NBC Matinee Theater

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NBC Matinee Theater
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Also known asMatinee Theater
Genre Anthology
Directed by John Drew Barrymore
Alan Cooke
Walter Grauman
Arthur Hiller
Lamont Johnson
Sherman Marks
Lawrence Menkin
Albert McCleery
Boris Sagal
Pace Woods
Alan Hanson
Presented by John Conte
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes650
Production
Executive producer George Lowther
ProducersGeorge Cahan
Albert McCleery
Frank Price
Darrell Ross
Running time4548 minutes
Production company NBC Television Network
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseOctober 31, 1955 (1955-10-31) 
June 27, 1958 (1958-06-27)

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, [1] to June 27, 1958. [2] Its name is often seen as Matinee Theatre.

Contents

The series, which ran daily from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. [2] Eastern Time, was usually broadcast live and most of the time in color. Its live dramas were presented with minimal sets and costumes. [3] It was the first daily hour-long dramatic series on television. [4]

When it was broadcast, Matinee Theater was the most heavily promoted regularly scheduled daytime program on U.S. television. [5] Along with NBC's Home , the show was part of the network's effort to "provide quality 'adult' entertainment" in daytime programming. [1]

In its second season, the program had an audience of 7 million daily viewers. [3]

The series ended in 1958 due to its high budget; much higher than any other daytime program in television.[ citation needed ] In 1956, the program's budget was "about $73,000" to produce five episodes per week. [6] A few of the later episodes were preserved on color film for later rerun syndication under different titles. The scripts of the series' episodes are archived at the University of California, Los Angeles. Several episodes are preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Paley Center, and the Library of Congress.

Buckley's comments

Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse (Cambria, California) recalled: [7]

When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week. This series aired live at 3 p.m. Eastern time and 12 noon Pacific, in order to promote color TV (which had just been developed) to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al [McCleery] was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is (or was) his own set decorator (selecting furnishings and hand props)—yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.

Personnel and production

Directors included Walter Grauman, Boris Sagal, Lamont Johnson, Arthur Hiller, Lawrence Schwab, Allen A. Buckhantz, Alan Cooke, and Livia Granito. [2] The show initially had 16 directors, but McCleery released those who could not promptly answer questions about what they needed or wanted for episodes. [8]

A staff of about a dozen people searched through books, magazines, and material in the public domain, looking for ideas, and about the same number of writers produced material for the program. [6]

While one episode of the program was being broadcast, the next day's episode was in final rehearsal. Both occurred in the same studio, with a soundproof curtain separating the activities. Two crews of 75 technicians each worked on the projects. Meanwhile, four future episodes were being rehearsed in four rehearsal halls in a facility at the corner of Vine and Selma in Los Angeles. [8]

Notable guest stars

Zsa Zsa Gabor as Madame Brillon in The Last Voyage, 1957. Zsa Zsa Gabor Matinee Theater 1957.JPG
Zsa Zsa Gabor as Madame Brillon in The Last Voyage, 1957.

Award nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryNotes
1956Won Emmy Award Best Contributing to Daytime Programming [10]
1957Won Golden Globe Award Best TV ShowTied with The Mickey Mouse Club , Cheyenne , Playhouse 90 , and This Is Your Life

Notable episodes

The program's initial presentation was "Beginning Now", by John P. Marquand, starring Louis Hayward. [2]

