A C A D E M Y A W A R D T H E A T E R
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1946

First Show: Mar 30, 1946 Last Show: Dec 18, 1946
Number Shows: 39 Audition Show: none


Series Description:

This CBS dramatic series opened with "Jezebel" starring Betty Davis
on Saturday, March 30, 1946. The series continued offering such
stellar productions as "Stagecoach" with Randolph Scott, "The Maltese
Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart, "Young Mr. Lincoln" with Henry Fonda,
and "Keys of the Kingdom" with Gregory Peck.

The productions were adapted from their screen versions by Frank
Wilson and directed by Dee Englebock. Original movie casts were used
wherever possible. Alternately, other big name actors were hired to
fill in.

The series, sponsored by E.R. Squibb and Sons, only aired for one
nine month season. It's half-hour dramas, although decent adaptations
of the movies, were not able to complete with the hour-long ones by
The Lux Radio Theatre or The Screen Guild Players.


Chronological Log:

Date Num Title Star
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... Starts Saturdays ...
Mar 30, 1946 1 "Jezebel" Betty Davis,
Anne Revere,
Bill Johnstone
Apr 06, 1946 2 "Kitty Foyle" Ginger Rogers,
Gerald Mohr
Apr 13, 1946 3 "Story of Louis Pasteur" Paul Muni,
Gerald Mohr
Apr 20, 1946 4 "The Great McGinty" Brian Donlevy,
Gerald Mohr
Apr 27, 1946 5 "Snow White"
May 04, 1946 6 "Stagecoach" Randoph Scott,
Claire Trevor
May 11, 1946 7 "If I Were King" Ronald Colman,
Gerald Mohr
May 18, 1946 8 "My Sister Eileen" Rosalind Russel,
Janet Blair
May 25, 1946 9 "The Informer" Victor McLaglen,
Wallace Ford
Jun 01, 1946 10 "Arise, My Love" Ray Milland
Jun 08, 1946 11 "Ruggles of Red Gap" Charles Laughton,
Charles Ruggles
Jun 15, 1946 12 "Pride of the Marines" John Garfield,
Rosemary DeCamp
Jun 22, 1946 13 "The Front Page" Pat O 'Brian,
Adolphe Menjou
Jun 29, 1946 14 "A Star is Born" Fredric March,
Janet Gaynor
Jul 03, 1946 .. Moves to Wednesday ..
Jul 03, 1946 15 "The Maltese Falcon" Humphrey Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Sidney Greenstreet
Jul 10, 1946 16 "Young Mr. Lincoln" Henry Fonda,
Ward Bond
Jul 17, 1946 17 "The Prisoner of Zenda Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Virginia Bruce
Jul 24, 1946 18 "Foreign Correspondent" Joseph Cotton
Jul 31, 1946 19 "Hold Back the Dawn" Olivia DeHaviland
Aug 07, 1946 20 "Watch on the Rhine" Paul Lucas
Aug 14, 1946 21 "Vivacious Lady" Lana Turner
Aug 21, 1946 22 "Keys of the Kingdom" Gregory Peck
Aug 28, 1946 23 "One Sunday Afternoon Jimmy Stewart
Sep 04, 1946 24 "Pinocchio"
Sep 11, 1946 25 "Shadow of a Doubt" Joseph Cotton
Sep 18, 1946 26 "White Cliffs of Dover" Irene Dunn
Sep 25, 1946 27 "Guest In The House" Anita Louise,
Kirk Douglas
Oct 02, 1946 28 "My Man Godfrey" William Powell
Oct 09, 1946 29 "It Happened Tomorrow" Eddie Bracken,
Ann Blythe
Oct 16, 1946 30 "Blood On The Sun" John Garfield
Oct 23, 1946 31 "The Devil & Miss Jones" Charles Coburn,
Virginia Mayo
Oct 30, 1946 32 "Suspicion" Cary Grant
Nov 06, 1946 33 "Cheers For Miss Bishop" Olivia DeHaviland
Nov 13, 1946 34 "Night Train" Rex Harrison
Nov 20, 1946 35 "Brief Encounter" Greer Garson
Nov 27, 1946 36 "Lost Horizon" Ronald Colman
Dec 04, 1946 37 "Portrait of Jenny" Joan Fontaine
Dec 11, 1946 38 "Enchanted Cottage" Peter Lawford,
Joan Lorring
Dec 18, 1946 39 "Lost Angel" Margaret O'Brien,
Jeff Chandler


