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Season
1 (CBS) (1955-56)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
Jim Brent, Sal Crisanti, D.W. McGregor
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
########## 20th Century-Fox Hour #############
############## season 1 1955-56 ##############
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CBS Wednesdays 10:00 pm Eastern - Alternating with season 3 of U.S. Steel Hour
18 episodes (fortnightly)
(14Sep55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Wind From The South)
(28Sep55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour
ep. Ashton Buys A Horse)
1.01 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CAVALCADE
05Oct55 CBS Wed
(Syndication title "Heart of a Woman")
(TV Adaptation of the 1933 Fox film of Noel Coward's "Cavalcade")
(c)1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Otto Lang
Story by Noel Coward
Screenplay by Peter Packer
Directed by Lewis Allen
Cast:
Michael Wilding ......... Robert Marryot
Merle Oberon ............ Jane Marrryot
Marcia Henderson ........ Edith Harris
Carolyn Jones ........... Marcia Bridges
With:
Noel Drayton ............ Bridges
Nora O'Mahony ........... Ellen
Doris Lloyd ............. Mrs. Snapper
Victoria Warde .......... Margaret Harris
Richard Lupino .......... Joe Marryot
John Irving ............. Edward Marryot
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Mark-Lee Kirk
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Hal Herman
Sound Recording, Steve Bass
Set Decorator, Walter M. Scott & Ray Moyer
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Make-up, Mel Berns
Hair Styles, Esperanza Corona
*
Synopsis:
The story opens with the family patriarch marching off to the Boer war
at the turn of the century, and ends thirty years later, with the
now-aged principal characters coping with the Depression.
A British woman struggles to hold her family together during
the bleak days following Queen Victoria's death. [RF]
*Note: Actual film footage was used of Queen Victoria's funeral.
(12Oct55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Obsession)
1.02 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: LAURA
19Oct55 CBS (rerun 21Mar56)
(Syndication title "A Portrait of Murder")
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1944 film 'Laura'
which starred Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price)
(c)1955 by TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Otto Lang
Screenplay by Mel Dinelli
from the book by Vera Caspary
Directed by John Brahm
Host: Joseph Cotten
Cast:
George Sanders .......... Waldo Lydecker
Dana Wynter ............. Laura Howe
Robert Stack ............ Mark MacPherson
Scott Forbes ............ Shelby Carpenter
With:
Johnny Washbrook ........ Danny Morgan
Gloria Clark ............ Bessie Clary
Gordon Wynne ............ MacAvity
Robert Williams ......... Fred Callahan
Harry Carter ............ Policeman
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Director, Lyle R. Wheeler, Herman Blumenthal
Film Editor, Robert Simpson, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Hal Herman
Sound Recording, Steve Bass
Set Decorator, Ray Moyer
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire, Richard James, Adele Balkan
Makeup, Mel Berns
Hair Styles, Marsha Masa
*
Synopsis:
A detective is assigned to a case of murder of the wrong victim.
During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than
professional interest in the intended victim, the mysterious Laura. [RF]
Behind the Scenes:
Following the production, a behind-the-scenes visit to the set of
"Hilda Crane" with Cotten and the film's star, Jean Simmons.
This portion was produced and directed by Joe Parker.
