The Wendy Barrie Show

The Wendy Barrie Show

Barrie in NBC publicity photo (1950) inscribed "Wendy Barrie, called Television's No. 1 interviewer, meets the great and near-great on her show, Tuesdays and Thursdays on NBC Television"
Also known as Inside Photoplay
Photoplay Time
Through Wendy's Window
Genre Talk show
Presented by Wendy Barrie
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30 mins.
(March 1949–February 1950)
15 mins.
(February 1950–September 1950)
Release
Original network ABC
DuMont (January–July 1949)
NBC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release November 10, 1948 (1948-11-10) – September 27, 1950 (1950-09-27)

The Wendy Barrie Show (also known as Inside Photoplay, Photoplay Time, Through Wendy's Window, and Who's Who With Wendy Barrie) is an American talk show hosted by Wendy Barrie which aired from November 10, 1948 to September 27, 1950.

Broadcast history

The Wendy Barrie Show is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show. It aired separately on ABC, DuMont, and NBC, debuting on ABC on November 10, 1948 (Wednesday) at 8:30 p.m. ET as the sketch comedy Inside Photoplay before switching to Mondays in September-December 1949 as Photoplay Time, then becoming Through Wendy's Window in August-September 1950 The DuMont version aired from 2:30 to 3:00 pm ET from January 17, 1949 (Monday) to July 13, 1949 (Wednesday).[1] The NBC version aired Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the final episode airing on September 27, 1950.

The series stars Wendy Barrie, a film and television actress with over 40 films to her credit.

According to the book What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:

Episode status

A DuMont episode survives on YouTube under the title The Wendy Barrie Show, and featuring guest Jack Shaindlin.

One DuMont episode from June 1949, under the title Who's Who With Wendy Barrie, is held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

An episode from the ABC run, dated October 17, 1949 and titled Photoplay Time, is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ DuMont historical website
  2. ↑ UCLA Film and Television Archive database entry

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