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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on the Columbia Broadcasting System between 1958 and 1960. Three of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone (one episode) and The Untouchables (two episodes).[1][2]

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Desilu Playhouse

Desi Arnaz

"Westinghouse Logo"

"Desilu Playhouse Closing Theme"

United States

2

48

Desi Arnaz
Bert Granet

45–48 minutes

CBS

October 6, 1958 (1958-10-06) –
June 10, 1960 (1960-06-10)

Production notes[edit]

Music[edit]

Music for the show was composed by John Waldo "Johnny" Green. The show opened with "Westinghouse Logo" and closed with "Desilu Playhouse Closing Theme" during the end credits.[4]

Notable crew members[edit]

Several notable people contributed to one or more episodes of the show, including (in alphabetical order):

Aftermath[edit]

Westinghouse bought CBS in 1995, and renamed itself after its prime asset in 1997.

Anderson, Christopher. Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1994.  0-292-70457-7

ISBN

Andrew, Bart. The "I Love Lucy" Book. New York: Doubleday, 1985.  0-385-19033-6

ISBN

Sanders, Coyness Steven, and Tom Gilbert. Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. New York: William Morrow, 1993.  0-688-13514-5

ISBN

at IMDb

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Complete 52min episode from 16mm film - aired Dec. 8, 1958

Desilu Playhouse "Silent Thunder"

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse at CVTA with episode list