Contents: Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]
(26Oct55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Shoot It Again)
1.03 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE OX BOW INCIDENT
02Nov55 CBS
( Syndication title "The Lynch Mob")
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1943 film "The Ox Bow Incident"
which starred Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn)
(c)1955 by TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Jules Bricken
Teleplay by David Dortort
Based on the Screenplay by Lamar Trotti
From the Novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Directed by Gerd Oswald
*
Cast:
Robert Wagner ......... Gil Carter
Cameron Mitchell ...... Donald Martin
E.G. Marshall ......... Mr. Davies
Raymond Burr .......... Major Tetley
Wallace Ford .......... Monty Smith
Hope Emerson .......... Jenny 'Ma' Greer
*
James Westerfield ..... Deputy Mapes
Walter Sande .......... Moore
Ray Teal .............. Bartlett
Tyler MacDuff ......... Gerald Tetley
Eddie Firestone ....... Art Croft
Michael Ansara ........ Jeff Farnley
Rodolfo Hoyos ......... Gonsalez
Taylor Holmes ......... Judge Tyler
Russell Simpson ....... Old Man
Robert Adler .......... Mark
Jay Brooks ............ Sparks
*
Associate Producer, Peter Packer
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Dialogue Direction, Herman Rotsten
Art Direction, Theobold Holsopple
Supervising Editor, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Dave Silver
Sound Recording, Bernard Freericks
Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Frank Wade
Properties, Max Goldman
Men's wardrobe, Richard James
Script Supervisor, Rose Steinberg
Synopsis:
While the sheriff is away the Major takes control over a rustling and a
murder. Forming a posse the makeshift lynch mob is out for a hanging. [RF]
(09Nov55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Outcast)
1.04 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE LATE GEORGE APLEY
16Nov55 CBS
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1946 film "The Late George Apley" which starred Ronald Colman)
(Syndication title "Back Bay Romance")
TCF Television Productions, Inc
Produced and Directed by Jules Bricken
Teleplay by Edward Hope
Based on the Screenplay by Philip Dunne
From the Play by John P. Marquand and George S. Kaufman,
Based on the Novel by John P. Marquand
Host: Joseph Cotten
Cast:
Raymond Massey .......... George Apley
Joanne Woodward ......... Eleanor Apley
Ann Harding ............. Catherine Apley
Arthur Franz ............ Howard Boulder
Torin Thatcher .......... Roger Newcombe
Carl Benton Reid ........ Mr. Dole
Barry Coe ............... John Apley
Katharine Warren ........ Amelia Newcombe
Gerald Oliver Smith ..... Wilson
Dee Carroll ............. Ethel
Jimmy Hayes ............. Bradford
Philip Tonge ............ Buzzy Loring
Steven Hayes ............ Heywood
Grandon Rhodes .......... Dean Ringwood
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Hal Herman
Sound Recording, E.C. Ward
Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Makeup, Ben Nye & Stanley Orr
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor, Pat Lamb
Synopsis:
The daughter of a socially prominent family rebels against her father's
snobbery. He opposes the marriage of his daughter to a young man from
the wrong side of the tracks. [RF]
Behind the Scenes:
Following the production, a behind-the-scenes look at a screen test being
made. The test, in which Joseph Cotten performs, is for 15-year-old
Susan Luckey, who happily is given a contract by the studio.
Also appearing is Fox casting director W.L. Gordon. Following that, a
look at scenes from the forthcoming Fox feature
"Good morning, Miss Dove" starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack.
The behind-the-scenes portion of the program was written by
Henry Taylor and directed by Joe Parker.
Contents: Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]
(23Nov55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Incident In An Alley)
1.05 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CHRISTOPHER BEAN
30Nov55 CBS
(Syndication title "Death Paints a Legacy")
Produced by Otto Lang
Screenplay by Mel Dinelli
From the play by Sidney Howard
Based upon the Comedy by René Fauchois
Directed by Lewis Allen
Cast:
Thelma Ritter ........ Abby
Gene Lockhart ........ Dr. Milton Hagget
Mildred Natwick ...... Mrs. Milton Hagget
Allyn Joslyn ......... Mr. Tallant
Les Tremayne ......... Mr. Duprez
Philip Ober .......... Maxwell Davenport
Kipp Hamilton ........ Susie Hagget
Craig Hill ........... Warren Creamer
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Eddie Bernoudy
Sound Recording, E.C. Ward
Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Makeup, Mel Berns
Hair Styles, Marsha Masa
Synopsis 1:
Valuable paintings owned by a New England woman are discovered
forcing her to the center of attention. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A mercenary New England country doctor learns his servant woman is in
possession of a valuable painting given to her by an artist she
befriended. The doctor attempts to get the picture away from her. [JB]
(07Dec55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Edward My Son)
1.06 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
14Dec55 CBS
(Syndication title "Meet Mr. Kringle")
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street"
which starred Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara)
(c) 1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Jules Bricken
Teleplay by John Monks, Jr.
