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Episode Guide
version 9.0 June 2009
(Ep 1.13)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
James Beer (JM58)
Rod Bennett (ep 13)
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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GRUEN GUILD PLAYHOUSE
(aka Gruen Guild Theatre)
(aka The Gruen Playhouse)
(aka Chevron Theatre)
(aka Your Play Time)
also aired on ABC Dramatic Shorts (first season only)
Syndication title "Family Theater"
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1.01 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
27-Sep-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Alan Mowbray
Ann Rutherford
Dane Clark
Synopsis:
A dead man returns to this earth to help his widow. [RF]
1.02 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE DRIVEN SNOW
04-Oct-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Bruce Cabot
Kristine Miller
1.03 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: HIT AND RUN
11-Oct-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Robert Hutton
Bonita Granville
1.04 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: ANGEL
18-Oct-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Steve Brodie
1.05 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: RETURN TO VIENNA
25-Oct-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Ruth Warrick
Cameron Mitchell
1.06 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: PERIL IN THE HOUSE
01-Nov-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Marjorie Reynolds
John Baragrey
1.07 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THAT TIME IN BOSTON
08-Nov-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Jorja Curtright
1.08 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: ONE STRANGE DAY
15-Nov-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Bonita Granville
Steve Brodie
1.09 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE BALLERINA
22-Nov-1951 ABC Thu
written by Monroe Manning & John Kohn
directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Clark Ramsey
starring
Ann Dvorak
Kathleen Case
Brett King
Shepard Menken
David Ahdar
Byron Foulger
Synopsis:
The daughter of a famous ballerina makes a smash debut, but is then forced
to choose between the bright future of a great career as a prima ballerina or the
bright future as wife to the man she loves. She chooses--love!
1.10 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE CASE OF THE CAVORTING STATUE
29-Nov-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Cesar Romero
Ann Rutherford
Synopsis:
The wife of a lawyer schemes to make her husband a
success but ends up making a blunder. [JBeers]
Syndicated rerun on Famous Playhouse 24Sep68
WTCN-11 Minneapolis-St.Paul, Mn 10:30 am.
1.11 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD
06-Dec-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Gordon Oliver
Marjorie Reynolds
Synopsis:
Oliver learns what it is to be happily
married even though he is not successful as a businessman.
Syndicated rerun on "Spotlight Playhouse Wed. 11Nov53,
KSTP-5 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN. [JM58]
1.12 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: SWAMI
13-Dec-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Morris Ankrum
Bernadene Hayes
1.13 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: JOE SANTA CLAUS
20-Dec-1951 ABC Thu
starring
Ray Montgomery ...... Joe
Maria Palmer
Sigrid Gurie
1.14 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE BIG RIDE
20-Mar-1952 ABC Thu
Written by Norman Jacobs
Directed by Richard Irving
Director of photography Philip Tannura
starring
Steve Brodie ........... Johnny Collins
Ludwig Donath
Adele Longmire
Margie Miller
Synopsis:
A young man arouses his family's suspicions by giving beautiful gifts
and large sums of money. (film) [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Returning home after being away for a year, a young man arouses the suspicions
of his father and sister by flashing beautiful gifts and large sums of money. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
When Johnny Collins returns home after a year he arouses the suspicions
of his father and sister by flashing beautiful
gifts and large sums of money. [JBeer]
Syndication airing on Famous Playhouse KSTP-5
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN Sat. 27Jun 64 12:30 p.m. CST
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*Dumont Mar27/52 to Sep23/52
2.01 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE BACHELOR'S WEEKEND
27-Mar-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Ann Doran
Robert Paige
2.02 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: DREAM MAN
10-Apr-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Vincent Price
Harry Carey Jr.
Andrea King
Synopsis:
A matinee idol pays attention to a taken-for-granted housewife. [RF]
2.03 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE TIGER
24-Apr-1952 DUM Thu
(rebroadcast on 16Feb58 on Famous Playhouse)
starring
Raymond Burr (TV acting debut)
Ludwig Donath
Randy Stuart
Synopsis:
A ruthless tycoon refuses to believe the astrologer's prediction that he will
lose his fortune, wife, and eventually his own life. [RF]
2.04 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: AL HADDON'S LAMP
08-May-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Buddy Ebsen .... the Genie
Robert Hutton
Synopsis 1:
A salesman accidentally gains possession of Aladdin's Lamp. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When an ambitious real estate salesman accidentally gains possession
of Aladdin's lamp, he enlists the genie's aid in
winning a bride. [RF]
*Note: Reaired in Syndication "Drama of Life", 09Apr56.
2.05 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: A BOY WEARS A GUN
22-May-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Billy Gray
Francis Ford
2.06 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: COUNTERPLOT
05-Jun-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Norbert Schiller
John Hudson
2.07 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: BIRD OF PREY
19-Jun-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Patrick O'Neal
Elizabeth Frazer
2.08 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: FOR LIFE
03-Jul-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Shirley Jones
Bill Lester
2.09 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE CORNER SHOP
29-Jul-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Ruth Warrick
Craig Stevens
2.10 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: EMERGENCY
12-Aug-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Dorothy Patrick
John Hoyt
Robert Hutton
Synopsis:
A doctor and nurse engage in the scientific pursuit of an insane poisoner of pets. [RF]
2.11 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: OUT OF THE DARK
26-Aug-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Ludwig Donath
2.12 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE LEATHER COAT
09-Sep-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Raymond Burr
Randy Stuart
Bill Phipps
Synopsis:
A wife abandons chance for freedom from hated desert to save her husband's life.
[JM58]
(Syndicated rerun under "Family Theater" title, Sun 18 Nov 62, 1 p.m.
KSTP-5 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)
2.13 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: FACE VALUE
23-Sep-1952 DUM Thu
starring
Raymond Burr
Synopsis:
A wanted murderer will avoid being caught at all costs. [RF]
(Syndicated rerun under "Favorite Story" 28May63.)
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UNKNOWN AIRDATES
THE SECRET DEFENSE OF 117
1952
written by Gene Roddenberry
VICTIM ANN NORVILLE
1952
starring
Peter Graves
THE GIRL FROM KANSAS
1952
starring
Barry Sullivan
MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS
(originally broadcast on Silver Theater June 26, 1950 - rebroadcast date not known)
written by George Panetta
story by William Saroyan
producer/director Frank Telford
director of photography Meredith Nicholson
starring
Howard da Silva
Art Smith
Jeffrey Silver
Byron Foulger
Harry Lewis
Adeline de walt Reynolds
Linda Hussey
Ann Lovelady
Jay Barney
INCREDIBLE LUCK
written by Lawrence Kimble
directed by Leslie H. Martinson
director of photography Ellsworth Fredricks
starring
Judith Evelyn
Walter Coy
Francis Bavier
Jack Raine
James Craven
Gil Herman
Synopsis:
Love story concerning a lovesick man, and a woman who suffers from
a neurological illness who is cured by a doctor who has
recently escaped from a mental hospital. [RF]
UNCLE CHARLEY
written by Howard J. Green
directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Clark Ramsey
starring
Cliff Arquette
Frances Rafferty
Ross Ford
Geraldine Carr
Frank Scannell
Synopsis:
Story of a young farm woman who is vacationing in New York City with
her husband. In order to fool her husband into believing the trip is a legitimate
one (he is nice, but a bit of a tightwad), she invents a rich Uncle Charley and gets
an escort service to supply her with a suitable man. He turns out to be Cliff
Arquette playing a nice old financier (he's really a gambler). At the track, he
convinces the husband to bet a large sum of money on a horse that loses. Feeling
terrible, he plays a hunch, wins back the money and gives it to the couple,
thus exposing his true identity. [RF]
THE CAVE
written by Howard J. Green
directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Ellsworth Fredericks
starring
Pat Walker
John Dutra
Janet Stewart
William Tannen
Pamela Duncan
John Day
Synopsis:
Two young women, trapped in a cave and menaced by gangsters,
are rescued by a valiant ranger. [RF]
LADY WITH IDEAS
22-Apr-1951 (rebroadcast originally broadcast on Silver Theatre May 8, 1950)
written by True Boardman
producer/director Frank Woodruff
director of photography Meredith Nicholson
starring
Pam Britton
Gig Young
Mikhail Rasumny
Hugh Beaumont
Irving Bacon
Frank Orth
Patrick Aherne
Synopsis:
Story concerns a young woman who fakes amnesia in order to become
a public figure, and her fiance who straightens her out. [RF]
CHEVRON THEATRE (Revue Productions)
The Whistling Room
The Green And the Gold String
The Haver Technique
THE GRUEN GUILD THEATRE:
ORIENTAL CLUE
FLESH AND LEATHER
THE MISSING WITNESS
THE STREET IS MY BEAT
GRADY EVERITT FOR THE PEOPLE
written by Rod Serling (first tv script and he was paid $100. for it!)
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