The Thin Air

"The Thin Air"
Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 1
Directed byVincent J. Donehue
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateSeptember 21, 1952 (1952-09-21)
Running time60 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

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

"The Thin Air"
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 17
Directed byFielder Cook
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateFebruary 26, 1957 (1957-02-26)
Running time60 mins

Elliott reworked the material for Whereabouts Uknown, an episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour starring MacDonald Carey and Kim Hunter.[6][7]

The Buffalo News wrote "Kim Hunter had a great role and she lived it up to the hilt... the play built to a poignant finale."[8]

The Atlanta Journal called it a "superficial drama" which "wasted the talents of Kim Hunter."[9]

References

  1. ^ "21 September 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
  2. ^ "Tomorrow's Tips". The Buffalo News. 20 September 1952. p. 13.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Picture Tape". Chillicothe Gazette. 2 March 1957. p. 6.
  7. ^ "2 Part Whodunit". The Cincinnati Post. 28 February 1957. p. 30.
  8. ^ "Radio and TV News". The Buffalo News. 27 February 1957. p. 46.
  9. ^ "Drama's revival is a mystery". The Atlanta Journal. 27 February 1957. p. 23.