Title: “Schlitz Playhouse of Stars” Films
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1954

Call Number: DD 755-DD 757; DE 509-DE 510; DG 190; DG 755

Quantity: 7 reels of film (16 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Six episodes of Schiltz Playhouse of Stars, a 30-minute dramatic anthology series that ran from 1951 to 1959. The “Haunted Heart” and “The Perfect Secretary ” reels are a 16 mm kinescope in black and white with sound. The remaining films are 16 mm prints.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-schlitzplayhouse

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Access Restrictions

These films may be viewed on the Steenbeck only.

Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

Acquisition Information

DE 509-DE 510 were presented by the David Susskind Estate in 1991 as part of the David Susskind Papers. Accession Number: M91-034

DD 755-DD 757, DG 190 were presented by the American Film Institute via Arizona Western College. Accession Number: M88-235

DG 755 was presented by Reinier Wels. Accession Number: M2021-005

DE 509-DE 510	Haunted Heart, 1952 March 7 Note: Writer: Arnold Schulman Producer and director: William H. Brown Jr. Cast: Polly Bergen, William Eythe, Joshua Shelley, Sheila Bond, Maurice Burke Scope and Content Note: A young woman trying to make it as a dancer and singer in New York thinks she has fallen in love with an older man, until she rediscovers her boyfriend.
DD 757	Girl of My Dreams, 1953 February 27 Note: Writer: Christanna Alexander Director: Ted Post Cast: Donald Woods, Marguerite Chapman Scope and Content Note: A happily married man can't get the image of a woman he saw once out of his mind.
DD 756	19 Rue Marie, 1953 March 13 Note: Writer: Adrian Spies Director: Roy Kellino Cast: David Brian, Maria Palmer Scope and Content Note: A drama about a man suffering from amnesia who tries to remember what his life was like in Paris.
DG 755	The Perfect Secretary, 1953 September 4 Note: Writer: Therese Lewis Director: Roy Kellino Cast: Margaret Hayes, John Newland, Douglas Kennedy Scope and Content Note: At an office party, an architect finds love can cause problems for a great working relationship.
DD 755	Boomerang, 1953 September 18 Note: Writers: Wallace Bosco, Irving Gaynor Neiman Director: Ted Post Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Will Wright, Tommy Cook, Byron Foulber Scope and Content Note: A young man plans and executes the perfect crime, or so he thinks.
DG 190	Four Things He'd Do, 1954 February 5 Note: Writers: Frank Burt, Philip Ketchum Director: George Archainbaud Cast: Nadine Ashdown, Edward Clark, Maxine Cooper Scope and Content Note: A man heads out west to get rich mining gold and breaks a lot of promises along the way.