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Starlit Time
''Starlit Time'' was a variety series on the DuMont Television Network. The series aired from April 9 to November 19, 1950. This show aired Sundays at 7pm ET, and replaced ''Front Row Center'' which ended April 2. Bela Lugosi made a rare TV guest appearance on May 21. Episode status As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. See also *List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network *List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts * 1950–51 United States network television schedule References Bibliography *David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) *Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) *Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Time (TV Series)
''Star Time'' is an American variety series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1950, to February 27, 1951, and starred singer-actress Frances Langford. It was broadcast from 10 to 11 p.m. on Tuesdays. Broadcast history The hour-long comedy-variety show spotlighted several regulars and guest performers. One feature of each telecast was a lengthy skit, written and directed by Philip Rapp, with Langford and Lew Parker performing as The Bickersons, a quarrelsome married couple that migrated from radio as a distinctively-unhappy sitcom man and wife. With Langford as a first-class singer, music was an integral component of the series. The premier telecast spotlighted The Harmonicats, a trio of versatile harmonica players who had achieved great prominence in the 1940s. But the program soon settled on a regular slot called Club Goodman in which the Benny Goodman Sextet—with Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Terry Gibbs, among others—played jazz arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |