Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
American anthology TV series
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Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson is a 30-minute weekly syndicated American anthology television series produced by Bing Crosby Productions[1] with production in Culver City.[2] It was filmed in New York City[citation needed] (except for some episodes that were filmed in Mexico)[3] and aired from 1952–55 on WPIX.[citation needed] It was also known as The Gloria Swanson Show.[4]
Gloria Swanson served as the hostess for the series and appeared in four episodes.[3] Its guest stars included Vera Miles, Bonita Granville, Barbara Billingsley, Bobby Driscoll, Marjorie Lord, Hans Conreid, Denver Pyle, and Gigi Perreau.
Harve Foster was the director.[5]
Swanson's segments as hostess were removed when CBS Television Film Sales packaged episodes for syndication in 1955. The trade publication Variety reported two reasons for the editing: to allow more time for commercials and to allow each station to have its own host.[6]
