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LUX VIDEO THEATRE
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Episode Guide
version 22
August 2009
(Season 6)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
http://ctva.biz/index.htm
with contributions by:
James Beers (ep. Nothing So
Monstrous)
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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LUX VIDEO THEATRE
aka Video Theatre
aka The Lux Video Theatre
aka Producer's Choice (syndication early 60's)
aka Curtain Call Theatre (summer title)
Oct 1950-Jun 1951 CBS Mon 8:00-8:30
Aug 1951-Mar 1953 CBS Mon 8:00-8:30
Apr 1953-Jun 1954 CBS Thu 9:00-9:30
Aug 1954-Sep 1957 NBC Thu 10:00-11:00
Host:
James Mason (1954-55)
Otto Kruger (1955-56)
Gordon MacRae (1956-57)
Ken Carpenter (summers 1955-57)
The Lux Radio Theatre was on radio for 16 years before making its
debut as a weekly dramatic series.
The first live play, from New York was an adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's
play 'Saturday's Children'.
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1.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SATURDAY'S CHILDREN
02-Oct-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendella
adapted from Maxwell Anderson's story.
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Joan Caulfield as Bobby
Dean Harens as Rims
Eileen Heckart as Florie
Una O'Connor as Mrs. Gorlick
Ralph Riggs as Mr. Halevy
Peter Thompson as Messenger
John Ericson as Mike
1.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ROSALIND
09-Oct-1950 CBS Mon
directed by Larry Goldwasser
starring
Luise Rainer as Mrs. Page
David Wainwright as Charles Roche
Kate Tomlinson as Dame Quickly
Edward H. Kramer as Messenger
1.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SHADOW ON THE HEART
16-Oct-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Veronica Lake as Stormy Denton
Gene Lyons as Red Galligher
Roy Fant as Gramps
William Kemp as Steve
Robert Allen as Skipper
Myron Kellin as Tuttle
Walter Matthau as First Coastguardsman
Virginia Tate as Nurse
1.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE VALIENT
23-Oct-1950 CBS Mon
directed by Larry Goldwasser
starring
Zachary Scott as James Dyke
Harold E. Vermilyea as Warden Holt
Wendy Drew as The Girl
Graham W. Velsey as Father Daly
Hy Anzel as Dan
Edmund Morris as Jailer
Bill Hellinger as Prisoner #1
James Reason as Prisoner #2
1.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MINE TO HAVE
30-Oct-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch as Flo
Andrew Duggan as Mahoney
Muriel Landers as Head Nurse
Eileen Page as Smitty
Maxine Stuart as Millie
Janet Fox as Henrietta
Norma Winters as Addie
1.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THAT WONDERFUL NIGHT
06-Nov-1950 CBS Mon
written by Ellis Marcus
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Angela Lansbury as Leslie
Thomas Glen Langan as Arnold Imes
Cliff Hall as Jameson
Jean Sincere as Grace
Harry Davis as Sims
Terry O'Sullivan as Announcer
Tom McElhaney as Daniels
Henrietta Moore as Hope Beauville
1.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GALLANT LADY
13-Nov-1950 CBS Mon
written by John Robert Lloyd
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Ruth Hussey as Linda Carson
Herbert Rudley as Doctor Carson
Audra Lindley as Irene Stoddard
John Steven as Paul Hewitt
Fran Lee as Selma
Elizabeth Dillon as Miss Lee
Helen Marcy as Marilyn Adams
Leon Shaw as Peter Adams
1.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GOODNIGHT, PLEASE
20-Nov-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cenedella
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Franchot Tone as Meredith Whitehouse
Jan Sherwood as Lucy Whitehouse
Claude Allister as Burton
Ruth Altman as Mrs. Dele Beque
Erik Rhodes as Dr. Gardiner
Douglas Gregory as Mr. McWinkle, First Vice President
Donald Keyes as Vice President #2
Albert Bergh as Vice President #3
1.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TOKEN
27-Nov-1950 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Wanda Hendrix as Sumatra
Dean Harens as Epes Calef
June Dayton as Annice
John Stephen as Ira Calef
Ruth Hammond as Mother Calef
Robert Morgan as John Nickerson
Sandy Kenyon as Fireman #1
Lee Filips as Fireman #2
1.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TO THINE OWN SELF
04-Dec-1950 CBS Mon
written by Joseph Liss
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Melvyn Douglas as James Strickland
Katharine Bard as The Girl
Walter Burke as Benson
Royal Dano as Sergeant Finley
James Sheridan as Sheridan
Roy Baime as Ticket Agent
Arthur Little Jr. Melvyn Douglas Double
1.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LOVELY MENACE
11-Dec-1950 CBS Mon
written by Eric Hatch
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Mercedes McCambridge as Marie
Walter Abel as Joe Holmby
Dorothy Elder as Peggy Harding
Sydney Smith as Tim Harding
Jean Sincere as Genevieve Packard
Karen Stevens as Molly Grimes
Elizabeth Dillon as Sarah Wayne
Mercer McLeod as Mr. Overbrook
1.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DOWN BAYOU DU BAC
18-Dec-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn as Ruth Deeves
Lon McCallister as Ed Brown
Charles Dingle as Mr. Wendell Deeves
Mabel Paige as Aunt Lydia
Hazel Jones as Mrs. Deeves
Tom McElhaney as Mr. Brown
Marga Ann Deighton as Mrs. Brown
Donald Keyes as Minister
1.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
25-Dec-1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter as Innkeeper's Wife
Gene Lockhart as Innkeeper
Ann Marno as Leah
Elizabeth Ross as Sarah
Robert Morgan as Dismas
William Darrid as Soldier
Alan Shayne as Joseph
Jacques Aubuchon as Prefect
1.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE
01-Jan-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Brian Ahern as Mr. Don
Renee Gadd as Mrs. Don
Denholm Elliott as Dick
Karen Laporte as Laura
Robert Oswald Marshall as Mr. Rogers
Robin Craven as Major Armitage
1.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE PURPLE DOORKNOB
08-Jan-1951 CBS Mon
written by Walter Richard Eaton
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull as Mrs. Bartholomew
Virginia Sale as Mrs. Dunbar
Felicia Montealegro as Viola Cole
1.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PURPLE AND FINE LINEN
15-Jan-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Basil Rathbone as Frampton
Rex Everhart as Extra
Ilona Massey as Lady Malvern
Claude Allister as Butler to Frampton
Frances Greet as Saleslady
Adia Kusnetsoff as Grigor
Robert Oswald Marshall as Butler to Lord Malvern
Malcolm Beggs as Lord Malvern
Hugh Green as Bobby
1.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MANHATTAN PASTORALE
22-Jan-1951 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Fielder Cook
starirng
Teresa Wright as Emily
Francis Lederer as Charles
Myron Kellin as Two Times
Murvyn Vye as Tiny Tim
Harold Stone as Clerk
Walter Matthau as Inspector
William F. Sands as Reporter #1
Knox Fowler as Reporter #2
1.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SHINY PEOPLE
29-Jan-1951 CBS Mon
written by Eric Hatch
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Kene Holliday as Wally
Elinor Randel as Mary
Jacqueline DeWitt as Phyllis
Karl Lukas as Bob
J. Pat O'Malley as Alf
Art Smith as Pop
Ruth Hope as Mrs. Thompson
Doris Patston as Emily
1.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CHOIR REHEARSAL
05-Feb-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Martha Scott as Esmerelda
Robert Sterling as Alan
Enid Markey as Abigail
Parker Fennelly as William
Thomas Reaphy as Amos
Robert Le Sueur as Enoch
1.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
12-Feb-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Raymond Massey as Abe Lincoln
Muriel Kirkland as Mary
Calvin Thomas as Josh Speed
Walter Davis as Sturveson
Charles Evans as Dr. Barrick
Frank Tweddell as Crimmin
Joseph Foley as Billy Herndon
Ed Cullen as Ninian Edwards
1.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TO THE LOVELY MARGARET
19-Feb-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Anna Lee as Julia
Margaret O'Brien as Margaret
Skip Homeier as Kirk
Ivan Simpson as Professor Adams
Pat Gaye as Jackie
1.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE IRISH DRIFTER
26-Feb-1951 CBS Mon
written by Charles Devlin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien as Tim Larkin
Jonathan Marlowe as Robbie Crosley