Alphebetical Listing:

Title Date Num Star
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"Arise, My Love" Jun 01, 1946 10 Ray Milland
"Blood On The Sun" Oct 16, 1946 30 John Garfield
"Brief Encounter" Nov 20, 1946 35 Greer Garson
"Cheers For Miss Bishop" Nov 06, 1946 33 Olivia DeHaviland
"Devil & Miss Jones, The" Oct 23, 1946 31 Charles Coburn,
Virginia Mayo
"Enchanted Cottage" Dec 11, 1946 38 Peter Lawford,
Joan Lorring
"Foreign Correspondent" Jul 24, 1946 18 Joseph Cotton
"Front Page, The" Jun 22, 1946 13 Pat O 'Brian,
Adolphe Menjou
"Great McGinty, The" Apr 20, 1946 4 Brian Donlevy,
Gerald Mohr
"Guest In The House" Sep 25, 1946 27 Anita Louise,
Kirk Douglas
"Hold Back the Dawn" Jul 31, 1946 19 Olivia DeHaviland
"If I Were King" May 11, 1946 7 Ronald Colman,
Gerald Mohr
"Informer, The" May 25, 1946 9 Victor McLaglen,
Wallace Ford
"It Happened Tomorrow" Oct 09, 1946 29 Eddie Bracken,
Ann Blythe
"Jezebel" Mar 30, 1946 1 Betty Davis,
Anne Revere,
Bill Johnstone
"Keys of the Kingdom" Aug 21, 1946 22 Gregory Peck
"Kitty Foyle" Apr 06, 1946 2 Ginger Rogers,
Gerald Mohr
"Lost Angel" Dec 18, 1946 39 Margaret O'Brien,
Jeff Chandler
"Lost Horizon" Nov 27, 1946 36 Ronald Colman
"Maltese Falcon, The" Jul 03, 1946 15 Humphrey Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Sidney Greenstreet
"My Man Godfrey" Oct 02, 1946 28 William Powell
"My Sister Eileen" May 18, 1946 8 Rosalind Russel,
Janet Blair
"Night Train" Nov 13, 1946 34 Rex Harrison
"One Sunday Afternoon Aug 28, 1946 23 Jimmy Stewart
"Pinocchio" Sep 04, 1946 24
"Portrait of Jenny" Dec 04, 1946 37 Joan Fontaine
"Pride of the Marines" Jun 15, 1946 12 John Garfield,
Rosemary DeCamp
"Prisoner of Zenda, The" Jul 17, 1946 17 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Virginia Bruce
"Ruggles of Red Gap" Jun 08, 1946 11 Charles Laughton,
Charles Ruggles
"Shadow of a Doubt" Sep 11, 1946 25 Joseph Cotton
"Snow White" Apr 27, 1946 5
"Stagecoach" May 04, 1946 6 Randoph Scott,
Claire Trevor
"Star is Born, A" Jun 29, 1946 14 Fredric March,
Janet Gaynor
"Story of Louis Pasteur" Apr 13, 1946 3 Paul Muni,
Gerald Mohr
"Suspicion" Oct 30, 1946 32 Cary Grant
"Vivacious Lady" Aug 14, 1946 21 Lana Turner
"Watch on the Rhine" Aug 07, 1946 20 Paul Lucas
"White Cliffs of Dover" Sep 18, 1946 26 Irene Dunn
"Young Mr. Lincoln" Jul 10, 1946 16 Henry Fonda,
Ward Bond


Actor Listing:

