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Your Story Theatre

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Your Story Theatre
Also known asStory Theater
Durkee Story Theater
GenreAnthology
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes27
Production
Executive producerHal Roach
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 mins.
Original release
NetworkDuMont (Nov 1950-May 1951)
NBC (June-Sept 1951)
ReleaseNovember 4, 1950 (1950-11-04) –
September 17, 1951 (1951-09-17)

Your Story Theatre[1] (also known as Story Theater[2] and Durkee Story Theater) is an American dramatic anthology television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and on NBC. The DuMont series aired from November 4, 1950, to May 11, 1951, and the NBC series aired from June 24 to September 17, 1951.[2]

Production

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The DuMont version was broadcast from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays.[1] The series was filmed[2] at Hal Roach Studios and sponsored by Durkee Foods.[citation needed]

Cast

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Actors appearing in the series included:

Authors

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Authors whose works were adapted for the program included Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Frank R. Stockton.[1]

Episode status

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As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.[citation needed]

The March 23, 1951, episode was Oscar Wilde's "Birthday of the Infants".[3]

Bibliography

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  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1561. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 793. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  3. ^ "Today's Radio Program". Pottsville Republican. March 23, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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