Dusty Portrait
| "Dusty Portrait" | |
|---|---|
| The Philco Television Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Original air date | March 9, 1952 |
Dusty Portrait is a 1952 American television play by Sumner Locke Elliott.[1][2] It was based on the Florence Maybrick case.[3]
Elliott had a very small role.[4]
Premise
[edit]A man is the victim of circumstantial evidence.
Cast
[edit]- Victor Beecroft
- Elizabeth Eustis
- Rita Grapel
- Audra Lindley
1953 Radio Version
[edit]Elliott did a radio adaptation of his script.[5] It was produced for the General Motors Hour with Dinah Shearing.[6][7][8]
The Adelaide Mail called it "strong, almost faultless drama."[9] The Age called it "an extremely well put together story".[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Papers to do with Dustry Portrait at Vanderbilt
- ^ "Television this week". The Kansas City Star. 30 March 1952. p. 6D.
- ^ "RADIO PLAY BILL". Daily Mirror. No. 3713. New South Wales, Australia. 29 April 1953. p. 24 (Cable Edition). Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ARTHUR POLKINCIIORNE'S". The Sun. No. 13, 153. New South Wales, Australia. 26 March 1952. p. 17 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Hear Here". Daily Mirror. No. 3684. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1953. p. 36 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GUY CRITTENDEN'S 2WL RADIO ROUND-UP". South Coast Times And Wollongong Argus. Vol. LIII, no. 32. New South Wales, Australia. 27 April 1953. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Chinese bass for concert tour". The Sun. No. 13, 483. New South Wales, Australia. 28 April 1953. p. 22 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (25 April 1953), "COMMERCIAL", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1687508341, retrieved 20 September 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "John Quinn's RADIO ROUND-UP". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 43, no. 2, 134. South Australia. 2 May 1953. p. 59. Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE WEEK IN WIRELESS". The Age. No. 30, 578. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 20 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.