Based on the Screenplay by Geroge Seaton
From the Story by Valentine Davies
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Cast:
MacDonald Carey ..... Fred Gaily
Teresa Wright ..... Doris Walker
Thomas Mitchell ..... Kris Kringle
Sandy Descher ...... Susan Walker
Hans Conried ...... Mr. Shellhammer
Ray Collins ....... Judge Harper
Dick Foran ........ Thomas Mara
John Abbott ...... Psychiatrist
Don Beddoe ........ R.H. Macy
Whit Bissell ...... Dr. Pierce
Sara Berner ........ Woman Shopper
Herbert Vigran ....... Postal Clerk
Maudie Prickett ..... Miss Prossy
Paul Smith ........ Store Clerk
Herbert Hayes ...... Mr. Gimbal
Louis Towers .... Peter
Earl Robie ..... Tommy Mara, Jr.
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Ed Bernoudy
Sound Recording, E.C. Ward
Set Decoration, Walter Scott & Ray Moyer
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Makeup, Ben Nye & Stanley Orr
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor, Pat Lamb
Synopsis:
One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a
commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases.
But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not
merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real McCoy. [RF]
Behind the Scenes:
Following the production, is a preview of scenes from the Fox feature film,
The rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray,
and Michael Rennie. This behind-the-scenes portion was produced and directed
by Joe Parker.
Contents: Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]
(21Dec55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. White Gloves)
1.07 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MAN ON THE LEDGE
28Dec55 CBS
( Syndication title "Fourteen Hours")
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1951 film "Fourteen Hours"
which starred Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas and Barbara Bel Geddes)
Produced by Otto Lang
Written by Steve Fisher
Based Upon the Screenplay by John Paxton
From the Story by Joel Sayre
Directed by Lewis Allen
Cast:
Cameron Mitchell .... Robert Cosick
William Gargan ...... Officer Bragan
Sylvia Sidney ...... Mrs. Cosick
Vera Miles ...... Virginia
Eduard Franz ...... Dr. Benson
James Bell ........ Mr. Cosick
Willis Bouchey ....... Capt. Kane
Alan Hale (Jr.) ..... Boyle
Barbara Woodell ...... Mrs. Bragan
Paul Wexler ...... Parkinson
Howard Wendell ..... Hotel Manager
Doug Evans ...... Asst. Hotel Manager
Clark Howat ....... Farley
Than Wyenn ..... Max
Frank Sully ..... Sergeant
Richard Collier ..... Waiter
Joey Ray ...... Reporter "Tribune"
Jess Kirkpatrick .... Reporter "Mirror"
Ralph Peters ..... Cabbie
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Sidney Smith
Sound Recording, Eugene Grossman
Set Decoration, Walter Scott & Ray Moyer
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Makeup, Ben Nye & Mel Merns (film error should be Berns)
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Synopsis:
Sure and it's a fine St. Paddy's dawn in New York City, and beat cop
Bragan is finishing up his all-night midtown shift and heading back to
his family. Mrs. Bragan is making waffles today, and there's no school
for young Mike, and they're all looking forward to the big parade. It's
Bragan's day. He's got his buttons already polished.
But he won't make it home after all. A scream pierces the daybreak, and
Bragan looks up and gasps: Way up high, near the top of one of the
avenue's fine hotels, there's a guy standing on a ledge, clinging to a
cornice, looking down, teetering.
Jumper. Bragan breaks into a run, straightaway gets up to the hotel's
15th floor, collides with the manager who's fretting that his suicidal
guest is going to bring unwelcome publicity. "This is the worst possible
thing that can happen to a hotel!" the manager moans. Bragan
disgustedly shoos him out, and now he's alone with the man on the ledge, the
first cop on the scene, and he leans out the window, high over the dizzying
canyons.
The jumper is a nice-looking young man, nervous, distraught, sweating.
"Hey," Bragan says easily. "That's kind of a dangerous thing you're
doing there, kid! You might fall off and hurt somebody!"
They seem to make a connection, the two of them. It's clear to Bragan
that the kid probably doesn't want to jump at all. He's just at some
breaking point, needs to talk to somebody he can trust. "I'd hate to see
you make a bad mistake," Bragan says. But now the brass hats have
arrived, and they know how to handle situations like this, they don't need
Bragan. "Back to your traffic," a captain barks at him, and Bragan
reluctantly follows orders, going downstairs to help handle the crowds of
gawkers and gogglers who are quickly filling the streets along with the
radio reporters and the newsreel crews. He's a grand public spectacle,
the man on the ledge, and suddenly half the town is here, clucking,
standing vigil, snickering, making bets, waiting for him to decide if he's
going to jump or not, whatever his problem is.
