| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | |
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| Genre | Anthologydrama |
| Written by | various includingMichael Plant[1] |
| Directed by | |
| Presented by | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Louis F. Edelman |
| Producer | William H. Wright |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Production company | ESW Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 19, 1960 (1960-09-19) – September 11, 1961 (1961-09-11) |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an Americananthology drama television series that aired onNBC from September 19, 1960, to September 11, 1961.[2]Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four in which she did not star were actuallypilot episodes of potential series programs which never materialized. Stanwyck won theEmmy Award in 1961 for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series.[3]
Three of the episodes in which Stanwyck starred were attempts tospin off her own dramatic series as "Josephine Little",[4] an American woman running an import-export shop inHong Kong.[4]
The Barbara Stanwyck Show was produced atDesilu Studios and used several different directors, includingRobert Florey,Jacques Tourneur,Stuart Rosenberg. The anthology lasted one season. It aired at 10 p.m. Eastern on Mondays oppositeJackie Cooper's militarysitcomHennesey onCBS and the second half ofGardner McKay'sAdventures in Paradise onABC.[5]
TheAmerican Gas Association sponsored the program on alternate weeks.[6]
11 episodes,The Mink Coat, Ironbark's Bridge, The Miraculous Journey of Tadpole Chan, Frightened Doll, The Choice, Sign of the Zodiac, Adventure on Happiness Street, The Golden Acres, Confession, Dragon by the Tail, Dear Charlie have been directed byJacques Tourneur.
E1 Entertainment, formerly known as Koch Vision, and The Archive of American Television released Volume 1 of the series on DVD in the United States on October 13, 2009. A second volume also a two-disc set was released on May 18, 2010.
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