The Screen Director’s Playhouse found NBC in 1949 and became one of the top episode anthologies featuring Hollywood actors reprising their screen roles a la Lux Radio Theater. The principal focus of the program was the initial movie’s movie director, who not merely served as a visitor sponsor but also participated in an interview towards the end of the broadcast. Unlike Lux, which presented Cecil B. DeMille mainly because a regular web host, The Display screen Director’s Playhouse acquired a different movie director every week. Alfred about Screen Director’s Playhouse, Vol. 1 Hitchcock, Frank Capra, William Wellman, Robert Siodmak, George Seaton, Joseph Mankiewicz, George Marshall, and Lewis Milestone were among those appearing.

NBC poured a considerable amount of money into the productions. Using one particular week, John Wayne and Claire Trevor reprised their display screen roles in an version of Stagecoach, with director John Ford chatting about his encounters making the film. Tallulah Bankhead came back to accomplish Lifeboat, with movie director Alfred Hitchcock on the helm. Edward G. Robinson revisited his function in THE NIGHT TIME Has a Thousand Eyes, Dick Powell replayed his part in Pitfall, and Dorothy McGuire reprised The Spiral Staircase. It was an immediate achievement and garnered a big audience, lasting until 1951.

Enjoy sixteen of the best episodes out of this incredible radio series:

1/16/49 – “Let’s Live a Little”1/23/49 – “The Exile”4/17/49 – “The Best Many years of Our Lives”4/24/49 – “The Sky’s the Limit”7/1/49 – “Mr. Blandings Builds His Wish Home”8/12/49 – “Jezebel”8/19/49 – “Appreciate Crazy”8/26/49 – “Appointment for Appreciate”10/10/49 – “Criss Mix”10/17/49 – “Pitfall”10/31/49 – “Keep in mind the night time”12/9/49 – “Call Northside 777”12/16/49 – “The Affairs of Susan”2/3/50 – “THE OCEAN Wolf”2/10/50 – “This Thing Known as Appreciate”4/21/50 – “A Kiss at night”