CTVA US Anthology - "Kraft Television Theatre" (NBC)(1947-58)

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Kraft Television Theatre (NBC) (1947-58) "live" Wednesday night Anthology Series
Kraft Television Theater (ABC) (1953-55) "live" Thursday night Anthology Series - aka "Pond's Theater" (13Jan55-7Jul55)
Kraft Mystery Theatre (NBC)(Summer 1961,1962,1963) host Frank Gallup
Kraft Suspense Theatre (Roncom/Revue/NBC)(1963-65)

Kraft Television Theatre (NBC)(1947-58)

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contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger

references:

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Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)

UCLA Film and Television Archive
TIME magazine

KRAFT TELEVISION THEATRE

Talent Associates production in association

with NBC Television

Executive producer, David Susskind

"Kraft Mystery Theatre" (1958) (new title)

"Kraft Theatre" (1958) (new title)

US Anthology series 1947-58

release date 7May47

Notes on Kraft Television Theatre

-- This hour program was one TV's earliest and most prestigious drama

anthology series, running on NBC from 1947 to 1958.

In 11 1/2 years Kraft had presented 650 plays from over

18,845 scripts, starred and/or featured 3,955 actors and actresses in 6,750 roles.

The first episode (Double Door) cost $3,000. to $165,000. by 1958.

Ed Rice was the script editor for the entire Kraft program run.

Theme song: "Music From Manhattan" by Norman Cloudier

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