Hollywood Star Playhouse

The Sixth Shooter on the Hollywood Star Playhouse The Hollywood Star Playhouse featured original dramas, tales of suspense, thrills and mystery, written by Hollywood's finest writers and featuring Hollywood's greatest stars. It came to CBS Radio on April 24, 1950, and moved to NBC for the 1952-53 season.

A high spot of 1952 was the first broadcast of The Sixth Shooter, with James Stewart, later became an NBC series. The Six Shooter was broadcast on the Hollywood Star Playhouse on April 13, 1952, the first adventure of Britt Ponsett, which would lead to a series named the Six Shooter. The Wells Fargo office has been robbed of $5,000 and a man has been

shot. A distinctive horseshoe leads the Six Shooter to Ben Scofield, the Sheriff's son. Radio actors in support of this first broadcast were Bert Holland, Parley Bear, William Conrad, her Vygrin, Diana Lin, and Jimmy Stewart in the title role. The announcer was Wendell Niles, the writer Frank Burt, and the director Jack Johnstone. The six-shooters of the series

came to NBC on September 20, 1953, with James Stewart as Britt Poncett, the Texas planesman who wandered through the Western territories, leaving behind a trail of still remembered legends. The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged.

The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged. His skin is sundied brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother of pearl. It's handle unmarked. People call them both. The six-roomer.

Information for this audio clip came from your audio series descriptions moderator Roger Hohenbrink. This audio clip is provided by the old time radio researchers group, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving radio's past. I'm your announcer, Doug Hopkinson.