Dulcy Jordan as Melanie
Robert Dale Martin as Larry
Paul Lipson as Krull
Walter Appler as Cop
1.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NOT GUILTY OF MUCH
05-Mar-1951 CBS Mon
written by Eric Hatch
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dane Clark as George
Bonita Granville as Kitty
Maxine Stuart as Marcia
Neva Patterson as Thelma
Biff McGuire as Officer Miles
Roland Winters as Judge Hampton
Maurice Manson as Sergeant
Vaughn Taylor as Court Clerk
1.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LONG DISTANCE
12-Mar-1951 CBS Mon
written by Harry Junkin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Bertha Jacks
Richard Abbott as Warden
Lila Lee as Mrs. McLean
Elinor Wright as New York Operator
Helen Donaldson as Miss Milton
Rosemary Murphy as Oakland Operator
Henrietta Moore as Info Operator
Floyd Buckley as Henderson
1.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NO SHOES
19-Mar-1951 CBS Mon
written by Lawrence Du Pont
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Jack Carson as Garrison
Ernest Graves as John Norman
Tom McElhaney as Olson
Brenda Forbes as Nurse
Bill Romaine as Doctor
Janet Fox as Mrs. Spragel
Mary Cahoon as Nurse
Charlene Harris Victor as Nurse
1.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TREASURE TROVE
26-Mar-1951 CBS Mon
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Bruce Cabot as Tony
Dick Foran as Bob
Barbara Britton as Hilda
Vera Millish as Brenda
Halliwell Hobbes as Justin
Susan Delmar as Hannah
1.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS
02-Apr-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston as Dowey
Margaret Wycherly as Mrs. Downey
Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Mickleham
Maida Reade as Mrs. Twymley
Phoebe MacKay as Mrs. Haggerty
Stuart MacIntosh as Mr. Willings
Evelyn Wall as Extra in Street
1.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: COLUMN ITEM
09-Apr-1951 CBS Mon
written by Carol Warner Gluck
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Laraine Day as Sophie
John Newland as Eli Norman
Tom Coley as Jack Harrow
Rita Lynn as Della Weston
Harry Davis as Bill Brady
Ruth Hope as Miss Parker
1.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HERITAGE ON WIMPOLE STREET
16-Apr-1951 CBS Mon
written by Robert Knipe
directed by Feilder Cook
starring
Walter Hampden as Barrett
Patricia Wheel as Henrietta
Emily Lawrence as Arabel
Judson Rees as Robert Browning Jr.
Ruth McDevitt as Jane
1.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HIT AND RUN
23-Apr-1951 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Hal
Alfreda Wallace as Ellen
Christopher Barbieri as Jackie
Carl Don as Tony
Bill Hellinger as Taxi Driver
Andrew Bernard as Announcer
1.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SPEECH
30-Apr-1951 CBS Mon
written by Lawrence Du Pont
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fredric March as Sam
Florence Eldridge as Bess
Roland Winters as Dr. Sturgis
Eileen Heckert as Miss Green
Martin Newman as Bellboy
Rex O'Malley as Speech Instructor
Walter Matthau as Extra
Frederic Carmichael as Extra
1.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR
07-May-1951 CBS Mon
written by Adrian D. Knepper
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Greene as Denis de Beaulieu
Coleen Gray as Blanche
Frederick Worlock as Sire de Maletroit
Joel Ashley as Captain Philip de Chartier
Paul Andor as Padre
Andrew Bernard as Guard
Frank Boylan as Guard
Richard Hazelton as Guard
1.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LOCAL STORM
14-May-1951 CBS Mon
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Betty Field as Carol
Ernest Graves as Alan
Dean Harens as George
Audra Lindley as Olive
1.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WILD GEESE
21-May-1951 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cenderdella
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Charles Taylor as Charley
Evelyn Keyes as Jane
Ralph Clanton as Cyril
Jonathan Marlowe as Jimmy
1.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SWEET SORROW
28-May-1951 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Sarah Churchill as Linda Forrest
Jeffrey Lynn as Seth Warner
Katherine Meskill as Lucille De Pew
Gage Clarke as Brandon Forbes
Philippa Bevans as Ruth Bogen
Myron Kellin as Eddie Stork
Michael Wager as Ronald Ellison
Seth Arnold as Hotel Clerk
1.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CONSIDER THE LILLIES
04-Jun-1951 CBS Mon
written by Lawrence Du Pont
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Kay Francis as Alice
Jerome Cowan as Alfred Bragg
Joel Ashley as Myles
Olive Templeton Flannery as Agnes
Marlene Cameron as Barbara
Arthur Jarrett as Hardwicke
1.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WEATHER FOR TODAY
11-Jun-1951 CBS Mon
written by Ted Kneeland
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Lynn Bari as Kay Plumber
Lee Bowman as Jerry Courtney
Butterfly McQueen as Mary
Joe Di Reda as First Coastguardsman
Leo Bayard as Second Coastgaurdsman
Dick Wigginton as Little Boy
1.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: INSIDE STORY
18-Jun-1951 CBS Mon
written by Nelson Bond
directed by Calvin Kuhl
starring
Robert Sterling as Lew Davies
Lola Albright as Jennifer
Will Hare as Warren
Sally Gracie as Sally
Edward Gargan as Dolan
Terese Hayden as Miss Miller
James Karen as Llewellyn
Edward Horner as Butch
1.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE PROMISE
25-Jun-1951 CBS Mon
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Vincent Price as Herbert
Louisa Horton as Ella
Jane Seymour as Sarah
Murray Matheson as Dr. Southford
Audra Lindley as Nurse Claxton
Ursula Campbell as Nurse Brice
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2.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE PACING GOOSE
27-Aug-1951 CBS Mon
written by Elinor Lenz
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Celeste Holm as Eliza
Thomas Coley as Jess
Parker Fennelly as Enoch
Gene Steiner as Josh
Roland Wood as Judge Pomeroy
Tom McElhaney as Abel Samp
Klock Ryder as Overby
Gage Clark as Steve Morgan
2.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FOREVER WALKING FREE
03-Sep-1951 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Wendell Corey as Buster
Nancy Marchand as Joan
Murray Matheson as Old Waiter
J. Pat O'Malley as London Bobby
Sybil Baker as Girl at Blue Polly
Oswald Marshall as Man in Bathrobe
Richard Barclay
Joseph Colbert
2.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IT'S A PROMISE
10-Sep-1951 CBS Mon
written by Michelle Cousin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Laraine Day as Lynn
John Shelton as Tom
Janet Alexander as Elly Barret
Edward Gargan as Policeman
2.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A FAMILY AFFAIR
17-Sep-1951 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Roland Young as Sumner
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Scofield
Biff McGuire as Will
Francis Compton as Everett
Elizabeth Ross as Barbara
Margaret Ann Deighton as Abby
Paul Andor as Head Waiter
William E. Becker
2.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MATTER OF LIFE
24-Sep-1951 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Mr. Protis
Elizabeth Johnson as Jeannie
Dick Moore as Tony
Lee Dimond as Milkman
2.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GRANDMA WAS AN ACTRESS
01-Oct-1951 CBS Mon
written by James Truex
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull as Grandma
Patty Smith as Hester
Lawrence Fletcher as Henry
Amy Douglass as Daphne
Gage Clarke as Mr. Westcott
Nancy Malone as Girl
2.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ROUTE 19
08-Oct-1951 CBS Mon
written by Joseph Ruscoll
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Dennis O'Keefe as Second Man
Robert Stack as First Man
Vanessa Brown as Girl
Norma Winters as Woman
2.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CAFE AMI
15-Oct-1951 CBS Mon
written by George Bellak
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston as Jed Kennedy
Maria Riva as Hilda
Rod Steiger as Victor Honegger
Walter Matthau as Craig
Frances Fuller as Aunt
Susan Wayne as Girl Singer
Andrew Duggan as Thug
Lawrence Breitman as Waiter
2.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TWINKLE IN HER EYE
22-Oct-1951 CBS Mon
written by Bill Coleman and Imelda Coleman
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn as Honor
Dick Foran as Matt
