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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
73

Running time
  
60 minutes

Final episode date
  
18 January 1954

Number of episodes
  
73

Production company
  
WWOR-TV

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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
3

Camera setup
  
Single-camera

First episode date
  
14 April 1952

Number of seasons
  
3

Language
  
English

Similar
  
China Smith, Robert Montgomery Presents, Lux Video Theatre, Appointment with Adventure, Kraft Television Theatre

Broadway Television Theatre is a one-hour syndicated television anthology series produced by WOR-TV in New York City. The series premiered April 14, 1952 and ran for 73 episodes through 1954.

Production background

All the episodes were abridged adaptations of Broadway shows and were shot on 35mm film. Its stars included Christopher Plummer, Veronica Lake, Sylvia Sidney, Signe Hasso, Roddy McDowall, Jack Warden, Ruth Warrick, Constance Bennett, Lee Grant, and Bonita Granville.

The list of shows adapted include:

  • Angel Street, written by Patrick Hamilton (writer)
  • Craig's Wife, written by George Kelly (playwright)
  • Dark Victory
  • The Front Page, written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Gramercy Ghost, written by John Cecil Holm
  • The Hasty Heart, written by John Patrick (dramatist)
  • Janie
  • Kind Lady, written by Edward Chodorov
  • The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, written by Frederick Lonsdale
  • The Letter, written by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Night Must Fall, written by Emlyn Williams
  • Night of January 16th, written by Ayn Rand
  • Reflected Glory, written by George Kelly (playwright)
  • R.U.R., written by Karel Capek
  • Room Service
  • The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
  • The Jazz Singer, written by Samson Raphaelson
  • The Thirteenth Chair, written by Bayard Veiller
  • Three Men on a Horse, written by George Abbott
  • The Trial of Mary Dugan, written by Bayard Veiller
  • Twentieth Century, written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Your Uncle Dudley, written by Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson

    • References

    Broadway Television Theatre Wikipedia
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