# Stage 7
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| runtime = 25 minutes excluding ads
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'''''Stage 7''''' is a 30-minute American TV [drama](/source/drama) [anthology series](/source/anthology_series)[{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 783|edition=4th}}] that was broadcast on CBS from December 12, 1954, through September 25, 1955.[{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|page=957|edition=7th}}] This program premiered in December 1954 with the title ''Your Favorite Playhouse'' with all episodes being repeats from other series, but later featured original episodes.
[Don Rickles](/source/Don_Rickles)'s first dramatic appearance on TV was in the May 15, 1955, episode, "A Note of Fear".[ Other actors who appeared on the program included [Dennis Morgan](/source/Dennis_Morgan), [Charles Bronson](/source/Charles_Bronson), [Edmond O'Brien](/source/Edmond_O'Brien), [Gene Barry](/source/Gene_Barry), [Phyllis Coates](/source/Phyllis_Coates), [Frances Rafferty](/source/Frances_Rafferty), [Macdonald Carey](/source/Macdonald_Carey), and [Phyllis Thaxter](/source/Phyllis_Thaxter).
The program was filmed in Hollywood, with Warren Lewis as producer.][{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=1008|edition=2nd}}] Some directing was done by [Quinn Martin](/source/Quinn_Martin).
When ''Stage 7'' went into syndication, in some parts of the United States sponsors changed the title to indicate their sponsorship. The first to do so was [Standard Oil of California](/source/Chevron_Corporation), which used the name ''[Chevron Hall of Stars](/source/Chevron_Hall_of_Stars)'' in its markets. [Drewry's Beer](/source/Drewrys) signed [Don Ameche](/source/Don_Ameche) as host and changed the title to ''Don Ameche Presents the Drewry's Play of the Week'' in its 11 market areas in the Midwest.[{{cite news |title='Stage' Into Eleven Marts for Drewry's |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1956/Billboard%201956-12-15.pdf#page=8 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |work=Billboard |date=December 15, 1956 |page=8}}]
==Episodes==
*Episode 1: The Deceiving Eye
*Episode 2: Appointment in Highbridge
*Episode 3: The Legacy
*Episode 4: Debt of Honor - February 20, 1955[{{cite book |last1=Pitts |first1=Michael R. |title=Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1035-1 |page=319 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMOSCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Stage+7%22+1955&pg=PA319 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |language=en}}]
*Episode 5: Tiger at Noon
*Episode 6: To Kill a Man
*Episode 7: The Greatest Man in the World
*Episode 8: The Press Conference
*Episode 9: The Long Count
*Episode 10: Down from the Stars
*Episode 11: Young Girl in an Apple Tree
*Episode 12: Emergency
*Episode 13: The Magic Hat - [George Brent](/source/George_Brent)[{{cite news |title=Drama Centers On Paris Hat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-stage-7/163921303/ |access-date=January 25, 2025 |work=The Atlanta Journal |date=April 24, 1955 |page=86|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) }}]
*Episode 14: Armed
*Episode 15: Billy and the Bride
*Episode 16: A Note of Fear - May 15, 1955[
*Episode 17: The Verdict
*Episode 18: The Time of the Day
*Episode 19: Yesterday's Pawnshop
*Episode 20: The Traveling Salesman
*Episode 21: End of the Line
*Episode 22: Debt to a Stranger
*Episode 23: Where You Loved Me
*Episode 24: The Hayfield
*Episode 25: The Fox Hunt
==References==
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==External links ==
*[http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Stage7.htm at CVTA with episode list]
* {{IMDb title|id=0046645|title=Stage 7}}
* [http://www.tv.com/stage-7/show/6296/summary.html?q=stage%207: Stage 7]
* [https://archive.org/details/Stage7-TheTimeOfTheDay Episode ''The Time of the Day'' at the Internet Archive]
Category:1950s American drama television series
Category:1950s American anthology television series
Category:1955 American television series debuts
Category:1955 American television series endings
Category:CBS original programming
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:CBS television dramas
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