DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Plot.
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Cast & Crew.
Tim O'Connor
Ames
James Valentine
Fritz Von Tarlenheim
John Colicos
Fernand Mondego
Bob Wade
Set Designer
Bob Markell
Set Designer / Production Design
Robert Tyler Lee
Art Direction
Gene Callahan
Set Decoration
Paul Barnes
Production Design
Buck Henshaw
Set Decoration
Ted Ralph
Set Decoration
Sal Anthony
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Dick Smith
Key Makeup Artist
Ernest Adler
Makeup Artist
George Whittaker
Costume Design
Don Loper
Costume Design
Saul Bolasni
Costume Design
Rod Alexander
Choreographer
Eugene Loring
Choreographer
Greg Harney
Cinematography / Lighting Director
Walter Bernstein
Additional Writing
Daniel Petrie
Director
Ralph Nelson
Director
Sidney Lumet
Director
Alex Segal
Director
Robert Mulligan
Director
Delbert Mann
Director
Marc Daniels
Director
William A. Graham
Director
Bob Colvin
Other
Mack Bing
Other
John Frankenheimer
Director
Lou Tedesco
Other
Jack Orbison
Other
Bill Colleran
Director
Leard Davis
Lighting Director
David Susskind
Producer
Richard Lewine
Producer
Adri Butler
Production Assistant
John Furia
Associate Producer
William Nichols
Production Supervisor
Fred Coe
Producer
Sidney Miller
Associate Producer
Russell Garcia
Original Music Composer
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrator
Bob Cobert
Original Music Composer
Victor Herbert
Music
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music Director
Burton Lane
Original Music Composer
Cole Porter
Original Music Composer
Thornton Wilder
Novel / Story
A.J. Cronin
Novel / Story
Ludi Claire
Adaptation / Writer
Mark Twain
Novel / Story
Leslie Slote
Writer / Adaptation
Will Glickman
Writer
Michael Dyne
Adaptation
Vance Bourjaily
Adaptation
Jacqueline Babbin
Writer
Joseph Stein
Writer
S.J. Perelman
Story
Robert Alan Aurthur
Adaptation
Leslie Stevens
Writer
Audrey Maas
Writer
Joseph Fields
Theatre Play
Don Walker
Lyricist
Jerome Chodorov
Theatre Play
James Costigan
Writer
Sumner Locke Elliott
Writer
Peter Ustinov
Writer
Shelley Winters
Louisa Burt
Farley Granger
Paul Burgess
Brian Donlevy
Constable Dale
Eduard Franz
Dunn
Catherine Ayers
Laura
Crahan Denton
Butler
Stanley Greene
T.J. Williams
Claire Griswold
Janice
Larry Hagman
Jarvis
Jo Hurt
Mrs. West
Dennis Kohler
John Henry
Claudia McNeil
Bernice Sadie Brown
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Frankie Addams
Rex Harrison
Mr. Sir
Julie Andrews
Self
Louis Armstrong
Self
Eddy Arnold
Self
Diahann Carroll
Self
Carol Channing
Self
Benny Goodman
Self
Stanley Holloway
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Sonny James
Self
Stubby Kaye
Self
Peggy Lee
Self
Matt Mattox
Self / Other
Lizzie Miles
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Paul Weston
Self / Original Music Composer / Music Director / Conductor
Norman Luboff
Self / Other
Ethel Merman
Self
Turk Murphy
Self
John Carradine
John Canty
Robert Goodier
Ruffler
Cedric Hardwicke
Lord Hertford
Peter Lazer
Humphrey Marlowe
John Milligan
Hugo
Christopher Plummer
Sir Miles Hendon
Hurd Hatfield
Oswald / Sir Hugh
Rex Thompson
Prince Edward
Johnny Washbrook
Tom Canty
Peggy Ann Garner
Lena Anderson
Torin Thatcher
Rees Mathry
Ruth White
Mrs. Burgess
Don Ameche
Harry Graves
Joan Bennett
Grace Graves
Paul Ford
J.B. Curtis
Carol Lynley
Judy Graves
David Wayne
Willis Reynolds
Diana Lynn
Ellen Curtis
Marvin Kaplan
The Messenger Boy
Susanne Sidney
Fluffy Adams
Jill St. John
Lois Graves
Fritz Weaver
Charlie Castle / Barsad
Peter J. Votrian
Haskell Carter
Don Washbrook
Merrill Feurbach
Gordon Gebert
Barlow Adams
Judith Anderson
Marquesa de Montemayor
Hume Cronyn
Uncle Pio
Viveca Lindfors
Camilla, la Perichole
Arthur Malet
Hodge
Eva Le Gallienne
Abbess
Douglas Campbell
King Henry VIII
Rita Gam
Dona Clara
Kurt Kasznar
Don Andres
Theodore Bikel
Capt. Alvarado
Peter Cookson
Manuel
Steven Hill
Esteban
Clifford David
Vincente
Farrell Pelly
Doctor / Mr. Prusty
William Marshall
Juan
Max Adrian
Marquis St. Evremonde / Sir Matthew Sprott
Rosemary Harris
Lady Edith / Lucie Manette
Miko Oscard
Miguel
Sandra Whiteside
Pepita
Sal Mineo
Aladdin
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Princess Ming Chou
Dennis King
Astrologer
Basil Rathbone
Emperor
Howard Morris
Wu Fang
Una Merkel
Aladdin's Mother
Cyril Ritchard
Sui-Generis the Sorcerer
George Hall
Chamberlain
Geoffrey Holder
Genie
Alec Clarke
Prime Minister
Akim Tamiroff
Governor (uncredited)
Martin Ashe
First Escort
Elizabeth Ashley
Bette
Joey Bishop
Max Levine
Wally Cox
Messenger 7013
Anthony Franciosa
Joe Pendleton
Frank McHugh
Lefty
Robert Morley
Mr. Jordan
Bud Palmer
Announcer
Paul Reed
Inspector
Jean Sincere
Suzie
Paul Stevens
Tony Abbott
Diana Van der Vlis
Julia Farnsworth
Patrick Waddington
Butler
Henry Wallitsch
Smallings
Francis Compton
Gabelle
James Donald
Sydney Carton
William Duell
Jerry Cruncher
Denholm Elliott
Charles Darnay
Gracie Fields
Miss Pross
Walter Fitzgerald
Jarvis Lorry
Bruce Gordon
Defarge
David Hurst
Mr. Stryver
Agnes Moorehead
Madame Defarge
Eric Portman
Dr. Manette
Alfred Ryder
Gaspard
George C. Scott
Jacques
Edward Andrews
Mayor Jan Van Borkem
Shirley Jones
Gretchen Van Damm
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1957
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes34
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
anthology
Scripted
Wiki.
DuPont Show of the Month was a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–61).
During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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