1956 FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE - "The Stand-In" - Ida Lupino, Virginia Field

Starring Ida Lupino, Virginia Field,
Season 4, episode 40. An aspiring actress (Ida Lupino) has spent 20 years in Hollywood, not gaining fame as she had hoped, but as a stand-in for a well-known actress (Virginia Field). Her ambition turns to despair, and her affection to bitterness. Not rated. Black and white.
Original air date: January 19, 1956.

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The 50s were the golden age of tv!!!

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Ida was a beautiful, superb, multi-talented actress!! She certainly deserved more but didn't really let anything stop her! A wonderful show!

[@richardmcleod1930]

Ida Lupino carried on an acting family tradition which dated back to the 17th Century. Quite a History.

[@podamis314]

Lupino and Field portrayed a staggering range of nuanced emotions so beautifully and seamlessly, especially remarkable in a 25 minute play. And Lupino wrote it too!

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Credits indicate she wrote the "story;" someone else wrote the script. But who knows? Sometimes different names were used for multiple chores.

[@miapdx503]

This was good! Seeing these two ladies really enjoy the script was priceless. 🌹

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Really good show, thanks for posting! I only recently discovered Virginia Field in movies like REPEAT PERFORMANCE and THE CRYSTAL BALL and she was quite the charismatic presence. The unsparing honesty of her performance here was as stunning as her beauty. And of course Ida was her usual great self and doubly creative by coming up with the story too.

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Shades of ALL ABOUT EVE/SUNSET BLVD/THE 16MM SHRINE -- wonderful.

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She and then husband Howard Duff were terrific on the “Lucy Desi Comedy Hour”.

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Wonderful 👍👍👍

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Nice twist.

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5 Star 💫 Playhouse 🏆

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All about Eve in 25 mins. Ida was gold.

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Pretty much 😏

[@dianalee8967]

Good storyline and good acting by Ida Lupino again and I'm glad how it ended up I thought maybe it would be like that one with Betty Davis where that stand in actress took over or Betty Davis left off I can't remember the name of the movie it was famous movie.

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Amazing !!!

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Originally telecast on July 19, 1956. Narrated by John Stephenson.

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Virginia Field had a beautiful visage

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she did.

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Hmmmmm....

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Walter Winchell called Virginia Field the worlds most beautiful blonde. Probably not far off the mark.

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yep

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