Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired from 1952 to 1956 on CBS. Each week the show presented a standalone dramatic story, with a rotating roster of stars from the Four Star Productions stable, including Dick Powell, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Charles Boyer. The series was one of the first major productions from Four Star Productions, a company founded by Powell, Lupino, Niven, and Boyer to produce quality television programming. The show ran for 102 episodes across four seasons and earned multiple Emmy nominations. All 48 surviving episodes are in the public domain.
Production
Distributor
Season 1
My Wife Geraldine
A man reflects on his marriage to the charming but unpredictable Geraldine, navigating the comic and dramatic moments of their life
The Lost Silk Hat
A man's desperate search for his lost silk hat leads him through a series of encounters that reveal the social fabric of the city and
Backstage
A dramatic story set in the world of the theater, exploring the lives and tensions of performers waiting in the wings for their moment on
The Island
A tense drama about survival and human nature on a remote island, where a group of stranded people must confront their differences to
Knockout
A boxing drama that explores the brutal world of the fight game, following a boxer's struggle with ambition, loyalty, and the price of
Man On a Train
A mysterious passenger on a train becomes the center of a dramatic story that unfolds over the course of a single journey, revealing
Sound Off, My Love
A romantic drama about a couple navigating the challenges of communication and commitment, exploring how silence and speech shape
The Man in the Box
A suspenseful drama about a man trapped in a confined space, exploring fear, claustrophobia, and the desperate measures one takes to escape
The Ladies on His Mind
A charming drama about a man whose romantic entanglements with multiple women create a web of comic and poignant complications.
Details
- Years
- 1952–1956
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 10
- Genres
- Drama
- Rating
- 7.5/10
- Status
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Studio
- Four Star Productions
