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Season 4 (NBC) (1953-54)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox, Tom Alger
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

########## The Arthur Murray Party ###########
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Oct1953-Apr1954 NBC Mon 7:30-7:45pm
Jun1954-Sep1954 NBC Tue 8:30-9:00pm

4.01 [134] Arthur Murray Party [Premiere on NBC]
19Oct1953 NBC Mon 7:30-7:45pm Eastern
Guest:
Nanette Fabray

4.02 [135] Arthur Murray Party
26Oct1953 NBC Mon 7:30-7:45pm Eastern
Guest
Guy Mitchell

4.03 [136] Arthur Murray Party
02Nov1953 NBC Mon
Guest
Teresa Brewer

4.04 [137] Arthur Murray Party
09Nov1953 NBC Mon
Guest
Vic Damone

4.05 [138] Arthur Murray Party
16Nov1953 NBC Mon 7:30-7:45pm Eastern
Guest
Groucho Marx

4.06 [139] Arthur Murray Party
23Nov1953 NBC Mon
Guest
Arlene Dahl

4.07 [140] Arthur Murray Party
30Nov1953 NBC Mon
Guest
Arlene Dahl

4.08 [141] Arthur Murray Party
07Dec1953 NBC Mon
Guests

4.09 [142] Arthur Murray Party
14Dec1953 NBC Mon
Guest
Nanette Fabray

4.10 [143] Arthur Murray Party
21Dec1953 NBC Mon
Guests

4.11 [144] Arthur Murray Party
28Dec1953 NBC Mon
Guests

4.12 [145] Arthur Murray Party
04Jan1954 NBC Mon (WNBQ Chicago Ill.) 6:30pm
Guest
no details

4.13 [146] Arthur Murray Party
11Jan1954 NBC Mon (WNBQ Chicago Ill.) 6:30pm
Guest
no details

4.14 [147] Arthur Murray Party
18Jan1954 NBC Mon (WNBQ Chicago Ill.) 6:30pm
Guest
Robert Maxwell, creator of "Ebb Tide," will be (Kathryn Murray's) special guest.

4.15 [148] Arthur Murray Party
25Jan1954 NBC Mon (WNBQ Chicago Ill.) 6:30pm
Guest
Charlie Applewhite, sensational new vocalist, will be Kathryn Murray's special guest tonight.

4.16 [149] Arthur Murray Party
01Feb1954
Guests
Bill Hayes
Judy Johnson

4.17 [150] Arthur Murray Party
08Feb1954
Guest
Vic Damone

4.18 [151] Arthur Murray Party
15Feb1954
Guest
Johnnie Ray

4.19 [152] Arthur Murray Party
22Feb1954
Guest
Vic Damone

4.20 [153] Arthur Murray Party
01Mar1954
Guest
Martha Raye

4.21 [154] Arthur Murray Party
08Mar1954 NBC
Guest
Gisele MacKenzie

4.22 [155] Arthur Murray Party
15Mar1954
Guest
Judy Holliday
Scott McKay

4.23 [156] Arthur Murray Party
22Mar1954
Guest
no detail

4.24 [157] Arthur Murray Party
29Mar1954
Guest
Audrey Meadows
(Audrey Meadows) will again be a real glamour girl, will sing and dance with Arthur Murray.
The program is sponsored by 5-Day Deodorant Pads.

4.25 [158] Arthur Murray Party
05Apr1954
Guest
Alfred Drake

4.26 [159] Arthur Murray Party
12Apr1954
Guest
Lloyd Nolan

19Apr1954 NBC - replaced
--New York Times (Mon.)
7:30pm "To Be Announced"

26Apr1954 NBC - replaced
--New York Times (Mon.)
7:30pm Tony Martin Show

Tuesday NBC 8:30-9:00pm
8Jun1954 - Love Story (anthology) "For All We Know"

4.27 [160] Arthur Murray Party
Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
15Jun1954 [Premiere]
Guests
Jane Russell, Connie Haines, Rhonda Fleming & Beryl Davis.
Kathryn Murray's special guests will be Bert Lahr, Lauritz Melchior, Burgess Meredith, Jimmy Nelson, Gali-Gali
Capella & Patricia
McCaffrey and Susanne
Gehrig and Weissmuller

4.28 [161] Arthur Murray Party
22Jun1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
--New York Times ad:
It's Baseball Tonight at the Arthur Murray Party
Carl Erskine, Duke Snider, Russ Meyer
Also:
Denise Darcel
Rory Calhoun
Lita Baron
Cliff Norton

4.29 [162] Arthur Murray Party
29Jun1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
singer Patti Page,
comedian Billy De Wolfe
and the skating Quinlans.

4.30 [163] Arthur Murray Party
06July1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Joni James,
Larry Storch
and The Arthur Murray Dancers.

4.31 [164] Arthur Murray Party
13July1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Jack Carson,
Denise Darcel,
Les Zoris and The Zoris Dancers.

4.32 [165] Arthur Murray Party
20July1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Robert Cummings
singers Evelyn Knight
and Robert Clary.

4.33 [166] Arthur Murray Party
27July1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Vaughn Monroe,
Evelyn Knight,
Jonathan Lucas
Oldfield & Ware.

4.34 [167] Arthur Murray Party
03Aug1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Bert Lahr
Tony Bennett
Ralph Quinlan
and Jonathan Lucas.

4.35 [168] Arthur Murray Party
10Aug1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Martha Stewart,
Lew Parker
and Georgie Kaye.

4.36 [169] Arthur Murray Party
17Aug1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Arnold Stang
Jack Norton
Denise Lor
Kenny Delmar
Nancy Walker
and Don Cornell.

Highlights:
Don Cornell sings "Hold My Hand"
Denise Lor sings "If I Give My Heart to You"
and Cornell and Lor duet on, "This Can't Be Love".
Kenny Delmar
Arnold Stang
Jack Norton
Mrs. Murray does a dance skit with Kenny Delmar, Arnold Stang and Jack Norton.

4.37 [170] Arthur Murray Party
24Aug1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
singer Johnnie Ray,
comedian Jackie Miles
and dancer Jonathan Lucas
Appearing on behalf of The March of Dimes:
Helen Hayes, Ezio Pinza, Eva Gabor, Rita Gam and Sarah Churchill.

4.38 [171] Arthur Murray Party
31Aug1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Nanette Fabray
Jack Pearl (Baron Munchausen)
Bud & Fifi Robinson

4.39 [172] Arthur Murray Party
07Sep1954 Tuesdays NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Magician Milbourne Christopher
Songstress Monica Lewis
Comedian Jackie Miles
The Quinlans
The Geoffrey Holder dance troup
with Ray Carter Orchestra.

4.40 [173] Arthur Murray Party [Final show of the season]
14Sep1954 Tues NBC 8:30-9:00pm
Guests
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, young society woman and wife of conductor Leopold Stokowski, who made her recent
theatrical debut in Molnar's "The Swan".
Jimmy Nelson and his talkative pals, Danny O'Day, Humphrey Higsbye and Farfel.

21Sep1954 - replaced by "The Milton Berle Show" 8:00-9:00pm Tuesday NBC

 ########## The Arthur Murray Party ###########
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