Four Star Playhouse

Total Seasons :4Total Episodes : 129

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other per...

Episodes(19)

My Wife Geraldine

1. My Wife Geraldine

Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

Air Date : 1952-09-25

Dante's Inferno

2. Dante's Inferno

Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.

Air Date : 1952-10-02

The Lost Silk Hat

3. The Lost Silk Hat

Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

Air Date : 1952-10-23

Backstage

4. Backstage

An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes $5 could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.

Air Date : 1952-11-06

Welcome Home

5. Welcome Home

A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.

Air Date : 1952-11-20

The Island

6. The Island

Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

Air Date : 1952-12-04

The Officer and the Lady

7. The Officer and the Lady

A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.

Air Date : 1952-12-18

Knockout

8. Knockout

Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

Air Date : 1953-01-01

Man on a Train

9. Man on a Train

William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.

Air Date : 1953-01-15

Trail's End

10. Trail's End

A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.

Air Date : 1953-01-29

Sound Off, My Love

11. Sound Off, My Love

Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

Air Date : 1953-02-12

The Man in the Box

12. The Man in the Box

Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

Air Date : 1953-02-26

No Identity

13. No Identity

Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.

Air Date : 1953-03-12

The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

14. The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.

Air Date : 1953-03-26

The Last Voyage

15. The Last Voyage

Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.

Air Date : 1953-04-23

Night Ride

16. Night Ride

Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.

Air Date : 1953-05-07

The Ladies On His Mind

17. The Ladies On His Mind

A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.

Air Date : 1953-05-21

To Whom It May Concern

18. To Whom It May Concern

A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.

Air Date : 1953-06-04

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