''Dark of Night'' is an American
dramatic anthology series that aired on the
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont ) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being ...
on Fridays at 8:30pm EST
from October 3, 1952, to May 1, 1953.
The series starred mostly unknown actors. In it, the character known as "The Stranger" traveled to a different site each week in order to solve a crime. Each episode was filmed at a different location in the New York City area. , Locations included a
Coca-Cola
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bottling plant,
Brentano's
Brentano's was an American bookstore chain with numerous locations in the United States.
As of the 1970s, there were three Brentano's in New York: the Fifth Avenue flagship store at Rockefeller Center, one in Greenwich Village, and one in Whit ...
book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the
American Red Cross
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Blood Bank.
''Dark of Night'' was one of the first network dramas to use such locations, which saved money for the network.
Production
''Dark of Night'' was broadcast live. Frank Bunetta was the producer and director.
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Episode status
Though most episodes of DuMont series were eventually destroyed, the UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv ...
has one episode of ''Dark of Night''.
See also
*List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they orig ...
*List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recover ...
*1952-53 United States network television schedule
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at CVTA with episode list
References
External links
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1952 American television series debuts
1953 American television series endings
1950s American anthology television series
1950s American drama television series
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows
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