''The Wendy Barrie Show'' (also known as ''Inside Photoplay'', ''Photoplay Time'', ''Through Wendy's Window'', and ''Who's Who With Wendy Barrie'') is an American

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hosted by

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, which aired from November 10, 1948, to September 27, 1950.

Broadcast history

''The Wendy Barrie Show'' is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show. It aired separately on

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, DuMont, and

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, debuting on ABC on November 10, 1948 (Wednesday) at 8:30 pm ET as the sketch comedy ''Inside Photoplay'' before switching to Mondays in September–December 1949 as ''Photoplay Time'', then becoming ''Through Wendy's Window'' in August–September 1950 The DuMont version aired from 2:30 to 3:00 pm ET from January 17, 1949 (Monday), to July 13, 1949 (Wednesday). The NBC version aired Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the final episode airing on September 27, 1950. The series stars

, a film and television actress with over 40 films to her credit. According to the book ''What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s'' (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was: *10-10:30am '' Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room'' *10:30-11am ''Welcome, Neighbors'' *11am-12noon ''The Stan Shaw Show'' *12noon-12:15pm ''

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'' *12:15-12:30pm ''Man in the Street'' *12:30-12:45pm ''

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'' *12:45-1pm ''Fashions in Song'' *1-1:30pm ''

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'' *2:30-3pm ''Inside Photoplay'' (''The Wendy Barrie Show'') *3-3:15pm ''

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'' *3:15-3:30pm ''Vincent Lopez Speaking'' (''

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'')

Tri-State Network

In 1953, three television stations owned by

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and

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formed the short-lived "Tri-State Network" to compete with entertainment programming produced by

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on Crosley television stations in the

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, and

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broadcast markets. On January 11, 1954, a new ''The Wendy Barrie Show'' premiered from the studios of

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in Dayton, simulcast on Taft Broadcasting's

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in Cincinnati and WTVN-TV (now WSYX) in Columbus. Wendy Barrie's contract was terminated in October, 1954.

Episode status

A DuMont episode survives on

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under the title ''The Wendy Barrie Show'', and featuring guest

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. One DuMont episode from June 1949, under the title ''Who's Who With Wendy Barrie'', is held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the

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. An episode from the ABC run, dated October 17, 1949, and titled ''Photoplay Time'', is in the collection of the

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.UCLA Film and Television Archive database entry
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References

Bibliography

*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:

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, 2004) *Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:

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, 1964)

External links

*
DuMont historical website, see ''Inside Photoplay'' entry

''The Wendy Barrie Show''
on YouTube with guest