Producers' Showcase (1954)★ 7.2/10
- Comedy
- Drama
- Family
- Musical
Directed by: Clark Jones, Kirk Browning, Delbert Mann, Vincent J. Donehue, Alex Segal
Written by: Claude Anet, Frederick Ashton, Robert Alan Aurthur, J.M. Barrie, Rudolph Besier
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Directed by
Written by
Claude Anet
Frederick Ashton
Robert Alan Aurthur
J.M. BarrieRudolph BesierDonald Bevan
Noël CowardRussel CrousePaul De Kruif
Helen DeutschSumner Locke Elliott
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm GrimmRichard HanserSig HerzigBrian HookerSidney HowardDaniel JamesLilith JamesSidney Kingsley
Arthur Koestler
Ernie KovacsSid KullerSaul Levitt
Sinclair Lewis
Howard Lindsay
Anita Loos
Clare Boothe LucePatrick Malloy
W. Somerset MaughamGuthrie McClinticAndrew McCulloughJohn Meehan Jr.
J.P. MillerTad MoselGottfried ReinhardtPhilip H. Reisman Jr.
Jerome Robbins
Edmond RostandFred SaidyHenry SalomonJoseph Schrank
William ShakespeareDavid Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Robert E. SherwoodBella SpewackSam SpewackHal Stanley
Leslie StevensJo SwerlingMel TolkinJohn Van DrutenEllen M. ViolettRobert WallstenThornton WilderHarry Leon WilsonJan de HartogIrma von CubeCast & crew
Cyril RitchardCaptain Hook
Mary MartinPeter Pan
Claire BloomCleopatra
David WayneEgbert FloudHeller HallidayLiza
Margalo GillmoreArabel Moulton-Barrett
Nehemiah PersoffOfficer
Lorne GreeneEmperor's aideDusty WorrallIndian
Marian AndersonSelfPatricia WheelNarrator
Frank SuttonSoldier
Vaughn MonroeSelf
José FerrerCyrano de Bergerac
Margot FonteynCinderella
Joseph Cotten(segment: Still Life) (segment: Shadow Play')Frederick AshtonCarabosse the Wicked Fairy
Paul HartmanJason Maple
Arny FreemanJerry ArmstrongJada RowlandChild
Garry MooreSelf - HostErnie KovacsSelf - Host
Eva Marie SaintEmily Webb
Raymond MasseyStackpooleMichael SomesPrince Charming
Sondra LeeTiger Lily
Ernest TruexDr. Gibbs
Ray WalstonSelf
Kathleen NolanJane
Sylvia FieldMrs. GibbsJohn IrvingJohn Withers
Fred StewartJake Henshaw
Cathleen NesbittFrau LucherEdward HuntCaptain Surtees Cook
Barbara DoddAirline Announcer
Michael EvansCount Hoyos
Francis ComptonPrater waiter
Philip AbbottBrinkerhof
Peter DonatArrested StudentSadler's Wells BalletThemselvesPhilip Chatfield
Louis ArmstrongSelf
Linda DangcilIndian
Robert BanasIndian
Joan TewkesburyOstrich
David BeanSlightlyDiki LernerIndianJoe E. MarksSmeeHarold DayeSecond TwinIan TuckerTootlesNorman ShellyCrocodileAlan SutherlandFirst TwinAnnabelle LyonIndianArthur TookoianPirateJack DabdoubPirateJohn SmolkoPirateRobert VanselowStarkeyTom HalloranMichaelRichard WyattIndianArthur PartingtonPirateStanley StennerCurlyDonn DriverIndianWilliam SumnerIndianFrank LindsayPirateFrank MarascoPirateParis TheodoreNibsCarl ErbeleKangaroo
Greer GarsonElena Krug
Milton BerleSelf
Richard NixonSelfPaula LaurenceRoxane's Duenna
Anthony QuayleGod Ra
Artur RubinsteinSelf
Victoria de los ÁngelesSelf
Ginger Rogers(segment: Still Life) (segment: Shadow Play')
Margaret SullavanMary Matthews
Humphrey BogartDuke Mantee
Frank SinatraStage Manager
Hume CronynMichael
Helen HayesMrs. Antrobus
Ruth HusseyMary Haines
Dave GarrowaySelf - HostMartha MödlLeonora
