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aka "Award Theatre"
Season
2 (NBC) (1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti,
Jim Brent, Rina Fox, Mark Young
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
############ Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre ##########
############## season 2 1958-59 ##############
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Screen Gems - Briskin Productions
Half-hour format
NBC Mondays 9:30-10:00 pm
"Alcoa Theatre" alternated with "Goodyear Theatre"
under the umbrella title "Award Theatre"
2.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CHAIN AND THE RIVER
22Sep1958
guest stars
Paul Douglas ....... Sam
Patty McCormack ....... Gussie
Maurine McCormack ....... Mary
2.02 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TOWN BUDGET
29Sep1958 (rerun 27Jul59)
guest stars
James Whitmore ...... Earl Sherwood
Marilyn Erskine ..... Fran Sherwood
O.Z. Whitehead ...... Andy
Arthur Batanides .... Frankie
Timothy Carey ....... Jonas
Synopsis:
Two fleeing criminals stop in a small town to have their car repaired. The
townspeople,
however, are unprotected. Their policeman has
just sent in his letter of resignation. [RF]
2.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT ROKESAY
06Oct1958
guest stars
John Kerr ....... Flight Lt. Upton
Tom Helmore ....... Commanding Officer
Patrick Macnee ....... Sgt. Shaw
Synopsis:
A British Royal Air Force officer assigned to the control tower at
an important military airfield in England. [RF]
2.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LAZARUS WALKS AGAIN
Screen Gems Prod. no. 3045
13Oct1958
written by David Swift
guest stars
Eddie Albert ....... Calvin Lazarus
Parley Baer ...... Roger Blake
Barbara Darrow ....... Oma Jean
Staats Cotsworth ........ Franklin Staimes
James McCallion ....... Barber
Gil Rankin ....... Marshal
2.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COAST TO COAST
20Oct1958
guest stars
Cornel Wilde ....... Damon Phillips
Whitney Blake ....... Liza Perry
Kay Stewart ....... Lillian
Synopsis:
The day before his marriage to actress Liza Perry, Hollywood director Damon Phillips
learns that his ex-wife Lillian is in town. Panic-stricken, Damon is convinced
that Lillian intends to blackmail him because he stole some money from her. [RF]
2.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OFFICE PARTY
27Oct1958
written by Adrian Spies
guest stars
Paul Richards ....... Paul Dolan
Nancy Kelly ....... Martha Dolan
Joseph Mell ....... Mr. Gordon
Christine White ....... Mae
Synopsis:
Martha Dolan, an extremely efficient office manager of a large company,
has held her position for many years. Though she has told her co-workers that
her husband is also a business success, the opposite is true. [RF]
2.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SPY
Screen Gems Prod. no. 3057
03Nov1958
written by David Swift
story by Irving Schiffer
directed by Boris Sagal
guest stars
Gig Young ....... Herman Worth
Everett Sloane ...... Peter Fenton
Joan Tompkins ....... Sarah
Walter Coy ....... Dr. Basehart
Theodore Marcuse ....... Rence
Ralph Clanton
Helen Wallace
Edwin Jerome
Synopsis:
Peter Fenton is a Communist agent working in this country as a civil engineer.
He is convinced he will be promoted to a position that will give him access to
important secret documents. Then Fenton learns that a younger man has been
appointed to the post and he schemes to have the other man branded as a spy. [RF]
2.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GUY IN WARD 4
10Nov1958
Written by Paul Monash
guest stars
Richard Kiley ..... Captain Josiah Newman
Charles Aidman ..... Alvarado
Eddie Ryder ..... Jim Thompkins
Keith Vincent ..... Briscoe
Michael Vandever ..... Patient
Synopsis:
An overworked psychiatrist is treating airmen at a military hospital
in England during World War II. [RF]
2.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: EDDIE
17Nov1958
Producer William Froug
Directed by Jack Smight (Emmy for directing)
Written by Alfred Brenner & Ken Hughes (Emmy for writing)
guest stars
Mickey Rooney ..... Eddie (Emmy nomination)
Synopsis:
Eddie is a small-time crook faced with a big problem. He owes $1000 to
hoodlum Joe Crowley and has only a few hours to come up with the money to repay
the debt or be killed. Now, cornered in his room, Eddie tries frantically to raise the money.
He begins making call after call in an attempt to sell everything he can to get the
money before six o'clock.
*Note: There were no other roles cast in this episode only Mickey Rooney.
