The Gale Storm Show | |
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James Fairfax, Gale Storm, and ZaSu Pitts (1956)
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Also known as | ''Oh, Susanna'' |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Lee Karson |
Starring |
Gale Storm ZaSu Pitts Roy Roberts James Fairfax |
Composer(s) | Leon Klatzkin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 126 |
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Executive producer(s) | Hal Roach |
Producer(s) | Hal Roach, Jr. Lou Derman Alex Gottlieb |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hal Roach Studios Independent Television Corporation |
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Original network |
CBS (1956-1960) ABC (1960) |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 29, 1956 | – September 22, 1960
The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 126 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation (now ITC Entertainment) and Hal Roach Studios.
The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.
The series is based on a cruise director, Susanna Pomeroy (Storm), on a ship traveling around the world. A cast of regular characters inhabits the ship and new situations are created as the ship moors in ports. Unlike her previous role on My Little Margie, Storm's character emits a shrill, two-fingered whistle to get people's attention. On her previous show, she would make a Trilling sound when in trouble.
The series finished at #16 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1957-1958 season.