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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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Episode Guide
version 6.0 March 2008
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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HOLLYWOOD OPENING NIGHT
July 20, 1951 to March 23, 1953
Jul 1951-Mar 1952, CBS Fri 10:30-11:00 (filmed dramas)
Oct 1952-Mar 1953, NBC Mon 9:00-9:30 (live dramas)
Second Season Produced by William Corrigan
Hosted by Jimmy Fidler (1952-53)
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Live from New York until October 6, 1952
when it was moved to the NBC Burbank Studio,
where it became the first live dramatic anthology
from the West Coast.
1.xx [--] Hollywood Opening Night: AUTUMN FLAMES
13Aug1951 CBS Fri
starring
Onslow Stevens
Maria Palmer
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2.01 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: TERRIBLE TEMPERED TOLLIVER
06-Oct-1952
Produced & directed by William Corrigan
NBC sportcaster Bill Stern was used as the story consultant.
Guest cast:
William Bendix
Peggy Ann Garner
Synopsis:
An umpire never reversed a decision is now hit with failing eyesight
and his daughter is falling in love with a rookie he doesn't like.
2.02 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: LET GEORGE DO IT
13-Oct-1952
Guest cast:
Richard Egan
Ann Sothern
2.03 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: DELAYING ACTION
20-Oct-1952
Guest cast:
John Agar
John Hodiak
Tab Hunter
2.04 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: SOMEBODY I KNOW
27-Oct-1952
Guest cast:
James Dunn
Peggy Ann Garner
Ann Harding
2.05 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: WELCOME HOME, STRANGER
03-Nov-1952
Guest cast:
Mark Stevens
Teresa Wright
2.06 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THIRTY DAYS
10-Nov-1952
Guest cast:
Edward Arnold
Robert Stack
2.07 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: HOPE CHEST
17-Nov-1952
Guest cast:
Macdonald Carey
Joan Caulfield
2.08 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE SINGING YEARS
24-Nov-1952
Guest cast:
Dorothy Lamour
2.09 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE LUCKY COIN
01-Dec-1952
Guest cast:
Wendell Corey
Maureen O'Sullivan
2.10 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: MYSTERIOUS WAYS
08-Dec-1952
Guest cast:
Ethel Barrymore
2.11 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: SWORD PLAY
15-Dec-1952
Script by Eliot Asinof
Story by Rafael Sabatini
Directed by William Corrigan
Hosted by Jimmie Fidler & Jimmy Wallington
Guest cast:
David Niven
2.12 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: JOSIE
22-Dec-1952
Guest cast:
Jane Darwell
James Dunn
Ann Whitfield
2.13 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: PRICELESS GIFT
29-Dec-1952
Guest cast:
Ronald Reagan
2.14 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: LEGAL AFFAIR
05-Jan-1953
Guest cast:
Nina Foch
Franchot Tone
2.15 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE LIVING IMAGE
12-Jan-1953
Guest cast:
Paul Douglas
2.16 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: INTERLUDE
19-Jan-1953
Guest cast:
Ezio Pinza
2.17 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: MRS. GENIUS
26-Jan-1953
Guest cast:
Celeste Holm
2.18 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE SHEPHERD'S TOUCH
02-Feb-1953
Guest cast:
Henry Brandon
Diana Lynn
2.19 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: FALSE WITNESS
09-Feb-1953
Guest cast:
Virginia Field
2.20 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE PATTERN
16-Feb-1953
Guest cast:
Gloria Swanson
2.21 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE ROMANTIC TYPE
23-Feb-1953
Guest cast:
Don DeFore
June Havoc
2.22 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: THE INVITED SEVEN
02-Mar-1953
Guest cast:
Boris Karloff
2.23 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: UNCLE FRED FLITS BY
09-Mar-1953
Guest cast:
David Niven
Ronald Young
2.24 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: MR. BARBER'S LOVE AFFAIR
16-Mar-1953
Guest cast:
Robert Newton
2.25 [--] Hollywood Opening Night: MY BOSS AND I
23-Mar-1953
Guest cast:
Richard Carlson
Marguerite Chapman
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