Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | |
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Oakland Tribune ad (January 30, 1952)
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| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Written by |
Maxwell Anderson Sidney Howard George S. Kaufman |
| Directed by |
Lawrence Carra Charles S. Dubin Alex Segal |
| Presented by | Elmer Davis |
| Narrated by | Elmer Davis |
| Composer(s) | Kurt Weill |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 47-50 mins. (October 1950 - June 1951) 24-25 mins. (December 1951 - June 1952) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 6, 1950 – June 4, 1952 |
The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse is an American television anthology drama series which offered adaptations of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, stories and novels. The distinguished journalist Elmer Davis was the host and narrator of this 1950-52 ABC series.
Sponsored by Milwaukee's Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, the 60-minute show opened with theme music by Bernard Green. Columbia University's Pulitzer School of Journalism, which made the annual Pulitzer awards, benefited from its agreement with Schlitz and ABC, receiving $100,000 from Schlitz for its cooperation. However, the show made no mention of Columbia or the Pulitzer School of Journalism.
Plays in the first season included You Can't Take It with You (the initial telecast), The Magnificent Ambersons and Our Town. The second season productions included Ah, Wilderness and The Skin of Our Teeth. Actors in these shows included Spring Byington, Charles Dingle, James Dunn, Nina Foch, John Forsythe, Helen Hayes, Wanda Hendrix, Wright King, Otto Kruger, Joan McCracken, Thomas Mitchell, Mildred Natwick, Gene Raymond, Kent Smith and Fredd Wayne. Lighting design was by Imero Fiorentino. The announcer was Nelson Case.
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