2.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FIRST STAR
24Nov1958
Script by Arnold Peyser & Lois Peyser
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars
Janet Blair ....... Lily Adair
Paul Stewart ....... Don Peters
John Cassavetes ...... Tony Benedetti
Irene Tedrow ....... Mrs. Peters
James Todd ....... Ed Connell
Gary Crutcher ....... Accident Witness
2.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE REWARD
Screen Gems Prod. no. 4469
31Nov1958
written by David Swift
(R. Donovan, N. Cowley, P. Chantley)
*no details
2.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: POINTS BEYOND
08Dec1958
Producer James Fonda
Teleplay by David Swift
Story by Jack Finney
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars
Sterling Hayden ....... Lt. Charley Ewell
Julie Adams ....... Marion Ewell
Raymond Greenleaf ...... Mr. Hoonrath
Joseph Holland ..... Visitor
Roy Engel
Jack Carol
2.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CURTAIN CALL
15Dec1958
guest stars
Jackie Cooper ...... Chris Shade
Barry Atwater ...... Dr. Aiken
Donald Randolph ...... Roscoe Hammond
2.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DARK FILE
22Dec1958
guest stars
Patricia Breslin ...... June Dunlap
Lin McCarthy ...... Mark McGrath
Kim Hunter ...... Stephanie Heldman
Robert Burton ....... Sam Dunlap
Synopsis:
A psychiatrist's widow tries to win the affection of the
fiance of her husband's former patient. [RF]
2.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COOGAN'S REWARD
29Dec1958
Producer Winston O'Keefe
guest stars
Tony Randall ........ Willie Coogan
Robert Gist ....... Ben Moore
Roxanne Berard ...... Jeannine
Alan Dexter ...... Dan Ferraghty
Chet Stratton ...... Sol Iverson
Jason Wingreen ....... Gene Vermeth
Jerry Barclay ....... Private Cully Washburn
Alan Carney ....... Corporal Konstanti
Synopsis:
The story of Willie Coogan, a World War II combat correspondent
who dislikes covering the war in the field.
*Syndication rerun on Vacation Playhouse
20Aug65.
2.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HIGH CLASS TYPE OF MONGREL
Screen Gems Prod. no. 4402
05Jan1959
written by David Swift
guest stars
Jack Carson ....... Bert Kennedy
Leora Dana ...... Janet Kennedy
Phil Tead ...... Jack MacRoberts
Stephen Wootton ....... Badger O'Bannion
James Bell ....... Judge Harrison
2.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: AFTERNOON OF THE BEAST
12Jan1959
Producer Winston O'Keefe
Teleplay by Paul Monash
Story by Charles Beaumont
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars
Keenan Wynn ....... Manuel Carrega
Nestor Paiva ...... Don Alfredo Ferrer
Rafael Campos ...... Rafael Jalisco
Miriam Colon ....... Maria Carrega
Robert Carricart
Howard Caine
2.18 [057] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LONDON AFFAIR
19Jan1959
guest stars
Ray Milland ........ Binyon
Gia Scala .......... Giovanna
Dayton Lummis ...... Lord Meredith
Jack Raine ......... Henry
Synopsis:
Giovanna, a woman from a gentle background, attempts to steal a wallet,
but is not quite successful. She persuades her victim not to turn her in but,
instead, to grant her a few free days to visit the
daughter she had deserted years before. [RF]
2.19 [058] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
Screen Gems Prod.
26Jan1959
Produced by James Fonda
Script Leo Lehman
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Script Contributor Howard Rodman
guest stars
Robert Ellenstein .... Weiss
Jo Van Fleet ....... Mrs. Weiss
George Voskovec .... Mr. Carapoco
Michael Fox ........ Mr. Hammeker
Miriam Goldina
Lee Kinsolving
Synopsis:
The German government offers money to a survivor of the concentration camps
and she finds out that her husband was a collaborator.
[RF]
2.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GOODBYE JOHNNY
Screen Gems Prod. no. 4502
02Feb1959
Producer William Froug
Written by Leonard Freeman
Directed by David Swift
Director of photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars
Cliff Robertson ...... Johnny
Harold J. Stone ...... Tony Busso
Douglas Fowley ...... Pop
Sandy Kenyon
John Indrisano
Liz Slifer
Synopsis:
A boxer's last chance to finally hit the big time is short lived. [RF]
2.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SUCCESS STORY
09Feb1959
guest stars
Jim Backus ....... Jim Cannaday
Virginia Gregg ....... Fay Lantry
Robert Sampson ...... Paul McDermott
Carolyn Kearney ...... Kitty Lantry
2.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CORPORAL HARDY
Screen Gems Prod.