The guy's name is Robert Cosick. He's got family issues: His
overbearing mother has made it plain all his life that she never wanted him, and
his old man is a hopeless lush, and he blames himself for everything.
"I'm no good to anybody," he sobs.
But he won't talk to anybody but Bragan, who struck him as a decent
guy. Get Bragan back up here, the brass hats decide. And now it's just the
two of them again, the cop and the jumper, on the ledge, talking things
over, as all New York watches the unfolding drama on live TV.
*
One difference between the tense 1955 CBS television production "Man
on the Ledge" and the real-life 1938 incident it was based on was that,
while live TV crews did, in fact, broadcast the riveting episode,
nobody but the engineers saw it because in 1938 nobody at home had a TV yet.
But the story of John Warde was all over the radio that July day when
Warde, a 26-year-old former mental patient who had halfheartedly tried
to kill himself twice before, climbed out a 17th-floor window of the
Hotel Gotham, on 55th St. at Fifth Ave., and perched for 10 hours and 48
minutes, chain-smoking, trying to make up his mind what he was going to do. [RF]
(04Jan56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Bring Me A Dream)
1.08 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: YACHT ON THE HIGH SEA
11Jan56 CBS
(TV adaptation of early 1940's movie - not known)
Produced by Jules Bricken
Teleplay by Whitfield Cook & Lenore Coffee
Story by Eugene Vale
Directed by Ted Post
Cast:
Gary Merrill .....lan Byrnes
Nina Foch ..... Joan Byrnes
Torin Thatcher ..... Captain McCrea
*
Abraham Sofaer .... Hernandez
Casey Adams ..... Barry
Jerry Paris ..... Ferguson
Noel Drayton ..... Hedges
Myron Healey ..... Winslow
Argentina Brunetti ..... Mrs. Hernandez
*
Kathleen Rooney .... Manuela
Robert Kendall .... Juan
Jospeh Sanchez ..... Pepito
Dean Cromer ..... Keswick
John Macchai ..... Pilot
Kent Odell ...... Navigator
Bill Monohan ..... Pilot
Don C. Harvey ..... Bellini
*
Tim Sullivan ..... Weather Officer
Herbert Anderson .... Bob Perkins
Michael Garrett ..... Jackson (Co-Pilot)
Robert Roark ..... Co-Pilot
Robert Forrest ..... McKeever
Anna Maria Fontes .... Maria
*
Director of Photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Director ... Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director ... Lew Borzage
Sound Recording ... E.C. Ward
Set Decoration ... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Properties ... Max Goldman
Sound Editor ..., Gene Editor, M.P.S.E.
Wardrobe Direction ... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe ... Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James
Makeup ... Ben Nye & Mel Berns
Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor ... Sam Freedle
*
Synopsis:
The wife of a selfish domineering man has just about decided to
leave her husband. She makes up her mind when, ignoring
hurricane warnings, he sails on through a storm to keep a business
appointment in Nassau. [JB]
(18Jan56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Great Adventure)
1.09 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: ONE LIFE
25Jan56 CBS
Produced by Michel Kraike
Teleplay by Frank & Doris Hursley, and Peter Packer
Directed by Peter Godfrey
Cast:
Nina Foch ............. Susan Harland
Dane Clark ............ Tom Benson
Audrey Totter ......... Ellen Benson
William Hopper ........ Phil Harland
Norma Varden .......... Mrs. Sylvester
Robert G. Anderson .... Police Officer
Katharine Warren ...... Susan's Mother
Eve McVeagh ........... Nurse
Julie Gibson .......... Secretary
[ NO SCREEN CREDIT Grandon Rhodes as Liggett ???]
*
Director of Photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Director ... Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor ... Otto Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director ... George Templeton
Sound Recording ... Stephen Bass
Set Decoration ... Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock
Properties ... Max Goldman
Sound Editor ... Gene Editor, M.P.S.E.
Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James
Makeup ... Mel Berns
Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor ... Hazel W. Hall
*
Synopsis:
The wife of a college professor feels her proper and dull way of life is far
from satisfactory. She becomes involved in a romance with a married man. [JB]
(01Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Fair Shake)
1.10 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CRACK UP
08Feb56 CBS
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1952 film "Phone Call from a Stranger,"
which starred Bette Davis and Gary Merrill)
teleplay by Peter Packer
from a Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson
based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie
directed by Ted Post
produced by Jules Bricken
starring
Bette Davis ...... Marie Hoke
Gary Merrill ...... David Trask
Virginia Grey ...... Jane Trask
Barbara Ruick ...... Julie Morrison
Jesse White ...... Eddie Hoke
Carl Benton Reid ...... Dr. Merriam
Raymond Bailey ...... John Claffey
Clark Howat ...... Herbert Shreve
Tom Powers ...... Dr. Fernwood
Lilian Bond ...... Hostess
Marilyn Saris ...... Receptionist
Kesse Kirkpatrick ...... Draftsman No. 1
John Bryant ...... Draftsman No. 2
Herbert C. Lytton ...... Ticket Agent
Leslye Banning ...... Stewardess
John Pickard ...... Pilot
William Swan ...... Co-Pilot
Harry Carter ...... 1st Guest
Rodney Bell ...... 2nd Guest
Robert Carson ...... 3rd Guest
Gail Bonney ...... Woman Guest
Steve Conte ...... Announcer
Robert Crosson ...... Bellhop
David Bair ...... Messenger
Jack Gargan ...... Agent
*
Director of Photography .... Eddie Dupar, A.S.C.
Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director .... Arthur Marks
Sound Recording .... Stephen Bass
Set Decoration .... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Properties .... Max Goldman
Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Wardrobe Direction .... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe .... Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe .... Richard James
Makeup .... Irving Berns
Hair Styling .... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor .... Violet McComas
*
Synopsis 1:
This is the story of a brilliant industrial designer who feels his
creative ability is being stifled by office routine. On a business trip
to Los Angeles he buys only a one-way ticket, intending to leave home,
wife and job. But en route, the plane crashes and he pays an eventful
call on the invalid widow of one of the crash victims.
Synopsis 2:
Bed ridden invalid Marie is visited by Trask, the sole survivor of a plane
crash that killed her husband. [RF]
(15Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Command)
1.11 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: IN TIMES LIKE THESE
22Feb56 CBS
teleplay by Harry Segall
from a screenplay by Kathryn Scola and Julien Josephson
based on the book "The Happy Land" by MacKinlay Kantor.
directed by William Seiter
producer Samuel Marx
starring
Macdonald Carey .... Lew Marsh
Fay Wray .... Agnes Marsh
James Drury .... Anton Cavrek
Johnny Washbrook .... Rusty (age 12)
Mark Damon .... Rusty (age 17)
Todd Farrell .... Rusty (age 6)
Pamela Beaird .... Lenore (age 12)
Lili Gentile .... Lenore (age 17)
Susan Luckey .... Gretchen
George Eldredge .... Bill Beecher
with
Raymond Greenleaf ..... Toastmaster
Tommy Ivo ....... Everett Moore
Dan Riss ........ Mr. Watson
Harry Harvey ........ Telegraph Operator
Dan Mummert ..... Messenger Boy
Louis Towers ........ Jackie
Charles Herbert ........ Tod
Tristram Coffin ....... Scoutmaster
Patsy Weil ....... Sally
Irene Seidner ........ Mrs. Schneider
Fred Myrow and the Beverly Hills High School Choir
*
Director of photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction ... Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne
Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor ... Otto Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director ... Dink Templeton
Sound Recording ... Stephen Bass
Sound Editor ... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Set Decoration ... Stanley Detlie
Properties ... Max Goldman
Wardrobe Direction ... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe ... Veda Carroll
Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James
Makeup ... Mel Berns
Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor ... Sam Freedle
*
Synopsis:
A man learns of his only son's death while attending a dinner in
his honor. He finds it difficult to carry on. [JB]
*Note: Macdonald Carey plays the harmonica in this episode
and the song he plays is "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing".
(29Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Moment of Courage)
1.12 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: DECEPTION
07Mar56 CBS
Teleplay by William Spier
From a Story by Alec Waugh
Directed by Jules Bricken
Produced by Samuel Marx
starring
Linda Darnell .... Lily Martyn
Trevor Howard .... Doug Elliott
John Williams .... Sir Thomas
Arthur Gould-Porter .... Hodges
Gavin Muir .... Harry
Jester Hairston .... Jacob
Alan Napier .... Governor
Noel Drayton .... Wilkins
Doris Lloyd .... Mrs. Allmost
Eleanor Audley .... Governor's Wife
Harold Dyrenforth .... German Officer
George Dee .... French Double Agent
Chester Jones .... Bellhop
*
Director of Photography ....Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.S.C.
