1.14 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: RUNAWAY

Hovue production

10Jan64 NBC Fri

Written by Leonard Kantor

Based on a novel by Thomas B. Dewey

Directed by Paul Stewart

Director of photography Jack Marquette

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Joey Heatherton ....... Cress

Hugh O'Brian ....... Mig Semple

Keenan Wynn ....... Harry Fellows

Berkeley Harris ....... Richie Darden

John Alderman

Ellen McRae (Ellen Burstyn)

Jeff Cooper

Nancy Ames

Donna Anderson

Synopsis:
When folksinger Richie Darden fails to show up for a performance,

his girlfriend Cress thinks club owner Mig Semple should put Richie's

expensive guitar in his safe. And Cress has the right idea--two customers

are planning to steal the instrument. [RF]

  [---] 17Jan64 - no details 

1.15 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS 

(Pilot for an unsold TV series)

Morpics, Inc. Production

 24Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 18Sep64)

Directed by Jack Laird

Guest Cast:

Eddie Foy Jr. ....... Eddie Foy

Mickey Rooney ....... George M. Cohan

The Osmond Brothers

Alan Osmond ....... Bryan Foy

Donny Osmond ....... Irving Foy

Jay Osmond ....... Eddie Foy Jr

Merrill Osmond ....... Richard Foy

Wayne Osmond ....... Charley Foy

Christy Jordan ....... Mary Foy

George Tobias ....... Barney Green

Naomi Stevens ....... Aunt Clara

Elaine Edwards .......... Miss Williams

Betty Bronson

Synopsis 1:
The story of vaudeville performer Eddie Foy, widowed father

of a brood of good-natured but exasperating children who are trying

to get an education while at the same time continuing to perform

with him on stage. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
The plot finds the elder Foy breaking up the family vaudeville

act to send the youngsters to school. [RF]
*Note: Host/Narrator Bob Hope played Foy Senior in the

1955 movie of the same name.
*Note: This was also a proposed television series.

1.16 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TWO IS THE NUMBER

Hovue production

31Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 08May64)

Produced by Dick Berg

Directed by Sidney Pollack

Written by Franklin Barton

Hosted by Bob Hope

guest stars

Shelley Winters ...... Jenny Dworak (Emmy for her performance)

Martin Balsam  ........ Dave Breslaw
David Opatoshu ....... Anton Dworak
George Voskovec ...... Dr. Bensinger
Mike Kellin .......... Mileski
Richard Bakalyan ..... Charlie
Connie Gilchrist ..... Mrs. Minderman
Rita Lynn ............ Phyllis

Jerry Hausner ........ Fetter

Olan Soule ........... Koppel
Joseph Mell .......... Joey Rome

Synopsis:

    Hoodlum Joey Rome is electrocuted in his home, and police suspect

    that middle-aged spinster Jenny Dworak is responsible. The murder

    investigation brings together two lonely people: Jenny Dworak, who

    runs a pawnshop, and a police investigator who is a widower. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A middle-aged woman is suspected of murdering a hoodlum. [RF]

1.17 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A WIND OF HURRICANE FORCE

Hovue production

07Feb64 NBC Fri

Written by Mark Rodgers
Story by A.E. Hotchner

guest stars

Dana Andrews ......... Douglas Vinson
Joe De Santis ........ Albert Ortega
Marisa Pavan ......... Alva
Tony Musante ......... Major DeGuisado

John Marley .......... Gandez

Synopsis:
In Cuba, a manhunt is under way to recapture Douglas Vinson, an American

 who was rescued moments before he was to face a firing squad. [RF]

 [---] 14Feb64 - no details

1.18 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WAKE UP DARLING

Morpics, Inc. Production

21Feb64 NBC Fri (rerun 28Aug64)

Play written by Alex Gottlieb

guest stars

Barry Nelson  ......... Don Emerson
Janet Blair .......... Polly Emerson
Roddy McDowall ....... Deerfield Prescott
Ann B. Davis ......... Martha
Joyce Jameson ........ Gloria
Jack Albertson ....... Granville Prescott
Eleanor Audley ....... Mrs. Johnson
King Calder .......... Producer
Mary Grace Canfield .. Juliet
Sheila James ......... Penelope
Peter Leeds .......... Mahoney
Del Moore ............ Aiedlyndy Canf
Dick Wessel .......... Officer

Bill Dana ............ Jose Jimenez (cameo appearance)
Synopsis 1:
Polly Emerson, has aspirations to be an actress.

