Café de Paris (TV series)

Café de Paris was an American variety show broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from January to March of 1949. It was a musical variety program set in a Paris bistro, and starred movie actress Sylvie St. Clair. The program aired Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on most DuMont affiliates.[1] The series was cancelled after just two months. None of the episodes are known to survive.

Café de Paris
StarringSylvie St. Clair
Jacques Aubuchon
Stan Free Trio
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time15 minutes
Release
Original networkDuMont
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseJanuary 17 (1949-01-17) 
March 4, 1949 (1949-03-04)

See also

References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.

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
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