Assistant Director .... Arthur Marks
Sound Recording .... Stephen J. Bass
Set Decoration .... Jack Stubbs
Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Properties .... Max Goldman
Wardrobe Direction .... Charles Le Maire
Women's Wardrobe .... Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe .... Richard James
Makeup .... Mel Berns
Hair Styling .... Annabelle
Script Supervisor .... Violet McComas
TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Irving Asher Executive in Charge of TV Productions.
Synopsis:
A concert pianist serving in British Intelligence during the war is
captured and forced to divulge the information he carries. After the
war, he buries himself in shame in the West Indies. [JB]
(14Mar56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Candidate)
[--] 21Mar56 rerun of "Laura" (original air date 19Oct55)
[--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: HEROES OF THE DEEP
(TV Adaptation of 1943 TCF's 1943 film "Crash Dive"
which starred Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews)
Story by W.R. Burnett
Directed by NOT KNOWN
(NO DETAILS OF TV VERSION)
(28Mar56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Thirty Year Man)
1.13 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: GUN IN HIS HAND
04Apr56 CBS
(c)1956 TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Otto Lang
Teleplay by Steve Fisher
Based on Screenplay by Leo Townsend.
Directed by Lewis Allen
Cast:
Robert Wagner ............ Wade Connors
Debra Paget .............. Mary
Charles Drake ............ Macauley
Royal Dano ............... Jed
Ray Collins .............. Callicott
*
Trevor Bardette .......... Willis
Stuart Randall ........... Will Connors
Charles Meredith ......... Judge Blanton
Mort Mills ............... Kirby
Mark Hanna ............... Matty
John Cliff ............... Jackson
Richard Crane ............ Johnson
George E. Stone .......... Postal Clerk
Paul Stader .............. Indio
Paul Baxley .............. Whitey
Charles Cane ............. Big Red
Herbert C. Lytton ........ Court Clerk
*
Director of Photography: Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Joe Rickards
Sound Recording, Bernard Freericks
Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Properties, Max Goldman
Wardrobe Direction, Charles Le Maire
Men's Wardrobe, Richard James
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Makeup, Mel Berns
Hair Styling, Alma Johnson
Script Supervisor, Violet McComas
Synopsis:
An outlaw's son is torn between affection for his father and his own
belief in law and order. While riding with the outlaw band, he is
captured and imprisoned, and then learns the gang abandoned his wife
to die, leaving his newborn son homeless. Furious, he turns against
the gang and joins forces with the law. [RF]
Behind the Scenes:
Following the drama, scenes from the forthcoming film "The man in the
grey flannel suit" are introduced by Fredric March, who also talks
with Joseph Cotten.
Behind the scenes segment produced and directed by Joe Parker.
Contents: Commercials: General Electric Appliances--Refrigerator,
Television, Vacuum Cleaner, Washer-Dryer. [UCLA]
(11Apr56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Funny Heart)
1.14 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MR. BELVEDERE
18Apr56 CBS
(Syndication title "The Genius")
(c)1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1948 feature film "Sitting Pretty"
which starred Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere,
Robert Young as Harry King, & Maureen O'Hara as Tacey King)
Produced by Samuel Marx
Teleplay by John L. Greene & Peggy Chantler
From a Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert
Based on a novel by Gwen Davenport
Directed by James V. Kern
Cast:
Reginald Gardiner ....... Mr. Lynn Belvedere
Eddie Bracken ........... Harry King
Margaret Hayes .......... Tacey King
Zasu Pitts .............. Miss Appleton
With:
Joyce Holden ............ Edna
Howard Wendell .......... Mr. Hammond
Eleanor Audley .......... Mrs. Hammond
Todd Ferrell ............ Todd
Ray Ferrell ............. Ray
Kim Tyler ............... Kim
Robert Foulk ............ McPherson
Don Beddoe .............. Mr. Taylor
*
Director of Photography, Ed Dupar A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor, Otto Meyer. A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Arthur Marks
Sound Recording, Alfred Bruzlin
Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Chester Bayhi
Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Properties, Duke Abrahams
Wardrobe Direction, Charles Le Maire
Man's Wardrobe, Richard James
Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan
Makeup, Mel Berns
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor, Hazell Hall
Synopsis 1:
Comedy about an incorrigible sophisticate who accepts a position in a
home to act as baby sitter to three youngsters. Mr. Belvedere's addition
to the household at once makes the young husband suspicious, and gives
the neighborhood gossip a chance to use her bird watching binoculars. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The story about self-proclaimed genius Mr. Belvedere, who takes on the task
of looking after three bratty kids. Comedy about an incorrigible sophisticate
who accepts a position in a home to act as baby sitter to three youngsters.