Leora Thatcher as Meg
Art Carney as Mike
Pat O'Malley as Griffin
Bob Gardette as Fireman
Peter Clune as Fireman
William MacDougall as Fireman
2.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
29-Oct-1951 CBS Mon
written by Manya Starr
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
June Lockhart as Julie
George Hill as Dan
Grace Valentine as Betty
Joseph Buloff as Mr. Pulaski
Luba Kadison as Mrs. Pulaski
Jean Sincere as Miss Sherman
Philippa Bevans as Mrs. Evans
Alexander Clark as Dr. Edwards
2.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CONFESSION
05-Nov-1951 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell as Baldwin
Russell Collins as Marlett
Dorothy Blackburn as Martha
Biff Elliot as John
Ellen-Cobb Hill as Evie
2.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NO WILL OF HIS OWN
12-Nov-1951 CBS Mon
written by Jack Campbell
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Gene Lockhart as Leslie
Binnie Barnes as Beatrice
Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Chamberlain
Melville Cooper as Watts
Halliwell Hobbes as Fitz James
John Stephen as Darlington
Guy Spaull as Granet
Anthony Kemble-Cooper as Foxhall
2.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: STOLEN YEARS
19-Nov-1951 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Greene as Hartford
Francis L. Sullivan as Yates
Lola Albright as Miriam
Jerome Cowan as Wright
Hurd Hatfield as Dobbins
Nils Asther as Norstad
Frederick Worlock as Reverand Stowell
Harold Yee as Chang
2.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DAMES ARE POISON
26-Nov-1951 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch as Jessica
William Eythe as Peter
Alice Pearce as Nina
Henry Jones as Sanford
Peggy Cass as Betty
Kip McArdle as Cooper
Klock Ryder as Blake
Sy Travers as Policeman
2.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TIN BADGE
03-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien as Joe Crandall
Bobby Driscoll as Billy Crandall
Muriel Kirkland as Ellen Crandall
Harold Stone as Mike Gannon
Anthony Rivers as Gangster
Jimmy Sheridan as Young Cop
Ernest Roncoli as Extra
2.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SECOND SIGHT
10-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
written by Melinda Palmer
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm as Margaret Best
Patric Knowles as Corey Hill
Neva Patterson as Claire Whitcomb
Don Shelton as Doctor
Ann Meachan as Nurse
Jerry MacKady as Extra
Mary Cahoon as Extra
John Weaver as Extra
2.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BLUES STREET
17-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Veronica Lake as Lou
Roddy McDowall as Pete
Walter Woolf King as Cornelius
Harry Bellaver as Victor
Jack Warden as Man
Anne Dere as Landlady
David Kerman as Counterman
John Kullens as Waiter
2.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
24-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by Wendell Mayes
From a story by Stephen Vincent Benet
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter ....... Innkeeper's Wife
Thomas Mitchell ... Innkeeper
Rita Gam .......... Leah
Elizabeth Ross .... Sarah
Robert Morgan ..... Dismas
Lloyd Bochner ..... Soldier
Ernest Graves ..... Joseph
Lawrence Ryle ..... Prefect
2.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE JEST OF HAHALABA
31-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
written by David Shaw
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Boris Karloff as Sir Arthur
Arnold Moss as Yannu
Sybil Baker as Miss Kerry
Robin Craven as Snaggs
Michael McAloney as Doorman
Diane de Brett as Yannu's Assistant
Evelyn Wall as Woman In Theatre #1
Carrie Bridewell as Woman In Theatre #2
2.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MR. FINCHLEY VERSUS THE BOMB
07-Jan-1952 CBS Mon
written Rod Serling
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Henry Hull as Jason W. Finchley
Arlene Francis as Eddie Sloan
Harry Townes as Hannify
Roland Winters as General Millet
Robert F. Simon as Peterson
Gage Clarke as Hoffman
2.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CEYLON TREASURE
14-Jan-1952 CBS Mon
written by Irwin Lewis
directed by Seymour Kulik
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Rorsford
Maria Riva as Alma
Stefan Schnabel as Kroner
Alexander Scourby as Hagen
Ronald Long as Dodsley
Al Thaler as Wilson
Audrey Meadows as The Singer
William Caldwell as Extra
2.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SOUND OF WAVES BREAKING
21-Jan-1952 CBS Mon
written by Ann Loring and Meade Roberts
directed by Richard Cooke
starring
Teresa Wright as Emily Lawrence
Kent Smith as David Barlow
Natalie Schafer as Blanche
John Mylong as Brack
Hugh Griffith as Man with Cello
Patrick O'Neal as Sailor
2.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FOR GOODNESS SAKE
28-Jan-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elinor Lenz
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Jack Carson as John Mulligan
June Lockhart as Carrie Williams
Edgar Stehli as Pa Williams
Fredd Wayne as Bert Oliver
Victor Thorley as Bartender
Walter Matthau as Extra
Charles Gordon as Extra
Robert Ludlam as Extra
2.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: KELLY
04-Feb-1952 CBS Mon
written by Eric Hatch
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Preston as Kelly
Geraldine Brooks as Odette
Horace McMahon as Captain Hodges
Marcel Hillaire as Frenchman
Jack Warden as Sergeant Stivers
Michael McAloney as Extra
Grady Fraser as Extra
2.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GAME OF CHESS
11-Feb-1952 CBS Mon
written by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Vincent Price as Christoff
Will Kuluva as Joseph
Hugh Griffith as Constantine
Marden Bate as Footman
2.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LIFE, LIBERTY AND ORRIN DUDLEY
18-Feb-1952 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Jackie Cooper as Orrin Dudley
Grace Kelly as Beth
Roy Fant as Pa
Edith Meiser as Ma
Maurice Manson as Mayor
Evelyn Wall as Mrs. Jeffers
Tom Glazer as Guitarist
Chet Stratton as Extra
2.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BARGAIN
25-Feb-1952 CBS Mon
written by James Truex
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm as Katherine Case
Robert Coote as Stephen
James Daly as Brigida
Diane de Brett as Felicia
John Moore as Borland
Miriam Goldina as Extra
Emil Belasco as Extra
Douglas MacLean as Extra
2.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NIGHT, BE QUIET
03-Mar-1952 CBS Mon
written by S. Lee Pogostin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Sylvia Sidney as Joyce
Lloyd Gough as Ben
Alfred Neal as Neal
2.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE PROMOTION
10-Apr-1952 CBS Mon
written by Andrew Duggan
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Thomas Mitchell as Ralph Burgess
Anne Jackson as Sara
Richard Carlyle as Steve
Clifford Sales as Johnny
2.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE FOGGY, FOGGY DEW
17-Mar-1952
written by Albert Hirsch
directed by Richard Goode
starring
James Barton as The Stranger
Muriel Kirkland as Mother
Richard Bishop as Father
James Dean as The Boy
James Ginelli as Guitarist (off camera)
2.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JULIE
24-Mar-1952 CBS Mon
written by William Kozlenko
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Julie Arden
Jerome Cowan as Rollo
Gene Blakely as Jack
Loretta Day as Dorothy
Joy Nilson as Extra
Carl Swope as Extra
Arthur Rowe as Extra
John Dorman as Extra
2.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TASTE
31-Mar-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elinor Lenz
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Peter Lorre as Richard Pratt
Frederic Torzere as Father
Renee Gadd as Mother
Peter Forster as The Boy
Margaret Grindell as The Girl
Ronald Long as Extra
Robert Oswald Marshall as Extra
2.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MAN AT BAY
07-Apr-1952 CBS Mon
written by Dewitt Copp
directed by Fielder Cook
Music, Wladimir Selinsky
starring
Broderick Crawford as David
Anthony Ross as Pete
Carmen Matthews as Milly
George Roy Hill as Mark
Gloria McGhee as Sheila
Jack Weston as Bill
Leo Bayard as Harry
Walter Matthau as Extra
Synopsis:
A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail to expose the real killer. [RF]
2.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DECISION
14-Apr-1952 CBS Mon
