Cosmopolitan Theatre

Cosmopolitan Theatre
Genre	Anthology
Directed by	Louis G. Cowan David Crandall Albert McCleery
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Louis G. Cowan Sherman Marks Albert McCleery
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company(s)	DuMont Television Network Louis G. Cowan Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	DuMont
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	October 2, 1951 (1951-10-02) – December 25, 1951 (1951-12-25)

Cosmopolitan Theatre is an American anthology series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from October 2, 1951 to December 25, 1951.

Synopsis

The series consisted of live presentations of stories written for Cosmopolitan magazine, and was one of many TV series airing "Tele-plays" at the time.^[1]

Episode status

Certain episodes exist within private collections. Precisely how many episodes exist remains unknown.

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate	Guest star(s)
1-1	"The Secret Front"	October 2, 1951	Marsha Hunt, Kurt Katch, and Lee Tracy
1-2	"Be Just and Fear Not"	October 9, 1951	Joseph Schildkraut and June Walker
1-3	"Incident in the Blizzard"	October 16, 1951	Betty Field and E. G. Marshall
1-4	"Reward, One Million"	October 23, 1951	Dennis Hoey and Beatrice Straight
1-5	"Mr. Pratt and the Triple Horror Bill "	October 30, 1951	Constance Dowling and Tom Ewell
1-6	"Last Concerto"	November 6, 1951	Lon Chaney, Jr., Susan Douglas, and Ruth McDevitt
1-7	"I'll Be Right Home, Ma"	November 13, 1951	Charles Nolte
1-8	"The Tourist"	November 20, 1951	Peggy Allenby, John Boruff, and John Hoyt
1-9	"Time to Kill"	November 27, 1951	John Forsythe, Phyllis Love, and Torin Thatcher
1-10	"The Beautiful Time"	December 4, 1951	Joseph Buloff and Lili Darvas
1-11	"Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star"	December 11, 1951	Peggy Conklin and Bramwell Fletcher
1-12	"The Sighing Sounds"	December 18, 1951	Bethel Leslie and Gordon Mills
1-13	"One Red Rose for Christmas"	December 25, 1951	Jo Van Fleet

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

1. ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

• Cosmopolitan Theatre at the Internet Movie Database
• DuMont historical website