Episodes

Season 1 (1955–56)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"Beginning Now" Albert McCleery Story by: John P. Marquand
Teleplay by: Frank Gilroy
October 31, 1955 (1955-10-31)
22"Make Believe Mother"UnknownStory by: Ricky Zurex
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
November 1, 1955 (1955-11-01)
33"The Persistent Image"UnknownStory by: Gladys Schmitt
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
November 2, 1955 (1955-11-02)
44"I’m Straight With The World" Boris Sagal Theodore ApsteinNovember 3, 1955 (1955-11-03)
55"Progress And Minnie Sweeney"Larry SchwabEdmond KelsoNovember 4, 1955 (1955-11-04)
66"The House On Wildwood Lane"Unknown George Lowther November 7, 1955 (1955-11-07)
77"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt"UnknownHenry MisrockNovember 8, 1955 (1955-11-08)
88"One For The Road"UnknownEllis St. JosephNovember 9, 1955 (1955-11-09)
99"An Apple For Miss Myrtle"UnknownStory by: Margaret Cousins
Teleplay by: Robert Howard Lindsay and Kathleen Lindsey
November 10, 1955 (1955-11-10)
1010"The Man Without A Country" Lamont Johnson Story by: Edward Everett Hale
Teleplay by: Elihu Winer
November 11, 1955 (1955-11-11)
TBATBA"Big Hearted Herbert"TBDStory by: Sophie Kerr
Teleplay by: Kay Arthur
 ()
1111"Jigsaw"UnknownSeymour SternNovember 14, 1955 (1955-11-14)
1212"She’s The One With The Funny Face"UnknownStory by: Robert Barbash
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
November 15, 1955 (1955-11-15)
1313"All The Hoffmeyers In The World" Walter Grauman Anthony SpinnerNovember 16, 1955 (1955-11-16)
1414"The Aspern Papers" Arthur Hiller Story by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
November 17, 1955 (1955-11-17)
1515"Roman Fever"Sherman MarksStory by: Edith Wharton
Teleplay by: Hoffman R. Hays
November 18, 1955 (1955-11-18)
1616"Midsummer" Boris Sagal Story by: Nancy Hale
Teleplay by: Speed Lamkin
November 21, 1955 (1955-11-21)
1717"The Lady Chooses"UnknownWilliam McCleeryNovember 22, 1955 (1955-11-22)
1818"The Courtship Of Miles Standish" Lamont Johnson Story by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Teleplay by: Ellen & Richard McCracken
November 23, 1955 (1955-11-23)
1919"The Dispossessed"Allan A. BuckhantzStory by: Nedra Tyre
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart and James Hart
November 25, 1955 (1955-11-25)
2020"One For The Road (II)"UnknownEllis St. JosephNovember 28, 1955 (1955-11-28)
2121"The Touchstone" Arthur Hiller Story by: Edith Wharton
Teleplay by: Jerome Rose and Lois Jacoby
November 29, 1955 (1955-11-29)
2222"Wuthering Heights" Lamont Johnson Story by: Emily Bronte
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
November 30, 1955 (1955-11-30)
2323"The Brass Ring"UnknownStory by: Jacqueline Rhodes
Teleplay by: Herman Knight, James Leo Herlihy, & William Noble
December 1, 1955 (1955-12-01)
2424"Jason"UnknownStory by: Samson Raphaelson
Teleplay by: Lawrence Hazard
December 2, 1955 (1955-12-02)
2525"Arrowsmith" Boris Sagal Story by: Sinclair Lewis
Teleplay by: Robert Howard Lindsay and Kathleen Lindsey
December 5, 1955 (1955-12-05)
2626"Passing Strange"Unknown E. Jack Neuman December 6, 1955 (1955-12-06)
2727"For These Services"UnknownTheodore Ferro and Mathilde FerroDecember 7, 1955 (1955-12-07)
TBA28"Cordially - With Bombs"UnknownStory by: Phillip S. Goodman & Robert Nathe
Teleplay by: Harold Callen
December 8, 1955 (1955-12-08)
2929"White-Oaks"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Mazo De La Roche
Teleplay by: Kay Arthur
December 9, 1955 (1955-12-09)
3030"O'Toole From Moscow"Laurence Schwab Rod Serling December 12, 1955 (1955-12-12)
3131"The Milwaukee Rocket"Jim JordanStory by: Ted Prideaux
Teleplay by: Dale Wasserman
December 13, 1955 (1955-12-13)
3232"This One Is Different"Livia GranitoS.S. SchweitzerDecember 14, 1955 (1955-12-14)
3333"The Sins Of The Fathers" Boris Sagal David DavidsonDecember 15, 1955 (1955-12-15)
3434"See You On Sunday"Unknown Charles Mergendahl December 16, 1955 (1955-12-16)
3535"Coming Of Age" Tad Danielewski Harold & Johanna BrodkyDecember 19, 1955 (1955-12-19)
3636"Technique"UnknownStory by: Thyra Samter Winslow
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
December 20, 1955 (1955-12-20)
3737"Gallin, All-American"UnknownNicholas E. BaehrDecember 21, 1955 (1955-12-21)
3838"Santa Is No Saint" Arthur Hiller Frank and Doris Hursley December 22, 1955 (1955-12-22)
3939"The Unwelcomed"UnknownStory by: Gladys Schmitt
Teleplay by: Ann Elmo
December 23, 1955 (1955-12-23)
4040"The Red Sanders Story" Walter Grauman Story by: George Bruce
Teleplay by: Wilton Schiller
December 26, 1955 (1955-12-26)
4141"Elisha And The Long Knives"Unknown Dale Wasserman And Jack BalchDecember 27, 1955 (1955-12-27)
4242"Horns Of Dilemma"UnknownHarold CallenDecember 28, 1955 (1955-12-28)
4343"It Sometimes Happens Twice"UnknownGeorge BaxtDecember 29, 1955 (1955-12-29)
4444"The Shot"Allan A. Buckhantz E. Jack Neuman December 30, 1955 (1955-12-30)
4545"Mr.Krane" Boris Sagal Arthur Rodney ConebeareJanuary 3, 1956 (1956-01-03)
4646"Yesterday Is Gone"UnknownStory by: Eileen and Robert Mason Patrick
Teleplay by: Peggy Phillip
January 4, 1956 (1956-01-04)
4747"Double Door"UnknownStory by: Elizabeth McFadden
Teleplay by: Kay Arthur
January 5, 1956 (1956-01-05)
4848"The Happy Rest"UnknownN.Richard NashJanuary 6, 1956 (1956-01-06)
4949"The Gate"UnknownKatherine LindsayJanuary 9, 1956 (1956-01-09)
5050"One Left Over"UnknownRobert Howard LindsayJanuary 10, 1956 (1956-01-10)
5151"All The Trees In The Field"Alan Neuman Sylvia Richards January 11, 1956 (1956-01-11)
5252"Mr.Candido"UnknownWalt AndersonJanuary 12, 1956 (1956-01-12)
5353"Friday The 13th"Allan Buckhantz Sumner Locke Elliott January 13, 1956 (1956-01-13)
5454"The Old Maid" Lamont Johnson Story by: Edith Wharton
Teleplay by: Zoe Akins
January 16, 1956 (1956-01-16)
5555"Mother Was A Bachelor"UnknownStory by: Myna Lockwood
Teleplay by: Irving W. Phillips
January 17, 1956 (1956-01-17)
5656"The Bottom Of The River"Unknown Arnold Schulman January 18, 1956 (1956-01-18)
5757"Company Manners"UnknownStory by: Sumner Locke Elliott
Teleplay by: William McCleery
January 19, 1956 (1956-01-19)
5858"The Child And The Muse"UnknownGreer JohnsonJanuary 20, 1956 (1956-01-20)
5959"The Big Box" Boris Sagal Arnold M. Auerbach January 23, 1956 (1956-01-23)
6060"Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher"Unknown Donald Symington and Dean Harens January 24, 1956 (1956-01-24)
6161"Doc"UnknownBerry GroveJanuary 25, 1956 (1956-01-25)
6262"The Amateur"UnknownMort ThawJanuary 26, 1956 (1956-01-26)
6363"Light and Shadow"UnknownGlenn P. Wolfe and Elaine WolfeJanuary 27, 1956 (1956-01-27)
6464"Romney"UnknownStory by: A.L. Barker
Teleplay by: Lois Landauer
January 30, 1956 (1956-01-30)
6565"O Promise Me"UnknownGreer JohnsonJanuary 31, 1956 (1956-01-31)
6666"Hold My Hand And Run"UnknownJeanette and Francis LettonFebruary 1, 1956 (1956-02-01)
6767"Dark Possession" Lamont Johnson Gore Vidal February 2, 1956 (1956-02-02)
6868"The Diamond" Boris Sagal David Chandler February 3, 1956 (1956-02-03)
6969"Susan And God" Walter Grauman Story by: Rachel Crothers
Teleplay by: Lawrence Hazard
February 6, 1956 (1956-02-06)
7070"As Young As You Feel"UnknownStory by: Virginia Faulkner
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
February 7, 1956 (1956-02-07)
7171"The White Knight"Unknown Jack Laird February 8, 1956 (1956-02-08)
7272"The Anxious Years"UnknownStory by: Thyra Samter Winslow
Teleplay by: Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay
February 9, 1956 (1956-02-09)
7373"The Heart Of Mary Lincoln"UnknownStory by: Mary W. Ballard
Teleplay by: Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay
February 10, 1956 (1956-02-10)
7474"The Middle Son"UnknownNicolas BaehrFebruary 13, 1956 (1956-02-13)
7575"Valentine's Day"UnknownVirginia RooksFebruary 14, 1956 (1956-02-14)
7676"Summer Cannot Last"UnknownStory by: Diana Tutton
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
February 15, 1956 (1956-02-15)
7777"The Last Battlefield"UnknownHarold CallenFebruary 16, 1956 (1956-02-16)
7878"The Catbird Seat"Sherman MarksStory by: James Thurber
Teleplay by: Robert J. Shaw
February 17, 1956 (1956-02-17)
7979"Dream House"UnknownArthur CavanaughFebruary 20, 1956 (1956-02-20)
8080"The Runaways"UnknownAlfred BrennerFebruary 21, 1956 (1956-02-21)
8181"The Ledger"Unknown Jack Laird February 22, 1956 (1956-02-22)
8282"When The Bough Breaks"UnknownMichele CousinFebruary 23, 1956 (1956-02-23)
8383"I Want To March"UnknownHoffman R. HaysFebruary 24, 1956 (1956-02-24)
8484"Skylark" Arthur Hiller Story by: Lawrence Hazard
Teleplay by: Sam Raphaelson
February 27, 1956 (1956-02-27)
8585"Tall, Dark Stranger"UnknownPeter BarryFebruary 28, 1956 (1956-02-28)
8686"Anything But Love"UnknownWilliam McCleeryFebruary 29, 1956 (1956-02-29)
8787"Robin Daw"UnknownIra AveryMarch 1, 1956 (1956-03-01)
8888"Letter To A Stranger" Boris Sagal Story by: Elswyth Thane
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
March 2, 1956 (1956-03-02)
8989"Dinner At Antoine's"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Frances Parkinson Keyes
Teleplay by: Samuel W. Taylor
March 5, 1956 (1956-03-05)
9090"The Mating Of Watkins Tottle" Lamont Johnson Story by: Charles Dickens
