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1957-05-16, CBS, 30 min.
- Polly Bergen
- Helen Morgan
- Hogey Carmichael
- Slyvia Sidney
- Robert Lowery
- Reginald Denny
- Ronnie Burns
- Lili Gentle
- Benay Venuta
- James Westerfield
- Williard Sage
- Paul Lambert
- Glenn Turnbull
- Dan Frazer
- Benny Carter
- Robin Morse
- Al Hopson
- Jimmy Cross
- Sidney Clute
- James Nolan
- Larry Kerr
- Nicky Blair
- Mavis Neal Palmer
- Burt Nelson
- Don Anderson
- William Forest
- Lewis Charles
- Eve McVeagh
- Dana Wynter
- Brandon. Beach
- Paul Bradley
- Morgan Brown
- Donald Chaffin
- Sam Finn
- Kennegh Gibson
- Joe Gilbert
- Richard Joy
- Eddie Kane
- Max Mannes
- William Meader
- Hans Moebus
- Cosmo Sardo
- Bernard Sell
- Al Silvani
October 4th, 1956- May 18th, 1960 (CBS) CBS anthology series considered to be the most ambitious of all the early day TV anthology series with top talent performing. During it's first three seasons, Playhouse '90 presented ninety-minute dramas. It was broadcast as a series of specials during the 1959-60 season. Reruns were aired in 1961. More than 100 plays were presented, many of them live, featuring top ranked directors and excellent scripts. This episode features "The Helen Morgan Story." Helen Morgan is a Broadway legend. Her story told by her mother from her early start in speakeasies to star of top-rated shows and owning her own club. Her fatal descent into alcoholism is also covered. Polly Bergen stars as Helen Morgan.
#7357: RED SKELTON HOUR, THE
Order1962-09-25, CBS, 00 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971. This was the first hour-long Red Skelton broadcast on CBS. Series Premiere