Dark of Night explained

Dark of Night is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 8:30pm EST from October 3, 1952, to May 1, 1953.^[1]

The series starred mostly unknown actors. In it, the character known as "The Stranger" traveled to a different site each week in order to solve a crime. Each episode was filmed at a different location in the New York City area., Locations included a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Brentano's book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.^[2] Dark of Night was one of the first network dramas to use such locations, which saved money for the network.^[3]

Production

Dark of Night was broadcast live. Frank Bunetta was the producer and director.^[1]

Episode status

Though most episodes of DuMont series were eventually destroyed, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one episode of Dark of Night.^[4]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1952-53 United States network television schedule
• at CVTA with episode list

External links

• • DuMont historical website
• Dark of Night at CVTA with episode list

Notes and References

1. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 198. 4th.
2. Book: Brooks . Tim . Marsh . Earle F. . The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present . 2009 . Random House Publishing Group . 978-0-307-48320-1 . 327 . April 7, 2022 . en.
3. Book: Weinstein . David . The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television . 2004 . Temple University Press . 978-1-59213-499-1 . 44 . April 7, 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Appendix Five: UCLA . DuMont Television Network . Clarke Ingram . April 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216041927/https://dumonthistory.com/a5.html . February 16, 2022.