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"**Hollywood Tandem**"
"Hollywood Tandem"
Philco Television Playhouse episode
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott; David Shaw
Original air date	23 August 1953
Running time	60 mins

Hollywood Tandem is a 1953 episode of the American television series Philco Television Playhouse. It consisted of two television plays both of which were directed by Delbert Mann and produced by David Susskind. The show marked the television acting debut of Hedda Hopper.

The plays were:

"Fade Out" by Sumner Locke Elliott - an ageing movie star attempts to make a comeback
"The New Process" by Davis Shaw - a satire on the 3D craze

Cast of "Fade Out"

Jesse Royce Landis
Sidney Blackmer
Hedda Hopper as herself

Cast of "The New Process"

Walter Matthau
Carole Matthews
Ernest Truex

Reception

Variety said Hopper "came through as a definite personality, completely at ease and with a certain intriguing charm. What Miss Hoppor unfortunately could not do was to improve the quality Of the show which, especially in its second part, suffered from a variety of serious shortcomings."^[1]

Radio version

Fade Out was adapted for radio by the Philco Radio Playhouse adapted by Paul Dudley. Many of the cast from the television production reprised their roles.^[2] It was the first production for the series.^[3]

Variety said it "was no great shakes as a dramatic vehicle, but its performances put it into the hit class."^[2]