Gruen Playhouse (also known as Gruen Guild Playhouse) is a dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
| Gruen Playhouse | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Gruen Guild Playhouse |
| Starring | Raymond Burr Bruce Cabot Dane Clark Ann Dvorak Buddy Ebsen Bonita Granville Peter Graves (actor) Carolyn Jones Shirley Jones Cameron Mitchell (actor) Vincent Price Marjorie Reynolds Ann Rutherford Ruth Warrick |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Producer | Leon Fromkess |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC (1951) DuMont (1952) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 27 (1951-09-27) (ABC) January 17, 1952 (1952-01-17) (DuMont) – December 20, 1951 (1951-12-20) (ABC) August 7, 1952 (1952-08-07) (DuMont) |
Sponsored by the Gruen Watch Company, the series aired on ABC on Thursdays at 9:30pm ET, and on DuMont on Thursdays at 9pm ET. From January to March 1952, Gruen Playhouse alternated with Shadow of the Cloak on DuMont.
The 30-minute dramas featured actors such as Carolyn Jones (in her TV debut), Raymond Burr (in his TV debut), and Bonita Granville.[1][2] An early episode was written by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
Two DuMont episodes are held in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, along with a single ABC episode.