Your Story Theatre

*Your Story Theatre*
Your Story Theatre
Also known as	Story Theater; Durkee Story Theater
Genre	Anthology
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producer	Hal Roach
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 mins.
Original release
Network	DuMont (Nov 1950-May 1951); NBC (June-Sept 1951)
Release	November 4, 1950 –; September 17, 1951

Your Story Theatre^[1] (also known as Story Theater^[2] and Durkee Story Theater) is an American dramatic anthology television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and on NBC. The DuMont series aired from November 4, 1950, to May 11, 1951, and the NBC series aired from June 24 to September 17, 1951.^[2]

Production

The DuMont version was broadcast from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays.^[1] The series was filmed^[2] at Hal Roach Studios and sponsored by Durkee Foods.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Actors appearing in the series included:

Authors

Authors whose works were adapted for the program included Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Frank R. Stockton.^[1]

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.^{[citation needed]}

The March 23, 1951, episode was Oscar Wilde's "Birthday of the Infants".^[3]

Bibliography

David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1561. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 793. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ "Today's Radio Program". Pottsville Republican. March 23, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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[brooks-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1561. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

[tt-2] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 793. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[3] "Today's Radio Program". Pottsville Republican. March 23, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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