The Thin Air

"The Thin Air" is a 1952 American television play that was an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse.^[1][2]

"The Thin Air"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 1
Directed by	Vincent J. Donehue
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott
Original air date	September 21, 1952 (1952-09-21)
Running time	60 mins
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It was based on the real life disappearance of Dorothy Arnold.^[3]

Premise

A young girl disappears on the night of her engagement party.

Cast

• Jo Van Fleet
• Scott Forbes
• Joan Lorring

Radio adaptation

Elliott also adapted the script for radio, and a play version was broadcast in Australia in 1954 for The General Motors Hour.^[4]

The Age wrote "it made excellent listening."^[5]

"Whereabouts Unknown"

"Whereabouts Unknown"
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 17
Directed by	Fielder Cook
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott
Original air date	February 26, 1957 (1957-02-26)
Running time	60 mins

Elliott reworked the material for "Whereabouts Unknown", an episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour starring MacDonald Carey and Kim Hunter.^[6][7]

The Buffalo News wrote "Kim Hunter had a great role and she lived it up to the hilt... the play built to a poignant finale."^[8]

The Atlanta Journal called it a "superficial drama" which "wasted the talents of Kim Hunter."^[9]