''Colgate Theatre'' is a 30-minute dramatic television

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telecast on

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during

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and

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for a total of 50 episodes in two different formats. The first edition, a

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anthology, was telecast on Monday nights from January 1949 to October 1949 at 9 p.m. ET and on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET from October 1949 to June 1950. The second series airing on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET consisted of filmed

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s of unsold series,Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 199. and was a last-minute replacement for the quiz show '' Dotto'', which ended August 12, 1958 due to accusations that it was rigged. ''Colgate Theatre'' served as a filler for the sponsor until '' The George Burns Show'' premiered on October 14, 1958.

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was host for the 1958 series.

Selected Episodes

*'' Mr. and Mrs. North'' (July 4, 1949) *'' Vic and Sade: Part 1'' (July 11, 1949) *''Vic and Sade: Part 2'' (July 18, 1949) *''Vic and Sade: Part 3'' (July 25, 1949) *''O'Brien'' (November 13, 1949) *''Adventures of a Model'' (August 19, 1958) *''The Last Marshal'', starring James Craig (August 26, 1958) *''Tonight in Havana'' (September 2, 1958) *''Strange Counsel'' 'Mr. Tutt''(September 9, 1958) *'' The Fountain of Youth'' (September 16, 1958) directed by

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*''MacGreedy's Woman'' (September 23, 1958) *''Welcome to Washington''/''The Claudette Colbert Show'' (September 30, 1958) written by

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*''If You Knew Tomorrow'' (October 7, 1958)

Notable guest stars

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* Claudette Colbert * Joanne Dru *

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* Ricardo Montalban * Jane Russell *

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References

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Selected Episodes

Notable guest stars

See also

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