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| producer = Leon Fromkess
| starring = [[Raymond Burr]]<br>[[Bruce Cabot]]<br>[[Dane Clark]]<br>[[Ann Dvorak]]<br>[[Buddy Ebsen]]<br>[[Bonita Granville]]<br>[[Peter Graves (actor)]]<br>[[Carolyn Jones]]<br>[[Shirley Jones]]<br>[[Cameron Mitchell (actor)]]<br>[[Vincent Price]]<br>[[Marjorie Reynolds]]<br>[[Ann Rutherford]]<br>[[Ruth Warrick]]
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| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
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'''''Gruen Playhouse'''''
Sponsored by the [[Gruen Watch Co.|Gruen Watch Company]],<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=420|edition=2nd}}</ref> the series aired on ABC on Thursdays at 9:30pm ET,{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} and on DuMont on Thursdays at 9pm ET.<ref name=brooks/> From January to March 1952, ''Gruen Playhouse'' alternated with ''[[Shadow of the Cloak]]'' on DuMont.
The 30-minute dramas featured actors such as [[Carolyn Jones]] (in her TV debut),{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} [[Raymond Burr]] (in his TV debut),<ref>{{cite news |title=Milestones: April 24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/134949098/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=April 24, 1999 |page=14|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> and [[Bonita Granville]]. An early episode was written by ''[[Star Trek]]'' creator [[Gene Roddenberry]].{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}
Other actors who appeared on the series included [[Buddy Ebsen]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Arts festival looks to coincide with opening of museum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times/134949907/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |work=The Roanoke Times |date=April 13, 2008 |page=53|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> [[Elisabeth Fraser]], [[Bobby Jordan]], and [[Patrick O'Neal (actor)|Patrick O'Neal]].<ref name="brooks" />
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Partial List of Episodes of ''Gruen Playhouse''
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! Date !! Episode !! Actor(s)
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| April 24, 1952 || "The Tiger" || Burr, [[Ludwig Donath]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Drama |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/134953033/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |work=Newsday (Suffolk Edition) |date=April 24, 1952 |location=New York, Melville |page=43|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
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| May 15, 1952 || "Al Haddon's Lamp" || [[Robert Hutton (actor)|Robert Hutton]], Ebsen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Television Highlights Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-eagle-gazette/134952258/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |date=May 15, 1952 |page=31|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
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| August 12, 1952 || "Emergency" || Hutton, [[Dorothy Patrick]], [[John Hoyt]]<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 11, 1952 |page=6 |title=Tuesday August 12 |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele24ross/page/n10/mode/1up |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 10, 2023 }}</ref>
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| September 9, 1952 || "The Leather Coat" || [[Randy Stuart]], Burr<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 7, 1952 |page=9 |title=Tuesday September 9 |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele24ross/page/n98/mode/1up |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>
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| September 23, 1952 || "Face Value" || Burr, Gabriel Curtis, [[Suzanne Dalbert]]<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 21, 1952 |page=10 |title=Tuesday September 23 |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele24ross/page/n156/mode/1up |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 10, 2023 }}</ref>
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===Status===
Two DuMont episodes are held in the collection of the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]], along with a single ABC episode.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}
Another episode, Joe Santa Claus, aired December 20, 1951, starring [[Maria Palmer]], [[Ray Montgomery (actor)]], and [[Houseley Stevenson]] first appeared in a DVD release from Mill Street Entertainment in 2010 called Holiday TV Classics. It is also available on the IMDb and Tubi sites for viewing.
==Production==
[[MCA Inc.|MCA]] was the program packager, and ''Gruen Playhouse'' was a product of [[Universal Television|Revue Productions]].<ref name=rossinfo>{{cite magazine |date=May 1952 |page=6 |title=Gruen Playhouse |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele21ross/page/n174/mode/1up |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref> Leon Fromkess was the producer.<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 345|edition=4th}}</ref> Alex Gruenberg, [[Richard Irving (director)|Richard Irving]], and [[Norman Lloyd]] were directors. When the program was on Dumont it originated on film from [[WNYW|WABD-TV]].<ref name=rossinfo/>
==Critical response==
A review of the episode "The Leather Coat" in the trade publication ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called Burr's portrayal of the villain "a topnotch performance" and said that Stuart and bill Phipps delivered "sensitive portrayals" of a young couple under duress.<ref name=vrev>{{cite magazine |date=September 24, 1952 |page=24 |title=Gruen Playhouse |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety187-1952-09/page/n219/mode/1up |accessdate=November 10, 2023 }}</ref> The review also commended the direction, script, and production of the episode.<ref name=vrev/>
==See also==
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[[Category:1952 American television series endings]]
[[Category:1950s American anthology television series]]
[[Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming]]▼
[[Category:1950s American drama television series]]
[[Category:Black-and-white American television shows]]
[[Category:DuMont Television Network original programming]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
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