| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | |
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 Chuck Connors and Pippa Scott in the 1960 presentation Trial By Fear. | |
| Also known as | The June Allyson Show |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Directed by | |
| Presented by | June Allyson |
| Composer | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 57 |
| Production | |
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| Running time | 25 mins. (approx) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 21, 1959 (1959-09-21) – June 12, 1961 (1961-06-12) |
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (also known as The June Allyson Show) is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959, to April 3, 1961, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961.
The series was hosted by actress June Allyson and was a Four Star-Pamric Production. Allyson sometimes starred in episodes, one of which ("A Summer's Ending") was her first appearance on TV with her husband, Dick Powell.
Aaron Spelling was the producer. Paul Henreid, James Neilson, and Jack Smight were directors. Richard Levinson and William Link were writers for the program.
Allyson took offense when critics dismissed the program with comments that included comparing its episodes to contents of women's fiction magazines. "Any show that stars a woman just naturally seems to be called a soap opera, whether it is or not", she said.
Episodes
Season 1 (1959–1960)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Guest stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Ruth and Naomi" | September 21, 1959 (1959-09-21) | Peter Mark Richman and Ann Harding |
| 2 | 2 | "Dark Morning" | September 28, 1959 (1959-09-28) | Bette Davis and Leif Erickson |
| 3 | 3 | "The Opening Door" | October 5, 1959 (1959-10-05) | Virginia Christine and Irene Dunne |
| 4 | 4 | "A Summer's Ending" | October 12, 1959 (1959-10-12) | Dick Powell |
| 5 | 5 | "The Tender Shoot" | October 19, 1959 (1959-10-19) | Ginger Rogers |
| 6 | 6 | "The Pledge" | October 26, 1959 (1959-10-26) | Mona Freeman and Don Keefer |
| 7 | 7 | "Love Is a Headache" | November 2, 1959 (1959-11-02) | Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez and Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. |
| 8 | 8 | "Child Lost" | November 16, 1959 (1959-11-16) | Steve Brodie and Ron Howard |
| 9 | 9 | "Night Out" | November 23, 1959 (1959-11-23) | Pat Carroll and Ann Sothern |
| 10 | 10 | "The Girl" | November 30, 1959 (1959-11-30) | James Coburn, Ellen Corby and Jane Powell |
| 11 | 11 | "The Wall Between" | December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07) | Kevin McCarthy |
| 12 | 12 | "The Crossing" | December 14, 1959 (1959-12-14) | Dolores Hart and Howard Petrie |
| 13 | 13 | "No Place to Hide" | December 21, 1959 (1959-12-21) | Robert Horton, Debra Paget and Don Rickles |
| 14 | 14 | "Suspected" | December 28, 1959 (1959-12-28) | Marjorie Bennett, Ann Blyth, and Gerald Mohr |
| 15 | 15 | "Edge of Fury" | January 4, 1960 (1960-01-04) | Dan O'Herlihy |
| 16 | 16 | "The Trench Coat" | January 11, 1960 (1960-01-11) | Phyllis Coates, David Niven, Ann McCrea, and Lyle Talbot |
| 17 | 17 | "The Way Home" | January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18) | Ronald Reagan |
| 18 | 18 | "Moment of Fear" | January 25, 1960 (1960-01-25) | Edgar Bergen and Stephen McNally |
| 19 | 19 | "So Dim the Light" | February 1, 1960 (1960-02-01) | Robert Culp and Ray Boyle |
| 20 | 20 | "Trial by Fear" | February 8, 1960 (1960-02-08) | Chuck Connors |
| 21 | 21 | "Threat of Evil" | February 15, 1960 (1960-02-15) | Pat Crowley |
| 22 | 22 | "Escape" | February 22, 1960 (1960-02-22) | Brian Donlevy, Frank Lovejoy, Margaret O'Brien, and Sylvia Sidney |
| 23 | 23 | "Piano Man" | February 29, 1960 (1960-02-29) | Vic Damone and Keenan Wynn |
| 24 | 24 | "Sister Mary Slugger" | March 14, 1960 (1960-03-14) | Rich Correll |
| 25 | 25 | "The Blue Goose" | March 21, 1960 (1960-03-21) | Joseph Cotten and Susan Oliver |
