 Joan Crawford in a production of Flamingo Road on the May 26, 1950 radio version of Screen Directors Playhouse. | |
| Other names | NBC Theater Screen Directors Guild Assignment Screen Directors Assignment |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Running time | 30 minutes (radio episodes 1–8 and 10–75) and all television episodes 1 hour (radio episodes 9 and 76–122) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | NBC (1949–51 and 1955–56) ABC (1956) |
| Hosted by | radio hosts: Frank Barton (announcer) Hal Gibney Jimmy Wallington (1949–51) |
| Starring | Each radio and television episode used predominantly top-tier personalities |
| Written by | radio scripts: Richard Alan Simmons, Milton Geiger, Jack Rubin, Nat Wolf |
| Directed by | radio: Bill Karn, Warren Lewis |
| Produced by | radio: Howard Wylie |
| Original release | January 9, 1949 (radio version)/October 5, 1955 (television version) – September 28, 1951 (radio version)/September 26, 1956 (television version) |
| No. of episodes | 122 |
| Audio format | Monaural sound |
Screen Directors Playhouse (sometimes written as Screen Directors' Playhouse) is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, with original directors of the films sometimes involved in the productions, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations and taking a brief "curtain call" with the cast and host at the end of the program. During the 1955–56 season, the series was seen on television, focusing on original teleplays and several adaptations of famous short stories (such as Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim").