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 talk show hosted by Wendy Barrie, which aired from November 10, 1948, to September 27, 1950.
| The Wendy Barrie Show | |
|---|---|
 Barrie in NBC publicity photo (1950) inscribed "Wendy Barrie, called Television's No. 1 interviewer, meets the great and near-great on her show, Tuesdays and Thursdays on NBC Television" | |
| Also known as | Inside Photoplay Photoplay Time Through Wendy's Window |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Presented by | Wendy Barrie |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 mins. (March 1949–February 1950) 15 mins. (February 1950–September 1950) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 10, 1948 – September 1950 |
| Network | DuMont (January–July 1949) |
| Release | January 17 – July 13, 1949 |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | February 21 – September 27, 1950 |
| Network | WHIO-TV |
| Release | January 11 – October 30, 1954 |
Broadcast history
editThe Wendy Barrie Show is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show. It aired separately on ABC, DuMont, and NBC, 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).[citation needed]
The NBC version debuted on February 21, 1950. It aired Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time,[1] with the final episode airing on September 27, 1950.[citation needed] Martin Goodman was the producer, and Alan Neuman was the director.[1]
The series stars Wendy Barrie, 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 Amanda
- 12:15-12:30pm Man in the Street
- 12:30-12:45pm Camera Headlines
- 12:45-1pm Fashions in Song
- 1-1:30pm Okay, Mother
- 2:30-3pm Inside Photoplay (The Wendy Barrie Show)
- 3-3:15pm The Needle Shop
- 3:15-3:30pm Vincent Lopez Speaking (The Vincent Lopez Show)
Tri-State Network
editIn 1953, three television stations owned by Taft Broadcasting Company and Cox Communications formed the short-lived "Tri-State Network" to compete with entertainment programming produced by Crosley Broadcasting Corporation on Crosley television stations in the Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio, broadcast markets. On January 11, 1954, a new The Wendy Barrie Show premiered from the studios of WHIO-TV in Dayton, simulcast on Taft Broadcasting's WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and WTVN-TV (now WSYX) in Columbus.[2] Wendy Barrie's contract was terminated in October, 1954.[3]
Episode status
editA DuMont episode survives on YouTube under the title The Wendy Barrie Show, and featuring guest Jack Shaindlin.
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 Library of Congress.
An episode from the ABC run, dated October 17, 1949, and titled Photoplay Time, is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Debuts, Highlights, Changes". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. February 19, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Form Regional Webs in 3 Wide TV Areas". Billboard. Page 6. December 12, 1953. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Wendy Barrie Exits Tri-State". Billboard. Page 5. October 30, 1954. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ UCLA Film and Television Archive database entry
Bibliography
edit- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
edit- The Wendy Barrie Show at IMDb
- DuMont historical website, see Inside Photoplay entry
- The Wendy Barrie Show on YouTube with guest Jack Shaindlin
- Part Two of The Wendy Barrie Show with Shaindlin on YouTube
- Part Three of The Wendy Barrie Show with Shaindlin on YouTube
- Part Four of The Wendy Barrie Show with Shaindlin on YouTube