Family Hour of Stars is an American radio anthology series that was broadcast on CBS beginning on October 3, 1948, and ending on February 26, 1950. It was also known as The Prudential Family Hour of Stars.
13-422: (Redirected from Tracy Lord ) The Philadelphia Story may refer to: The Philadelphia Story (play) , a 1939 play The Philadelphia Story (film) , the 1940 film adaptation The Philadelphia Story (1959 film) , the 1959 TV film adaptation starring Gig Young "The Philadelphia Story" , an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Topics referred to by
26-471: A Philadelphia socialite known for her hijinks, who had married a friend of playwright Philip Barry . Barry wrote The Philadelphia Story specifically for Katharine Hepburn , who ended up not only starring in but also financially backing the play, forgoing a salary in return for a percentage of the play's profits. Produced by the Theatre Guild , The Philadelphia Story opened on March 28, 1939, at
39-472: A half-hour presentation on the Prudential Family Hour of Stars (February 26, 1950), starring Sarah Churchill , Norma Jean Nilsson , Gerald Mohr and Gene Kelly . An hour-long adaptation was broadcast August 17, 1952, on Best Plays , with a cast including Joan Alexander , Betty Furness , Myron McCormick and Vera Allen. The Philadelphia Story was adapted for the second season of
52-538: A program that featured concert music but also included dramatic segments about composers' lives. The musical program had been on for seven years and had "a gradual erosion of audience". The sponsor began Family Hour of Stars "with no break in continuity" a week after the concert show ended. Family Hour of Stars initially featured Humphrey Bogart , Bette Davis , Gregory Peck , Ginger Rogers , Barbara Stanwyck , and Robert Taylor as its core group of stars. Those actors were absent during summer episodes in 1949, when
65-439: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Philadelphia Story (play) The Philadelphia Story is a 1939 American comic play by Philip Barry . It tells the story of a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. The character of Tracy Lord was inspired by Helen Hope Montgomery Scott ,
78-1139: The NBC -TV series, Robert Montgomery Presents . Starring Barbara Bel Geddes (Tracy Lord), Richard Derr (Macauley Connor) and Leslie Nielsen (C. K. Dexter Haven), the one-hour live program aired December 4, 1950. On December 8, 1954, a live 60-minute adaptation of the play was broadcast on the CBS -TV series, The Best of Broadway . The cast included Mary Astor (Margaret Lord), Dorothy McGuire (Tracy Lord), Charles Winninger (Uncle Willie), Neva Patterson (Liz Imbrie), Richard Carlson (Mike Connor), Dick Foran (George Kittredge), John Payne (C.K. Dexter Haven) and Herbert Marshall (Seth Lord). A two-hour adaptation aired on NBC -TV on December 7, 1959, directed by Fielder Cook and starring Gig Young (C.K. Dexter Haven), Diana Lynn (Tracy Lord), Christopher Plummer (Mike Connor), Ruth Roman (Liz Imbrie), Mary Astor (Margaret Lord), Don DeFore (George Kittredge), Alan Webb (Seth Lord), and Leon Janney (Sidney Kidd). The instrumental theme for this version, " Tracy's Theme ",
91-670: The Shubert Theatre in New York City, and closed on March 30, 1940. The three-act comedy was directed by Robert B. Sinclair , with lighting and scenery by Robert Edmond Jones. Hoping to create a film vehicle for herself which would erase the label, Hepburn accepted the film rights to the play from Howard Hughes , who had purchased them as a gift for her. She then convinced MGM 's Louis B. Mayer to buy them from her for only $ 250,000 in return for Hepburn having veto over producer, director, screenwriter, and cast. In 1940
104-493: The announcers, and Carmen Dragon led the orchestra. Benton & Bowles (B & B) had overall control of production, but when the show was launched B & B farmed out responsibility to MCA Inc. Effective with the June 5, 1949, episode, B & B took direct control of production from MCA. Ken Burton was the producer. Directors included Murray Bolen and Jack Johnstone. Writers included Jean Holloway . The half-hour program
117-514: The broadcasts used "free-lance 'less expensive' talent". John Lund was featured in the first summer program, on June 5, 1949, with Ava Gardner , Richard Widmark , and Diana Lynn in the next three episodes. In October 1949 the show had a new core group of stars: Dana Andrews , Ronald Colman , Irene Dunne , and Loretta Young . In January 1950, Colman left because he began a program of his own; James Stewart replaced him. Some episodes featured guest stars. Frank Goss and Truman Bradley were
130-531: The play was adapted to film , in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture directed by George Cukor with Hepburn as the star, and starring Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven and James Stewart as Macaulay Connor. In 1956, it was adapted to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film version, High Society with Grace Kelly in the Tracy Lord role, Bing Crosby as C.K. Dexter Haven and Frank Sinatra as Macaulay Connor. Radio adaptations of The Philadelphia Story include
143-441: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Philadelphia Story . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Philadelphia_Story&oldid=1194649659 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732790224559156-476: Was broadcast on Sundays at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Prudential ended Family Hour of Stars , "planning to save some money by the cancellation". Combined costs of time and talent exceeded $ 20,000 per week. The show was replaced by My Favorite Husband . Radio historian John Dunning wrote in the reference book On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio that Family Hour of Stars "had much
169-547: Was released as a single by Robert Mersey under the name "Spencer Ross" and became a Top 20 hit. Copyright for The Philadelphia Story was registered in 1939 by Barry and his wife, portrait artist Ellen Semple Barry , and was renewed by her in 1967. Her estate retains copyright to the play. Family Hour of Stars Family Hour of Stars , which was sponsored by the Prudential Insurance Company of America, replaced The Prudential Family Hour ,
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