Country Style (American TV series)
American TV variety series (1950)
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Country Style is an American musical variety show on the DuMont Television Network from July 29, 1950, to November 25, 1950,[1] on Saturday nights from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time.[2]
Harold Bradley
| Country Style | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Peggy Ann Ellis (host) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Owen Bradley Harold Bradley |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | July 29 – November 25, 1950 |
The setting was a small town bandstand on a Saturday night. Musical numbers, comedy vignettes and square dancing took place around the bandstand, where Alvy West and the Volunteer Firemen's Band played.[2] The host was Peggy Ann Ellis.[1] Regulars included Ray Smith,[3] Pat Adair, Bob Austin, Emily Barnes, Gordon Dilworth, and The Folk Dancers.[2]
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.[citation needed] This series should not be confused with the radio and TV series Country Style, USA (1957–60).
Critical response
Jack Gould, in a review in The New York Times, wrote that, although some elements of the premiere episode were appealing, "the whole looked as if it had been put together by a summer apprentice group which had seen only the work of Oklahoma and Carousel."[4] He said that Dilworth "did very handily by some folk songs on the guitar" and that Ellis "was satisfactory" but she could have chosen better songs.[4]
Jimmy Dean program
During 1957, Jimmy Dean hosted Country Style, a daytime TV version of The Jimmy Dean Show, which aired on WTOP-TV in Washington, DC, on weekday mornings.[citation needed]
See also
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
