form y separately published work icon The Thin Air single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 The Thin Air
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A missing persons thriller.

Notes

  • Television play.

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Note: The director is unknown.
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       NBC ,       1952 .
      Extent: 60min.p.
      Description: Black-and-white; sound
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Philco Television Playhouse The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse United States of America (USA) : NBC , 1948-1955 6449219 1948 series - publisher film/TV

      An American anthology television series, sometimes credited with launching the television writing careers of American writers such as Gore Vidal, and of Australian writer Sumner Locke Elliott.

      The Philco Television Playhouse shared a timeslot with the Goodyear Television Playhouse after Goodyear started sharing sponsorship of the existing Philco program in 1951.

      The separation between the two is largely cosmetic, but for purposes of classification, the serials that ran under each banner are usually listed separately.

             Number in series: 5.01

      Holdings

      Note:
      The script for this episode is held in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.
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form y separately published work icon Whereabouts Unknown Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Fielder Cook ) United States of America (USA) : NBC , 1957 6457066 1957 single work film/TV crime thriller

Said to be a remake or adaptation of Elliott's earlier script 'The Thin Air' (Philco Television Playhouse, 1952).

A contemporary newspaper offers the following synopsis:

'A shy, young society woman of San Francisco's exclusive Nob Hill disappears on the night of her engagement and search for her, extending over 20 years, has its end in "Whereabouts Unknown," starring MacDonald Carey, Jan Sterling and Kim Hunter. In the teleplay by Sumner Locke Elliott, Miss Hunter plays the role of Louise Marden, the girl to whom Howard Crane (Carey) is engaged and who disappears. Jan Sterling is cast as Brenda Stevens, the girl he finally marries after years of fruitless search convinces him Louise is dead.'

Source:

The Daily Reporter, 26 February 1957, p.2.
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