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unusual facts about Family Theater


Family Theater

In its ten-year run, well-known actors and actresses, including James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Irene Dunne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Shirley Temple, Barbara Whiting Smith, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt, Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Gene Kelly, Kate Smith, William Shatner and Chuck Connors, appeared as announcers, narrators or stars.


Family Theater Productions

One such program was Family Theater which aired from 1947 to 1957 as a staple on the now defunct Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS).


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Mildred Horn

When Horn was sent to review Kroger Babb's production of Child Bride, she was horrified that such a "cheap, crude, mislabeled morality play would be shown in a major Indiana family theater".

Samuel Roxy Rothafel

He began his show business career in Forest City, Pennsylvania, where he created the "Family Theater", a combination cinema and skating rink.

Vače Situla

The small figures taken from this situla are used as background graphics in the Slovenian passport and are shown enlarged five times on a bronze replica standing at the beginning of the local Vače archaeological trail, tours of which are led by a family theater group from Vače.