Teleplay by: William Kozlenko & Meyer Dolinsky
March 6, 1956 (1956-03-06)
9191"Her Son's Wife"UnknownStory by: Claire Wallis
Teleplay by: Peggy Phillips
March 7, 1956 (1956-03-07)
9292"The Shining Place"UnknownPeggy PhillipsMarch 8, 1956 (1956-03-08)
9393"The Odd Ones"Livia GranitoBetty UliusMarch 9, 1956 (1956-03-09)
9494"A Cowboy For Chris"UnknownWalter Black and William MendrekMarch 12, 1956 (1956-03-12)
9595"The Rocking Chair"UnknownStory by: Bob Barbash
Teleplay by: Anthony Spinner
March 13, 1956 (1956-03-13)
9696"The Big Guy"Unknown Leonard Freeman March 14, 1956 (1956-03-14)
9797"Statue Of Limitations"UnknownA.J. RussellMarch 15, 1956 (1956-03-15)
9898"The Baron And The Banshees"UnknownStory by: Seamus White
Teleplay by: Jack Laird
March 16, 1956 (1956-03-16)
9999"Notebook Warrior"Unknown Ira Levin March 19, 1956 (1956-03-19)
100100"Temptation For A King"UnknownStory by: John Secondari
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
March 20, 1956 (1956-03-20)
101101"The Antidote"UnknownRichard McCrackenMarch 21, 1956 (1956-03-21)
102102"Shadows"UnknownJane and Ira AveryMarch 22, 1956 (1956-03-22)
103103"'M' Is For The Many..."Livia GranitoJoan CunninghamMarch 23, 1956 (1956-03-23)
104104"Silent Partner"UnknownJoseph LissMarch 26, 1956 (1956-03-26)
105105"Winter In April"UnknownStory by: Robert Nathan
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
March 27, 1956 (1956-03-27)
106106"Bread Upon The Waters"UnknownStory by: Ray Lukshis
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr and Irwin Shaw
March 28, 1956 (1956-03-28)
107107"The Giant Killer"UnknownJoseph K. CaldwellMarch 29, 1956 (1956-03-29)
108108"The Book Of Ruth" Lamont Johnson Howard Rodman March 30, 1956 (1956-03-30)
109109"Singer In The Valley"UnknownStory by: Dorothy Rood Stewart
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
April 1, 1956 (1956-04-01)
110110"The Heart Of A Husband"UnknownStory by: Margaret Culkin Banning
Teleplay by: Mort Thaw
April 3, 1956 (1956-04-03)
111111"From The Desk Of Margaret Tydings" Boris Sagal Story by: Blanche Gregory
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
April 4, 1956 (1956-04-04)
112112"But You Look Like Sisters"UnknownStory by: Fannie Hurst
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
April 5, 1956 (1956-04-05)
113113"The House Of Seven Gables"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Teleplay by: Elihu Winer
April 6, 1956 (1956-04-06)
114114"Fiddlin' Man" Lamont Johnson Story by: William Brandon
Teleplay by: Dale Wasserman
April 9, 1956 (1956-04-09)
115115"The Hollow Woman"UnknownBruce KimesApril 10, 1956 (1956-04-10)
116116"People In Glass Houses"UnknownKathleen and Robert Howard LindsayApril 11, 1956 (1956-04-11)
117117"One Of The Family"UnknownS.S. SchweitzerApril 12, 1956 (1956-04-12)
118118"Young Hands, Young Feet"UnknownSteve GethersApril 13, 1956 (1956-04-13)
119119"The Lark Shall Sing"UnknownStory by: Elizabeth Cadell
Teleplay by: Peggy Phillips
April 16, 1956 (1956-04-16)
120120"The Doctor's Wife"UnknownStory by: Nella Gardner White
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
April 17, 1956 (1956-04-17)
121121"In Dread Of Winter"UnknownJess GregApril 18, 1956 (1956-04-18)
122122"The Babylonian Heart"UnknownStory by: Robert Arthur
Teleplay by: Henry Misrock
April 19, 1956 (1956-04-19)
123123"Ask Me No Questions"Unknown Max Wilk April 20, 1956 (1956-04-20)
124124"Whom Death Has Joined Together" Boris Sagal Alvin SapinsleyApril 23, 1956 (1956-04-23)
125125"Tin Wedding"Unknown Hagar Wilde and Judson O'DonnellApril 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)
126126"The Reckoning"UnknownDaniel MorganApril 25, 1956 (1956-04-25)
127127"A Woman Named Ruby"UnknownStory by: Isabella Taves
Teleplay by: Doris Gilbert and Christie Munro
April 26, 1956 (1956-04-26)
128128"The Bright Boy"UnknownJohn BouruffApril 27, 1956 (1956-04-27)
129129"The Carefree Tree"UnknownStory by: Aldyth Morris
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
April 30, 1956 (1956-04-30)
130130"Greybeards and Witches"UnknownRobert EastonMay 1, 1956 (1956-05-01)
131131"The Legend Of Jenny Lind" Walter Grauman Irve TunickMay 2, 1956 (1956-05-02)
132132"Daughter Of The Seventh"UnknownS.S. SchweitzerMay 3, 1956 (1956-05-03)
133133"Night Must Fall"Sherman Marks Emlyn Williams May 4, 1956 (1956-05-04)
134134"The 25th Hour"UnknownDorothy Tyler and James BlumgartenMay 7, 1956 (1956-05-07)
135135"A Man And A Maid"Unknown Therese Lewis May 8, 1956 (1956-05-08)
136136"Perspective"UnknownHoffman R. HaysMay 9, 1956 (1956-05-09)
137137"The Catamaran"Unknown J.P. Miller May 10, 1956 (1956-05-10)
138138"Johnny Came Marching Home"UnknownAnthony SpinnerMay 11, 1956 (1956-05-11)
139139"A Family Affair"UnknownHenry MisrockMay 14, 1956 (1956-05-14)
TBATBA"Statue of Limitations"UnknownStory by: A.J. Russell
Teleplay by:
May 15, 1956 (1956-05-15)
140140"Blind Date"UnknownJoan CunninghamMay 16, 1956 (1956-05-16)
141141"To Have And To Hold"UnknownStory by: Irving Elman
Teleplay by: Wilton Schiller
May 17, 1956 (1956-05-17)
142142"Edwina Black"UnknownStory by: William Dinner & William Morum
Teleplay by: Warner Law
May 18, 1956 (1956-05-18)
143143"The Spare Room"UnknownStory by: Nelia Gardner White
Teleplay by: Peggy Phillips
May 21, 1956 (1956-05-21)
144144"The Bottle Imp"Livia GranitoStory by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Teleplay by: Bill Templeton
May 22, 1956 (1956-05-22)
145145"Brief Music"UnknownStory by: Emmet Lavery
Teleplay by: Irving Phillips
May 23, 1956 (1956-05-23)
146146"The Girl From Boro Park"UnknownAlbert MeglinMay 24, 1956 (1956-05-24)
147147"To Whom It May Concern"UnknownRalph Rose Jr.May 25, 1956 (1956-05-25)
148148"Bachelor Buttons"UnknownMichelle CousinMay 28, 1956 (1956-05-28)
149149"The Children Of Papa Juan"UnknownStory by: Guy de Maupassant
Teleplay by: Robert Claborne
May 29, 1956 (1956-05-29)
150150"Herself Alone"UnknownStory by: Charles Mergendahl
Teleplay by: Roger Marston
May 30, 1956 (1956-05-30)
151151"Three For The Money"UnknownStory by: James McConnaughey
Teleplay by: Jack Laird
May 31, 1956 (1956-05-31)
152152"Taxi To The Moon"UnknownSheppard KermanJune 1, 1956 (1956-06-01)
153153"The Good-Time Boys"UnknownStory by: Jane and Ira Avery
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
June 4, 1956 (1956-06-04)
154154"The American"Pace WoodsStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
June 5, 1956 (1956-06-05)
155155"The Luck Of Amos Currie"UnknownKatherine Lindsay and Robert Howard LindsayJune 6, 1956 (1956-06-06)
156156"Fight The Whole World"Allan BuckhantzCaleb GrayJune 7, 1956 (1956-06-07)
157157"Autumn Crocus"UnknownStory by: C.L. Anthony
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
June 8, 1956 (1956-06-08)
158158"George Has A Birthday"UnknownJean Clifford RaymondJune 11, 1956 (1956-06-11)
159159"The Serpent's Tooth"UnknownB.M. Atkinson Jr.June 12, 1956 (1956-06-12)
160160"Crime At Blossom's"UnknownStory by: Mordaunt Shairp
Teleplay by: Jerome Ross
June 13, 1956 (1956-06-13)
161161"Cause For Suspicion"UnknownStory by: Peggy Lamson
Teleplay by: Joseph Liss
June 14, 1956 (1956-06-14)
162162"Alison's House"UnknownStory by: Susan Glaspell
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
June 15, 1956 (1956-06-15)
163163"A Safe Place"UnknownStory by: Melba Marlett
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
June 18, 1956 (1956-06-18)
164164"The Guest Cottage"UnknownWilliam McCleeryJune 19, 1956 (1956-06-19)
165165"Forsaking All Others"UnknownStory by: Alice Duer Miller
Teleplay by: Barbara Kay Davidson and Peggy Phillips
June 20, 1956 (1956-06-20)
A chronicle of what happens when circumstances bring together a beautiful woman and a handsome man, each of whom is married to an invalid.
Note: Based on the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller
166166"Love, Honor And O'Day"Unknown Eileen Mason and Robert Mason Pollock June 21, 1956 (1956-06-21)
A light hearted story of a sponsor's wife who tries to reunite the TV man-and-wife team of Johnny and Amanda O'Day for her husbands sponsors.
167167"The Damask Cheek"UnknownStory by: John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
June 22, 1956 (1956-06-22)
The story of a young woman who comes to visit relatives in this country and winds up in the middle of two romances being carried on by her two cousins.
Note: Based on the Play of the same name by John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris
168168"The Lighted Window" Lamont Johnson Story by: Pearl S. Buck
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
June 25, 1956 (1956-06-25)
An unhappily married New York executive's wife involves herself in the romantic and financial problems of an artist.
Note: Based on the short story "Moon Over Manhattan" by Pearl S. Buck
169169"But Fear Itself"UnknownStory by: Stuart Hawkins
Teleplay by: Martin Grupsmith
June 26, 1956 (1956-06-26)
An ex film star comes out of 14 years retirement to appear on a television show.
170170"The Birthday Present aka Red Letter Day"UnknownAndrew RosenthalJune 27, 1956 (1956-06-27)
An attractive wife's world falls apart.
171171"The Ghost Of Greenwich Village" Boris Sagal Story by: Elsie Milnes
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28)

