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Before I Wake (The Philco Television Playhouse)

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"Before I Wake"
Philco Television Playhouse episode
Directed byGordon Duff
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateMay 31, 1953 (1953-05-31)
Running time60 mins

"Before I Wake" is a 1953 American television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott.[1] It was an episode of Philco Television Playhouse.[2][3]

Producer Fred Coe said it was about the need of an individual to be loved.[4]

Variety wrote "if Before I Wake was meant for what it looked - just a good tearjerke - then Duff and Elliott did a good job. If, however, their aspirations were higher, and the show was primarily to convey the pain of a woman who thinks herself deceived by a dead man, the quality needed just wasn't there."[3]

Premise

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Maggie Bullen is crushed by the death of her lover.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Betty Field stars in TV playhouse". The Plain Dealer. 31 May 1953. p. 38D.
  2. ^ "31 May 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
  3. ^ a b "Tele Follow Up Comment". Variety. 3 June 1958. p. 38.
  4. ^ "Playwrights into TV". Variety. 10 June 1953. p. 59.
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