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Spin the Picture

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Country of origin
  
United States

Running time
  
60 minutes

Final episode date
  
4 February 1950

Language
  
English

Picture format
  
Black and white

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
9 June 1949

Genre
  
Game show

Audio format
  
Monaural

Presented by
  
Kathi Norris Carl Caruso

Original network
  
DuMont Television Network

Original release
  
9 June 1949 – 4 February 1950

Spin the Picture was an American game show which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The hosts telephoned home viewers to see if they could identify a famous person within a spinning photograph.

The show was originally called Cut at the premiere on 9 June 1949, and was renamed Spin the Picture on 25 June. The show was hosted by Kathi Norris and Carl Caruso and was on Saturdays at 8 pm ET. The final show was broadcast 4 February 1950. Norris was also the host of the DuMont daytime television show TV Shopper. Norris and Caruso were married from 1979 to Norris's death in 2005.

Episode status

No copies of this show are known to exist.

References

Spin the Picture Wikipedia