Stars Over Hollywood (also known as Armour Theatre) is an American anthology television series of "original comedies and light dramas" produced by Revue Productions. Revue's first television series, it was a filmed in Hollywood and aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from September 6, 1950, to August 29, 1951.Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. . P. 587.
Among the guest stars were Mary Stuart in the premiere presentation "Beauty Is a Joy", Raymond Burr, Cameron Mitchell, Ann Rutherford, and Bruce Cabot. Otherwise, the program generally featured lesser-known actors and actresses.
Stars Over Hollywoods producer was Axel Gruenberg.Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1953). The 1953 Radio Annual. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1123. He and Jack Hively were writers for the program. The meat packing company Armour and Company was the sponsor of the program.
Rod Serling's first script, "Grady Everett for the People," was presented on the programMcNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. . P. 788. on September 13, 1950.
Episodes of Stars Over Hollywood were part of a syndicated syndication package, Famous Playhouse, that was distributed by MCA Television, the syndication division of MCA Inc., in 1953. Other programs in the package were Chevron Theater and Gruen Theater.
Critical response In 1950, media critic John Crosby wrote: "Stars Over Hollywood is the latest of the programs filmed especially for television in Hollywood and has all the conspicuous weaknesses of the others. ... All the TV productions emanating from Hollywood are slipshod. The actors seem insufficiently rehearsed; the quality of the writing is painfully bad; the casting seems to have been done out of card catalogues, and the direction, to put it mildly, is superficial."
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External links
Stars Over Hollywood at CTVA with list of episodes