Star Title Date Num
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Astor, Mary "The Maltese Falcon" Jul 03, 1946 15
Blair, Janet "My Sister Eileen" May 18, 1946 8
Blythe, Ann "It Happened Tomorrow" Oct 09, 1946 29
Bogart, Humphrey "The Maltese Falcon" Jul 03, 1946 15
Bond, Ward "Young Mr. Lincoln" Jul 10, 1946 16
Bracken, Eddie "It Happened Tomorrow" Oct 09, 1946 29
Bruce, Virginia "The Prisoner of Zenda Jul 17, 1946 17
Chandler, Jeff "Lost Angel" Dec 18, 1946 39
Coburn, Charles "The Devil & Miss Jones" Oct 23, 1946 31
Colman, Ronald "If I Were King" May 11, 1946 7
"Lost Horizon" Nov 27, 1946 36
Cotton, Joseph "Foreign Correspondent" Jul 24, 1946 18
"Shadow of a Doubt" Sep 11, 1946 25
Davis, Betty "Jezebel" Mar 30, 1946 1
DeCamp, Rosemary "Pride of the Marines" Jun 15, 1946 12
DeHaviland, Olivia "Cheers For Miss Bishop" Nov 06, 1946 33
"Hold Back the Dawn" Jul 31, 1946 19
Donlevy, Brian "The Great McGinty" Apr 20, 1946 4
Douglas, Kirk "Guest In The House" Sep 25, 1946 27
Dunn, Irene "White Cliffs of Dover" Sep 18, 1946 26
Fairbanks, Douglas Jr. "The Prisoner of Zenda Jul 17, 1946 17
Fonda, Henry "Young Mr. Lincoln" Jul 10, 1946 16
Fontaine, Joan "Portrait of Jenny" Dec 04, 1946 37
Ford, Wallace "The Informer" May 25, 1946 9
Garfield, John "Blood On The Sun" Oct 16, 1946 30
"Pride of the Marines" Jun 15, 1946 12
Garson, Greer "Brief Encounter" Nov 20, 1946 35
Gaynor, Janet "A Star is Born" Jun 29, 1946 14
Grant, Cary "Suspicion" Oct 30, 1946 32
Greenstreet, Sidney "The Maltese Falcon" Jul 03, 1946 15
Harrison, Rex "Night Train" Nov 13, 1946 34
Johnstone, Bill "Jezebel" Mar 30, 1946 1
Laughton, Charles "Ruggles of Red Gap" Jun 08, 1946 11
Lawford, Peter "Enchanted Cottage" Dec 11, 1946 38
Lorring, Joan "Enchanted Cottage" Dec 11, 1946 38
Louise, Anita "Guest In The House" Sep 25, 1946 27
Lucas, Paul "Watch on the Rhine" Aug 07, 1946 20
March, Fredric "A Star is Born" Jun 29, 1946 14
Mayo, Virginia "The Devil & Miss Jones" Oct 23, 1946 31
McLaglen, Victor "The Informer" May 25, 1946 9
Menjou, Adolphe "The Front Page" Jun 22, 1946 13
Milland, Ray "Arise, My Love" Jun 01, 1946 10
Mohr, Gerald "If I Were King" May 11, 1946 7
"Kitty Foyle" Apr 06, 1946 2
"Story of Louis Pasteur" Apr 13, 1946 3
"The Great McGinty" Apr 20, 1946 4
Muni, Paul "Story of Louis Pasteur" Apr 13, 1946 3
O'Brian, Pat "The Front Page" Jun 22, 1946 13
O'Brien, Margaret "Lost Angel" Dec 18, 1946 39
Peck, Gregory "Keys of the Kingdom" Aug 21, 1946 22
Powell, William "My Man Godfrey" Oct 02, 1946 28
Revere, Anne "Jezebel" Mar 30, 1946 1
Rogers, Ginger "Kitty Foyle" Apr 06, 1946 2
Ruggles, Charles "Ruggles of Red Gap" Jun 08, 1946 11
Russel, Rosalind "My Sister Eileen" May 18, 1946 8
Scott, Randoph "Stagecoach" May 04, 1946 6
Stewart, Jimmy "One Sunday Afternoon Aug 28, 1946 23
Trevor, Claire "Stagecoach" May 04, 1946 6
Turner, Lana "Vivacious Lady" Aug 14, 1946 21


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Reader Feedback:

* Cheniston Roland provided actor's names for "The Front Page" and
"The Maltese Falcon".

* Professor Marvin R. Bensman provided broadcast date for "White
Cliffs of Dover".

* Jim Olle provided the program title and actors for shows of
10-09-46 and 09-18-46.


Last Update: Jul 25, 2007


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