''Concerning Miss Marlowe'' is an American daytime television serial that was broadcast on NBC from July 5, 1954, until July 1, 1955.

Plot

The title character was 40-year-old Maggie Marlowe, whose husband succumbed to pneumonia shortly before the birth of their daughter. The impoverished mother allowed her in-laws to take the child to raise. Returning to her acting career, she fell in love with a married man and tried to restore relations with her estranged daughter. By April 1955, Marlowe was no longer an actress; she had become "a middleclass house frau with a tacky smock and a worry for every gray hair in her little head."

Sponsor and promotion

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...

initially sponsored the program "on an alternate-day basis". In September 1955, the company held a Talent Discovery contest with the show's star, director, and producer as judges.

Miles Laboratories Miles Laboratories was founded as the Dr. Miles Medical Company in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1884 by Dr. Franklin Lawrence Miles, a specialist in the treatment of eye and ear disorders, with an interest in the connection of the nervous system to ov ...

became a sponsor in the fall of 1954. The serial originated at WNBT-TV in New York City. It was replaced by ''It Pays to Be Married''.

Personnel

Characters in ''Concerning Miss Marlowe'' and the actors and actresses who portrayed them are shown in the table below. Hugh James was the announcer. Tom McDermott was the producer, and Larry White was the director. John Pickard and Frank Provo were the writers.

References

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