4 STAR PLAYHOUSE & THE STAR AND THE STORY

Four Star Playhouse is a television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956. 
The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and 
Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other 
performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.

Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. 
Edwards created the recurring character (eight episodes) of illegal gambling house 
operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later 
revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.

The pilot for "Meet McGraw," starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat "Search in the Night." A few episodes from the "Star and the Story" are mixed into this collection.

Here in Volume 1 we have 47 half hour programs on 6 DVD's

1)
MY OWN DEAR DRAGON - Charles Boyer
HOUSE FOR SALE - Ida Lupino
TUSITALA - David Niven
MEET McGRAW - Frank Lovejoy
STORY OF EMILY CAMERON - Ida Lupino
INETERLUDE - Dick Powell
LET THE CHIPS FALL - Charles Boyer
THE FIRING SQUAD - David Niven


2)
LOST SILK HAT - Ronald Coleman
GIRL ON THE PARK BENCH - Joan Fontaine
HER CROWNING GLORY - Teresa Wright
TOTAL RECALL - William Lundigan
ARAB DUEL - Sidney Blackmer
W SOMERSET MAUHAMS - Alexis Smith
MOORINGS - Charles Boyer


3)
THE FRIGHTENED WOMAN - Merle Oberon
END OF THE LINE - Maria Riva
THE LADYS GAME - Charles Coburn
THE WHIZZER - Frank Lovejoy
SEARCH IN THE NIGHT - Frank Lovejoy
WITH ALL MY HEART - Ida Lupino
THE WITNESS -Dick Powell
THE DIFFICULT AGE - Charles Coburn


4)
SAM - Charles Coburn
THE THIN LINE -David Niven
WATCH THE SUNSET - Dick Powell
TRUDY - Joan Fontaine
VERDICT - Steve McNally
TO KILL A MAN - Alexis Smith
MASQUERADE - Ida Lupino
GO AHEAD AND JUMP - Dick Powell


5)
UNCLE FRED FLITS BY - David Niven
MANDIRA, MANDIRA -Charles Boyer
FAIR TRIAL - Dick Powell
MAN ON A TRAIN - David Niven
THE GUN - Dick Powell
THE CONTEST - Dick Powell
PLACE OF HIS OWN - Charles Boyer
VILLAGE IN THE CITY David Niven


6)
A STUDY IN PANIC - Dick Powell
FULL CIRCLE - David Niven & Joanne Woodward
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF HENRY PELL - Howard Duff
HIGH STAKES - Dick Powell
STAKED DECK - Dick Powell
DESERT ENCOUNTER - Charles Boyer
LADIES ON HIS MIND - Ronald Coleman
BROKEN JOURNEY - David Niven 

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