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Charles Boyer Chooses Glory Over Duty in Four Star Playhouse

Charles Boyer in Four Star Playhouse on CBS in 1956 Charles Boyer trades his continental charm for something colder in "Distinguished Service," a sharply drawn morality play from the final season of the 1950s TV series Four Star Playhouse, currently airing on Heartland Plus. Boyer plays Dr. Worth Severson, a celebrated physician returning home from Asia to receive a prestigious award. Everyone is eager to honor a great humanitarian -- except Severson's wife. Severson has abandoned a country ... (read more)

2026/06/28

Algiers Was Hedy Lamarr's First Performance on Radio

Hedy Lamarr and Joseph Calleia in the movie Algiers (1938) Since Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's picture Come Live With Me with Jimmy Stewart, little has been heard from Hedy Lamarr, one of Hollywood's most glamorous ladies who broke into screen fame with her rather unclad part in Ecstasy, a European picture. It was therefore with interest that the editors of Movie-Radio Guide observed that Hedy (she likes it pronounced Hay'-dee) was booked by the DeMille Radio Theater to co-star with Charles Boyer ... (read more)

2020/07/12