Gruen Playhouse

Gruen Playhouse (also known as Gruen Guild Playhouse) is a dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.

Gruen Playhouse
Also known asGruen Guild Playhouse
StarringRaymond Burr
Bruce Cabot
Dane Clark
Ann Dvorak
Buddy Ebsen
Bonita Granville
Peter Graves (actor)
Carolyn Jones
Shirley Jones
Cameron Mitchell (actor)
Vincent Price
Marjorie Reynolds
Ann Rutherford
Ruth Warrick
Country of originUSA
Production
ProducerLeon Fromkess
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkABC (1951)
DuMont (1952)
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseSeptember 27 (1951-09-27) (ABC)
January 17, 1952 (1952-01-17) (DuMont) –
December 20, 1951 (1951-12-20) (ABC)
August 7, 1952 (1952-08-07) (DuMont)

Sponsored by the Gruen Watch Company, the series aired on ABC on Thursdays at 9:30pm ET, and on DuMont on Thursdays at 9pm ET. From January to March 1952, Gruen Playhouse alternated with Shadow of the Cloak on DuMont.

The 30-minute dramas featured actors such as Carolyn Jones (in her TV debut), Raymond Burr (in his TV debut), and Bonita Granville.[1][2] An early episode was written by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

Episode status

Two DuMont episodes are held in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, along with a single ABC episode.

See also

References
  1. IMDB entry
  2. DuMont historical website Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

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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