Note: Based on the Novel by Elsie Milnes
172172"The Young And The Damned" Walter Grauman Story by: Roy Hargrave and Kenneth Phillips Britton
Teleplay by: Warner Law
June 29, 1956 (1956-06-29)
A college boy's efforts to cover up his murder of an off-campus bad girl who accuses him fathering her expected child.
Note: Based on the play "Houseparty" by Roy Hargrave & Kenneth Phillips Britton
173173"There’s Always Juliet" Arthur Hiller Story by: John Van Druten
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
July 2, 1956 (1956-07-02)
A young Englishwoman is swept off her feet by the attentions of a handsome American. But he doubts that their sudden love can be real or lasting.
Note: Based on the play of the same name by John Van Druten
174174"Seasoned Timber"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Teleplay by: Elihu Winer
July 3, 1956 (1956-07-03)
The principal of a Vermont Academy opposes one of the school's trustees who wants to alter the curriculum in order to make the academy more exclusive.
Note: Based on a Novel by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
175175"The Declaration"UnknownStephen R. Callahan and John Vlahos July 4, 1956 (1956-07-04)
The aristocratic father of a young man decries the Declaration of Independence and such 'rebels' as Franklin, Jefferson and Adams. Loyal to the king, the father orders his son out of the house when the young man persists in his radical ideas
176176"The High Places"Unknown Roger Garis July 5, 1956 (1956-07-05)
A newspaper editor feels that his principles are being compromised by his publisher's policies. But when it comes to his private life, he is knee high-principled.
177177"Black Chiffon"UnknownStory by: Leslie Storm
Teleplay by: Phillip Barry Jr.
July 6, 1956 (1956-07-06)
Two days before the marriage of her son, a woman who has an absolutely untarnished reputation unaccountably steals a black chiffon nightgown.
Note: Based on a play by Leslie Storm
178178"Class Of '58"Unknown Louis S. Peterson July 9, 1956 (1956-07-09)
A college freshman is expelled from school and is returning home to uncertainty when he meets a business man who changes his life.
179179"Marriage By The Millions"Unknown George Lowther July 11, 1956 (1956-07-11)
A successful woman marriage counselor's husband asks for a divorce.
180180"Backfire"UnknownMarc BrandelJuly 12, 1956 (1956-07-12)
A fame-seeking professor and the lawyer suitor of his daughter feel guilty over a murder suspect.
181181"The Bishop Misbehaves"UnknownStory by: Frederick Jackson
Teleplay by: Kay Arthur
July 13, 1956 (1956-07-13)
An English Bishop finds himself in the middle of a robbery.
Note: Based on the play of the same name by Frederick J. Jackson
182182"The Remittance Man"Unknown James Elward July 16, 1956 (1956-07-16)
An imaginative old man's fanciful anecdotes change the lives of the family with whom he boards.
183183"Beg, Borrow or Steal"Unknown Jay Presson Allen July 17, 1956 (1956-07-17)
A respected attorney's career of embezzlement catches up with him on the eve of his daughter's marriage to his junior law partner.
184184"Summer Pavilion"Unknown Gore Vidal July 18, 1956 (1956-07-18)
An outwardly docile Southern girl who falls in love with the engineer who is tearing up the heirloom summer house of her matriarchal mother.
185185"The Feast"UnknownStory by: Margaret Kennedy
Teleplay by: Hoffman R. Hays
July 19, 1956 (1956-07-19)
The story of the life of the eccentric residents of a guest house perched on the edge of a cliff.
Note: Based on the Novel of the same name by Margaret Kennedy
186186"The Rich Full Life"UnknownStory by: Vina Delmar
Teleplay by: Jack Paritz
July 20, 1956 (1956-07-20)
A wife in a humdrum marriage battles her husband and her husband's family to save her daughter from a similar fate.
Note: Based on the play of the same name by Vina Delmar
187187"The Reverberator" Arthur Hiller Story by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
July 23, 1956 (1956-07-23)
A Parisian family is exploited by the American tabloids and causes a scandal.
Note: Based on the novel of the same name by Henry James
188188"Woman At The Window"Walter GraumanStory by: Nelia Gardner White
Teleplay by: Nicolas E. Baehr
July 24, 1956 (1956-07-24)
A young woman is about to free herself from the limitation of her charming sister when tragedy turns the latter into a dependent invalid.
189189"Another Sky"Alan CookeStory by: Naomi Lane Babson
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
July 25, 1956 (1956-07-25)
A young girl's silent adoration of first a missionary, then a sea captain finally brings her fulfillment of her dreams.
190190"Letter Of Introduction"UnknownStory by: James Carhartt and Nicolas Winter
Teleplay by: William Templeton
July 26, 1956 (1956-07-26)
The story of an American divorcee, transplanted to Paris who receives a letter stating that she is about to be visited by a young man who doesn't know she is his mother.
191191"Home At Seven"UnknownStory by: R.C. Sherriff
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
July 27, 1956 (1956-07-27)
A bank employee suffers a 24-hour lapse of memory.
Note: Based on the play of the same name by R.C. Sherriff
192192"The Cypress Tree"Unknown Robert J. Shaw July 30, 1956 (1956-07-30)
The story of a recently widowed woman's determination to rebuild her own life despite her sister's strange insistence on mournful respect for the dead.
193193"Belong To Me"Livia GranitaStory by: Ann Pinchot
Teleplay by: Gail Ingram
July 31, 1956 (1956-07-31)
A young governess to a child whose parents are divorced is attracted to the father.
Note: Based on an unpublished novelette "Love Wears A Golden Crown" by Ann Pinchot
194194"Pygmalion Jones"UnknownStory by: Dorothy Kilgallen and Richard Kollmar
Teleplay by: Gail Ingram Clement
August 1, 1956 (1956-08-01)
The story of an accidental photograph that catapults an obscure young woman from school teacher to pin-up girl and playgirl.
195195"Gretel" Lamont Johnson Vance Bourjaily August 2, 1956 (1956-08-02)
A young boy marries an Immigrant girl then must explain to his parents his reasons.
196196"Some Man Will Want You"UnknownStory by: Margaret Culkin Banning
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
August 3, 1956 (1956-08-03)
A girl is tossed into the tension of a presidential nominating convention.
197197"The Fall Of The House Of Usher" Boris Sagal Story by: Edgar Allan Poe
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
August 6, 1956 (1956-08-06)
A friend pays a visit to a man who lives in a sinister, dark mansion. The day he arrives, his host's sister is taken mysteriously ill and is not seen again.
Note: Based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe
198198"Cupid Road A Horse"UnknownB.M. Atkinson Jr.August 7, 1956 (1956-08-07)
Grandpa Hoyt will be sent back to Iowa if he doesn't stop betting on the horses. The old man's grandsons want to keep him around, so they try and fix him up with wealthy Mrs. Conkwright.
199199"The Old Payola"Unknown Abby Mann and Jack WilsonAugust 8, 1956 (1956-08-08)
A crooner turns rock 'n' roll hipster at his manager's request to pick up a fast buck.
TBATBA"The Century Plant" Albert McCleery Story by: Theodore Apstein
Teleplay by:
August 9, 1956 (1956-08-09)
200200"The Perfect Alibi"UnknownStory by: A.A. Milne
Teleplay by: Nikki Justin and William Noble
August 10, 1956 (1956-08-10)
The young ward of a man whom police believe committed suicide, sets out to prove that it was murder.

