Startime
Television series | |
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Original title | Startime |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1959-1960 |
length | 60 minutes |
Episodes | 33 |
genre | Musical , comedy , drama |
production | Hubbell Robinson |
First broadcast | October 6, 1959 (USA) on NBC |
Star Time , and Ford Star Time or Lincoln-Mercury Star Time is a US -American television series that was broadcast by the US television channel NBC. The first episode of the weekly aired series ran on October 6, 1959, the last after a season on May 31, 1960. A total of 33 one-hour episodes were produced by Startime .
background
Startime was a so-called anthology , a series of episodes each with completed actions. It was characteristic of Startime that the individual episodes came from different genres, for example comedy, musical or drama. The individual episodes often had a musical focus, in addition to fictional material from different genres, several show elements were integrated into the series and, for example, individual stars like Dean Martin were presented with their program, a talent competition was organized or a classical concert under the direction of Leonard Amber sent.
Because Star Time of the automobile company Ford or its subsidiary Lincoln -Mercury was sponsored, the series was as Ford Star Time or Lincoln-Mercury Star Time known.
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actor
The following well-known actors, show stars and other prominent personalities appeared in the series, among others:
Director
- The episode Incident at a Corner was directed by director Alfred Hitchcock , who also produced it. Since 1955, Hitchcock had his own regular television series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents , which was called The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962 , but turned a contribution each for two other series - Suspicion and Startime .
- One episode each with a fictional plot was directed by the directors Franklin J. Schaffner , Delbert Mann and John Frankenheimer , who began their careers in television and later made careers as film directors in Hollywood .
- Two episodes were directed by Robert Stevens , a television director who, for example, had made a number of contributions to Alfred Hitchcock's television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents .
Web links
- Star Time in the Internet Movie Database (English)