The Gulf Playhouse

The Gulf Playhouse, also known as First Person Playhouse, was an NBC-TV anthology series (1952–53) that aired on Friday nights.^[1] It was a live show that was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person.

The series ran for twenty-four episodes with stars that included Rod Steiger, Tony Randall, Kim Stanley, Eddie Bracken, Ward Bond, Wendell Corey, and Kim Hunter. The show's sponsor was Gulf Oil, and it was produced and directed by Frank Telford.^[2] Among its other directors was the later Oscar nominated Arthur Penn.

External Links

• The Gulf Playhouse at CVTA
• The Gulf Playhouse at the Internet Movie Database

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