Her husband, Don, is a successful advertising man, who yearns

to be a playwright, and has a shelf of unproduced plays to his credit.

Don, understandably, isn't too happy when Polly comes home with

Deerfield Prescott, a very young man who has written Broadway's

next musical hit - or so he tells Polly and Don. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Advertising executive Don Emerson wants his wife to forget

about show business - so he's far from happy when she lands

the lead in a new Broadway musical. [RF]

1.19 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE MEAL TICKET

Hovue production

28Feb64 NBC Fri (rerun 03Jul64)
Adapted by Harold Swanton
From a Budd Schulberg story.
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Guest Cast:
Cliff Robertson ....... Eddie Finneran
Janice Rule ........... Laura
Chris Robinson ........ Vin Finneran
Broderick Crawford .... Mike Finneran
Ned Glass ............. Manny
Harvey Lembeck ........ Leo

Synopsis 1:
Eddie a fly by night kind of guy, finds romance with a wealthy woman.
Synopsis 2:
Mike Finneran wants his son Vin to make boxing's bigtime, and they're

both sure that Vin is ready for it. But Vin's brother Ed, a broken-down

ex-fighter and the family black sheep, doesn't think Vin has a chance

- and he wants to make sure Vin knows it. [TA]
 

1.20 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SQUARE PEG

Hovue production

          06Mar64 NBC Fri (rescheduled from 22Nov63 JFK assassination)
Written by Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx
guest stars
Stanley Adams  ......... Jake Gozzo
Joanna Moore .......... Mabel
Burgess Meredith ...... Tumblers Fuller
Sue Ane Langdon ....... Millie
Bob Cummings .......... Harvey Hines
Ray Montgomery ........ MacIntosh
Leo Gordon ............ Jolly Boy
Joe Devlin ............ Zakaris
Charles Cantor ........ Gino
Phil Arnold ........... Porky

Allyn Joslyn .......... Keegan

Synopsis:
Comedy about a gangster who hires a "personnel psychologist" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
An underworld kingpin hires his own psychologist to place the right crook in the right job. [RF]

1.21 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WHITE SNOW, RED ICE

Hovue production

13Mar64 NBC Fri

Written by Richard Fielder

guest stars

Senta Berger  .......... Mia
Jack Kelly ............ Fredrick Piper
Walter Matthau ........ Tom Gregory
Grace Lee Whitney ..... Mona
Chris Hughes .......... Peter
George Petrie ......... The Director
Francine York ......... Actress
Synopsis:
Secret agent Piper finds beauty and brains intriguing  and disruptive to his assignment. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In Yugoslavia, a Czech girl tries to get a private detective to help her defect. [RF]
 

1.22 [--] Chrysler presents a Bop Hope Comedy special: HER SCHOOL FOR BACHELORS

20Mar64 NBC Fri 

Guest Cast

Bob Hope  .............. Monte Collins
Eva Marie Saint ....... Diane Wescott
Louis Nye ............. Jack Roberts
Cass Daley ............ Patsy Willis
Paula Lane ............ Maggie
Doris Singleton ....... Ellen
Linda Hope ............ Bachelor Magazine's Miss November
Jackie Coogan ......... Customer
Francine York ......... Model
Synopsis:
A girlie-magazine publisher who is denounced

by the candidate he is secretly supporting.  [GO]

