Showcase Productions, Inc. was the original packager/producer of much of the prime time, live, dramatic, color, 60 minute and 90 minute programming which appeared primarily on NBC during the period between September 1954 and September 1957.

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"DODSWORTH"

Directed By: Alex Segal
Written By: adapted for television by David Shaw
Produced by: Alex Segal
Air Date: 4/30/56
Stars: Frederic March, Claire Trevor, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Regis Toomey, Olive Sturgess, Clyde Lockert, Celia Lofsky
Show: based on novel by Sinclair Lewis, adapted as 1934 Broadway play by Sidney Howard, adapted for television by David Shaw, produced and directed by Alex Segal; story of Midwest industrialist who lets wife obsessed with youth bully him into retirement and a grand European tour, eventually seeing through her, her promiscuity, and the pretensions of European society and leaving for a civilized widow; starred Frederic March, Claire Trevor, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Regis Toomey, Olive Sturgess, Clyde Lockert, Celia Lofsky.

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