Season 2 (1956-57)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
2011"The House On 5th Avenue"Sherman MarksHenry MisrockAugust 28, 1956 (1956-08-28)
2022"Yankee Doodler"Arthur HillerAllen SwiftAugust 29, 1956 (1956-08-29)
2033"The Pink Hippopotamus" Allan Buckhantz [11] Story by: Robert G. Deindorfer
Teleplay by: Adrian Spies
August 30, 1956 (1956-08-30) [note 1]
Thriller about refugees from communist Europe. [11]
2044"September Tide"Laurence Schwab Jr.Story by: Daphne du Maurier
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
September 3, 1956 (1956-09-03)
2055"Are You Listening?"Unknown Jack Laird September 3, 1956 (1956-09-03)
The story of a young jazz musician who learns that note-by-note imitation is not the way to perpetuate the memory of his famous musician father
2066"The Lady's Maid's Bell"UnknownStory by: Edith Wharton
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
September 94, 1956 (1956-09-94)
2077"One Hundred Red Convertibles"Unknown Roger Garis September 5, 1956 (1956-09-05)
2088"The Ivy Curtain" Albert McCleery Anthony SpinnerSeptember 6, 1956 (1956-09-06)
2099"Gramercy Ghost" Arthur Hiller Story by: John Cecil Holm
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
September 7, 1956 (1956-09-07)
21010"The Lovers"UnknownMarion C. BakerSeptember 10, 1956 (1956-09-10)
21111"Reach For The Stars"UnknownB.L. HunterSeptember 11, 1956 (1956-09-11)
21212"I Like It Here"Sherman MarksA.B. ShiffrinSeptember 12, 1956 (1956-09-12)
21313"A Question Of Balance"UnknownStory by: Stuart Dunham
Teleplay by: Wood Fitchette
September 13, 1956 (1956-09-13)
21414"Marriage Royal"UnknownRobert WallstenSeptember 14, 1956 (1956-09-14)
21515"Mad Money"UnknownStory by: Max Wilk, Lee Rogow, and Dick Lewine
Teleplay by: Max Wilk
September 19, 1956 (1956-09-19)
21616"A Letter From Johnny Brack"UnknownStory by: Sophie Kerr
Teleplay by: Harold Callen
September 20, 1956 (1956-09-20)
21717"Uncle Harry"UnknownThomas JobSeptember 21, 1956 (1956-09-21)
TBATBA"The Starmaster"UnknownStory by: Will Schneider and Herman Goldberg
Teleplay by:
September 23, 1956 (1956-09-23)
21818"At Mrs. Leland's"UnknownStory by: Fannie Hurst
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
September 24, 1956 (1956-09-24)
21919"The House Next Door"UnknownStory by: Vera Blackwell
Teleplay by: William Templeton
September 25, 1956 (1956-09-25)
22020"The Alumni Reunion" Boris Sagal Nicholas E. BaehrSeptember 26, 1956 (1956-09-26)
22121"Sound Of Fear"George CahanBill BarrettSeptember 27, 1956 (1956-09-27)
22222"Late Date"UnknownWilliam Kendall ClarkeSeptember 28, 1956 (1956-09-28)
22323"Pride & Prejudice"Sherman MarksStory by: Jane Austen
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
October 1, 1956 (1956-10-01)
22424"The Pearls Of Sheba"UnknownStory by: Vivian Cornell
Teleplay by: Henry Misrock
October 2, 1956 (1956-10-02)
22525"The Stamp Caddy"UnknownHal HackadyOctober 15, 1956 (1956-10-15)
22626"The Egoist" Lamont Johnson Story by: George Meredith
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
October 16, 1956 (1956-10-16)
22727"The Family Man"UnknownWilliam McCleeryOctober 17, 1956 (1956-10-17)
22828"Sight Unseen"UnknownStory by: Rosemary Foster and Warner Law
Teleplay by: Warner Law
October 18, 1956 (1956-10-18)
22929"The Eye Of The Storm"Sherman MarksNorman JacobOctober 19, 1956 (1956-10-19)
23030"Man In Seven League Boots"UnknownAnthony SpinnerOctober 22, 1956 (1956-10-22)
23131"Woman Across The Hall"UnknownRobert WallstenOctober 23, 1956 (1956-10-23)
23232"And Then There Were Three"UnknownS.V.P. RandOctober 24, 1956 (1956-10-24)
23333"Shake The Stars Down"UnknownStory by: Pamela Frankau
Teleplay by: Gail Ingram
October 29, 1956 (1956-10-29)
23434"Horsepower"Sherman Marks Mona Kent and Alfred Ryder October 30, 1956 (1956-10-30)
23535"Without Sanction"UnknownStory by: Hans Kades
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
October 31, 1956 (1956-10-31)
23636"The Outing"UnknownArnold RabinNovember 2, 1956 (1956-11-02)
23737"Thank You, Edmondo"Allan BuckhantzMac ShoubNovember 5, 1956 (1956-11-05)
23838"The Tell-Tale Heart" Boris Sagal Story by: Edgar Allan Poe
Teleplay by: William Templeton
November 6, 1956 (1956-11-06)
23939"Strangers On A Honeymoon"UnknownRobert Freud RodgersNovember 7, 1956 (1956-11-07)
24040"A Dram Of Poison"Pace WoodsStory by: Charlotte Armstrong
Teleplay by: Henry Misrock
November 8, 1956 (1956-11-08)
24141"The Shining Hour"Sherman MarksStory by: Keith Winter
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
November 9, 1956 (1956-11-09)
24242"Love, Marriage & Five Thousand Dollars" Walter Grauman Story by: Alfred Brenner
Teleplay by: Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay
November 12, 1956 (1956-11-12)
24343"Step Into Darkness"UnknownStory by: Elizabeth Denham
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
November 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
25444"A Candle In The Dark"UnknownPaul TaboriNovember 14, 1956 (1956-11-14)
24545"Savrola"Albert McCleeryStory by: Winston Churchill
Teleplay by: Frank and Doris Hursley
November 15, 1956 (1956-11-15)
24646"A Table Set At Night"UnknownPeter BerneisNovember 16, 1956 (1956-11-16)
24747"Madame De Treymes" Walter Grauman Story by: Edith Wharton
Teleplay by: William Templeton
November 19, 1956 (1956-11-19)
24848"The People Vs. John Tarr"UnknownEunice Luccock CorfmanNovember 20, 1956 (1956-11-20)
24949"The Location Of Roycemore College"UnknownMalcolm Shaw and Dan BlueNovember 21, 1956 (1956-11-21)
25050"Dracula" Lamont Johnson Story by: Bram Stoker
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
November 23, 1956 (1956-11-23)
25151"Cease From Anger"UnknownEugene FrancisNovember 26, 1956 (1956-11-26)
25252"The Empty Nest"Unknown Josephine Lawrence November 27, 1956 (1956-11-27)
25353"Spare Your Pity"Unknown C. Stafford Dickens November 28, 1956 (1956-11-28)
25454"The Last Leaf"UnknownRoss Claiborne and Frances BanksNovember 30, 1956 (1956-11-30)
25555"Therese" Walter Grauman Story by: Elizabeth Hart and Thomas Job
Teleplay by: Emile Zola
December 3, 1956 (1956-12-03)
25656"The House Of Mirth"Unknown Edith Wharton December 4, 1956 (1956-12-04)
25757"Julie"UnknownDavid DavidsonDecember 5, 1956 (1956-12-05)
25858"The Refugee"UnknownStory by: Thelma Nurenberg
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
December 6, 1956 (1956-12-06)
25959"Jenny Kissed Me"UnknownStory by: Jean Kerr
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
December 7, 1956 (1956-12-07)
26060"Miracle At Carville"UnknownStory by: Betty Martin
Teleplay by: William Mourne
December 10, 1956 (1956-12-10)
26161"The Upper Hand"UnknownStory by: Nathaniel Benchley
Teleplay by: George Lowther
December 11, 1956 (1956-12-11)
26262"Love Is A Locksmith"UnknownWilliam McCleeryDecember 12, 1956 (1956-12-12)
26363"Captain Brassbound's Conversion" Boris Sagal Story by: George Bernard Shaw
Teleplay by: Boris Segal
December 13, 1956 (1956-12-13)
26464"The Wisp End"UnknownRichard WendleyDecember 14, 1956 (1956-12-14)
26565"Prominent Citizens"UnknownStory by: A.B. Shiffrin
Teleplay by: Richard Wendley
December 17, 1956 (1956-12-17)
26666"Head Of The Family"UnknownS.S. SchweitzerDecember 18, 1956 (1956-12-18)
26767"The Password"UnknownHelen CottonDecember 19, 1956 (1956-12-19)
26868"Late Love"UnknownStory by: Rosemary Casey
Teleplay by: Gail Ingram
December 20, 1956 (1956-12-20)
26969"Eugene Grandet"UnknownStory by: Honore de Balzac
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
December 21, 1956 (1956-12-21)
27070"Cold Christmas"UnknownStory by: Anna Marie Barlow and S. Brooke White
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
December 24, 1956 (1956-12-24)
27171"Little Women"UnknownStory by: Louisa May Alcott
Teleplay by: Elaine Ryan
December 25, 1956 (1956-12-25)
27272"Sweetheart, Wife Or Mother"UnknownStory by: Lemora Mattingly Weber
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
December 26, 1956 (1956-12-26)
27373"Smilin' Thru"Sherman MarksStory by: Allan Langdon Martin
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
December 27, 1956 (1956-12-27)
27474"Strong Medicine"UnknownWilliam MourneDecember 28, 1956 (1956-12-28)
27575"Everything Is Relative"UnknownDan BeaumontDecember 31, 1956 (1956-12-31)
27676"Miss Morissa"UnknownStory by: Mari Sandoz
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
January 2, 1957 (1957-01-02)
27777"The Scandalous Priest"Unknown Frank and Doris Hursley January 3, 1957 (1957-01-03)
27878"Dark Victory" Walter Grauman Story by: George Emerson Brewer Jr. and Bertram Block
Teleplay by: Kathleen Lindsay and Robert Howard Lindsay
January 4, 1957 (1957-01-04)
27979"The Lonely Look"Unknown Herman Raucher January 7, 1957 (1957-01-07)
28080"The Sudden Truth"UnknownCharles CagleJanuary 8, 1956 (1956-01-08)
28181"The Man In Half-Moon Street"UnknownStory by: Barre Lyndon
Teleplay by: Kathleen Lindsay and Robert Howard Lindsay
January 9, 1957 (1957-01-09)
28282"The Hex"UnknownGene FeldmanJanuary 10, 1956 (1956-01-10)
28383"If This Be Error"UnknownStory by: Rachel Grieve
Teleplay by: William Kendall Clark
January 11, 1957 (1957-01-11)
28484"On The Trail Of The Klingsfield"UnknownPhilip KalfurJanuary 14, 1957 (1957-01-14)
28585"Here We Are"Unknown Sol Saks January 15, 1957 (1957-01-15)
28686"Arms And The Man"Alan Cooke George Bernard Shaw January 16, 1957 (1957-01-16)
28787"Home Is The Hunter"Unknown Howard Berk January 17, 1957 (1957-01-17)
28888"Madam Ava"UnknownStory by: Aurand Harris
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
January 18, 1957 (1957-01-18)
28989"The Outting"UnknownArnold RubinJanuary 21, 1957 (1957-01-21)
29090"Night Train To Chicago"UnknownFranklin BartonJanuary 22, 1957 (1957-01-22)
29191"This Language Called Love"UnknownStory by: Hila Colman
Teleplay by: Barbara Davidson
January 23, 1957 (1957-01-23)
29292"The Thirteenth Crypt"UnknownAnthony SpinnerJanuary 24, 1957 (1957-01-24)
29393"Mr. Pim Passes By"UnknownStory by: A.A. Milne
Teleplay by: Warner Law
January 25, 1957 (1957-01-25)
29494"Anything For A Laugh"UnknownStory by: Doris Gilbert
Teleplay by: Eve Greene
January 29, 1957 (1957-01-29)
29595"The Realms Of Gold"UnknownHoward Lawrence DavisJanuary 30, 1957 (1957-01-30)
29696"Deacon Of Oak Ridge"UnknownStory by:
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
January 31, 1957 (1957-01-31)
29797"Accent On Youth"Unknown Samson Raphaelson February 1, 1957 (1957-02-01)
29898"Three Kids"UnknownMartin DonovanFebruary 4, 1957 (1957-02-04)
29999"Frankenstein" Walter Grauman Story by: Mary Shelley
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
February 5, 1957 (1957-02-05)
300100"The Most Dangerous Man"UnknownIrving RichinFebruary 6, 1957 (1957-02-06)
301101"One"Unknown David Karp February 7, 1957 (1957-02-07)
302102"The Importance Of Being Earnest"Alan Cooke Oscar Wilde February 8, 1957 (1957-02-08)
303103"The Brat's House"UnknownRoy Hargrave and Joseph Di RedaFebruary 11, 1957 (1957-02-11)
304104"The Mysterious Mr. Todd"UnknownGeorge Sumner AlbeeFebruary 12, 1957 (1957-02-12)
305105"A Case Of Pure Fiction"UnknownJerome RossFebruary 13, 1957 (1957-02-13)
306106"The Master Builder"Sherman Marks Henrik Ibsen February 14, 1957 (1957-02-14)
307107"The Others"UnknownStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
February 15, 1957 (1957-02-15)
308108"The Remarkable Mr. Jerome"UnknownStory by: Anita Leslie
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
February 19, 1957 (1957-02-19)
309109"Bobbie"UnknownNarda StokesFebruary 20, 1957 (1957-02-20)
310110"The Hickory Limb"UnknownStory by: Meade Roberts
Teleplay by: John Van Druten
February 21, 1957 (1957-02-21)
311111"The Bridge"Alan HansonStory by: Narda Stokes
Teleplay by: Joseph Caldwell
February 22, 1957 (1957-02-22)
312112"The Serpent's Tooth"UnknownB.M. Atkinson Jr.February 25, 1957 (1957-02-25)
313113"Voyage To Mandok"Livia GranitoPeter BarryFebruary 26, 1957 (1957-02-26)
314114"The Day Before The Wedding" Walter Grauman Anthony SpinnerFebruary 27, 1957 (1957-02-27)
315115"Queen Of Spades"UnknownStory by: Alexander S. Pushkin
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