written by Robert Esson
directed by Richard Goode
starirng
Burgess Meredith as David
Peggy Conklin as Mary
Addison Richards as Michaels
Constance Coleman as Secretary
Lewis Grady Fraser as Extra
2.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: OPERATION WEEKEND
21-Apr-1952 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Angela Lansbury as Lucy Landor
Richard Kiley as Dan
Ian Keith as Dr. Landor
Marcel Hillaire as Pierre
Lloyd Knight as Jim
2.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SALAD DAYS
28-Apr-1952 CBS Mon
written by Henry Denker
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Peggy Ann Garner as Judy
Roddy McDowall as Bellamy Partridge
Enid Markey as Mother
Parker Fennelly as Judge
Iggie Wolfington as Ward
Gage Clarke as Justice of the Peace
Leta Bonynge as Maid
2.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MASQUERADE
05-May-1952 CBS Mon
written by Mac Shoub
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Basil Rathbone as Sir Paul Maxim
Margaret Phillips as Jeanne Allison
Robin Craven as General Travers
George Roy Hill as George
Fred Warriner as Johnson
2.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MARRIAGE IN THE BEGINNING
12-May-1952 CBS Mon
written by Jacqueline James
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn as Louise Franklin
Donald Curtis as Walter
Roger Price as Rex
Blanche Yurka as Mother-in-Law
Rosamond Vance as Gossiping Woman
Sidney Fields as Extra
Joan Morgan as Extra
Virginia Girvin as Extra
2.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FERRY CRISIS AT FRIDAY POINT
19-May-1952 CBS Mon
written by John Gay
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fredric March as Captain Matt
Florence Eldridge as Emma
Henry Jones as Jim
Katharine Bard as Ellen
Roland Winters as Greenleaf
Robert F. Simon as Jeff
Dan Morgan as Clyde
G. Albert Smith as Blake
2.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PATTERN FOR GLORY
26-May-1952 CBS Mon
written by Abby Mann and Bernard Drew
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Kene Holliday as Farley
Sylvia Sidney as Laura Barrie
Svea Grunfield as Anne
Sanford Bickart as Producer
Robert Dale Martin as First Actor
Addison Powell as Second Actor
Glen Gordon as Extra
Leonard Bell as Extra
2.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GARNEAU '83
02-Jun-1952 CBS Mon
written by Bruce Jewell
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Janet Beecher as Kate Walburn
Reinhold Schunzel as Robert Owens
Lili Darvas as Marie
Geoffrey Lamb as Perry
2.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LESSON
09-Jun-1952 CBS Mon
written by George Kelly
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Gene Raymond as John Aldrid
Nancy Coleman as Mrs. Aldrid
Geraldine Page as Neighbor
2.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GILIA
16-Jun-1952 CBS Mon
written by Hamilton Benz
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Leueen MacGrath as Gilia
Ernest Graves as David
Ed Binns as Silas
Isobel Elsom as Watkins
2.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WELCOME HOME, LEFTY
23-Jun-1952 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
Chester Morris as Lefty
Jan Sherwood as Helen
Richard McMurray as Barney
Donald Murray as Jimmy
Robert F. Simon as Joey
Jack Diamond as Bartender
2.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: I CAN'T REMEMBER
30-Jun-1952 CBS Mon
written by Marcus Ellis
directed by Richard Dinkas
starring
Robert Alda as Rusty Miller
Julia Meade as Esther
Steven Gethers as Suber
Ralph Dunn as Mitch
Thomas Walsh as Tolen
Pan Bourke as Mrs. Malone
William Greaves as Extra
2.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LADY FROM WASHINGTON
07-Jul-1952 CBS Mon
starring
Constance Cummings
2.47 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SON WANTED
14-Jul-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elinor Lenz
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Aina Niemela as Garbo Jones
Joe Maross as Young Man
Jean Adair as Miss Lizzie
Helen Donaldson as Nurse
James Little as Policeman
2.48 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BRIGADIER
21-Jul-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elizabeth Meehan
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Henry Hull as Brigadier General William Elred
Skip Homeier as the Spy
Philip Coolidge as Lieutenant Colonel Finley
Addison Richards as Colonel Bessette
Ralph Clanton as Major Morey
Jack Warden as Captain Giluley
Lauris Lambert as Miss Rainer
Martin Newman as Orderly Jackson
2.49 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TWO PALE HORSEMEN
28-Jul-1952 CBS Mon
written by Carey Wilbur
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Marian Winters as Jean Nelson
Anthony Ross as Rusty
Martin Newman as Johnny
Victor Thorley as Eppikuk
Ralph Allen as Radio Man
Matteo Vitucci as Witch Doctor
Anne Mary Tallon as Extra
Pamela Fitzmaurice as Extra
2.50 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TWO MAKE FOUR
04-Aug-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elenor Tarshis
directed by Richard Dunlap
starring
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Carter
Lewis Scholle as Robbie
Johnny Coleman as Dickie
Curtis Cooksey as Mr. Wainwright
Isabel Price
2.51 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE ORCHARD
11-Aug-1952 CBS Mon
written by Carey Wilbur
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Geraldine Brooks as Doraleen Perkins
Skip Homeier as Les Prince
Anne Seymour as Hannah
John Shellie as Moses
Henry Jones as Dan
Peggy Ann Garner as Girl
2.52 [--] Lux Video Theatre: YOU BE THE BAD GUY
18-Aug-1952 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
MacDonald Carey as Dan Shelvin
Biff Elliot as Jamie
William Harrigan as Captain Vansky
Joe De Santis as Wylie
Joe Verdi as Abernathy
Rudy Bond as Detective
Robert Dale Martin as First Policeman
Andrew Sibilia as Second Policeman
2.53 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAGNOLIA TOUCH
25-Aug-1952 CBS Mon
written by Jo Schilling
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch as Terry
Donald Cook as Roger
June Dayton as Lucy Lee
Jamie Smith as Mark
Jack Weston as Elevator Man
Lilija Austrin as Extra
Diana Rogers as Extra
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3.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
01-Sep-1952 CBS Mon
written by Jack Barden and Irwin Blacker
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Cedric Hardwicke as Robert Malcolm
Dorothy Peterson as Wife
Glenn Anders as Richard Morgan
William Redfield as Son
Addison Richards as General Spencer
Sybil Baker as Son's Secretary
Henrietta Moore as Wife's Secretary
Roy Baime as Extra
3.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ILE
08-Sep-1952 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter as Annie Keeney
Gene Lockhart as David Keeney
James Daly as Mate
Frank Maxwell as Harpooner
Abby Lewis as Extra
John Armstrong as Extra
John Marvin as Extra
Robert McQuade as Extra
3.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: STONE'S THROW
15-Sep-1952 CBS Mon
written by Earl Booth
directed by Richard Good
starring
Angela Lansbury as Tina Rafferty
Jeffrey Lynn as Ralph Caswell
Joshua Shelly as Pete
Parker Fennelly as Dad Campbell
3.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HAPPILY, BUT NOT FOREVER
22-Sep-1952 CBS Mon
written by Jack Barden and Irwin Blacker
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Preston as Isaac Eaton
June Lockhart as Sally Eaton
Bramwell Fletcher as President Maynard
Malcolm Keen as Dean Truitt
Laura Bartlett Muehlberger as Extra
Sidney Fields as Extra
Ken Meecham as Extra
Bruce Reynolds as Extra
3.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MESSAGE FOR JANICE
29-Sep-1952 CBS Mon
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Jackie Cooper as Dave Carter
Grace Kelly as Janice
George Chandler as Newspaper Man
Royal Beal as Mr. Towers
Peggy Allenby as Mrs. Towers
George Hall as Desk Clerk
Evelyn Wall as Maid
Anne Roberts as Extra
3.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A LEGACY FOR LOVE
06-Oct-1952 CBS Mon
written by Michael Dyne
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Corinne Calvet as Mouche
Steven Hill as Hank
Gaby Rogers
Louise Larabee as Opera Singer
Francis Bethencourt as Jean
Leni Stengel as Madam Hortense
Lili Valenty as Extra
William A. Lee as Extra
3.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: COUNTRY LAWYER
20-Oct-1952 CBS Mon
written by Henry Denker
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell as Sam Partridge
Russell Collins as Ezra
Whit Bissell as Reverand Trumbull
Harry Antrim as Judge
John McGovern as Bottomley the Lawyer
Dorothy Blackburn as Wife
Buzzy Martin as Son
Charles Thompson as Storekeeper
3.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THREE HOURS BETWEEN
27-Oct-1952 CBS Mon
written by Elihu Winer
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Lili Palmer as Nancy
Joseph Anthony as Donald
Frank Twedell as Newsman
Anita Bayless as Wilma
Marc Hamilton as Extra
3.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE FACE OF AUTUMN
03-Nov-1952 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
Pat O'Brien as George Morrell
Anne Seymour as Helen
Frank Campanella as Mr. Paletto
Anna Berger as Mrs. Paletto
William Erwin as Reporter
Tony Canzoneri as Packy
Andrew Gerado as Extra
Horace Cunningham as Extra
3.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
10-Nov-1952 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Paul Lukas as Franz Kralik
Signe Hasso as Else Kralik
Anna Appel as Frau Schmidt
Nils Asther as Baron Hauser
Paul Andor as First Bookkeeper
Alfred Hesse as Second Bookkeeper
Eva Gerson as Secretary
Walter Kohler as Waiter
3.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAN WHO STRUCK IT RICH
17-Nov-1952 CBS Mon
written by Dick McDonagh and Dick Goode
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Barry Fitzgerald as Barry Flynn
Arthur Shields as Michael
Una O'Connor asReverand Mother
Naomi Riordan as Sister Mary Margaret
Floyd Buckley as One-Eye
Rex O'Malley as Bank Teller
Ann Sullivan as Caroline
Barry Macollum as Otto
3.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HILL
24-Nov-1952 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Mercedes McCambridge as Chris
John Shellie as Pop
Herbert Rudley as Gage
Harry Townes as Kidwell
Gage Clarke as Walters
Victor Thorley as Colonel
Biff McGuire as Second Soldier
Jack Weston as Third Soldier
3.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AMO, AMAS, AMAT
01-Dec-1952 CBS Mon
written by Carol Warner Gluck
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Lizabeth Scott as Margaret Bailey
Ralph Meeker as Nicky Hanks
Oliver Thorndike as Walter
Harold Shadwell as First Intern
John Weaver as Second Intern
Byron Russell as Extra
Constance Hoffman as Extra
Lilija Austrin as Extra
3.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FEAR
08-Dec-1952 CBS Mon
written by Roland Winters
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Boris Karloff as Larkin
Gene Lockhart as Sir George
Bramwell Fletcher as Doctor
Dan Morgan as Attendant
Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. Wheaton
Noel Coleman as First Chauffeur
Winston Ross as Second Chauffeur
3.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SONG FOR A BANJO
15-Dec-1952 CBS Mon
written by John Whedon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Dick Haymes as Dan Shepherd
Nancy Guild as Julia Bartlett
Nat King Cole as Horace Hambleton
Olin Howlin as Sheriff
Harry Antrim as Lem Grant
Gage Clarke as Henry Totter
Harry Davis as Shop Owner
Tom McElhaney as Man Shopper
3.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
22-Dec-1952 CBS Mon
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter as Innkeeper's Wife
Gene Lockhart as Innkeeper
Dan Morgan as Dismas
Elizabeth Ross as Sarah
Barbara Bolton as Leah
Alan Shayne as Joseph
Noel Coleman as Soldier
Frank Overton as Prefect
3.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE KEY
29-Dec-1952 CBS Mon
written by Roger Gavis
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Nina Foch as Jane Conway
Donald Cook as Bruce Wallace
Donald Buka as Tommy
Allen Nourse as Dr. Walker
Lloyd Knight as Patient
Kenneth Clifford as Extra
Aileen Poe as Extra
Virginia Leigh as Extra
3.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TWO FOR TEA
05-Jan-1953 CBS Mon
written by James Truex
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Brian Aherne as Reggie
Margaret Phillips as Penelope
Cyril Ritchard as Arnold
Viola Roache as Mrs. Brooke
Nancy Marchand as Phyllis
Philippa Bevans as Waitress
Rex O'Malley as First Policeman
Robert Fletcher as Second Policeman
3.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THANKS FOR A LOVELY EVENING
12-Jan-1953 CBS Mon
written by Leonard T. Holton
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Veronica Lake as Beverly
Jeffrey Lynn as Tom
Art Carney as Curley
Pat Hosley as Gladie
Jack Diamond as Counterman
Marcel Hillaire as Headwaiter
3.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TI BABETTE
19-Jan-1953 CBS Mon
written by Carey Wilber
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Corinne Calvet as Ti Babette
Scott Forbes as Duncan
Cameron Prud'homme as Father
Sybil Baker as Miss Peters
Leni Stengel as Dress Fitter
George Forest as Extra
Frank Baxter as Extra
Robert Gardette as Extra
3.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE INN OF EAGLES
26-Jan-1953 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
MacDonald Carey as Major Slocum
Brian Keith as Happy (as Robert Keith Jr.)
Nicholas Joy as Frobisher
Maureen Hurley as Mary
Victor Wood as Cavendish
Marcel Hillaire as Frenchman
Robert Oswald Marshall as Extra
Marjorie Eaton as Extra
3.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE WHITE GOWN
02-Feb-1953 CBS Mon
written by Philip Cyrus Cunion
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Margaret O'Brien as Laura
Walter Abel as Father
John Kerr as Tony
Valerie Cossart as Mother
Georgianne Johnson as Maggie
Marcel Hillaire as Headwaiter
William Penn as Bob
Geoffrey Lumb as Professor
3.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A BOUQUET FOR CAROLINE
09-Feb-1953 CBS Mon
written by John Gay
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Luise Rainer as Caroline
Lilia Skala as the Housekeeper
Dean Harens as the Young Man
Charles Amure as Extra
Anita Dangler as Extra
3.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MISS MARLOW AT PLAY
16-Feb-1953 CBS Mon
written by A.A. Milne
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Binnie Barnes as Miss Marlow
Basil Rathbone as Ambrose Wallington
Robert Coote as Joe Worton
Isobel Elsom as Ethel
3.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AUTUMN NOCTURNE
23-Feb-1953 CBS Mon
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Viveca Lindfors as Julie
Robert Sterling as David
Robert Armstrong as Dr. Hoffman
Dulcie Jordan as Ellie
Doreen Lang as Nurse
Doris Belage as Extra
Carrie Caldwell as Extra
Katherine Gregg as Extra
3.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A TIME FOR HEROES
02-Mar-1953 CBS Mon
written by Rod Serling
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dennis O'Keefe as Mack
Paul Tripp as Paul
Marian Seldes as May
Kenneth Walken as Martin
Gene Steiner as Student
Jean Stapleton as Teacher
Dimitry Natvierro as Extra
Virginia Shield as Extra
3.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE OF THESE THINGS
09-Mar-1953 CBS Mon
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Nancy Guild as Angela Gray
Donald Cook as Tad Bryson
Louise Allbritton as Mavis Bryson
Will Hare as Mike Walters
Louise Buckley as Ellen Dorson
Janet Fox as Miss Marbury
3.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE WEDNESDAY WISH
16-Mar-1953 CBS Mon
written by Frank D. Gilroy
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull as Mom Baker
Charles Dingle as Mr. Brown
Gage Clarke as Mayor Patrick
James Gregory as Mac
Mike Kellin as George
Dorg Merande as Miss Sandow
Amy Douglass as Miss Winters
3.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE FOR THE ROAD
23-Mar-1953 CBS Mon
written by Seymour Stern
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien as Charley Hackett
Robert P. Lieb as Berger
Paul Lipson as Mike McKenzie
Dick Moore as Carter Lockwood
Dan Healy as Mickey Dunn
Alonzo Rosan as Andy
Val Avery as Hank
Mary James as Rose Dunn
3.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BROOCH
02-Apr-1953 CBS Thur
written by William Faulkner
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dan Duryea as Howard Boyd
Sally Forrest as Amy Boyd
Mildred Natwick as Mrs. Boyd
Margaret Wycherly as Mrs. Murchison
Alan Shayne as Narrator
Tillie Born as Clara
Synopsis:
A young man and his wife confront the meddling mother, take control
of the unhappy situation, and live, presumably, happily ever after.