16Feb1959 (rerun 29Jun59)
Producer James Fonda
Written by Stirling Silliphant
From a story by Richard Ely Danielson
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Director of Photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars
Lew Ayres ...... Nathan Hardy
Tyler MacDuff ...... Captain Armstrong
William Lundmark ...... Ezra Armstrong
James Anderson ...... Confederate Captain
Walter Coy ...... Confederate General
Synopsis:
An old soldier reminisces about his Civil War heroics.
*EMMY nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography
2.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A GOOD NAME
23Feb1959
guest stars
Edward G. Robinson ...... Harry Harper
Lee Philips ...... Vince Harper
Parley Baer ...... Walter Brodsky
Jacqueline Scott ...... Ann Harper
2.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MAN OF HIS HOUSE
02Mar1959
Written by Howard Rodman
Directed by Walter Grauman
guest stars
Agnes Moorehead ..... Mrs. Adams
Brandon de Wilde ...... George Adams
John Anderson ...... Virgil Merryman
Helen Conrad ...... Mrs. Merryman
Read Morgan ...... Ed
Eve McVeagh ...... Miss Bellows
William Fawcett ...... Cookie
Don Grady ...... Mason
2.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OF MISSING PERSONS
Screen Gems Prod. no. 4443
09Mar1959
written by David Swift
[--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF STORY
16Mar1959 postponed to 13Apr1959
[--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: no details
23Mar1959
2.27 [066] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A SWORD FOR
MARIUS
30Mar1959
guest stars
James Mason ........ Marius
Fabrizio Mioni ..... Ramon De Parma
Jacqueline Ravell .. Lenore Marius
Antony Eustrel ..... Mr. Granier
Synopsis:
Marius fled from his homeland years ago and has become an instructor of
philosophy and fencing at a private school in Switzerland. One of his pupils is
the son of the dictator of Marius's native land. [RF]
2.28 [067] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TEN MILES TO DOOMSDAY
06Apr1959
guest stars
Keith Andes ...... Major Linc Willet
Jeff Richards ....... Lt. Dave Hirsh
2.29 [068] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF
STORY
13Apr1959 (rerun 03Aug59)
guest stars
Kerwin Mathews ..... Lieutenant James Edward Obenauf
Herbert Anderson ... Major Joseph B. Maxwell
Douglas Odney ...... Major Jim Graves
Synopsis:
A B-47 once fell apart at 32,000 feet, and the men in it were moved to
extraordinary action. [RF]
*Re-creation of the true story.
From TIME magazine article:
With admirable attention to the truth, the Goodyear Theater (NBC)
presented The Obenauf Story, the heroic accomplishment of Lieut. James Edward Obenauf,
who saved himself, a fellow officer and a $2,000,000 airplane when he landed a crippled
six-jet B-47 at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas (TIME, May 12).
As Obie, the young father, Actor Kerwin Mathews was at first quietly convincing.
Later, when Obenauf found himself at 34,000 feet in command of a burning plane,
all the rest of the crew except a navigator bailed out—and the navigator dying
of hypoxia—Mathews was embarrassingly frightened. He was a phrenetic caricature
of the real-life lieutenant, the professional flyer who said when he got home,
"You're so numb, I don't think there's any fear
at all. You're just numb."
But the slipstream knifing through the battered B-47 cockpit was bitterly
convincing.
Obie's agony as he tried to open his eyes against the blinding force was
painfully evident. And if old airmen winced when the flight control officer
yammered and yelled into the tower microphone, broke in on the G.C.A. operator
in hammy confusion, the G.C.A. operator himself was superbly true to life. Calm,
careful, his every tone reassuring and reliable, he was just the man to bring a pilot home.
* The true Lieut. Obenauf was surely willing to overlook the utterly silly last lines
that the show put in his mouth: "Hey, I gotta pick up all that baby stuff from the Maxwells'."
In real life, temporarily blinded though he was, he had jumped from the plane
and run until someone tackled him. [TM]
2.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GIRLS ABOUT TOWN
20Apr1959
guest stars
Mamie Van Doren ........ Maybelle Perkins
Gale Robbins ........... Lacey Sinclair
Virginia Field ......... Charlotte 'Jo' Dunning
Synopsis 1:
Jo and Lacey determine to save naive Maybelle Perkins from the wilds of big-city
life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
They're Maybelle "The Shape" Perkins, Lacey "The Face" Sinclair and Charlotte
"The Brain" Dunning. They've arrived in the big city in search of fame and fortune
and husbands. They encounter the usual problems and some unusual men. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on "Comedy Spot" 30Aug60, with syndicated title "Meet the Girls".