February 28, 1957 (1957-02-28)
316116"Shadow And Substance"Unknown Paul Vincent Carroll March 1, 1957 (1957-03-01)
317117"You Touched Me"UnknownStory by: Tennessee Williams
Teleplay by: Donald Windham
March 4, 1957 (1957-03-04)
318118"The Hemlock Cup"Alan HansonStory by: Edward Hunt
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
March 5, 1957 (1957-03-05)
319119"Papa's Wife"UnknownStory by: Thyra Ferre Bjorn
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
March 6, 1957 (1957-03-06)
320120"The Prizewinner"UnknownJerome RossMarch 7, 1957 (1957-03-07)
321121"Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
March 8, 1957 (1957-03-08)
322122"Yesterday’s Magic"UnknownStory by: Luigi Parandello
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
March 14, 1957 (1957-03-14)
323123"Tongue Of Silver"Sherman Marks Michael Dyne March 15, 1957 (1957-03-15)
324124"The Peaceable Kingdob"UnknownArthur ArentMarch 18, 1957 (1957-03-18)
325125"The Nineteenth Hole"UnknownStory by: Frank Craven
Teleplay by: Warner Law
March 19, 1957 (1957-03-19)
326126"Wedding Of The Family"UnknownStory by: Dale Fife
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
March 20, 1957 (1957-03-20)
327127"The Ways Of Courage"UnknownWill LorinMarch 25, 1957 (1957-03-25)
328128"Journey Into Darkness" Walter Grauman Story by: Selwyn James
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
March 26, 1957 (1957-03-26)
329129"Barricade At The Big Black"UnknownStory by: Terrence Kilpatrick
Teleplay by: Anthony Spinner
March 27, 1957 (1957-03-27)
330130"The Vicarious Years"UnknownStory by: John Van Druten
Teleplay by: Peggy Lamson
March 28, 1957 (1957-03-28)
331131"The First Year"Unknown Frank Craven March 29, 1957 (1957-03-29)
332132"End Of A Rope"Alan HansonSheldon StarkApril 1, 1957 (1957-04-01)
333133"We Won’t Be Any Trouble"UnknownStory by: John and Ward Hawkins
Teleplay by: George Lowther
April 2, 1957 (1957-04-02)
334134"The Daughter Of Mata Hari"UnknownStory by: Kurt Singer
Teleplay by: Alvin Boretz
April 3, 1957 (1957-04-03)
335135"Talk You Of Killing"UnknownJoe BarryApril 4, 1957 (1957-04-04)
336136"The Pursuit Of Happiness"Unknown Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall LangnerApril 5, 1957 (1957-04-05)
337137"Wuthering Heights"UnknownStory by: Emily Bronte
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
April 8, 1957 (1957-04-08)
338138"The Long Distance"UnknownStory by: Reita Lambert
Teleplay by: George Lowther
April 9, 1957 (1957-04-09)
339139"Point Of Clearing"Unknown Robert E. Thompson April 10, 1957 (1957-04-10)
340140"The Sport"Unknown Helene Hanff April 11, 1957 (1957-04-11)
341141"The Flashing Stream"UnknownStory by: Charles Morgan
Teleplay by: Kathleen Lindsay and Robert Howard Lindsay
April 12, 1957 (1957-04-12)
342142"Thread That Runs So True" Lamont Johnson Harold GastApril 15, 1957 (1957-04-15)
343143"Jamie Picks A Wife"UnknownStory by: Gertrude Schweitzer
Teleplay by: Peggy Phillips
April 16, 1957 (1957-04-16)
344144"Blind Man's Bluff"UnknownStory by: Nelia Gardner White
Teleplay by: Richard Wendley
April 17, 1957 (1957-04-17)
345145"The Story Of Joseph"UnknownHoward RodmanApril 19, 1957 (1957-04-19)
346146"The Pushover"Sherman MarksStory by: Harriet Frank Jr.
Teleplay by: William McCleery
April 24, 1957 (1957-04-24)
347147"Ashes In The Wind" Walter Grauman Mac ShoubApril 25, 1957 (1957-04-25)
348148"A Hat, A Coat, A Glove"UnknownStory by: Wilhem Speyer
Teleplay by: Luther Reed and Monique Jean
April 26, 1957 (1957-04-26)
349149"The Professional"UnknownStan CutlerApril 29, 1957 (1957-04-29)
350150"Guardians Of The Temple" Lamont Johnson Gene FeldmanApril 30, 1957 (1957-04-30)
351151"The Short Safari Of B'wana Ben"UnknownStory by: Stanley d. Schneider
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
May 1, 1957 (1957-05-01)
352152"Church On Sunday"UnknownMarjorie Duhan AdlerMay 2, 1957 (1957-05-02)
353153"The Gioconda Smile" Boris Sagal Story by: Aldous Huxley
Teleplay by: Anthony Spinner
May 3, 1957 (1957-05-03)
354154"Show Of Strength"UnknownHerman J. EpsteinMay 6, 1957 (1957-05-06)
355155"Make-Believe Affair"UnknownStory by: Robert Standish
Teleplay by: George Lowther
May 7, 1957 (1957-05-07)
356156"Hymn To The Dedicated"UnknownMikhail RykoffMay 8, 1957 (1957-05-08)
357157"Thursday’s Child"UnknownStory by: Mary George Kochos
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
May 9, 1957 (1957-05-09)
358158"Big Hearted Herbert"UnknownStory by: Sophie Kerr, A.J. Richardson, and Anna Steese Richardson
Teleplay by: Kay Arthur
May 10, 1957 (1957-05-10)
359159"Embattled Maiden"UnknownStory by: Giraud Chester
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
May 13, 1957 (1957-05-13)
360160"The Middle-Aged Freshman"UnknownStory by: Samson Raphaelson
Teleplay by: Robert J. Shaw
May 14, 1957 (1957-05-14)
361161"The Best Friend In Town"UnknownTheodore ApsteinMay 15, 1957 (1957-05-15)
362162"Jane Eyre" Lamont Johnson Story by: Charlotte Bronte
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
May 16, 1957 (1957-05-16)
363163"Liza"UnknownStory by: Faith Baldwin
Teleplay by: Elsie Lee
May 17, 1957 (1957-05-17)
364164"Aftermath"Unknown Howard Berk May 20, 1957 (1957-05-20)
365165"A Guest At The Embassy"UnknownJerome RossMay 21, 1957 (1957-05-21)
366166"Second Hand Lover"Unknown George Lowther May 22, 1957 (1957-05-22)
367167"The Avenging Of Anne Leete" Lamont Johnson Story by: Marjorie Bowen
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
May 23, 1957 (1957-05-23)
368168"Lonesome Husband"UnknownStory by: Phyllis Duganne
Teleplay by: Warner Law
May 24, 1957 (1957-05-24)
369169"Puzzle In The Stars"UnknownStory by: David Eynon
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
May 27, 1957 (1957-05-27)
370170"The Gwendolen Harleth Story" Walter Grauman Story by: George Eliot
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
May 28, 1957 (1957-05-28)
371171"Three Girls Named Almayna"UnknownStory by: Matt Taylor
Teleplay by: George Lowther
May 29, 1957 (1957-05-29)
372172"The Dream That Was Fixed"UnknownHarry Julian Fink and Arthur GellerMay 30, 1957 (1957-05-30)
373173"A Growing Wonder"UnknownStory by: Hildegarde Dolson
Teleplay by: Gail Ingram Clement
May 31, 1957 (1957-05-31)
374174"Bachelor Father"UnknownStory by: Don Stanford
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
June 3, 1957 (1957-06-03)
375175"The Golden Door"UnknownStory by: Sylvia Regan
Teleplay by: Melba Redman
June 4, 1957 (1957-06-04)
376176"Rain In The Morning" Lamont Johnson Story by: Marjorie Kellogg
Teleplay by: Paula Fox
June 5, 1957 (1957-06-05)
377177"Rich Man, Poor Man"UnknownStory by: Lawrence Williams
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
June 10, 1957 (1957-06-10)
378178"The Party Dress"UnknownStory by: Brenda Weisberg
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
June 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)
379179"The White-Headed Boy"UnknownLennox RobinsonJune 12, 1957 (1957-06-12)
380180"Sound Of Fear"UnknownBill BarrettJune 13, 1957 (1957-06-13)
381181"The Man With Pointed Toes" Robert Ellis Miller Helen Root and Lynn RootJune 17, 1957 (1957-06-17)
382182"A Question Of Balance"UnknownWood Fitchette and Stuart DunhamJune 18, 1957 (1957-06-18)
383183"The Heart's Desire"Unknown Helene Hanff June 19, 1957 (1957-06-19)
TBATBA"Pigeons and People"TBDStory by: George M. Cohan
Teleplay by: Joseph Schrank
 ()
TBATBA"Things Hoped For"TBDStory by: Lula Vollmer
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
 ()
384184"The Man Without A Country" Lamont Johnson Story by: Edward Everett Hale
Teleplay by: Elihu Winer
June 20, 1957 (1957-06-20)
385185"Mr. Windigo"UnknownStory by: Charles Allen
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
June 21, 1957 (1957-06-21)
386186"Stopover"UnknownStory by: Samson Raphaelson
Teleplay by: Richard Wendley
June 24, 1957 (1957-06-24)
387187"A Light In The Sky"UnknownStory by: Jim Davis
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
June 25, 1957 (1957-06-25)
388188"The Charmer"Allan BuckhantzGertrude SchweitzerJune 26, 1957 (1957-06-26)
389189"Brief Candle"UnknownStory by: Robert Hare Powell
Teleplay by: Richard McCracken
June 28, 1957 (1957-06-28)
TBATBA"Too Much Johnson"UnknownStory by: William Gilette
Teleplay by:
July 1, 1957 (1957-07-01)
TBATBA"Money In The Bank"UnknownStory by: Henry S. Maxfield
Teleplay by: George Lowther
July 2, 1957 (1957-07-02)
TBATBA"The Trouble Train"UnknownStory by: Ellen & Richard McCracken
Teleplay by:
July 3, 1957 (1957-07-03)
390190"The Last Voyage"UnknownJames TruexJuly 4, 1957 (1957-07-04)
TBATBA"Price of Scandal"UnknownStory by: Harriet Frank, Jr.
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
July 5, 1957 (1957-07-05)
391191"...But When She Was Bad" Lamont Johnson Marjorie Duhan AdlerJuly 11, 1957 (1957-07-11)
392192"The Fable Of Harry"UnknownFrank P. DeFellittaJuly 12, 1957 (1957-07-12)
TBATBA"Portrait In Miniature"UnknownStory by: George Lowther
Teleplay by:
July 15, 1957 (1957-07-15)
393193"The Cask Of Amontillado" Walter Grauman Story by: Edgar Allan Poe
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
July 16, 1957 (1957-07-16)
394194"The Richest Man In The World"Alan CookeWarner LawJuly 17, 1957 (1957-07-17)
TBATBA"The Last Hour"UnknownStory by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Teleplay by: Alvin Boretz
July 18, 1957 (1957-07-18)
395195"The First Captain"UnknownHenry MisrockJuly 22, 1957 (1957-07-22)
396196"The Shuttered Heart"UnknownStory by: Mary Jane Waldo
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
July 24, 1957 (1957-07-24)
397197"One For All" John Barrymore Jr. Story by: James Skardon
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
July 25, 1957 (1957-07-25)
398198"Call It A Day"Unknown Dodie Smith July 26, 1957 (1957-07-26)
399199"Ann Veronica" Walter Grauman Story by: H.G. Wells
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
July 29, 1957 (1957-07-29)
400200"Boys Will Be Men"UnknownHarry W. JunkinJuly 30, 1957 (1957-07-30)
401201"The Forbidden Search"UnknownStory by: Don Stanford
Teleplay by: William M. Altman
July 31, 1957 (1957-07-31)
402202"The Fawn"UnknownLucille DuffyAugust 1, 1957 (1957-08-01)
403203"Sunday In Sonora"UnknownStory by: Jay Albert
Teleplay by: Sheldon Stark
August 2, 1957 (1957-08-02)
404204"The Rose Bush"UnknownBlanche HanalisAugust 5, 1957 (1957-08-05)
405205"Finley's Fan Club"UnknownRobert DozierAugust 6, 1957 (1957-08-06)
406206"Laugh A Little Tear"Alan HansonStory by: Gerald Sanford
Teleplay by: Robert E. Thompson
August 7, 1957 (1957-08-07)
407207"The Invisible Man"Larry SchwabStory by: H.G. Wells
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
August 8, 1957 (1957-08-08)
408208"Where Angels Fear To Tread"UnknownStory by: Edwin Rutt
Teleplay by: George Lowther
August 9, 1957 (1957-08-09)
409209"First Love"UnknownStory by: Gertrude Schweitzer
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
August 13, 1957 (1957-08-13)
410210"The Lost Survivors"UnknownStory by: Matt Taylor
Teleplay by: Richard Wendley
August 14, 1957 (1957-08-14)
411211"Time For Action"UnknownStory by: David Lamson
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
August 15, 1957 (1957-08-15)
412212"Haven's End"UnknownStory by: John P. Marquand
Teleplay by: David Davidson
August 20, 1957 (1957-08-20)
413213"Heed The Falling Sparrow"UnknownStory by: Sol Offsey
Teleplay by: Alvin Boretz
August 21, 1957 (1957-08-21)
414214"The President's Child Bride"UnknownStory by: Leo Guild
Teleplay by: Abby Mann
August 22, 1957 (1957-08-22)
415215"Now Or Never"UnknownMartha WilkersonAugust 23, 1957 (1957-08-23)
416216"The Awakening"UnknownRichard WendleyAugust 27, 1957 (1957-08-27)
417217"Angel Face"UnknownStory by: Jean C. Beckett
Teleplay by: Mary McCarthy, Melville Burke, and Ellen McCracken
August 28, 1957 (1957-08-28)
418218"The Star Sapphire"UnknownStory by: Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer
Teleplay by: Alvin Boretz
August 29, 1957 (1957-08-29)
419219"Women Have Ways"UnknownStory by: David Lamson
Teleplay by: George Lowther
August 30, 1957 (1957-08-30)