1.23 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A SLOW FADE TO BLACK

Hovue production #24040

27Mar64 NBC Fri

Written by Rod Sterling

Directed by Roy Winston

guest stars

Rod Steiger ........ Mike Kirsch

Robert Culp ......... Peter Furgatch
Sally Kellerman ........... Jerrie
James Dunn ........... Russ Landers
Anna Lee ............ Paula Kirsch
Dabney Coleman .......... Stanley Rivkin
Simon Scott ....... Henderson
Sharon Farrell ........ Melissa
Michael Pataki ......... Young Mike Kirsch
       Synopsis:

       Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now,

       four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate

        takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his waning authority

       on a temperamental movie star, browbeats his alcoholic wife,

       rebellious daughter and longtime yes-man associate Landers, and

       vainly attempts to push through an outdated pet movie project.

       Finally he is wrenched off his throne by a former assistant, who

      is now in cahoots with the conglomerate buying the studio. Kirsch

      is left alone to weep in his projection room as one of his past

      hits plays upon the screen.
       *Note: Additional film footage was added to this episode and was

       released theatrically as "The Movie Maker"  To pad the running time

        to  two hours, Universal filmed a series of  flashback sequences set

       in the 1920s.  [RF]

1.24 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A CASE OF ARMED ROBBERY

           Hovue production       

   03Apr64 NBC Fri

Produced by John Houseman

Written by Franklin Barton

Directed by Herschel Daugherty

Director of photography Lionel Lindon

Music by Johnny Williams

Guest Stars:

Anthony Franciosa  ..... Jack Montrose
Pat O'Brien ........... Otto Mead
Bethel Leslie ......... Jean Rice
Paul Stewart .......... Alfred Montrose
Lisabeth Hush ......... Carol Montrose
Russell Thorsen ....... Ganoulian
Kevin Tate ............ Danny
Ed Asner .............. Sergeant Slade
Steve Ihnat ........... Steve Cortel
Quinn O'Hara .......... Office Girl

Blair Davies

Eleanor Audley

      Synopsis:

           Jack Montrose is an angry young man whose bitterness

           alienates him from his father, Alfred, his girlfriend,

           Jean Rice, and his work foreman. He blames his ex-wife,

           Carol, for their Marriage failure and clumsily attempts

           to show love for his son Danny. In his resentment, he plans

           to rob a filling station. A vague underworld character,

           Ganoulian, persuades him to hire Otto Mead, an aged

           safe-cracker with 'know-how'. [RF]

 [---] 10Apr64 no details

1.25 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL

17Apr64
Written by Lester White, John Rapp, Mort Lachman and Bill Larkin
Directed by Jack Shea
starring
Tony Randall
Martha Raye
Jack Jones
Summary:
The first 45 minutes is all entertainment, opening with a Hope monolog.

Martha and Bob team up for a spoof of the movie Tom Jones,

and Tony and Jack join in to present a new act--The Japanese Beatles.

In the awards portion, TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk and Bob make the presentations in Hollywood. [JB]

1.26 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TIME FOR ELIZABETH

Morpics, Inc. Production

24Apr64 NBC Fri

 Produced by Harry Tugend

Written by Groucho Marx & Norman Krasna

Directed by Ezra Stone
guest stars

Groucho Marx  .......... Ed Davis
Kathryn Eames ......... Kay Davis
Carole Wells .......... Anne
John Considine ........ Richard Coburn
Roland Winters ........ Walter Schaeffer
Eden Marx ............. Vivian Morgan
Eleanor Audley ........ Lil Schaeffer
Madge Blake ........... Amy Zwiling
George Chandler ....... Mr. Zwiling
Cyril Delevanti ....... McPherson
J. Frank Lucas ........ Horace Jasper
Margaret Sheridan ..... Miss Green
Lyle Talbot ........... Gibralter

*

Music Composed and Conducted by Joseph J. Lilley
Director of Photography -- Walter Strenge, ASC
Art Director -- John J. Lloyd
Film Editor -- Bud S. Isaacs
Assistant Director -- Edward K. Dodds
Set Decorators -- John McCarthy and James M. Waters
Sound -- Lyle Cain
Color Coordinator -- Robert Brower
Color by Pathe
Assistant to the Producer -- James Tugend
Editorial Department Head -- David J. O'Connell
Musical Supervision -- Stanley Wilson
Costume Supervision -- Vincent dee
Makeup -- Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist -- Larry Germain
A Morpics, Inc. Production

Synopsis:

           After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed

           Davis has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to

           retire to Florida with his wife. [PM]

Synopsis 2:
Groucho Marx in "Time for Elizabeth," an adaptation of his 1948 play. A

fter 28 years, Ed Davis flees his tyrannical boss and retires to Florida. [RF]

1.27 [---] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE GAME WITH GLASS PIECES

Hovue production

01May64 NBC Fri

Written by Howard Rodman
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

guest stars

Darren McGavin  ........... Buddy Wren
Darren McGavin ........... Franklin Carson
Madlyn Rhue .............. Lillian
Arte Johnson ............. Chip Broadwater
Don Gordon ............... Seymour Hythe
Diane Ladd ............... Cissy
Marvin Kaplan ............ Alvin
Malachi Throne ........... Phil Campbell
Virginia Vincent ......... Miss Clutha
Bert Freed ............... Mr. S
Seymour Cassel ........... Somebody
Synopsis:
An unemployed actor's personal life is as frustrating as his career. [RF]
 

[--] 08May64 rerun of Two Is the Number aired originally 31Jan64

[--] 15May64 - no details

1.28 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE COMMAND

Hovue production #24049

22May64 NBC

Written by Rod Serling

(from the previous teleplay "The Strike".)

Directed by Fielder Cook
Guest Cast:
Robert Stack ............. Major Morgan
Andrew Duggan ............ Captain Franks
Ed Binns ................. Captain Sloane
Milton Selzer ............ Captain Chick Wasnik
Robert Walker ............ Lieutenant Jones
Synopsis:
Korea, 1951: members of a unit, ordered to hold

an untenable position, feel they are being left to die. [RF]
 

1.29 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SOJOURNER

Hovue production

29May64 NBC

Produced by Dick Berg

Adapted by Stirling Silliphant
Based on Carson McCullers' story "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Music by Benny Carter

guest stars

Efrem Zimbalist Jr ......... John Ferris

Vera Miles .......... Beth

Herschel Bernardi  ............ McCarthy

Howard Duff ........ Lou

Warren Stevens ............ Jesse

Mary Carver .......... Mae

Chana Eden ............... Jeannine
Torin Thatcher ........... Ferris

Ellen Corby

Brian Nash

John Anthony

Jack Bernardi

Synopsis:
Called home because of his father's failing health,

foreign correspondent John Ferris recalls the events that led

to the collapse of his marriage. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A foreign correspondent tries to piece together the evens that led to his broken marriage. [RF]
*Note Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 19Aug71.

1.30 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: ECHOES OF EVIL

Hovue production

05Jun64 NBC Fri

 Written by Franklin Barton

Directed by Fielder Cook

guest stars

Barry Sullivan ............ Oscar Teckla

Nehemiah Persoff ........... Martin Vesper

Joan Hackett .......... Florence

John Saxon ....... Augie

Jane Wyatt .......... Sarah

Noah Keene ............... Gray
Alice Backes ............. Miss Reddy
John Hoyt ................ Town
Blair Davies ............. Harry

Synopsis:

          Ex-crime boss Oscar Teckla, now out of the rackets and involved

          with respectable enterprise, Teckla would like nothing more than

          to bury the past. But the district https:// is anxious to break

          up Teckla's old mob. To do this, he must get Teckla on the stand --any way he can. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A retired and reformed gangster is hounded by the DA's office

to testify against the underworld dope ring he once ruled. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 14Aug71.