2.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LIGHT IN THE FRUIT CLOSET
27Apr1959 (rerun 17Aug59)
Based on the novel by Eric Hodgins
guest stars
Steve Dunne ............ Jim Blandings
Maggie Hayes ........... Muriel Blandings
Jacklyn O'Donnell ...... Betsy
Charles Seel ........... Eph
Trudi Ziskind .......... Joan
Synopsis:
Now that Jim Blandings has seen his dream house built, he is prepared to
spend his spare time keeping it in repair. When his wife Muriel wants a light
in the cellar fruit closet, Jim, a determined
do-it-yourself man, decides to tackle the project. [RF]
*Note: A sequel to the book and movie "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House".
2.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SLIGHTLY FALLEN ANGEL
04May1959 (rerun 10Aug59)
guest stars
Walter Slezak ....... Finch
Lee Bergere ........ Stan Gorman
David White ........ Mills
Elizabeth Watts ....... Mrs. Edwards
Reynolds Evans ........ Mr. Edwards
Synopsis:
Young Johnny Gorman makes a wish on a star to be reunited with his father,
who is in jail. Johnny's wish is heard and Finch, an angel who entered
Heaven on a clerical error, is assigned the task of carrying it out. [RF]
2.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: I REMEMBER CAVIAR
11May1959 (rerun 31Aug59)
guest stars
Patricia Crowley ........ Maggie Barrett
Lurene Tuttle ....... Caroline Randall
Jack Mulhall ....... Lister
Elliott Reid ....... Eric Randall
Synopsis:
When the head of the household dies and leaves no money for food
and maintenance, the butler comes through like a blueblood. [RF]
2.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: BOYDEN VS. BUNTY
(aka Dear Mom, Dear Dad)
18May1959
Written by George W. George & Judy George
guest stars
Bert Convy ...... Galen Lawrence
Robert Trumbull ....... Bunty Perkins
Kathy Reed ...... Amy Porter
Jimmy Bates ...... Bill Davidson
Raymond Bailey ....... the Dean
Madge Blake ...... Auntie
Helen Kleeb .... Woman
2.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: WAIT TIL SPRING
25May1959
guest stars
Jeanne Crain ....... Lila Babrek Barnes
John Lupton ...... Dr. Johnny Bond
Harvey Stephens ...... Dr. Weiss
Alice Frost ...... Nurse Wheeler
2.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MEDALS FOR HARRY
01Jun1959
Script by Gene Piller
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars
Eddie Ryder ...... Harry Russell
Ruta Lee ...... Emily Meadows
Alex Nicol ....... George Hadley
Guy Stockwell
Ron Foster
2.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CRISTABEL
08Jun1959
Written by Mel Shavelson
Based on a story by James Thurber
Directed by James Sheldon
guest stars
Arthur O'Connell ....... John Monroe
Georgeann Johnson ...... Ellen Monroe
Susan Gordon ...... Lydia
Charles Herbert ...... Charlie
Dabbs Greer ....... Policeman
Synopsis:
Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog,
Cristabel, die after he relents.
Synopsis 2:
James Thurber's story Christabel, about a little girl whose dog eats
all the heads off the asparagus in daddy's suburban
garden. [RF]
Note:
* This show was actually the unsold pilot for a series to have been called
The Secret Life of John Monroe, based on the works of James Thurber.
Ten years later the writer of this show would create My World and Welcome to It ,
also based on Thurber's works, and the show's fourth episode would also
be called "Cristabel" and would have basically the same
plot and characters as this program. [DM]
2.38 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE BEST WAY TO GO
15Jun1959
guest stars
Gary Merrill ...... Dick Bowen
William Swan ...... Jim Miller
Hugh Lawrence ...... Wilson
Jay C. Flippen ...... Donovan
Frank Maxwell ....... Anders
Jason Wingreen ....... Hirsh
Joseph Sonessa ........ Skipper Brown
[--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase:
THE SILENT KILL
Screen Gems, Inc.
11Aug59 copyright date
airdate unknown
guest stars
Richard Deacon
Ken Clark
Randy Shannon
Richard Stewart
[--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase:
DOCTOR MIKE
Screen Gems, Inc.
18Aug59 copyright date
(aka Dr. Mike)
(pilot for a proposed medical series)
Producer Harold Greene
Written by John Kneubuhl
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
guest stars
Keith Andes ........ Dr. Michael Grant
Lewis Martin ....... Dr. Sam Talbert
Mary Adams ......... Mary Barker
Joe De Santis ...... Alex Bartos
Greta Granstedt .... Anna Bartos
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