The Igor Cassini Show is a DuMont Television Network talk show that was hosted by columnist Igor Cassini. The show aired Sunday evenings from October 25, 1953, to February 28, 1954. It initially ran from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time. In January 1954 it was moved to 6:15 to 6:30 p.m. E. T. Exclusively Yours was another name for the program.
Background A 15-minute local version of the show debuted on WNBT-TV on July 19, 1953. It featured film of Cassini's visiting Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski at her Mid-Manhattan art studio and a display of still-photograph biography of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Dumont picked up the program for network distribution, extended its length, and originated it from WTTG-TV in Washington.
Overview Episodes included interviews of guests, primarily "society and literary types", filimed at their homes and Cassini's reviews of then-current plays and films.
Episode status As with many DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
Production Geoffrey Jones was the producer, and Wes Harris was the director. Gene Hurley was the writer. The show's competition included Meet the Press on NBC.
See also List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts 1953-54 United States network television schedule
References
Bibliography David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
External links
DuMont historical website