Lux Video Theatre Presents A PLACE IN THE SUN Original Script Blyth, Burr, Derek

Description

This is a
vintage original script
from the 1950's television production by
Lux Video Theatre
of
A PLACE IN THE SUN
, based upon the novel by Theodore Dreiser. Adapted by S.H. Barnett from a previous screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, it was broadcast during Season 4 and was released as Episode 13, in which a poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends-up falling in love with two women. The cast included Ann Blyth, Raymond Burr, John Derek, Marilyn Erskine, Paul Frees, Theresa Harris, Louis Jean Heydt, Herbert Heyes, Paul Maxey, and Regis Toomey. Ronald Regan was "Self- Guest Host"; Ken Carpenter was "Self - Announcer"; and Pat Crowley was "Self - Intermission Guest."
This vintage original television script consists of three acts in a total of 86 pages on buff-colored stock plus a title page. On the top right corner of the cover page is machine-stamped
RECEIVED - OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
with a date/time stamp beneath it (
1954 JAN 5 PM 2:11
). It is complete in overall very fine condition and is unpunched/unbound without any covers. The title page has a 3.5 in. diagonal crease on the top left corner, a 2.5 diagonal crease on the bottom left corner, and a circular-shaped stain around the title. All of the following pages have two small parallel diagonal creases on the top left corner. There are no missing pages, tears, other stains, or other flaws.
Lux Video Theatre
is an American television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1957. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays. The Lux Video Theatre was a spin-off from the successful Lux Radio Theater series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-1935) and CBS (1935–55). Lux Video Theatre began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series on October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951.
In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. In August 1954, it moved to NBC as an hour-long show on Thursday nights, telecast until September 12, 1957. With the introduction of the one-hour format and the move to Hollywood, abridged versions of popular films were often used as the basis for shows.
To introduce each act and interview the stars at the conclusion, NBC added a series of regular hosts: James Mason
(1954–55), Otto Kruger (1955–56), Gordon MacRae (1956–57), and Ken Carpenter (1955-57). Kruger recalled: “All I do is come up and tell the people who I am and what we're up to. I don't have a single thing to do with producing, directing or casting the show. Yet I get letters every week complimenting me on my production, my directing, my casting, even my script adaptations.” New episodes were broadcast during the summer as the Summer Video Theatre. In 1957-58,
Lux
shifted sponsorship to a half-hour musical variety show,
The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney
. For the 1958-59 season, the dramatic series was brought back with a new name,
Lux Playhouse
. The new series alternated weeks with
Schlitz Playhouse
. The series finished in the Nielsen ratings at #30 in the 1950-1951 season and #25 in 1955-1956.