Английская Википедия:Armstrong Circle Theatre

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Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour. It finished in the Nielsen ratings at number 19 for the 1950–1951 season and number 24 for 1951–1952. The principal sponsor was Armstrong World Industries.

Between July 8 and September 16, 1959, CBS aired reruns of six documentary dramas originally broadcast during the 1958–1959 season as episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre under the title Armstrong by Request. Armstrong by Request aired during Armstrong Circle Theatre′s time slot and also alternated with The United States Steel Hour.

Synopsis

The program's first season featured episodes that tried "to please every body in a mass audience, using only highly formularized plays. The next season brought a different approach, with more emphasis on characters than on plot. Edward B. Roberts worked with writers from all over the United States to find scripts. By mid-November 1952, he estimated that he had talked to 3,000 writers and looked at 20,000 scripts. Authors received $750 for each accepted script.

The series featured original dramas by noted writers, although sometimes comedies were shown. Its guidelines specifically called for the avoidance of violence. Originally a half-hour production, in 1955 the show expanded to an hour and began to emphasize dramatized versions of real-life contemporary events (including the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria) and a documentary on the history of Communism in the Soviet Union. Upon moving to CBS, the show emphasized several Cold War topics, including espionage, Radio Free Europe and escapes from East Germany.

David Susskind, producer of the program, called the new episodes "actuals", describing them as "dramatizations based on truth".

Hosts and narrators

• Nelson Case (1950-1951)
• Joe Ripley (1952-1953)
• Bob Sherry (1953-1954)
• Sandy Becker (1954-1955)
• John Cameron Swayze (1955-1957)
• Douglas Edwards (1957-1961)
• Ron Cochran (1961-1962)
• Henry Hamilton (1962-1963)

Guest stars

The series featured numerous guest stars including: Шаблон:Div col

• Tige Andrews
• Edward Asner
• Anne Bancroft
• Ed Begley
• Barbara Britton
• James Broderick
• John Cassavetes
• Dabney Coleman
• Jackie Cooper
• James Dean
• Patty Duke
• Robert Duvall
• Peter Falk
• Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Nina Foch
• Wallace Ford
• Alan Furlan
• Jonathan Harris
• Hurd Hatfield
• Grace Kelly
• Jack Klugman
• Otto Kruger
• Cloris Leachman
• Jack Lemmon
• Julie London
• Audra Lindley
• Gene Lockhart
• Karl Malden
• Walter Matthau
• Roddy McDowell
• Darren McGavin
• Patrick McVey
• Elizabeth Montgomery
• Rosemary Murphy
• Paul Newman
• Lois Nettleton
• Leslie Nielsen
• Carroll O'Connor
• Susan Oliver
• Anthony Perkins
• Lee Remick
• Jason Robards
• Cliff Robertson
• Gena Rowlands
• Telly Savalas
• George Segal
• Martin Sheen
• Kim Stanley
• Maureen Stapleton
• Harold J. Stone
• Suzanne Storrs
• Beatrice Straight
• Ron Thompson
• Jo Van Fleet
• Eli Wallach
• Jack Whiting
• Gene Wilder
• Joanne Woodward

Directors

• Paul Bogart
• William Corrigan
• Marc Daniels
• Robert Ellis Miller
• Robert Mulligan
• Daniel Petrie
• Ted Post
• James Sheldon
• Garry Simpson
• Robert Stevens

Episodes

1950-1951

Partial List of Episodes from the 1950-1951 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
June 6, 1950	"The Magnificent Gesture"	Brian Aherne
June 13, 1950	"The Jackpot"	Stuart Erwin
June 20, 1950	"The Rose and the Shamrock"	Nina Foch
June 27, 1950	"The Chair"	Vaughn Taylor, Lucile Watson
July 11, 1950	"Local Stop"	Vaughn Taylor
August 1, 1950	"The Big Day"	Neil Hamilton, Louise Larabee, Frank McNellis, Pat Crowley, Sally Moffet, Mimi Strongin, Grace Valentine, Victor Sutherland, Tess Vinton
August 15, 1950	"Ring Around My Finger"	Patricia Wheel, John Harvey, Joanne Dolan, Lucille Patten, Jack Sherry, Willis Townsend, John Marley, Elaine Williams
August 29, 1950	"Blaze of Glory"	Judson Pratt, Mary Patton, Reed Brown Jr.
September 26, 1950	"The Elopement"	Robert Allen, Betty Caulfield
October 3, 1950	"Roundup"	Zachary Scott
October 10, 1950	"Give and Take"	Frank Albertson
October 17, 1950	"It's Only a Game"	Donald Woods
November 7, 1950	"Person to Person"	Lawrence Hugo, Gloria Stroock
November 14, 1950	"Best Trip Ever"	Eli Patterson
November 21, 1950	"The Perfect Type"	Richard Derr, Augusta Dabney
December 5, 1950	"Happy Ending"	Otto Kruger, Cathleen Cordell, Helen Gillett, Brandon Peters, Mark Roberts, Barbara Cook, Stuart Nedd
April 17, 1951	"Honor Student"	Donald Buka, Mona Bruns, Raymond Bramley.

1952-1953

Partial List of Episodes from the 1952-1953 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
October 7, 1952	"Remembrance Island"	Reimonda Orselli, Jamie Smith, John Compton, Royal Beal, Floyd Buckley, Catherine Proctor
November 11, 1952	"A Godmother for Amy"	Bunny Lewbel, Stefan Olsen, Evelyn Davis, Dora Sayers, Walter Brooke, Edna Preston, James Reese
November 18, 1952	"A Volcano Is Dancing in Here"	William Prince, Barbara Baxley, Edgar Stehli, Yvette DuGay
December 16, 1952	"The Nothing Kid"	Robert Bernard, Bill Hayes, Jack Whiting
December 30, 1952	"Billy Adams, American"	E. A. Krumachmidt, Richard Wigginton
January 13, 1953	"Ski Story"	Nina Foch, Robert Shackleton

1954

Partial List of Episodes from the 1954 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
February 2, 1954	"Pride of Jonathan Craig"	Valerie Cossart, Addison Richards, Byron Russell, Jack Whiting

1955-1956

Partial List of Episodes from the 1955-1956 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
December 27, 1955	"Nightmare in Red"	none (documentary)
January 10, 1956	"Ward Three: Four p.m. to Midnight"	Patricia Collinge, Mary Fickett, Peg Feury, Philip Abbott
September 18, 1956	"The Second Family" (repeat)	Larry Gates, Harry Townes, Loretta Leversee, Parker Cormack

1956-1957

Partial List of Episodes from the 1956-1957 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
February 19, 1957	"The Trial of Poznan"	Peter Cookson, Hurd Hatfield, Bert Freed

1957-1958

Partial List of Episodes from the 1957-1958 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
March 19, 1958	"The Meanest Crime in the World"	William Prince, Nancy Wickwire, Philip Bourneuf

1962-1963

Partial List of Episodes from the 1962-1963 Season of Armstrong Circle Theatre

Date	Title	Actor(s)
May 22, 1963	"Swindler in Paradise"	William Redfield

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb title
• Armstrong Circle Theatre at CVTA