Shower of Stars
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Shower of Stars was a variety television series broadcast in the United States in the mid-1950s by CBS.
Shower of Stars was typically composed of musical comedy revues with an occassional straight play. It was shown on approximately a monthly basis during its run, and was designed to contrast with the heavy dramatic content of the program with which it shared its timeslot, Climax! Both programs were sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, and both were hosted by William Lundigan.
Famous entertainers of the era who appeared mutiple times on Shower of Stars included Bob Crosby, Betty Grable, Van Johnson, Shirley MacLaine, Fredric March, Frankie Laine, Ethel Merman, Basil Rathbone, Red Skelton, and Ed Wynn. March and Rathbone were starred as Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley, respectively, in a 1954 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with songs by Bernard Herrmann and Maxwell Anderson. Rathbone would go on to play Scrooge himself, in another TV musical adaptation of the story, the 1956 version of The Stingiest Man in Town. The most frequently-appearing artist, however, was Jack Benny, who appeared in one role or another in a majority of the program's broadcasts.
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Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
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