Added: Dec 9, 2011
Author: TellyComedyAndDrama
Duration: 22:41
In 1946, NBC brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point-of-view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC TV series until 1949. Coe initially produced this second series but, for much of its run, the live 1949-1952 Lights Out TV series was sponsored by Admiral (makers of television sets and refrigerators), produced by Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr., directed by Laurence Schwab, Jr., and hosted by Frank Gallop.Critical response was mixed but the program was successful for several seasons (sometimes appearing in the weekly lists of the ten most watched network shows) until competition from the massively popular sitcom I Love Lucy helped to kill it off.Tonight's Story "Jaspar"An author is suffering from writer's block and wifey is none too pleased.CastJanis Carter Johnny Johnston Meg Mundy Directed By Lawrence SchwabWritten By Edward MableyProduced By Arch ObolerMusic By Fred HowardOriginal Air Date: December 25, 1950Season 3, Episode 18..................................................................................................
Channel: Film
Tags: public domain tv show series classic television 1940s 1950s 50s 40s anthology ghost suspense supernatural cult based on radio drama romance dramatic spooky earie ghostly scary mystery mystical thriller horror
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