Season 3 (1957-58)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
4201"The Jewel Box"UnknownDick MooreSeptember 2, 1957 (1957-09-02)
4212"Molly Morgan"UnknownStory by: John Steinbeck
Teleplay by: Reginald Lawrence
September 3, 1957 (1957-09-03)
4223"Woman Alone"UnknownStory by: Shelley Smith
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
September 4, 1957 (1957-09-04)
4234"Among Strangers"UnknownCarol Warner GluckSeptember 5, 1957 (1957-09-05)
4245"The Broom And The Groom"UnknownStory by: Kurtz Gordon
Teleplay by: Robert Emmett
September 6, 1957 (1957-09-06)
4256"The Adjustable Mr. Willing"Larry SchwabStory by: Lucy Cores
Teleplay by: George Lowther
September 9, 1957 (1957-09-09)
4267"Freedom Comes Later"UnknownSidney PaineSeptember 10, 1957 (1957-09-10)
4278"In The Fog"Walter GraumanStory by: Richard Harding Davis
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
September 11, 1957 (1957-09-11)
4289"Son Of Thirty-Seven Fathers"UnknownJack LewisSeptember 12, 1957 (1957-09-12)
42910"Hand-Me-Down"UnknownHelen CottonSeptember 13, 1957 (1957-09-13)
43011"Emma"Alan CookeStory by: Jane Austen
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
September 16, 1957 (1957-09-16)
43112"The Personal Equation"UnknownIrving Gaynor NeimanSeptember 17, 1957 (1957-09-17)
43213"Night Cry"UnknownStory by: William L. Stuart
Teleplay by: Robert E. Thompson
September 18, 1957 (1957-09-18)
43314"Mysterious Disappearance"UnknownStory by: Jacob Hay
Teleplay by: George Lowther
September 19, 1957 (1957-09-19)
43415"The Impersonal Touch"UnknownStory by: Oscar Schisgall
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
September 20, 1957 (1957-09-20)
43516"The Story Of Sarah"UnknownMarjorie Duhan AdlerSeptember 23, 1957 (1957-09-23)
43617"The Waiting Swan"UnknownWill Schneider and Herman GoldbergSeptember 24, 1957 (1957-09-24)
An aging playboy chief of a film studio is repudiated by his son for foiling his dissolute ways. [12]
43718"One Mummy Too Many"UnknownAlvin SapinsleySeptember 25, 1957 (1957-09-25)
43819"Hearthstones"UnknownStory by: Bernice Kelly Harris
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
September 26, 1957 (1957-09-26)
43920"The Reluctant Heiress"UnknownStory by: Harriet Frank Jr.
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
September 27, 1957 (1957-09-27)
44021"Father Came Home"UnknownStory by: Robert Carson
Teleplay by: Warner Law
October 15, 1957 (1957-10-15)
44122"Villa Of The Angels"UnknownStory by: Alec Coppel
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
October 16, 1957 (1957-10-16)
44223"The Tone Of Time"Lamont JohnsonStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
October 17, 1957 (1957-10-17)
44324"Almost Any Man Will Do"UnknownStory by: Isabel Landis
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
October 18, 1957 (1957-10-18)
44425"Sing For Me"Alan HansonJack ParitzOctober 21, 1957 (1957-10-21)
44526"Run For The Money"UnknownFrank D. GilroyOctober 22, 1957 (1957-10-22)
44627"Crusade For Freedom"UnknownUnknownOctober 23, 1957 (1957-10-23)
TBATBA"Lest We Forget"TBDStory by: Frank F. Bukvic
Teleplay by: Will Schneider and Herman Goldberg
 ()
44728"The Glass Hill"UnknownStory by: Kenneth Evans
Teleplay by: Sheldon Stark
October 24, 1957 (1957-10-24)
44829"Out Of The Frying Pan"UnknownStory by: Francis Swann
Teleplay by: Frank Price
October 25, 1957 (1957-10-25)
44930"The Last Stop"Lamont JohnsonStory by: William McLeod Raine
Teleplay by: Anthony Spinner
October 28, 1957 (1957-10-28)
45031"The Weak And The Strong"UnknownAlbert MeglinOctober 29, 1957 (1957-10-29)
45132"Nine-Finger Jack"Alan CookeStory by: Anthony Boucher
Teleplay by: Frank Price and George Lowther
October 30, 1957 (1957-10-30)
45233"Elementals"Walter GraumanStory by: Stephen Vincent Benet
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
October 31, 1957 (1957-10-31)
45334"A Plummer In Paradise"UnknownStory by: I.A.R. White
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
November 1, 1957 (1957-11-01)
45435"Something About A Dollar"UnknownStory by: James Gould Cozzens
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
November 4, 1957 (1957-11-04)
45536"Return In Winter"UnknownStory by: Nathan Teitel
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
November 7, 1957 (1957-11-07)
45637"Grandmama And The Grandfather Clock"UnknownStory by: Charles Collins
Teleplay by: Warner Law
November 8, 1957 (1957-11-08)
45738"Aesop And Rhodope"Dennis PatrickHelene HanffNovember 11, 1957 (1957-11-11)
45839"All Over The World"UnknownStory by: I.A.R. Wylie
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
November 12, 1957 (1957-11-12)
45940"The Ransom Of Sigmund Freud"Livia GranitoHarold CallenNovember 13, 1957 (1957-11-13)
46041"Iris"Alan HansonArnold RabinNovember 14, 1957 (1957-11-14)
46142"Remember Me Kindly"UnknownSonya RobertsNovember 15, 1957 (1957-11-15)
46243"Embassy House"UnknownBernard C. SchoenfeldNovember 18, 1957 (1957-11-18)
46344"Witness To Murder"UnknownStory by: Richard Stern
Teleplay by: Sheldon Stark
November 19, 1957 (1957-11-19)
46445"The Johnson House"UnknownDonald SymingtonNovember 20, 1957 (1957-11-20)
46546"Out Of My Darkness"Alan HansonStory by: Frank Hursley and Doris Hursley
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
November 21, 1957 (1957-11-21)
46647"The Tender Leaves"UnknownRobert J. ShawNovember 22, 1957 (1957-11-22)
46748"Cadenza"UnknownStory by: Philip Freund and Joel Ross
Teleplay by: Will Schneider and Herman Goldberg
November 25, 1957 (1957-11-25)
46849"The Green Shores"Lamont JohnsonStory by: C.P. Breen
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
November 26, 1957 (1957-11-26)
46950"A Question Of Balance"UnknownStory by: Stuart Dunham
Teleplay by: Wood Fitchette
November 27, 1957 (1957-11-27)
47051"Daniel Webster And The Sea Serpent"Alan CookeStory by: Stephen Vincent Benet
Teleplay by: George Lowther
November 29, 1957 (1957-11-29)
47152"The Conversation Table"UnknownStory by: Marjorie Worthington
Teleplay by: Sam Hall
December 2, 1957 (1957-12-02)
47253"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg"Walter GraumanStory by: Samuel Clemens
Teleplay by: Dale Wasserman
December 4, 1957 (1957-12-04)
47354"A Cloud For Jeri"Lamont JohnsonMort ThawDecember 6, 1957 (1957-12-06)
47455"The Consul"UnknownStory by: Richard Harding Davis
Teleplay by: Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay
December 9, 1957 (1957-12-09)
47556"The Old Friend"UnknownStory by: Eugene Raskin
Teleplay by: Will Schneider and Herman Goldberg
December 10, 1957 (1957-12-10)
47657"Give Me A Wand"UnknownRobert E. ThompsonDecember 11, 1957 (1957-12-11)
TBATBA"The Sure Thing"TBDStory by: George Loveridge
Teleplay by: George Lowther
 ()
47758"Black Sheep Son"UnknownUnknownDecember 12, 1957 (1957-12-12)
47859"Dark Of The Moon"Albert McCleeryHoward Richardson and William BerneyDecember 13, 1957 (1957-12-13)
47960"The Gift And The Giver"UnknownStory by: Nelia Gardner White
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
December 16, 1957 (1957-12-16)
48061"No Time For Comedy"Alan CookeS.N. BehrmanDecember 17, 1957 (1957-12-17)
48162"A Gentleman Of Fortune"UnknownStory by: Stephen Vincent Benet
Teleplay by: Warner Law
December 18, 1957 (1957-12-18)
48263"The Gentleman Caller"UnknownStory by: Veronica Parker Jones
Teleplay by: George Lowther
December 19, 1957 (1957-12-19)
TBATBA"The Tender Leaves"UnknownStory by: Robert J. Shaw
Teleplay by:
December 20, 1957 (1957-12-20)
48364"In Twenty-Five Words Or Less"UnknownStory by: George Bradshaw
Teleplay by: Ellen McCracken
December 23, 1957 (1957-12-23)
48465"Sara Crewe"Livia GranitoStory by: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Hart
December 24, 1957 (1957-12-24)
48566"Amahl And The Night Visitors"UnknownGian Carlo MenottiDecember 25, 1957 (1957-12-25)
48667"The Little Minister"Livia GranitoStory by: J.M. Barrie
Teleplay by: Helene Hanff
December 26, 1957 (1957-12-26)
48768"Daughter Of Kings"UnknownStory by: Lesley Conger
Teleplay by: Elaine Ryan
December 31, 1957 (1957-12-31)
48869"Survival Kit"UnknownStory by: Joseph Stocker
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
January 2, 1958 (1958-01-02)
48970"A House With Golden Streets"UnknownBob Duncan and Wanda DuncanJanuary 3, 1958 (1958-01-03)
49071"The European"Lamont JohnsonStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
January 6, 1958 (1958-01-06)
49172"The Collected Letters Of Mr. Sage"UnknownStory by: Robert John Corcoran
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
January 7, 1958 (1958-01-07)
49273"Two-Picture Deal"UnknownGeorge BellakJanuary 8, 1958 (1958-01-08)
49374"The Great Obstacle Courtship"UnknownStory by: Harlan Ware
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
January 9, 1958 (1958-01-09)
49475"A Chance To Die"UnknownLeonard Kantor and Robert WallstenJanuary 10, 1958 (1958-01-10)
49576"Home On The Range"UnknownStory by: Robert Carson
