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PHILCO TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: THE RICH BOY (TV)
Summary
One in this series of live dramas. Based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this program concerns a wealthy man, Anson Hunter, who loses his fiancee Paula as a result of his stubborn, selfish ways. He takes up with Dolly, but the romance ends when he admits he doesn't love her. An accidental encounter with Paula and her second husband prods Anson to confess undying love for her before he sneaks away. Includes commercials for Philco.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: February 10, 1952 Sunday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:39
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T82:0314
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1948-1955
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Philco
CREDITS
- Fred Coe … Producer
- Delbert Mann … Director
- Walter Bernstein … Writer
- F. Scott Fitzgerald … Based on a story by
- Jay Jackson … Announcer
- Gene Lyons … Cast, Anson Hunter
- Kelly, Grace (See also: Grace, Princess of Monaco) … Cast, Paula
- Phyllis Kirk … Cast, Dolly
- Robert Pastene … Cast, Nick
- Mary Jackson … Cast, Aunt Edna
- Tom Pedi … Cast, Joe
- Kathleen Comegys … Cast, Mrs. Legendre
- David White … Cast, Cary Sloane
- Geoffrey Lumb … Cast, Uncle Robert
- Elinor Randel … Cast, Sarah
- Robert McQueeney … Cast, Doctor
- Henry Hart … Cast, Peter Hagerty
- Eric Sinclair … Cast, Drunk Friend
- Stratton Walling … Cast, Lowell Thayer