Charles LaughtonSelf - Host
Joel GreyJack
Fredric MarchSam Dodsworth
Siobhan McKennaLeslie Crosbie
Barbara CookEvelina Applegate
Jean FennRosalinda
Audrey HepburnMarie Vetsera
Mickey RooneyGeorge M. Cohan
Michael RedgraveRuggles
Alfred LuntRudi Sebastian
David Niven(segment: Still Life) (segment: Shadow Play')
Estelle Winwood(segment: Red Peppers)
Henry FondaAlan Squier
Jessica TandyAgnes
Shelley WintersCrystal Allen
Joan GreenwoodMrs. Lily CandleAnton DermotaFlorestan
Michael RennieHoward Joyce
Celeste HolmMad Meggie
Cedric HardwickeJulius Caesar
Keith AndesJefferson Calhoun
Mel FerrerCrown Prince Rudolph
John NevilleRomeo
Jane PowellClementine
James DunnJerry Cohan
Lynn FontanneEssie Sebastian
Nina FochKay ThorndykeMartyn GreenGeorge (segment: Red Peppers)
Paul NewmanGeorge Gibbs
Lauren BacallGabby Maple
Paulette GoddardSylvia Fowler
George AbbottMr. AntrobusPaul SchöfflerDon Pizarro
John MillsRobert Crosbie
Jack HawkinsRufio
Carmen MathewsDolly Bloomer
Akim TamiroffGeneral Otakar Zandek
Roberta SherwoodElla Cohan
John CromwellJim ConoverDermot A. McNamaraAlf (segment: Red Peppers)
Mary BolandThe Countess DeLave
Florence ReedFortune TellerIrmgard SeefriedJailer's Daughter
Judith AndersonFtatateeta
Anna May WongChinese Woman
Paul FordHoratio Applegate
Peggy KingTillie Hemmelpacker
Gloria DeHavenJosie Cohan
Imogene CocaEffie Floud
Basil SydneyEmperor Franz Joseph
Lisa FerradayVlasta Habova
Trevor HowardAlec (segment: Still Life)
Jack WardenBoze
Mary AstorNancy BlakeLudwig WeberJailerBeryl GreyLilac Fairy
Patrick MacneeLucius Septimus
Arnold StangMr. FumRoy SpearmanPompey
Simon OaklandGeneral Javorsky
Peter LawfordLord Brinstead
June HavocTrixie Friganza
Diana WynyardThe Empress Elizabeth
Ed PrentissSam Parrish
Ilka ChaseDolly (segment: Still Life)
Richard JaeckelRuby
Don MurrayHenry Antrobus
Valerie BettisMiriam AaronsRowena JacksonPrincess FlorineWaldemar KmenttTurnkey
Leora DanaThe Widow Tooper
Nydia WestmanSerena Applegate
Aki AleongOng Chi Seng
Paul LyndeBelknap-Jackson
Judith EvelynCountess Larische
Anne FrancineColonel Bradacova
Eddie Foy Jr.Joe Summerhalter
Philip BourneufAlbert (segment: Still Life)
Muriel KirklandMrs. Draper
Nancy OlsonPeggy Day
Joseph SweeneyGramps
Frank SilveraJudgePeg HilliasMrs. WebbBrian ShawBluebird
Billy GilbertGiant
Cathleen CordellMrs. JoycePatricia HammerleeDaisy
Robert EllensteinSam Harris
Isobel ElsomBaroness VetseraJoan HollowayKlondike Kate
Gig YoungSimon Gayforth (segment: Shadow Play)
Royal BealBill Hardy
Natalie SchaferMrs. ChisholmPaul MorrisonThe Stage Manager
Dennis KingNarrator
Paul McGrathGovernor NewtonKate DeeiChung HiBoris TumarinNovotny
Margaret HayesMartha (segment: Shadow Play)G. Albert SmithJudge Alexander
Shelley FabaresRebecca Gibbs
Bibi OsterwaldEdith Potter
Richard GainesMr. ChisholmEdmund GaynesChildHoward FischerFred Bailey
Frank OvertonHamilton Calhoun
Margaretta WarwickMrs. Parker
Stefan SchnabelDoctor BalzarBobby MarianoGeorge as a boyChristopher SnellFreddieDavid Orrick McDearmon(segment: Shadow Play)Charlie GarrettLulubelle Alexander
Jack KlugmanJackie
David SaberWally WebbDennis KohlerChildVinie BurrowsIvy
Heywood Hale BrounSheriff
David OpatoshuPolice officer