* Note Faulkner rewrote the original which tells of a Mama's boy whose marriage
to a high-spirited woman is destroyed by his controlling mother which ends tragically
with Howard's suicide. Due to severe censorship Faulkner rewrote this episode. [RF]
3.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WITH GLORY AND HONOR
09-Apr-1953 CBS Thur
written by S. Lee Pogostin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Wendell Corey as Dante
Nancy Kelly as Clare
Alan Carney as Max
Louise Buckley as Mary
Casey Walters as Harold
Red Barber as Baseball Narration
Arnold Moss as Extra
Jack Jason as Extra
3.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MEASURE FOR GREATNESS
16-Apr-1953 CBS Thur
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Millard Mitchell as Larry
Arlene Francis as Anne
Skip Homeier as Gig
Bruce Bennett as Dr. Grant
Marlene Cameron as Julie
Barbara Karen as Betsy
Dorothy Elder as Mrs. Crandall
Andrew Duggan as Karl
3.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LONG DISTANCE
23-Apr-1953 CBS Thur
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Bertha Jacks
3.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE ASCENT OF ALFRED FISHKETTLE
30-Apr-1953 CBS Thur
written by Francis Bethencourt
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Newton as Mr. Fishkettle
Jack Lemmon as Alfred Fishkettle
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Fishkettle
Viola Roche as Mrs. Bracegirdle
Jean Cook as Effie Bracegirdle
Francis Bethencourt as Godolphin Cfoliot
Carl Harbord as Announcer
3.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LISTEN, HE'S PROPOSING
07-May-1953 CBS Thur
written by Patricia Jourday
directed byRichard Goode
starring
Phyllis Kirk as Lucy Hammond
Tom Drake as Gary Morgan
Nydia Westman as Mrs. Hammond
Harry Sheppard as Granddad
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Morgan
Milton Parsons as Mr. Morgan
Sherry Jackson as Ruthie Hammond
David Winters as Stu Morgan
3.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BETRAYERS
14-May-1953 CBS Thur
written by Charles L. Emmons
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston as Tom
Grace Kelly as Meg
Bruce Gordon as Labrutte
Doris Rich as Mrs. Curtis
Richard Carlyle as Detective
Louis Lytton as Mac
3.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TUNNEL JOB
21-May-1953 CBS Thur
written by Carey Wilber
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Brian Donlevy as Dan Carmody
Ruth Warrick as Anna Carmody
George Matthews as Mike
Olin Howlin as Pete Walters
Joseph Foley as Folger
Griff Evans as Powder Monkey
Andrew Sabsilia as Extra
Willard Sage as Extra
3.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LOST SUNDAY
28-May-1953 CBS Thur
written by George Lowther
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm as Miss Prynne
Patric Knowles as Mr. Morley
James Gregory as Mr. Randolph
Frank Albertson as Mr. Edgar
Ethel Remey as Customer
3.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TEN DAYS TO FOREVER
04-Jun-1953 CBS Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Barry Sullivan as Jeff Foster
Joan Vohs as Lou Willis
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Foster
Richard Bishop as Major Foster
Lloyd Knight as Sid
Bart Burns as Buddy
Tom McElhany as Sheriff
Leonard Yorr as Prison Guard
3.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MAKE BELIEVE BRIDE
11-Jun-1953 CBS Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Howard Loeb
starring
Lizabeth Scott as Betsy
Don DeFore as Stan
Glenn Anders as Mr. Stone
Mary Finney as Mrs. Kelly
Chandler Cowles as Judson Smith
Ann Dere as Mrs. Harrison
Fred Kareman as Bellhop
Joe Verdi as Extra
3.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WIND OF THE WAY
18-Jun-1953 CBS Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Phyllis Thaxter as Diana Forbes
Ralph Nelson as Dick McKettrick
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Forbes
Margaret Hamilton as Charity Ames
Gage Clarke as Colonel Burt Stander
3.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THIS IS JIMMY MERRILL
25-Jun-1953 CBS Thur
written by Bernard Drew
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Millard Mitchell as Jimmy Merrill
Madge Evans as Sylvia
Don Briggs as Scott Henderson
Henry Bernard as Larry
Louise King as Julia
Sanford Bickart as Extra
Victor Harrison as Extra
3.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE
02-Jul-1953 CBS Thur
written by Harry W. Junkin
directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Robert Alda as Paul Oxford
Lisa Ferraday as Jean
Anthony Ross as Detective Grant
Cameron Prud'homme as Mr. Brakeland
William Kemp as Martin
Maurice Manson as Detective Captain
Wyrley Birch as Judge
Andy Sabsilia as Extra
3.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TANGO
09-Jul-1953 CBS Thur
written by Erik James Martin
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Joan Blondell as May
James Dunn as Joey
Allen Nourse as Treasury Man
Anita Bayless as Mrs. Conners
Synopsis:
A frustrated dancer has been sitting next to the telephone for many years,
waiting for a theatrical agent to keep his promise.[RF]
3.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CORPORAL AND THE LADY
16-Jul-1953 CBS Thur
written by Michael Morris
directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Eddie Bracken as Larry
Gloria Marlowe as Sable
Harold Stone as Sam
Jack Warden as Miller
Philip Coolidge as Major
Lloyd Knight as Henderson
Lee Bayard as Garrity
Corey Gill as Extra
Synopsis:
A G.I. camp in Korea is plagued by a mysterious pin-up picture thief.
