Your Favorite Story

Your Favorite Story is a syndicated TV anthology series[1] that was broadcast in the United States from 1953 to 1955. The program was also known as My Favorite Story.[2][3][4] It was premiered in December 1954 with the title Your Favorite Playhouse.

Your Favorite Story
(Your Favorite Playhouse)
GenreAnthology
Directed byLewis Allen
Eddie Davis
Robert Florey
Leslie Goodwins
Tom Gries
John Guillermin
Phil Karlson
Lew Landers
Christian Nyby
Ted Post
Presented byAdolphe Menjou
StarringRobert Blake
Raymond Burr
Mae Clark
Suzanne Flon
DeForest Kelley
Anita Louise
Adolphe Menjou
Ralph Morgan
Kenneth Tobey
Narrated byAdolphe Menjou
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes25
Production
Running time25 mins.
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseJanuary 11, 1953 (1953-01-11) –
1955 (1955)

This program was adapted from the radio show Favorite Story which ran from 1946 to 1949.[5] The program's 25 episodes were hosted and narrated by Adolphe Menjou, who also acted in several episodes.[6] It featured episodes originally written by Leonard St. Clair, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Frank R. Stockton.

The show was produced by Ziv Television Programs.[2] John Guillermin directed some episodes.[7]

The program's initial episode was an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", directed by Eddie Davis and starring Raymond Burr.[4]

References
  1. Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 1208. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  2. "D. Fairbanks Noses Out 'Favorite Story'". Billboard. July 31, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 578. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  4. Gould, Jack (January 14, 1953). "Radio and Television". The New York Times. p. 37. Retrieved November 20, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  5. Fusco, Joseph (December 2012). Beyond Dead End: The Solo Careers of The Dead End Kids. BearManor Media. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  6. Olsson, Jan (25 April 2015). Hitchcock à la Carte. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7602-6. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  7. Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
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