Celebrity Playhouse: Secrets Of The Bells (ITV 1 Aug 1956, Louis Jordan)

The big selling point for short drama Secrets of the Bells, broadcast as part of the Celebrity Playhouse strand during the fledgling days of the ITV Network was an appearance by Hollywood star Louis Jordan.

production details
UK / ITV Network / 1×25 minute episode / Broadcast Wednesday 1 August 1956 @ 7.05pm

Writer: Frederic Bracy / Original Material: Phyllis Lee Patterson / Producer: William Sackheim / Director: Arnold Laven

cast
LOUIS JORDAN as Andre
PETER VOTRIARI as Paul
DIANE FOSTEER as Jean Paquette
CARROLL MCCOMAS as Madame Senecal
JAMES F STONE as Mayor
BELLE MITCHELL as Madame Bolduc

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