Royal Playhouse (1951-52)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
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ROYAL PLAYHOUSE
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DuMont
Network
US Dramatic Anthology series 1951-52 20 episodes x 30 min
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DuMont Network Thursdays 9:30 - 10pm (April 12, 1951 - July 12, 1951)
[01] Royal Playhouse: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
12Apr1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Reginald Sheffield
Lois Hall
Bruce Lester
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 12Sep50.
[02] Royal Playhouse: MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
19Apr1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Jack Warburton
Ralph Byrd
June Lang
Russell Hicks
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre"
30May50.
[03] Royal Playhouse: INCIDENT IN THE RAIN
26Apr1951 DuMont Thur
Writer Arnold Phillips
Director Frank Wisbar
Director of photography Benjamin H. Kline
starring
Irene Vernon ............ Mary Ryan
Warren Douglas ....... Jeff Kennedy
Frances Williams ..... Peggy
Walter McGrail ......... John Carver
Kathleen Freeman .... Mrs. Chernowitz
Paul Masterson ........ Television interviewer
Clark Burroughs ........ Newsboy
Guy Kingsford ........... First policeman
Joe Bailey ................ Second policeman
Frank Dae ................. Doctor
Hank Mann ................ Man in crowd
Snub Pollard .............. Man in crowd
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre"
19Sep50.
[04] Royal Playhouse: JUDAS
03May1951 DuMont Thur
starring
George Wallace
Ann Savage
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre"
03Jan50
[05] Royal Playhouse: PARTY LINE
10May1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Walter McGrail
Gertrude Michael
Don Beddoe
Steven Clark
Virginia Jackson
Ada May Weeks
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 14Nov50.
[06] Royal Playhouse: THE LOVE OF MIKE
17May1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Anthony Caruso
Irene Vernon
Tom Dillon
Michael Vallon
Patrick O'Moore
Charlene Hardey
Mimi Aguglia
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre"
21Nov50.
[07] Royal Playhouse: THREE STRANGERS
24May1951 DuMont Thur
starring
John Call
Dabbs Greer
Dick Elliott
Myron Healey
Kay Lee
Grant Calhoun
Robert Cavendish
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 28Nov50.
[08] Royal Playhouse: THE CASE OF MARINA GOODWIN
31May1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Mary Sinclair
Wilton Graff
Edgar Barrier
Robert Stevenson
Dick Elliott
John Baer
Guy Kingsford
Rose Marie Iannone
David Stollery
Steve Roberts
George Lee
Billy Griffith
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 12Dec50.
[09] Royal Playhouse: MIGGLES
07Jun1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Mary Sinclair
Edgar Barrier
Lee Phelps
Hugh O'Brian
Grant Calhoun
Nolan Leary
Marian Martin
Clark Howat
Charlene Hardey
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 19Dec50.
[10] Royal Playhouse: NO CHILDREN, NO DOGS
14Jun1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Irene Vernon
Warren Douglas
Virginia Jackson
Robert Lyden
Beverly Washburn
Charlene Hardey
Virginia Farmer
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 26Dec50.
[11] Royal Playhouse: FLIGHT 13
21Jun1951
starring
Patricia Dane
Walter Coy
Dorothy Bruce
Everett Glass
Jack Daly
Bill Pullen
Clark Howat
Marjorie Stapp
George Leigh
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 02Jan51.
[12] Royal Playhouse: NEUTRAL CORNER
28Jun1951 DuMont Thur
starring
George Wallace
Peter Brocco
Anthony Caruso
Lee Phelps
Dabbs Greer
Walter McGrail
Joan Vohs
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 09Jan51.
[13] Royal Playhouse: LOOKING THROUGH [Final episode of season 1]
05Jul1951 DuMont Thur
starring
Edgar Barrier
Irene Vernon
John Warburton
Kathleen Freeman
Nolan Leary
Muriel Mansell
Bill Griffith
Helena Dare
Ken Harvey
Therese Lyon
Gertrude Graner
Kay Lee
*Originally aired on
"Fireside Theatre" 16Jan51.