George S. IrvingMr. PenniwellPatricia MarianoJosie as a girlRebecca SandMarie Blazar
John BaragreyMichael (segment: Shadow Play)Jack LeslieSenator Lauterbach
Dick ElliottCommander
Carol VeazieMrs. SoamesEarl GeorgeBroadcast Official
Brock PetersAlexander
Ian WolfeLoschekDwight MarfieldStation MasterAlan FurlanPaviat
Gloria VanderbiltSelf - NarratorHelen RayNorahSteven RitchLineman
Charlott KnightMrs. SlocumFred KaremanTelegraph BoyLeon BibbAugustus
John McGovernMoritz SzepsFred Ayres CottonSwenson
Morris BuchananPylesHarvey B. DunnMr. McCarthy
Frank HamiltonBroadcast Assistant
Monique van VoorenMarinkaJulia MontoyaPaulaJonathan AndersonProfessorDavid AikenAuctioneerDavid AtkinsonPhilip of CobourgFrank LondonRadio announcerCharles BoazLifeguard
Edwin CooperDeputy
Nancy MarchandCrown Princess StéphanieEileen LearMiss E. MuseGeorge EbelingDeputy
Frances SternhagenMiss T. MuseDorothy LangApplegate sister
Berry KroegerHeadwaiterMaud SchererHester
Margot MoserApplegate sister
Pippa ScottHanna VetseraPatricia TaffeThe MammothPeggy O'HaraApplegate sisterLaurinda BarrettMarie's cousinJohn BoruffThe TV ProducerElsie RhodesApplegate sister (Octavia)Iggie WolfingtonDrummer
Paula StewartApplegate sister (Julia)
John Cameron SwayzeThe News CommentatorStuart HarrisBrother-in-lawAnn VereNurseSeth RiggsBrother-in-lawNat NorbettPuppetsJack RussellBrother-in-law (Joshua)Danny SchollBrother-in-law (Ebeneezer)William EarlBrother-in-law
James MitchellThe Returned soldierLidija FranklinHis Girl
Betty LowThe WidowEmy St. JustThe Needle threaderRay BarraDancerVirginia BoslerDancerScott DouglasDancerJoan EhrmanDancerLeslie FranzosDancerCathrine HornDancerCarl LumanDancerEnrique MartinezDancerChristine MayerDancerDarrell NotaraDancerRobert PagentDancerFelix SmithDancer
Carl ReinerSelf - Leif Erickson
Bob HopeSelf
Sid CaesarSelf - Napoleon Bonaparte
David WhiteSelf
Eddie FisherSelf
Martha RayeSelf - Delilah
Sandy KenyonSelf
Philip CoolidgeBert Bentley (segment: Red Peppers)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - President of the United States of America
John DalySelf - Host
Perry ComoSelf
Richard RodgersSelf
Bill GunnSelf
Edward R. MurrowSelf
Robert ShawleyYoung Man (segment: Still Life)Robert E. SherwoodSelf
Elsa MaxwellSelf
Bob ConsidineSelfHenry Ford IISelf
H.V. KaltenbornSelfThe Ray Charles SingersThemselves
Ben GrauerSelfLouis HectorMr. Edwards (segment: Red Peppers)Bert ThornGeorge (segment: Shadow Play)Carl SandburgSelf
Milton CaniffSelfHal BoyleSelfLucie LancasterMyrtle (segment: Still Life)
Lawrence E. SpivakSelfMel BrandtSelf - NarratorFleur CowlesSelfInez RobbSelfEmanuel FreedmanSelf
Nita TalbotOlga
John WayneSelf
Christopher PlummerChristian de Neuvillette
Aneta Corsaut
Rod SteigerBusch
William HoldenSelf
Peter LorrePoffy
Jason RobardsSelf
Darren McGavinSoldier
Lee J. CobbRubashev
Ruth RomanLuba
Jackie CooperO'Hara
Keenan Wynn
Theodore Bikel
E.G. MarshallDr. Carlos Finlay
Henry SilvaGuard
Broderick CrawfordWalter Reed
Richard Haydn
Pat CarrollGym teacher
Sarah MarshallOrange Girl
Alexander ScourbyNarrator
Edie AdamsSelf - commercial for Ford Motor Cars
Brett SomersCigarette Girl
Victor JoryAristides Argamonte
CantinflasSelf
