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All Star Revue: With Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Danny Thomas. This early comedy program started off with a rotating cast of four famous comedians, each of whom would take turns hosting the show.
Four Star Revue (also known as All Star Revue and All Star Summer Revue) is an American variety/comedy program that aired on NBC from October 4, 1950, to December 26, 1953.
Season 1 - 12 Episodes. Season 2 - 8 Episodes. Following success as a nightclub entertainer, Danny Thomas was considered a natural for television. While his Four Star/All Star Revue stint was entertaining, it wasn't until his Make Room for Daddy sitcom that Thomas became a bonafide TV star. Jack Carson.
Comedy variety shows were popular in America during television’s first decade of prominence in the late 1940s – early 1950s. One popular series that used this format was NBC’s All Star Revue, which starred Martha Raye and a rotating roster of big-name show business stars as weekly hosts.
Danny plays a frustrated husband whose movie-crazed wife imagines everyone she sees is a star. Eleanor Powell performs two dance production numbers. June Havoc portrays self-absorbed vaudeville diva Cushions La Fay.
All Star Revue (TV Series 1950– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
All Star Revue. Season 3 - 1952-1953. Tallulah Bankhead confers with guests. Groucho Marx and Ethel Barrymore. prior to her premiere telecast. When Revue premiered in 1950, critics familiar with Danny Thomas from his nightclub successes foresaw a lot of potential for him on television. But after two seasons, that potential went largely unfulfilled.