Mr. Belvedere's addition to the household at once makes the young husband
suspicious, and gives the neighborhood gossip a chance to use her bird-
watching binoculars. [RF]
(25Apr56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Noon On Doomsday)
1.15 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: BROKEN ARROW
(Syndication title. "Apache Uprising")
02May56 CBS
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1950 film "Broken Arrow"
which starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler)
(also pilot for the 1956-58 series - Broken Arrow (TCF/ABC)(1956-58) starring John Lupton & Michael Ansara )
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Teleplay by Clarke Reynolds
Based on the characters from "Blood Brother" by Elliott Arnold
Director of photography by Lloyd Ahern
Cast:
Ricardo Montalban .......... Cochise (pilot only)
(Michael Ansara played Cochise in the series)
Rita Moreno ........... Sonseeahray (White Painted Lady in Apache ceremony)
John Lupton ............ Tom Jeffords (future series regular)
Robert F. Simon .......... Ben Slade
Robert Warwick .......... General Howard
Roy Roberts ........ Lowrie
Tony George ......... Nahilzay
Tommy Cook ........ Machogee
Anthony Caruso ......... Gokliya
Tom Fadden ......... Duffield (future series recurring)
Donald Randolph ......... Colonel Bernall
Ralph Moody .......... Nochalo
Ralph Reed .......... Chip Slade
Robert Griffin ......... Mule Driver
Synopsis 1:
TOM JEFFORDS, AN EX-MILITARY SCOUT, ACTS AS A GO-BETWEEN WITH THE
ARMY AND THE APACHE. HE MARRIES AN APACHE MAIDEN NAMED, SONSEEAHRAY,
WHO IS KILLED BY A WHITE MAN. JEFFORDS VOWS TO BRING PEACE, AT ANY
COST, BETWEEN THE WHITE'S AND THE INDIANS. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
Jeffords talks to Cochise about letting the mail carriers thru the pass
without being attacked and work towards peace. After an attack both
sides are unwilling to agree until General Howard arranges for peace
talks. Jeffords falls in love with the ceremonial "White Painted Lady",
and marries her. [RF]
(09May56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Honest In The Rain)
1.16 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: OVERNIGHT HAUL
16May56 CBS
(TV adaptation of TCF's 1949 film "Thieves Highway"
which starred Richard Conte)
(c)1956 TCF Television Productions, Inc.
Produced by Peter Packer
Teleplay by Leonard Freeman
Television Story by Peter Packer & Leonard Freeman
From a Motion Picture Story by Gabrielle Upton.
Directed by Jules Bricken
Cast:
Richard Conte ......... Barney
Lizabeth Scott ........ Frances
Richard Eyer .......... Billy
James Griffith ........ Sheriff
Clarence Muse ......... Cousin Brown
Forrest Lewis ......... Al
Barney Phillips ....... Max
Claire Carleton ....... May
*
Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor, Richard W. Farrell
Assistant Director, Art Marks
Sound Recording, E.C. Ward
Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Properties, Max Goldman
Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe, Richard James
Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Makeup, Mel Berns
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor, Violet McComas
Synopsis 1
When his young stepson is accidentally pinned under a truck, the
driver frantically tries to rouse help in a nearby town. But he is
caught taking equipment from a closed service station and is unable
to convince anyone the boy is in trouble. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A flat tire on a lonely road at night brings a terrifying experience
into the lives of a truck-driver Barney Fowler and his young stepson.
