruth Gordon | Paula Wharton |
Bethel Leslie | Henrietta Moulton-Barrett |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dorothy Mathews | Producer |
Donald Davis | Producer |