Brian AherneRudolf Maximilian
Susan LuckeyIndian
Wally CoxWilliam H. Dean
Oscar HomolkaSasha Ivanof
Joseph WisemanPrisoner 40
Dane ClarkJames W. Lazear
Jacques AubuchonRagueneau
George VoskovecPolice Inspector
William RedfieldMcClelland
Carlos Montalbán
Bert FreedSoldier
Dennis O'KeefeJames Carroll
Peggy LeeSelf
Janet BlairSelf
Gene SaksWaiter
John SteinbeckSelf
Frederick WorlockGeneral
James MillhollinPrisoner 302
Will KuluvaThe Cutpurse
Robert McQueeneyPrisoner 102
Irene Manning
John VivyanWilliam WoodsonLe Bret
Robert FlemyngDr. Anton Krug
Sallie BrophyWendy (grown up)
Irving BerlinSelf
John RaittSelf
Buzz MartinSoldier
Robert FrostSelf
Nelson OlmstedLeon CharlesCarbon de Castel-Jaloux
Art LinkletterSelf - Narrator
Pauline MooreJane
Lili DarvasCountess Von Stainz
Herbert BerghofCount Von Stainz
Richard MartinRobert Gibbons
John Lehne
Eric SinclairAnthony Sydes
Mary MichaelMaggieRay MacDonnellTom GormanSelfBucko StaffordMichael DarlingFrederick RolfRichard
Edith MeiserMrs. Clarkson
Sandra ChurchDebutanteCarmen Alvarez Block
Patricia BenoitMarguerite HigginsLaurence Hugo
Michael GorrinPresidentPauline Clayden
Tyrone GuthrieSelfAnita CooperRobert DrydenSoldierRobert Heller
Woody HermanSelf
Mikhail RasumnyHrutschRobert CarrollDe GuicheBobby HackettSelf
Tamara DaykarhanovaKathieJeanne MurrayHairdresserFrederic TozereCol. ToryJohn McQuadeLigniere
Karl BöhmSelf - Conductor
AntonioSelf
Woody Herman and His OrchestraThemselvesVelma MiddletonSelfNan McFarlandMiss WattsPaula BauersmithLucyLeslie EdwardsKingHelen RaymondMrs. WagstaffSarah MeadeHelenRobert HarringtonJohn DarlingGeorge LakeIndianSybil BakerMichael LanghamSelf
Edith KingMother MargueriteStanley CarlsonBoris MarshalovBredziGerd LarsenQueenAlfred HessePrisoner 202Eli RillCarmen RojasSelfLeopold BadiaMontfleuryRoger Evan BoxillCharles SummersFrancis LettonNorman RolandBogrovFrances WoodburyDowagerAgnes DoyleSalesladyRoy JohnsonRosemary LindsayLennie DunnHairdresserWilliam M. GriffithKarl KamannSelf - Opera SingerDean CetruloValvertDonald Mayre
Buster Keaton
Tina LouiseMaude
Robert Stack
Farley GrangerApollodorus
Geraldine FitzgeraldEdith Cortwright
Barry NelsonPaul
Claire TrevorFran Dodsworth
Henry DaniellEdward Moulton-Barrett
Barry Kelley
Olive SturgessEmily McKee
Regis ToomeyTubby Pearson
Celia LovskyBaroness von Obersdorf
Thomas GomezPothinus
Betty FieldAddie
Richard WardNubian
Raymond St. JacquesEgyptian SoldierRickie Sorensen
Gregory MortonAchillas
Jerry Maren
Dick Haymes
John HollandPirate
Harry BellaverHerman
Donald HarronOctavius
Frank Puglia
Wynne GibsonGail
Oliver Blake
Geoffrey TooneClyde Lockert
Marian CarrEgyptian Lady
Michael Ross
Ken RenardEgyptian man
Enid MarkeyTot
Nancy ColemanHenrietta Moulton-Barrett
Ralph DumkeThe Warden
Grover DaleJay GerberRoman SoldierArthur Q. BryanJuney Ellis
Stephen BekassyArnoldSidney Armus
William SwanHarry McKee
Brenda ForbesWilsonRobert BoonBaron Kurt von ObersdorfGloria Dea
Lisa DanielsBella Hedley
Sig ArnoThe Prince
Risë StevensCarmen in 'Carmen' scene
William HarriganMr. BemisParker McCormickGrazia Narciso
Robert AllenEgyptian man
Roberta PetersOlympia in 'Tales of Hoffmann' sceneKatharine CornellElizabeth Barrett Browning