| 26 | 26 | "Once Upon a Knight" | March 28, 1960 (1960-03-28) | Jean Hagen and James Mason |
| 27 | 27 | "Slip of the Tongue" | April 11, 1960 (1960-04-11) | Virginia Grey and William Schallert |
| 28 | 28 | "Surprise Party" | April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18) | Mark Goddard and Myrna Loy |
| 29 | 29 | "The Doctor and the Redhead" | April 25, 1960 (1960-04-25) | Felicia Farr, Regis Toomey, and Mary Treen |
| 30 | 30 | "Intermission" | May 2, 1960 (1960-05-02) | Russell Johnson |
Season 2 (1960–1961)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Guest stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "The Lie" | September 29, 1960 (1960-09-29) | Mark Damon |
| 32 | 2 | "The Dance Man" | October 6, 1960 (1960-10-06) | Anne Baxter and Dean Stockwell |
| 33 | 3 | "Dark Fear" | October 13, 1960 (1960-10-13) | Joseph Cotten and Juanita Moore |
| 34 | 4 | "The Test" | October 20, 1960 (1960-10-20) | Eduard Franz and Robert Knapp |
| 35 | 5 | "Play Acting" | October 27, 1960 (1960-10-27) | Steve Allen and Rhys Williams |
| 36 | 6 | "The Women Who" | November 3, 1960 (1960-11-03) | Van Johnson |
| 27 | 7 | "I Hit and Ran" | November 10, 1960 (1960-11-10) | Stephen Talbot |
| 38 | 8 | "Love on Credit" | November 17, 1960 (1960-11-17) | James Best and Carolyn Jones |
| 39 | 9 | "The Visitor" | November 24, 1960 (1960-11-24) | Harry Townes |
| 40 | 10 | "A Thief or Two" | December 1, 1960 (1960-12-01) | Lew Ayres and David White |
| 41 | 11 | "Emergency" | December 8, 1960 (1960-12-08) | Robert Vaughn |
| 42 | 12 | "The Desperate Challenge" | December 15, 1960 (1960-12-15) | Russell Johnson |
| 43 | 13 | "A Silent Panic" | December 22, 1960 (1960-12-22) | Harpo Marx, Ernest Truex |
| 44 | 14 | "End of a Mission" | January 2, 1961 (1961-01-02) | Steve Forrest |
| 45 | 15 | "The Defense Is Restless" | January 9, 1961 (1961-01-09) | John Lasell |
| 46 | 16 | "The Guilty Heart" | January 16, 1961 (1961-01-16) | James Franciscus and Susan Kohner |
| 47 | 17 | "An Affair in Athens" | January 23, 1961 (1961-01-23) | Michael Davis |
| 48 | 18 | "School of the Soldier" | January 30, 1961 (1961-01-30) | Lee J. Cobb, Robert Easton, and Dick York |
| 49 | 19 | "Without Fear" | February 6, 1961 (1961-02-06) | Edward Binns |
| 50 | 20 | "A Great Day for a Scoundrel" | February 13, 1961 (1961-02-13) | John Abbot and Hans Conried |
| 51 | 21 | "The Old-Fashioned Way" | February 20, 1961 (1961-02-20) | Charles Lane, Dick Shawn, Rebecca Welles |
| 52 | 22 | "The Moth" | February 27, 1961 (1961-02-27) | Joe Maross |
| 53 | 23 | "The Haven" | March 6, 1961 (1961-03-06) | Ralph Bellamy and Patricia Breslin |
| 54 | 24 | "The Man Who Wanted Everything Perfect" | March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13) | Russell Nype |
| 55 | 25 | "The Country Mouse" "The Secret Life of James Thurber" | March 20, 1961 (1961-03-20) | Orson Bean and Adolphe Menjou |
| 56 | 26 | "Our Man in Rome" | March 27, 1961 (1961-03-27) | Rossano Brazzi and Eugenie Leontovich |
| 57 | 27 | "Death of the Temple Bay" | April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03) | Lloyd Bridges |
References
- McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 442. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Spelling, Aaron; Graham, Jefferson (2002). Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life. Macmillan. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-312-31344-9. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. 21 October 2009. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7864-5437-2. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- Marc, David; Thompson, Robert J. (1995). Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law—America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them. Syracuse University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-8156-0311-5. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- Becker, Christine (2008). It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-8195-6894-6. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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