[1] The show aired Sunday evenings from October 25, 1953, to February 28, 1954.
[2] A 15-minute local version of the show debuted on WNBT-TV on July 19, 1953.
It featured film of Cassini's visiting Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski at her Mid-Manhattan art studio and a display of still-photograph biography of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[3] Dumont picked up the program for network distribution, extended its length, and originated it from WTTG-TV in Washington.
[4] Episodes included interviews of guests, primarily "society and literary types", filimed at their homes and Cassini's reviews of then-current plays and films.
[citation needed] Geoffrey Jones was the producer, and Wes Harris was the director.