Renata TebaldiMimi in 'La Boheme' scene
Luella GearEmmaPeggy MaurerWendy (grown up)Isaac SternSelfKay Starr
Nejla AtesElizabeth DoubledaySelfLisa LangIndianJanine Grandel
Harold VermilyeaFather
Rhoden StreeterPtolemyMeurisse Duree
Jan PeerceCanio in 'Pagliacci' scene
The Wiere BrothersGretchen HouserGeoffrey LumbDoctor Chambers
Jussi BjörlingRodolfo in 'La Boheme' sceneSylvester WiereMichael EnserroMajor DomoAndrés SegoviaSelfBlanche ThebomSelfTom CoundBuster DavisRalph BrewsterNicola MosconaSelfLeslie WoolfEgyptian manHarry WiereBoris ChristoffBoris GodunovJoan LarkinLois HuntThe MaidHerbert WiereLucky KargoPirateMildred MillerSelfMack McLeanZinka MilanovSelfRobert GoodierCenturionEmory RichardsonEgyptian manWilliam PodmoreDoctor Ford-WaterlowDick BeardLouanna GardnerLeonard WarrenTonio in 'Pagliacci' scene
Gregor PiatigorskySelfRichard WinterCeccoWyley HancockEgyptian manFloyd EnnisEgyptian soldier
Fritz ReinerSelfAlfred WallensteinConductorRobert WrightBaron FalkeGene LanhamClark YocumBarbara RobbinsMatey PearsonLoraine GroverIrisBarney JohnstonRoman SoldierJo RabbCharmianVictor SordanEgyptian manThomas HaywardAlfredoWilliam BranchEgyptian soldierKirk JordanSelfMichael PollockSelfJoyce JonesEgyptian LadyGil MershonArne MarkussonRoman SoldierWilliam NussRoman SoldierGordon ShererRoman SoldierRichard ByronJenny GorgasSlave GirlBill ReeveMichael VinesPriestWalter AdamsRoman SoldierMichael AllenJohnBarry MorellSelfVirginio AssandriSelfFrank SabellaSchwab BuddyIll-Assorted Guard, and Man in Black 1, and Jack's TripleArthur NewmanSelfEthel MartinDancerNewton SullivanBuyer 1, Man in Black 2, and Ill-Assorted Guard, and Giants DoubleGeorge BlackwellEgyptian manCarl MorrisDancerAdrienne CarrollChildMel OdeyRoger ChardianoEgyptian soldierLee BeckerWorshipful Woman 1Joseph BoatnerNubianJim SpearmanVirginia RoslerWorhipful Woman 2Debbie MuellerDick WittinglyNorman WigatoEgyptian manJerry HartelbanRoberta LauneJimmy TarbuttonIll-Assorted Guard,and Monster 3
Jeremy BrettParis
Hal Linden
Charles GrayEscalus - Prince of Verona
Cathryn DamonDancer
Jack GwillimFriar Lawrence
Ronald AllenBenvolio
Margaret CourtenayNurse
Paul RogersMercutio
Jean Sincere
Richard WordsworthTybalt
Jennifer WilsonLady in WaitingGene CollinsDancer
Ted Otis Sr.
John BreslinBalthasar
Kelly BrownDancerMartin BrandtSecurity PolicemanDenis HolmesMontagueJob StewartPeterErnest HareCapuletLoren HightowerDancerRobert HarbinSelfSvetlana BeriosovaJune MerlinSelfVirginia CurtisJanet GaylordDancerPeter GumenySecurity PolicemanKenneth MacMillanAlexander GrantJayne TurnerDancerStuart HodesDancerGloria SmithDancerRichard CardiniSelfMilbourne ChristopherSelfAnita Darian
Don McKayCarol HendricksJoseph LaytonFranklin WhiteMay MuthRene SeptembreSelfMerle ParkWynne ClarkNurseEugenia RawlsSophie CernyBuddy SchwabDancerJulia FarronAnnette PageRay PowellDavid CarterLee BeckerDancerP.C. SorcarSelfBob TuckerDancerJoan KrugerDancerElise BrettonAlan SokoloffRalph LeverElaine FifieldMrs. Lee King SiSelfBill DiehlGlorya AllynArnott MaderHelen StreiffLee King SiSelfEllen McCown
Dick O'Neill (uncredited)
Sorrell BookeDrunk Man (uncredited)
Suzy Parker (uncredited)
Lilia Skala (uncredited)Charles Mendick (uncredited)