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The Elgin Hour: Story, Cast and Series Facts

The Elgin Hour (1954): Drama. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.

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Story and premise

This one hour live drama series replaced the previous seasons Motorola TV Theatre and alternated weekly with the U.S. Steel Hour. The telecasts were live from New York and featured such top actors as Ralph Bellamy, Gertrude Berg, Franchot Tone, Boris Karloff, Polly Bergen, John Cassavetes, John Forsythe, Dorothy Gish, Teresa Wright and Joanne Woodward. Another one of Herbert Brodkins' early live dramas.

Series details

  • Title: The Elgin Hour
  • Format: Scripted
  • Language: English
  • Genres: Drama
  • Premiere date: 1954-10-05
  • Final broadcast date listed: 1955-06-14
  • Status in TVmaze: Ended
  • Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
  • Network country: United States
  • Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
  • TVMaze ID: 75056
  • IMDb ID: tt0203251
  • TVDB ID: 76631

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

  • Season 1: premiered 1954-10-05; final listed air date 1955-06-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Elgin Hour on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.

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