The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 American TV series or program
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The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1960, to September 11, 1961.[2] Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four in which she did not star were actually pilot episodes of potential series programs which never materialized. Stanwyck won the Emmy Award in 1961 for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series.[3]
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Written by | various including Michael Plant[1] |
| Directed by | |
| Presented by | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Louis F. Edelman |
| Producer | William H. Wright |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Production company | ESW Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 19, 1960 – September 11, 1961 |
Three of the episodes in which Stanwyck starred were attempts to spin off her own dramatic series as "Josephine Little",[4] an American woman running an import-export shop in Hong Kong.[4]
The Barbara Stanwyck Show was produced at Desilu Studios and used several different directors, including Robert Florey, Jacques Tourneur, Stuart Rosenberg. The anthology lasted one season. It aired at 10 p.m. Eastern on Mondays opposite Jackie Cooper's military sitcom Hennesey on CBS and the second half of Gardner McKay's Adventures in Paradise on ABC. [5]
The American Gas Association sponsored the program on alternate weeks.[6]
Guest stars
Production
11 episodes, The Mink Coat, Ironbark's Bridge, The Miraculous Journey of Tadpole Chan, Frightened Doll, The Choice, Sign of the Zodiac, Adventure on Happiness Street, The Golden Acres, Confession, Dragon by the Tail, Dear Charlie have been directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Home media
E1 Entertainment, formerly known as Koch Vision, and The Archive of American Television released Volume 1 of the series on DVD in the United States on October 13, 2009. A second volume also a two-disc set was released on May 18, 2010.