3.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MAN IN THE KITCHEN
23-Jul-1953 CBS Thur
written by Leslie Waller
directed by Earl Eby
starring
William Lundigan as Jim
Nancy Guild as Nora
Maurice Manson as Mr. Coggins
Doris Rich as Mrs. Coggins
Charlotte Austin as Marie
3.47 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE ODYSSEY OF JEFFREY SEWELL
30-Jun-1953 CBS Thur
written by Jerome Brondfield
directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Dennis O'Keefe as Jeff Sewell
Patrice Wymore as Gretchen Oliver
Lawrence Fletcher as B.G. Peters
Janet Fox as Miss Carroll
Dorothy Greener as Salesgirl
Lulu B. King as Maid
Joan Vohs
3.48 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
06-Aug-1953 CBS Thur
starring
Virginia Bruce
Otto Kruger
Karen Sharpe
Amanda Blake
Lewis Martin
Bruce Payne
3.49 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WOMEN WHO WAIT
13-Aug-1953 CBS Thur
written by Al C. Ward
directed by Peter Godfrey
starring
Laraine Day
Randy Stuart
William Ching
Steve Dunn
Charles Cane
Kenneth Tobey
3.50 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LOVELY DAYS
20-Aug-1953 CBS Thur
written by Lawrence Kimble
directed by Peter Godfrey
produced by Jack J. Gross & Phillip N. Krasne
starring
Ann Sheridan
Robert Paige
Sandy Descher
Tom Powers
Scatman Crothers
Synopsis:
An efficiency expert puts his wife and family on a tight schedule. [RF]
3.51 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SOME CALL IT LOVE
27-Aug-1953 CBS Thur
written by Roy Chanslor and Al C. Ward
directed by Charles Haas
starring
Gene Raymond
Peter Godfrey
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4.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
03-Sep-1953 CBS Thur
written by Gerald Holland
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Ronald Reagan as Merle Fisher
Maureen O'Sullivan as Agnes Fisher
George Macready as Mr. Cloud
George Pembroke as Mr. Bascom
Charles Victor as Mr. Gordon
Julie Bennett as Miss Williams
Stephen Terrell as Bellboy
Larry Carr as Mr. Randolph
4.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SECOND MEETING
10-Sep-1953 CBS Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Frank Lovejoy as Clark
Arleen Whelan as Laura
Craig Stevens as Scott
Harry Tyler as Joe Miller
Ralph Brooke as Soldier
Paul Power as Chaplain
Jeanne Cagney (Intermission Guest)
4.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
17-Sep-1953 CBS Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
story by Larry Marcus
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edward G. Robinson as A.J. Mayherne
Andrea King as Romaine Vole/Mrs. Mogson
Tom Drake as Leonard Vole
Leo Curley as Judge
Thomas Browne Henry as Judge
Blaine Williams as Extra
Roy Darmour as Extra
Leslie Turner as Extra
4.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: RETURN TO ALSACE
24-Sep-1953 CBS Thur
written by Robert E. Carson
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Scott Brady as Mark
Suzanne Dalbert as Lisa
Eduard Franz as Emil
Leon Askin as Gustave
Greta Granstedt as Johanna
Joseph Doran as Extra
Barbara Ruick (Intermission Guest)
4.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ANNIVERSARY
01-Oct-1953 CBS Thur
written by Robert B. Skeley
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Phyllis Thaxter as Fran
Warner Anderson as Jim
Elisabeth Fraser as Helen
Chick Chandler as George
Grandon Rhodes as Dr. Mason
Diana Dawson as Nurse
Myrtle Anderson as Extra
Joan Weldon (Intermission Guest)
4.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MOON FOR LINDA
08-Oct-1953 CBS Thur
written by Joseph Hayes
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Ruth Hussey as Irene
Barbara Lawrence as Linda
Carl Benton Reid as Jeff
Carleton Young as Carleton
Lillian Sayre as Extra
Dulce Daye as Extra
Joe Gilbert as Extra
Murray Forbes as Extra
4.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GUILTY KNOWLEDGE
15-Oct-1953 CBS Thur
written by Elinor Lenz
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Stephen McNally as Harry
Frances Dee as Louise
Dan Tobin as Paul
Jacqueline DeWitt as Extra
Dorothy Patrick (Intermission Guest)
4.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CRUEL TIME
22-Oct-1953 CBS Thur
written by Frank D. Gilroy
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Jean Pierre Aumont as Georges
Nancy Gates as Laurette
John Wengraf as Landau
Marie Windsor as Phyllis
Pat Kaskel as Extra
Cynthia Bell (Intermission Guest)
4.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE RETURN OF SOCKO BERNARD
29-Oct-1953 CBS Thur
written by Rod Serling
directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
Broderick Crawford as Socko Bernard
Irene Hervey as Patricia
James Flavin as Steve
Lyle Talbot as Paul
Selmer Jackson as Doctor Allen
Nick Dennis as Tony
Benny Rubin as Headwaiter
Charles Watts as Wilson
4.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WILL POWER
05-Nov-1953 CBS Thur
written by George Lowther
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Charles Coburn as Pa Harrington
James Lydon as D. Crockett Weeks
Margaret Field as Emily
Douglas Spencer as Jonas
Don Beddoe as Paul
Nan Boardman as Livia
Arthur Space as Max
Anne O'Neal as Amelia Jennings
4.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LADY OF SUSPICION
12-Nov-1953 CBS Thur
written by Will La Jolla
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Mike Dixon
Faith Domergue as Sue Dawson
Ray Bennett as Sheriff
Sukhy Kang as Laundress
4.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MOMENT OF THE ROSE
19-Nov-1953 CBS Thur
written by James F. Cook
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Claude Dauphin as Paul
Patricia Morison as Mrs. Carrington
Beverly Washburn as Jeanne
Stephen DeKassy as Headwaiter
James Craven as Mr. Carrington
Mickey Simpson as Doorman
George E. Stone as Carl
Charlotte Austin (Intermission Guest)
4.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SOME CALL IT LOVE
26-Nov-1953 CBS Thur
written by Erna Lazarus
directed by Peter Godfrey
starring
Gene Raymond
Carole Mathews
Charles McGraw
Kristine Miller
Barbara Knudson
4.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THREE JUST MEN
10-Dec-1953 CBS Thur
written by Elliott Street
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Steve Cochran as Luke Martens
Jack Lambert as Simmons
John Dierkes as Jeb Bricker
James Best as Clem Wallace
Jeane Wood as Maw
Joyce Lake as Effie
Ann Miller (Intermission Guest)
4.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A BOUQUET FOR MILLIE
17-Dec-1953 CBS Thur
written by Joseph Cochran
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Marge Champion as Millie
Gower Champion as Tim
Nana Bryant as Mother-in-law
Don Beddoe as Judge
Francis Pierlot as Florist
John Doucette as Bartender
Marilyn Erskine (Intermission Guest)
4.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CALL OFF THE WEDDING
07-Jan-1954 CBS Thur
written by Lois Landauer
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Joanne Dru as Nancy
Alex Nicol as Hank
Pauline Drake as Winnie
Carol Brewster as Lilly
Rita Moreno (Intermission Guest)
Synopsis:
Comedy of a country girl in the city, who uses her rooftop vegetable garden
to win her man from the clutches of a movie siren. [RF]
4.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ALL DRESSED IN WHITE
14-Jan-1954 CBS Thur
written by Ronnie Alexander
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Richard Carlson as John
Phyllis Kirk as Mary
Steve Brodie as Mac
Vera Miles (Intermission Guest)
Synopsis:
The macabre gift of a revolver with a single bullet in its chamber traps
a sadistic killer at a wedding. [RF]
4.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BACHELOR OF GRANDBY OAKS
21-Jan-1954 CBS Thur
written by Kal Phillips
directed by Richard Goode
starring
MacDonald Carey as Colby
Nancy Kelly as Sheila
Benson Fong as Alexander
Bob Anderson as Greg
Sheila Bromley as Lucy
4.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A PLACE IN THE SUN
28-Jan-1954 CBS Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
Ronald Reagan, Guest Host
starring
Ann Blyth
Marilyn Erskine
John Derek ...... George
Raymond Burr
Regis Toomey
Paul Frees
Pat Crowley (Intermission Guest)
*Note: Based on the movie of Theodore Dreiser's novel "An American Tragedy".