(7Sep60 BBC UK Wed 8:50 pm)
(23May56 CBS - possibly U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals)
1.17 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE EMPTY ROOM
30May56 CBS
Teleplay by Dale and Katherine Eunson
From the novel by Charles Morgan
Directed by Tim Whelan
Produced by Jules Bricken
Starring:
Jeffrey Hunter ..... Dick Cannock
Audrey Dalton ..... Carey Rydal
Patric Knowles .... Henry Rydal
Virginia Field ..... Venetia
Evelyn Ankers ..... Millicent
Philip Tonge ..... Vicar
Alan Napier ..... Sir Edward
Gerald Oliver Smith ..... Bates
with
Antony Eustrel ..... Mr. Ogilvie
Wallis Clark ..... Mr. Morgan
Eleanor Audley ..... Mrs. Morgan
Lowell Gilmore ..... George
Queenie Leonard ..... Receptionist
Terence DeMarney ..... Bunny Bradshaw
G. Thomas Duggan ..... Bascomb
Victoria Ward ..... Ethel
Doris Lloyd ..... Lady Beatrice
Lily Kemble Cooper ..... Miss Privet
*
Director of Photography ..... Eddie DuPar, A.S.C.
Art Direction ..... Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision ..... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor ..... Richard Farrell
Assistant Director ..... Arthur Marks
Sound Recording ...... E.C. Ward
Set Decoration ...... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Sound Editor ..... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Wardrobe Direction ..... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe ..... Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe ..... Richard James
Makeup ...... Mel Berns
Hair Styling ..... Louise Miehle
Script Supervisor ..... Sam Freedle
Synopsis 1:
The romance of an American boy and an English lass is jeopardized by
the arrival of the girl's divorced mother. The daughter wants to protect
her father against himself when he decides he wants to remarry his
ex-wife. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A young Englishwoman and her American husband become entangled when Audrey's
divorced mother comes to visit, the girl's natural warning system begins
buzzing. Audrey endeavors to keep her scheming mother from being reunited
with her father, who has been perfectly happy since the split. [RF]
(06Jun56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Boarding House)
1.18 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE HEFFERAN FAMILY
13Jun56 CBS
(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1949 film 'Chicken Every Sunday'
which starred Dan Dailey & Celeste Holm)
Produced by Samuel Marx
Teleplay by Dorothy Cooper
Based on the Screenplay by George Seaton and Valentine Davies
From the Stage Play by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein
And the Book by Rosemary Taylor
Directed by Jules Bricken
Cast:
Paul Douglas ........... Jim Hefferan
Alexis Smith ........... Emily Hefferan
Mark Damon ............. Harold
Jesse White ............ George Kirby
Carolyn Jones .......... Rita Kirby
Eilene Janssen ......... Rosemary
Stephen Wooton ......... Oliver
Beverly Washburn ....... Ruthie
Nancy Kulp ............. Miss Gillis
Jack Rice .............. Mr. Robinson
*
Director of Photography, Ed Dupar A.S.C.
Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor, Otto Meyer. A.C.E.
Assistant Director, Art Marks
Sound Recording, William D. Edwards
Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Properties, Max Goldman
Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire
Man's Wardrobe, Richard James
Makeup, Mel Berns
Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Hair Styling, Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor, Dorothy Cummings
Synopsis:
The long-suffering wife of a kindly but not very practical man has had
just about enough of her husband's money-making schemes. In order to keep
the family in food she takes in boarders. [JB]
A well-meaning do-gooder spends so much time doing favors for others
that he falls behind in his personal obligations. [RF]
(20Jun56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Longboat)
[--] 27Jun56 rerun of "The Ox-bow Incident" (original air date 19Oct55)
(04Jul56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Operation Three R's)
[-] 11Jul56 rerun of "Christopher Bean" (original air date 30Nov55)
(18Jul56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Partners)
[--] 25Jul56 rerun of "Deception" (original air date 07Mar56)
(01Aug56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Stopover at Sublimity)
[--] 08Aug56 rerun of "Crack-up" (original air date 08Feb56)
(15Aug56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Sideshow)
[--] 22Aug56 rerun of "Man on the Ledge" (original air date 28Dec55)
(29Aug56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Five Fathers of Pepi)
[--] 05Sep56 rerun of "Overnight Haul" (original air date 16May56)
(12Sep56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. We Must Kill Toni)
OR:
[--] 19Sep56 rerun of "Overnight Haul" (original air date 16May56)
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