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DuPont Show of the Month
American TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DuPont Show of the Month was a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–61).
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DuPont Show of the Month | |
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![]() Richard Burton and Yvonne Furneaux in the DuPont Show of the Month production of Wuthering Heights, May 9, 1958. | |
Genre | Anthology |
Directed by | Sidney Lumet Ralph Nelson Alex Segal Robert Mulligan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Talent Associates |
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Network | CBS |
Release | September 29, 1957 (1957-09-29) – March 31, 1961 (1961-03-31) |
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During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.