Teleplay by: George Lowther
January 13, 1958 (1958-01-13)
49677"The Makropoulos Secret"UnknownStory by: Karl Capek
Teleplay by: Randal C. Burrell and Michael Dyne
January 14, 1958 (1958-01-14)
49778"More Than A Man"UnknownArthur W. RabinJanuary 15, 1958 (1958-01-15)
49879"Something Stolen, Something Blue"Allan BuckhantzWilliam MourneJanuary 16, 1958 (1958-01-16)
49980"The Thunderbolt"UnknownArthur Wing PineroJanuary 17, 1958 (1958-01-17)
50081"Daisy Mayme"UnknownGeorge KellyJanuary 20, 1958 (1958-01-20)
50182"The Man Who Wanted To Hate"UnknownStory by: Jan Cox Speas
Teleplay by: Nicolas E. Baehr
January 21, 1958 (1958-01-21)
50283"The Golden Fleecing"UnknownLorenzo Semple Jr.January 22, 1958 (1958-01-22)
50384"Forever And Ever"UnknownKathleen and Robert Howard LindsayJanuary 23, 1958 (1958-01-23)
50485"Decision"UnknownStory by: Joseph Cochran
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
January 24, 1958 (1958-01-24)
50586"Soldier's Boy"Richard GoodeStory by: James Warner Bellah
Teleplay by: Abby Mann
January 27, 1958 (1958-01-27)
50687"The 10th Muse"UnknownSam HallJanuary 30, 1958 (1958-01-30)
50788"Love Out Of Town"Alan HansonWilliam McCleeryJanuary 31, 1958 (1958-01-31)
50889"Cave-In"Boris SegalJack OleckFebruary 3, 1958 (1958-02-03)
50990"The Iceman"Albert McCleeryAnthony SpinnerFebruary 4, 1958 (1958-02-04)
51091"The Long, Long Laugh"UnknownBernard SladeFebruary 5, 1958 (1958-02-05)
51192"Charcoal Pink"UnknownStory by: Edward Emerson
Teleplay by: Sheldon Stark
February 10, 1958 (1958-02-10)
51293"Monsieur Beaucaire"Alan CookeStory by: Booth Tarkington
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
February 11, 1958 (1958-02-11)
51394"Life Upon A Wicked Stage"UnknownJerome KernFebruary 12, 1958 (1958-02-12)
51495"Without Fear Or Favor"UnknownH.R. HaysFebruary 13, 1958 (1958-02-13)
51596"The Third Person"Robert Ellis MillerStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Warner Law
February 14, 1958 (1958-02-14)
51697"Eden End"UnknownStory by: J.B. Priestley
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
February 17, 1958 (1958-02-17)
51798"Goodbye On Thursday"UnknownStory by: Mil Smith
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
February 20, 1958 (1958-02-20)
51899"Marriage Of Convenience"UnknownRobert E. ThompsonFebruary 24, 1958 (1958-02-24)
519100"The Suicide Club"Walter GraumanStory by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
February 25, 1958 (1958-02-25)
520101"The 65th Floor"UnknownStory by: Newt Arnold
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
February 26, 1958 (1958-02-26)
521102"The Hickory Heart"UnknownStory by: Demma Oldham
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
February 27, 1958 (1958-02-27)
522103"The Devil’s Violin"UnknownWill Schneider and Herman GoldbergFebruary 28, 1958 (1958-02-28)
523104"The Prophet Hosea"UnknownMarjorie Duhan AdlerMarch 3, 1958 (1958-03-03)
524105"The Vigilante"Walter GraumanStory by: Thomas Thompson
Teleplay by: Anthony Spinner
March 4, 1958 (1958-03-04)
525106"Wednesday's Child"UnknownStory by: Leopold Atlas
Teleplay by: Abby Mann
March 5, 1958 (1958-03-05)
526107"Mrs. Moonlight"UnknownStory by: Benn W. Levy
Teleplay by: Lois Jacoby
March 7, 1958 (1958-03-07)
527108"The Mask Of Venus"UnknownStory by: Nelia Gardner White
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
March 10, 1958 (1958-03-10)
528109"With Love We Live"UnknownWill Schneider and Herman GoldbergMarch 11, 1958 (1958-03-11)
529110"You and I"UnknownPhilip BarryMarch 12, 1958 (1958-03-12)
530111"Career Angel"UnknownStory by: Frank Price
Teleplay by: Gerard Murray
March 13, 1958 (1958-03-13)
531112"The Contingent Fee"UnknownS.S. SchweitzerMarch 14, 1958 (1958-03-14)
532113"Anxious Night"UnknownStory by: George Lowther
Teleplay by: David Lamson
March 18, 1958 (1958-03-18)
533114"On Approval"UnknownStory by: Frederick Lonsdale
Teleplay by: Guy de Vry
March 19, 1958 (1958-03-19)
534115"Dandy Dick"UnknownStory by: Arthur Pinero
Teleplay by: Alan Cooke
March 20, 1958 (1958-03-20)
535116"Hush, Mahala, Hush"UnknownMac ShoubMarch 21, 1958 (1958-03-21)
536117"O'Rourke's House"UnknownTim KellyMarch 25, 1958 (1958-03-25)
537118"The Alleyway"UnknownRobert EssonMarch 26, 1958 (1958-03-26)
538119"The Vagabond"UnknownStory by: Colette
Teleplay by: Betty Ulius
March 27, 1958 (1958-03-27)
539120"The Silver Spider"Dennis PatrickJohn W. Bloch and Robert WallstenMarch 28, 1958 (1958-03-28)
540121"Design For Glory"UnknownStory by: Maxine Wood
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
April 1, 1958 (1958-04-01)
541122"The Inspector General"Sherman MarksStory by: Nikolai Gogol
Teleplay by: Warner Law
April 2, 1958 (1958-04-02)
542123"The Two Mrs. Carrolls"UnknownStory by: Martin Vale
Teleplay by: Alan Cooke
April 3, 1958 (1958-04-03)
543124"The Velvet Glove"Alan HansonStory by: Rosemary Carey
Teleplay by: Helen Taini
April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04)
544125"The Lost Survivors"UnknownUnknownApril 7, 1958 (1958-04-07)
545126"Death Takes A Holiday"UnknownStory by: Alberto Castella
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne and Walter Ferris
April 7, 1958 (1958-04-07)
546127"Man Of The House"UnknownStory by: Carl Leo Glass and Ben Zavin
Teleplay by: Rosemary Foster
April 9, 1958 (1958-04-09)
547128"A Case Of Fear"UnknownWill Schneider and Herman GoldbergApril 10, 1958 (1958-04-10)
548129"Walk The Sky"UnknownGeorge LowtherApril 11, 1958 (1958-04-11)
549130"The Canterville Ghost"Robert Ellis MillerStory by: Oscar Wilde
Teleplay by: George Lowther
April 15, 1958 (1958-04-15)
550131"Found Money"UnknownLeonard StaddApril 17, 1958 (1958-04-17)
551132"Washington Whispers Murder"UnknownStory by: Leslie Ford
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
April 18, 1958 (1958-04-18)
552133"A Boy Grows Up"UnknownStory by: Dorothy R. Stewart
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
April 22, 1958 (1958-04-22)
553134"The Phony Venus"UnknownStory by: George Bradshaw
Teleplay by: Robert Wallsten
April 23, 1958 (1958-04-23)
554135"Some Blessed People"UnknownStory by: Jean Leslie
Teleplay by: Greer Johnson
April 24, 1958 (1958-04-24)
555136"The Quiet Street"UnknownStory by: Zelda Popkin
Teleplay by: Theodore Apstein
April 25, 1958 (1958-04-25)
556137"Great Big Guy"UnknownBiff McGuireApril 29, 1958 (1958-04-29)
557138"It Came From Out Of Town"UnknownStory by: Robert Dozier
Teleplay by: Robert James
April 30, 1958 (1958-04-30)
558139"Prosper's Old Mother"UnknownStory by: Bret Harte
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
May 1, 1958 (1958-05-01)
559140"End Of A Sentence"UnknownTheodore ApsteinMay 2, 1958 (1958-05-02)
560141"Top Platter"UnknownWarner LawMay 6, 1958 (1958-05-06)
561142"The Guest Of Quesnay"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Booth Tarkington
Teleplay by: Robert Esson
May 7, 1958 (1958-05-07)
562143"Good Housekeeping"UnknownWilliam McCleeryMay 8, 1958 (1958-05-08)
563144"Angel Street"Walter GraumanStory by: Patrick Hamilton
Teleplay by: Walter Grauman
May 9, 1958 (1958-05-09)
564145"The Cause"Albert McCleeryRod SerlingMay 12, 1958 (1958-05-12)
565146"Much Ado About Nothing: Part 1"Alan CookeStory by: William Shakespeare
Teleplay by: Alan Cooke
May 20, 1958 (1958-05-20)
566147"Much Ado About Nothing: Part 2"Alan CookeStory by: William Shakespeare
Teleplay by: Alan Cooke
May 21, 1958 (1958-05-21)
567148"Day Of Discoveries"UnknownSheldon StarkMay 22, 1958 (1958-05-22)
568149"The Young And The Fair"UnknownN. Richard NashMay 23, 1958 (1958-05-23)
569150"The Riddle Of Mary Murray"Livia GranitoHelene HanffMay 27, 1958 (1958-05-27)
570151"The Gardenia Bush"UnknownBob Duncan and Wanda DuncanMay 28, 1958 (1958-05-28)
571152"Button Button"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Nelson Bond
Teleplay by: Harold Gast
May 29, 1958 (1958-05-29)
572153"Hands"UnknownRobert EssonMay 30, 1958 (1958-05-30)
573154"The End Of The Season"UnknownStory by: Bernard Schubert
Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer
June 3, 1958 (1958-06-03)
574155"Look Out For John Tucker"UnknownStory by: John and Ward Hawkins
Teleplay by: George Lowther
June 4, 1958 (1958-06-04)
575156"The Road To Recovery"Allan BuckhantzStory by: Budd Schulberg
Teleplay by: Nicholas E. Baehr
June 5, 1958 (1958-06-05)
576157"The Nightbird Crying"UnknownJack ParitzJune 6, 1958 (1958-06-06)
577158"The Story Of Marcia Gordon"Dennis PatrickMarjorie Duhan AdlerJune 10, 1958 (1958-06-10)
578159"Town In Turmoil"Livia GranitoStory by: Burnham Carter
Teleplay by: George Lowther
June 11, 1958 (1958-06-11)
579160"Washington Square"Alan CookeStory by: Henry James
Teleplay by: Michael Dyne
June 12, 1958 (1958-06-12)
580161"Course For Collision"Walter GraumanArthur HaileyJune 13, 1958 (1958-06-13)

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Notes

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