Front Page Detective
| Front Page Detective | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Directed by | Arnold Wester |
| Starring |
Edmund Lowe Paula Drew Frank Jenks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jerry Fairbanks Riley Jackson |
| Cinematography | Lester Shore |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jerry Fairbanks Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | DuMont |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | July 6, 1951 – November 13, 1953 |
Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30 p.m. ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, and in October and November 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter.[1]
Synopsis
Front Page Detective stars Edmund Lowe as David Chase, a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. [2] The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
Episode status
UCLA Film and Television Archive has 17 episodes of this series.[3] Internet Archive and TV4U also have one episode each.
Unlike many other programs which aired on DuMont, the series was produced on film by an outside production company. A few episodes are available on DVD and online, usually as part of early TV compilations.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1951-52 United States network television schedule
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
References
- ↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9. P. 213.
- ↑ CTVA entry
- ↑ UCLA Film and Television Archive entry
External links
- Front Page Detective at the Internet Movie Database
- List of episodes at CTVA
- DuMont historical website