Program Playhouse

Program Playhouse was an anthology television series aired on the DuMont Television Network on Wednesdays from June 22 to September 14, 1949.^[1]

Program Playhouse
Genre	Anthology
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	James Caddigan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	June 22 (1949-06-22) – September 14, 1949 (1949-09-14)

Overview

Program Playhouse presented a variety of kinds of programs to determine how potential sponsors and audiences reacted to each one.^[2] Hands of Murder was a program that originated on this show.^[2]

Episodes

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.^{[citation needed]}

Partial list of episodes

The first program starred Ernest Truex as Caspar Milquetoast in "The Timid Soul".^[1] Others included

• "Trouble, Inc." - Earl Hammond^[3]
• "Roscoe Karns and Inky Poo" - Roscoe Karns^[3]
• "The Hands of Murder"^[3]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts