Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre
DeForest Kelley on Alcoa Theatre 1960
GenreAnthology
Written byBob Barbash
Frederick Brady
Fred Freiberger
Leonard Freeman
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Christopher Knopf
Ruth McKenney
Stirling Silliphant
George F. Slavin
Directed byRobert Florey
Alvin Ganzer
Tay Garnett
Byron Haskin
Paul Henreid
Don McDougall
Robert Ellis Miller
Don Siegel
David Swift
Don Taylor
Don Weis
Paul Wendkos
StarringDavid Niven
Robert Ryan
Jane Powell
Jack Lemmon
Charles Boyer
Theme music composerGeorge Duning
Johnny Williams
ComposerGeorge Duning (2.4)
Harry Sukman (3.17)
John Williams (1.4, 2.1)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes114
Production
ProducersVincent M. Fennelly
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Winston O'Keefe
William Sackheim
EditorCole Trapnell
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time24-25 minutes
Production companiesFour Star Television (1957-1958)
Screen Gems (1958-1960)[1]
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 30, 1957 (1957-09-30) –
May 23, 1960 (1960-05-23)
Related
The Alcoa Hour
Alcoa Premiere
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Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation and telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to May 23, 1960.[2] For its first four months on the air, the title Turn of Fate was used as an umbrella title for Alcoa Theatre and its alternate-week counterpart, Goodyear Theatre.[3]

In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer during its initial season. They did not return in 1958, "and the program became a true anthology once again".[3]

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (2015-09-11). "The Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre". Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows, 1948-2004. McFarland. pp. 136–140. ISBN 978-1-4766-0874-7.
  2. ^ Englund, Klaudia (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 9780786454372.
  3. ^ a b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-10.