The Thin Air
1st episode of the 5th season of Philco Television Playhouse
| "The Thin Air" | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The Thin Air is a 1952 American television play that was an episode of Philco Television Playhouse.[1][2]
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
Elliott reworked the material for Whereabouts Uknown, an episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour starring MacDonald Carey and Kim Hunter.[6]
References
- ^ "21 September 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
- ^ "Tomorrow's Tips". The Buffalo News. 20 September 1952. p. 13.
- ^ "ARTHUR POLKINGHORNE'S". The Sun. No. 13311. New South Wales, Australia. 7 October 1952. p. 21 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "COMPLETE GUIDE TO TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES". The Courier-mail. Queensland, Australia. 2 June 1954. p. 15. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE WEEK IN WIRELESS--". The Age. No. 30, 923. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Picture Tape". Chillicothe Gazette. 2 March 1957. p. 6.
External links
- "The Thin Air" at IMDb
- "Whereabouts Unknown" at IMDb
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Works of Sumner Locke Elliott
- Careful, He Might Hear You (1963)
- Some Doves and Pythons (1966)
- Edens Lost (1969)
- The Man Who Got Away (1972)
- The Cow Jumped Over the Moon (1937)
- Interval (1939)
- The Little Sheep Run Fast (1940)
- Goodbye to the Music (1942)
- Your Obedient Servant (1943)
- The Invisible Circus (1946)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1948)
- Rusty Bugles (1948)
- Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1951)
- John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)
- Of Human Bondage (1949)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1949)
- The Crater (1949)
- Jane Eyre (1949)
- Little Women (1950)
- The Rose Garden (1951)
- The Thin Air (1952)
- We Were Children (1952)
- The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953)
- Before I Wake (1953)
- Friday the 13th (1954)
- Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954)
- The Women (1955)
- Beloved Stranger (1955)
- The King and Mrs. Candle (1955)
- Daisy, Daisy (1955)
- Keyhole (1956)
- You and Me and the Gatepost (1956)
- Whereabouts Unknown (1957)
- Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper (1957)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1958)
- The Winslow Boy (1958)
- The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1959) (US)
- The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1960) (Aust)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1961)
- Notorious (1961)
- Spellbound (1962)
- Rusty Bugles (1965)
- Water Under the Bridge (1980)
- Rusty Bugles (1981)
- Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
- Edens Lost (1989 TV mini series)
- Crazy Family (1939)
- Tradesman's Entrance (1941)
- Jezebel's Daughter (1941)
- Grand City (1942)
- Girl of the Ballet (1942)
- The Man in the Dark (1944)
- The Army Hour (1944)
- Lily Parker (1947)
- Scarlet Rhapsody (1947)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1947)
- Ride a Cock Horse (1948)
- The Crater (1948)
- The Rose Garden (1950)
- The Thin Air (1954)
- We Were Children (1954)
- Friday the 13th (1955)
