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Country of origin
  
USA

No. of episodes
  
9

First episode date
  
15 September 1954

Network
  
CBS

Number of episodes
  
9

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Created by
  
Martin Manulis

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
60 mins

Final episode date
  
4 May 1955

Number of seasons
  
1

Program creator
  
Martin Manulis

Directed by
  
David Alexander Sidney Lumet Paul Nickell Franklin J. Schaffner Herbert B. Swope Jr.

Similar
  
Ford Star Jubilee, Ford Theatre, NBC Matinee Theater, The Alcoa Hour, Ding Dong School

Martin manulis on the television series the best of broadway


The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10pm ET from September 15, 1954 to May 4, 1955 for a total of nine episodes. Each show was broadcast live in color from New York City, was an adaptation of a famous Broadway play, and included ads for Westinghouse featuring Betty Furness.

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This series ran every fourth week, with Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts being aired the other three weeks. After this series, and Ford Star Jubilee (1955–56), CBS largely refrained from color broadcasting until the mid-60's.

The best of broadway tv promo


Episodes

  • Episode 1: The Royal Family of Broadway (15 September 1954)
  • Episode 2: The Man Who Came to Dinner (13 October 1954)
  • Episode 3: Panama Hattie (10 November 1954)
  • Episode 4: The Philadelphia Story (8 December 1954)
  • Episode 5: Arsenic and Old Lace (5 January 1955)
  • Episode 6: The Show-Off (2 February 1955)
  • Episode 7: The Guardsman (2 March 1955)
  • Episode 8: Stage Door (6 April 1955) adapted by Gore Vidal
  • Episode 9: Broadway (4 May 1955)

    • Cast

    Actors appearing in the series included:

  • Mary Astor
  • Joan Bennett
  • Billie Burke (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
  • Art Carney
  • Richard Carlson
  • Charles Coburn
  • Claudette Colbert (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Rhonda Fleming
  • Reginald Gardiner (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
  • Jackie Gleason
  • Margaret Hamilton (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
  • Helen Hayes (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
  • Martha Hyer
  • Boris Karloff
  • Buster Keaton
  • Burt Lahr
  • Piper Laurie
  • Peter Lorre
  • Fredric March
  • Ethel Merman
  • Dorothy McGuire
  • Merle Oberon
  • Nancy Olson
  • John Payne (actor)
  • ZaSu Pitts
  • Franchot Tone
  • Keenan Wynn

    • References

    The Best of Broadway Wikipedia
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