The Billy Rose Show (1950-51)
aka Billy Rose's Playbill
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
THE BILLY ROSE SHOW
ABC
a Jed Harris production
produced by Jed Harris
(Syndicated title Spotlight Theater 55-56)
October 3, 1950 to March 27, 1951
ABC Tue 9:00-9:30
Host: Billy Rose
music by Alex North
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1.01 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE NIGHT THEY MADE A BUM OUT OF HELEN HAYES
03-Oct-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Murvyn Vye
1.02 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE NIGHT BILLY ROSE SHOULD'A STOOD IN BED
10-Oct-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Burgess Meredith ....... Billy Rose
Guy Kibbee
Ruth McDevitt
1.03 [--] The Billy Rose Show: GEORGE III ONCE DROOLED IN THIS PLATE
17-Oct-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Burgess Meredith ..... Billy Rose
Ludwig Donath
Leonard Elliott
Faye Emerson
1.04 [--] The Billy Rose Show: title unknown
24-Oct-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Frank Albertson ....... Billy Rose
Linda Watkins
1.05 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE MURDER CLUB
31-Oct-1950 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Edward Chodorov
From an original story by Ben Hecht
Music, Alex North
starring
Richard Derr
Walter Hampden
James Van Dyk
A.J. Herbert
Graham Velsey
Martin Brandt
Jerome Collamore
Jay Barney
Frank Wilson
Mercedes Gilbert
Pat Palmer
Duke Williams
Synopsis:
Young doctor with seriously ill patient, goes to his first meeting of "The Murder Club,"
a group of doctors who get together to discuss their misdiagnoses which resulted in death.
Young Dr. Warner realizes that he can use the expertise of his fellow club members to
help solve his mysterious illness. His patient is a young Negro man whose
parents are naturally worried. [RF]
1.06 [--] The Billy Rose Show: IBSEN COMES TO SECOND AVENUE
07-Nov-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Ludwig Donath
Jennie Goldstein
1.07 [--] The Billy Rose Show: DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE ICE
14-Nov-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Harry McNaughton
Cara Williams
1.08 [--] The Billy Rose Show: IF YOU'RE AN ACTOR -- ACT!
21-Nov-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Alfred Drake
Meg Mundy
Lee Tracy
1.09 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
28-Nov-1950 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Romney Brent
Leo G. Carroll
Walter Hampden
1.10 [--] The Billy Rose Show: BRIGHT GOLDEN
GIRL
05-Dec-1950 ABC Tue (rebroadcast 27Mar51)
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Paul Osborn
From an original story by Elizabeth Roy
starring
Sylvia Field
Billy James
Dick Kallman
Lorna Lynn
Melville Ruick
Harriet E. McGibbon
1.11 [--] The Billy Rose Show: ONE MORE NIGHT TO GO
12-Dec-1950 ABC Tue
John Loder
1.12 [--] The Billy Rose Show: KIND HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE
19-Dec-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Lionel Stander
Murvyn Vye
1.13 [--] The Billy Rose Show: MOON OVER MIAMI
26-Dec-1950 ABC Tue
starring
Frank Albertson
Cloris Leachman
John Loder
1.14 [--] The Billy Rose Show: PICK UP
02-Jan-1951 ABC Tue
starring
Donald Cook
Dolly Haas
1.15 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE GALOSHES OF FORTUNE
09-Jan-1951 ABC Tue
starring
Frank Albertson
1.16 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE OLD FLAME (film)
16-Jan-1951 ABC Tue
starring
Brian Aherne
Joan Evans
Synopsis:
A wealthy lumber magnate journeys to Pasadena, California to reclaim a former
sweetheart. But his intentions are somewhat altered by a young woman who
does not believe in warmed-over romance. [RF]
*Syndication airing on Spotlight Theater 03Jul56.
1.17 [--] The Billy Rose Show: WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE
23-Jan- 1951 ABC Tue
starring
Tom Ewell
Murray Hamilton
Otto Preminger
Mary Sinclair
1.18 [--] The Billy Rose Show: SUGAR O'HARA
30-Jan-1951 ABC Tue
starring
Lee Tracy
1.19 [--] The Billy Rose Show: FLOWERS FOR MILLIE
06-Feb-1951 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Ludwig Donath
Pamela Rivers
Murray Hamilton
1.20 [--] The Billy Rose Show: MY AUNT FRIEDA'S
LOVE AFFAIR
13-Feb-1951 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Edward Chodorov
Music, George Lessner
starring
Ludwig Donath
Jenny Goldstein
1.21 [--] The Billy Rose Show: DUET FOR TWO ACTORS
20-Feb-1951 ABC Tue
starring
Frank Albertson
Cyril Ritchard
1.22 [--] The Billy Rose Show: JULIE THE JINX
27-Feb-1951 ABC Tue
Produced by Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Jack Gilford
1.23 [--] The Billy Rose Show: FAREWELL APPEARANCE
06-Mar-1951 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Thomas Coley & William Roerick
starring
Judith Anderson
Murray Hamilton
Patricia Wheel
1.24 [--] The Billy Rose Show: THE OLD MAGICIAN
13-Mar-1951 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Edward Chodorov
starring
Walter Hampden
Jerome Gowan
Gerald Cornell
Dorothy Blackburn
Arthur Jarrett, Sr.
Mary McDonald
Edward Cullen
1.25 [--] The Billy Rose Show: YOGI YOUR WAY
20-Mar-1951 ABC Tue
Producer, Jed Harris
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Edward Chodorov
starring
Peter Cookson
Mary Sinclair
Ferdi Hoffman
Zamah Cunningham
Maurice Manson
Leonard Elliott
Joe Downing
James Gregory
James Little
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