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Country of origin
  
United States

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
4 July 1949

Network
  
NBC

Program creator
  
Paul Rhymer

No. of episodes
  
50

Original network
  
NBC

Final episode date
  
7 October 1958

Number of episodes
  
50

Awards
  
Peabody Award

Original release
  
4 July 1949 – 7 October 1958

Similar
  
It's a Great Life, This Man Dawson, The Eve Arden Show, Ford Theatre, The Dennis O'Keefe Show

Colgate Theatre is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC during 1949 and 1958 for a total of 50 episodes in two different formats.

Contents

  • The first edition, a live television anthology, was telecast on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET through the summer of 1950.
  • The second series airing on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET consisted of filmed TV pilots of unsold series, and was a last-minute replacement for the quiz show Dotto, which ended August 12, 1958 due to accusations that it was rigged. Colgate Theatre served as a filler for the sponsor until The George Burns Show premiered on October 14, 1958. Bill Goodwin was host for the 1958 series.

    • Selected Episodes

  • Mr. and Mrs. North (4 July 1949)
  • Vic and Sade: Part 1 (11 July 1949)
  • Vic and Sade: Part 2 (18 July 1949)
  • Vic and Sade: Part 3 (25 July 1949)
  • O'Brien (13 November 1949)
  • Adventures of a Model (19 August 1958)
  • The Last Marshal, starring James Craig (26 August 1958)
  • Tonight in Havana (2 September 1958)
  • Strange Counsel [Mr. Tutt] (9 September 1958)
  • The Fountain of Youth (16 September 1958) directed by Orson Welles
  • MacGreedy's Woman (23 September 1958)
  • Welcome to Washington/The Claudette Colbert Show (30 September 1958) written by Inez Asher
  • If You Knew Tomorrow (7 October 1958)

    • Notable Guest Stars

  • Walter Brennan
  • Claudette Colbert
  • Joanne Dru
  • Vera Miles
  • Ricardo Montalban
  • Jane Russell
  • Mary Wickes

    • References

    Colgate Theatre Wikipedia
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