Screen Directors' Playhouse 3 Single Box From NBC Blue Plastic
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Description
Title and Artist: Extremely Rare Screen Directors' Playhouse 3 Single Box From NBC Blue Plastic
Vinyl Condition: sides are EX- to EX
Cover condition: Some wear on the box
Additional Information: This set was issued around the same time as the Martin and Lewis set I already have up for auction. The box graphics are also typical for the period and are identical to the Martin and Lewis set but with a background that more closely matches the color of the plastic. This was NOT a commercial release-it was done directly through NBC studios as a limited run for internal distribution. The info sheet lists the cost of production per week on the inside-certainly not something you would find on a commercial release. 45's had just come to be a year or two before so most people did not have the capabilities to play these so there was no need to produce this in any quantity for the general public. An extremely rare piece that belongs in the Radio or Television Hall of Fame.
Here is some additional information from Wikipedia:
Screen Directors Playhouse
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Screen Directors Playhouse Joan Crawford in a production of Flamingo Road on the May 26, 1950 radio version of Screen Directors Playhouse. Other names NBC TheaterScreen Directors Guild Assignment
Screen Directors Assignment Genre Anthology drama Running time 30 minutes (radio episodes 1–8 and 10–75) and all television episodes
1 hour (radio episodes 9 and 76–122) Country of origin United States Language(s) English Home station NBC (1949–51 and 1955–56)
ABC (1956) Hosted by radio hosts: Frank Barton
Hal Gibney
Jimmy Wallington (1949–51) Starring Each radio and television episode used predominantly top-tier personalities Written by radio scripts: Richard Alan Simmons, Milton Geiger, Jack Rubin, Nat Wolf Directed by radio: Bill Karn, Warren Lewis Produced by radio: Howard Wylie Original release January 9, 1949 (radio version)/October 5, 1955(television version) – September 28, 1951 (radio version)/September 26, 1956(television version) No. of episodes 122 Audio format Monaural sound
Screen Directors Playhouse (sometimes written as Screen Directors' Playhouse) is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, with original directors of the films sometimes involved in the productions, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations and taking a brief "curtain call" with the cast and host at the end of the program. During the 1955–56 season, the series was seen on television, focusing on original teleplays and several adaptations of famous short stories (such as Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim").
Radio[edit]
The radio version ran for 122 episodes and aired on NBC from January 9, 1949 to September 28, 1951 under several different titles: NBC Theater, Screen Directors Guild Assignment, Screen Directors Assignment and, as of July 1, 1949, Screen Directors Playhouse.
Actors on the radio series included Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, James Mason, Ray Milland, Gregory Peck, William Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Norma Shearer, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, John Wayne, and Loretta Young.
Grading system:
Mint Vinyl was never played
Mint- Barely ever played-no surface marks, has luster
EX+ Very few slight surface imperfections-should not affect the play
EX A few more surface marks than EX+ but should still not affect the play
EX- More surface marks, play may be slightly crackly or poppy
VG+ Surface scratches are there, record should play through with limited distractions
VG Does not look great but should play through-crackles and maybe pops
If two grades appear the first is for the a side and the second for the b side.
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