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DuMont aired Theatrical Films from the 1930's. (12Jul1951 - 30Aug1951)
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[--] Feature Theatre: MEN ARE NOT GODS
12Jul1951 DuMont Thur
starring Rex Harrison, Gertrude Lawrence, Miriam Hopkins
[--] Feature Theatre: THERE AIN'T NO JUSTICE
19Jul1951 DuMont Thur
starring Michael Wilding
[--] Feature Theatre: SAILORS THREE
26Jul1951 DuMont Thur
starring Michael Wilding, Claude Hulbert
[--] Feature Theatre: OVER THE MOON
02Aug1951 DuMont Thur
starring Rex Harrison, Merle Oberson
[--] Feature Theatre: BEYOND TOMORROW
09Aug1951 DuMont Thur
starring Richard Carlson, Jean Parker
[--] Babe Ruth Memorial Program
16Aug1951 DuMont Thur
[--] Feature Theatre: CUSTER'S LAST STAND
23Aug1951 DuMont Thur
starring Rex Lease, William Farnum
[--] Feature Theatre: COTTAGE TO LET
30Aug1951 DuMont Thur
starring Leslie Banks, Carle Lehman
[--] Public Prosecutor [Premiere]
06Sep1951 DuMont Thur
with Warren Hull
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DuMont Network Thursdays 9:00 - 9:30pm (April 3, 1952 - June 26, 1952)
alternated with
Gruen Playhouse
[--] Gruen Playhouse: BACHELORS WEEKEND
27Mar1952 DuMont Thur
2.01 Royal Playhouse: (Episode Title not known)
03Apr1952 DuMont Thur
[--] Gruen Playhouse: DREAM MAN
10Apr1952 DuMont Thur
starring Vincent Price, Andrea King, Harry Carey Jr., Charles Davis, Lucy
Laragay, Syl Lamont
2.02 Royal Playhouse: THE CELEBRATED MRS. ROWLAND
17Apr1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Gertrude Michael
John Warburton
[--] Gruen Playhouse: THE TIGER
24Apr1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Raymond Burr, Ludwig Donath, Randy Stuart, Douglas Kennedy, Dan Scott, Frances
Charles
2.03 Royal Playhouse: UNWRITTEN COLUMN
01May1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Virginia Farmer
Edward Earl
[--] Gruen Playhouse: AL HADDON'S LAMP
08May1952 DuMont Thur
starring Buddy Ebsen, Robert Hutton, Herb Vigran, Jane Ball, Barry Kelley, Ralph
Sanford, Philip Van Zandt.
2.04 Royal Playhouse: GOING HOME
15May1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Dabbs Greer
Hugh O'Brian
Noreen Nash
Nolan Leary
Bill Erwin
Barbara Woodell
Robert Leyden
Virginia Farmer
Kay Lee
Marlene Lyden
*Originally aired on "Fireside Theatre" 20Feb51.
[--] Gruen Playhouse: A BOY WEARS A GUN
22May1952 DuMont Thur
starring Francis Ford, Billy Gray,
2.05 Royal Playhouse: SHIFTING SANDS
29May1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Gertrude Michael
Hugh O'Brian
George Wallace
B.G. Norman
*Originally aired on "Fireside Theatre" 13Mar51.
[--] Gruen Playhouse: COUNTERPLOT
05Jun1952 DuMont Thur
starring John Hudson, Mari Aldon, Norbert Schiller, Ross Elliott, Stephen
Bekassy, Henry Brandon, Richard Reeves
2.06 Royal Playhouse: ELEVENTH HOUR
12Jun1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Lynn Roberts
John Dunbar
Hugh O'Brian
Everett Glass
Jack Daly
Ben Astar
Patrick O'Moore
Charlita
Joe Carioca Jr.
*Originally aired on "Fireside Theatre" 20Mar51.
[--] Gruen Playhouse: BIRD OF PREY
19Jun1952 DuMont Thur
starring Patrick O'Neal, Elizabeth Fraser, Bobby Hyatt
2.07 Royal Playhouse: THE TUNNEL
26Jun1952 DuMont Thur
starring
Dickie Leroy
B.G. Norman
Carol Coombs
Francis Ford
Fiona O'Shiel
*Originally aired on "Fireside Theatre" 08May51.
[--] Gruen Playhouse: FOR LIFE
03Jul1952 DuMont Thur
[--] 10Jul1952 DuMont Thur - No Details
[--] Gruen Playhouse: ALIAS TROUBLES
17Jul1952 DuMont Thur
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