Bank on the Stars

A memory game show about movies.

Broadcast
CBS - June 20, 1953 - August 8, 1958 NBC - May 15, 1954 - August 21, 1954

Packager
Masterson-Reddy-Nelson Productions

Hosts
Jack Paar

Bill Cullen

Jimmy Nelson

Announcers
Olin Tice (CBS)

Bill McCord (NBC)

Gameplay
Three teams (one at a time) compete in a game of memory, observation & knowledge of currently playing movies.

The team in control was shown a clip of a currently playing film. Then they were asked up to three two-part questions (one part per player) about what they have seen. Each correct answer was worth $50 so there's a possibility of winning $100 on each question for a possible total of $300. Should any question be missed entirely, play stopped there and if it happened on the first question, then as a consolation prize, both contestants on the team in control dug their hands (one from each player) into a barrel full of silver dollars.

Bank Night Bonus
The team with the most money won the right to play the Bank Night Bonus round which was a one question round. The catch was that the movie clip was listened to, not seen by the winning team. Answering that question correctly won an additional $500.

NOTE: At some point in the series, the values were halved.

Links
Bank on the Stars @ Game Show Utopia

Bank on the Stars @ The Bill Cullen Homepage

YouTube Videos
A full episode of the show

Part 1

Part 2