George Stevens who won the academy award for his direction of the movie,
has been acting as an adviser to the producers of this show. [RF]
4.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SMALL GLASS BOTTLE
04-Feb-1954 CBS Thur
written by David Hill
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Margaret
George Chandler as Fred
Ann Doran as Rose
Selmer Jackson as Doctor Curlin
Joan Weldon (Intermission Guest)
4.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SHALL NOT PERISH
11-Feb-1954 CBS Thur
written by William Faulkner
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Fay Bainter as Mrs. Grier
Raymond Burr as Major Blakestone
Tommy Rettig as Jody
Trevor Bardette as Mr. Grier
Dayton Lummis as Captain McLandon
Tom Powers as Minister
Harry Tyler as Willie
Clarence Muse as Albert
Vera Miles (Intermission Guest)
*Note Faulkner also rewrote this episode updating its World War II setting to
the Korean War era. The story's patriotic title and theme comes from the last
line of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address. (To play up the Lincoln connection the
program aired on the eve of the 145th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.) [RF]
4.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FINAL ROUND
18-Feb-1954 CBS Thur
written by Emmett Murphy and Leonard Heideman
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Benedict as Al
Wendell Corey as Herb
Martha Hyer as Lois
George Wallace as Whitey
Joseph Crehan as Doctor
Bill Justine as Commissioner
Larry Chance as Coyle
4.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: BORROWED WIFE
25-Feb-1954 CBS Thur
written by Mortimer Braus
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Diana Lynn ....... Ellen
Lee Bowman ....... Michael
Kay Baker ........ Amy
Larry Kerr ....... Henry
Madge Kennedy .... Ma Glover
Howard Negley .... Pa Glover
Synopsis:
An author borrows his friend's wife in order to ward off a young girl's
attentions. [RF]
4.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MIRACLE AT THE WALDORF
04-Mar-1954 CBS Thur
written by Stanley Paley
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Paul Lukas as Dr. Leitner
Joan Weldon as Patricia Dean
Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Lietner
Chick Chandler as Herb
George Chandler as Mr. Hollis
Mary Alan Hokanson as Miss Foster
4.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CALL ME MRS.
11-Mar-1954 CBS Thur
written by Eric Hatch and Kate Phillips
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Laraine Day as Lydia
Hugh Beaumont as George
Kirk Alyn as Bill Waterman
Lela Bliss as Worthy
Kay Stewart as Sally Jackson
James Griffith as Henry Jackson
Jan Kayne as Betty Thompson
Mary Ellen Kay (Intermission Guest)
4.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE EXPOSURE OF MICHAEL O'REILLY
18-Mar-1954 CBS Thur
written by Richard F. McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Victor McLaglen as Michael O'Reilly
Vera Miles as Maureen O'Reilly
Arthur Shields as Uncle Dan
Roger Face as Joseph Olesker
Helen Mayor as Mrs. O'Reilly
John Patrick as Finnegan
Karen Sharpe (Intermission Guest)
4.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SPENT IN SILENCE
25-Mar-1954 CBS Thur
written by Malvin Wald and Jack Jacobs
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
John Hudson as Larry
Nancy Olson asLisa
Wilton Graff as Mr. Grant
Marjie Millar (Intermission Guest)
4.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE WAY I FEEL
01-Apr-1954 CBS Thur
written by William Kendall Clarke
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Margaret O'Brien as Elaine
Michael Chapin as George
Duane Hickman as Charlie
Michael Morrow as Pete
Mae Clarke as Mother
Sydney Mason as Father
Joseph Crehan as Doctor
Sheilah Graham (Intermission Guest (Hollywood Columnist)
4.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PICK OF THE LITTER
08-Apr-1954 CBS Thur
written by Sam Robins
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Joan Leslie as Vanessa Cook
William Talman as Brad Ringer
Myrna Dell as Cynthia
Billy Chapin as Jeremy
Harry Harvey, Sr. as Pop
Coleen Gray (Intermission Guest)
4.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GIRL WHO COULDN'T CRY
15-Apr-1954 CBS Thur
written by Frederic Manley
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Gigi Perreau as Phyllis
Phyllis Thaxter as Anne
Ellen Corby
Danny Hellman
Mary Bear
Bill Hudson
Dayton Lummis
Mary Ellen Simmons
4.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: GAVIN'S DARLING
22-Apr-1954 CBS Thur
written by Richard F. McDonagh
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Herbert Marshall as Enoch Gavin
Barbara Rush as Joyce Gavin
Bart Roberts as Jeff Miller
Norman Railey as Butler
Jonathan Hole as Hotel Clerk
Peggy O'Connor as Airline Clerk
Sheilah Graham (Intermission Guest (Hollywood Columnist)
4.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A CHAIR FOR A LADY
29-Apr-1954 CBS Thur
written by Paul Slocumb
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Angela Lansbury as Elsa
Paul Richards as Waldo
Norma Varden as Aunt
Ellen Corby as Aunt
Pamela Benson as Linda
Rita Johnson (Intermission Guest)
4.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TWO DOZEN ROSES
06-May-1954 CBS Thur
written by Mortimer Braus
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Janet Gaynor as Eleanor
Frank Wilcox as Stanley
Carol Brannon as Caroline
Tyler MacDuff as Mark
4.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
13-May-1954 CBS Thur
written by Joseph Cochran
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Ann Harding as Henrietta Mekker
Gene Lockhart as Evander Cobb
Erik Rhodes as Mr. Purdy
Geraldine Wall as Mildred Cobb
Ted Avery as Anthony Cobb
Pat Prest as Janice
Ken Christie as Mr. Wilbur
4.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: BLIND FURY
20-May-1954 CBS Thur
written by Agnes Christine Johnston and Frank Daley
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Dean Jagger as John Straley
Sarah Selby as Mary Straley
Paul Picerni as Dr. Murger
Moira Turner as Maureen Drake
Harry Cheshire as Mr. Briggs
Virginia Bruce (Intermission Guest)
4.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
27-May-1954 CBS Thur
written by Will La Jolla
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Suzan Ball as Lee
Richard Long as Nick
John Litel as Dr. Robbins
Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Robbins
Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Proctor
Ruta Lee as Marian
Sarah Shane (Intermission Guest)
4.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE OUTSIDE WITNESS
03-Jun-1954 CBS Thur
written by Alan Campbell and Norman Foster
directed by Earl Eby
starring
William Bendix
Carolyn Jones
Tristram Coffin
George Chandler
Helen Parrish (Intermission Guest)
4.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WAITING FOR ONORIO
10-Jun-1954 CBS Thur
written by Konrad Borcovici and Kate Phillips
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Benedict as Libero
J. Carrol Naish as Onorio
Renata Yanni as Peppina
Tito Vuolo as Caccevechia
Norma Nilsson as Lugia at 16
Eleanor Fanie as Francesca at 18
Helen Parrish (Intermission Guest)
Anne Francis (Intermission Guest Interviewer)
4.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE PRETEXT
17-Jun-1954 CBS Thur
written by Lois Landauer
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Patricia Crowley as Val
Wilton Graff as Professor Cole
John Luiton as Jeff
Lewis Martin as Dean Cunningham
Helen Parrish (Intermission Guest)
4.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PERISHED LEAVES
24-Jun-1954 CBS Thur
written by Leonard Heidman and Emmett Murphy
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Anne Francis
Faith Domergue
Philip Ober
Dayton Lummis
Maury Hill
Patrick Miller
Kay Christopher (Intermission Guest)
Ann Rutherford (Intermission Guest)
NOTE: This episode closed the 1953/54 season and was the final Lux Video
Theatre at CBS. The show moves to NBC and a new one hour format.
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5.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TO EACH HIS OWN
26-Aug-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Dorothy McGuire ....... Jody
Gene Barry ............ Cosgrove/Griggsy
Edward Ashley ......... Lord Desham
Mary Anderson ......... Corrine
Herb Butterfield ...... Mr. Norris
Joan Elan ............. Ida Lorimer
Brooks West ........... Alec
Ronald Brogan ......... Mac
5.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WELCOME, STRANGER
02-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
Written by S.H. Barnett
Directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by William Holden
starring
Bill Goodwin .......... Dr. Fiston
Martha Hyer ........... Trudy
J.M. Kerrigan ......... Dr. Makery
Elizabeth Patterson ... Dr. Gilley
Alexander Campbell .... Mr. Cheeley
Maury Hill ............ Ray Cheeley
Archie Mitchell ....... Dr. Jenks
5.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CHRISTMAS IN JULY
09-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
Written by S.H. Barnett and Richard McDonagh
Directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by James Mason
starring
Raymond Walburn ....... Dr. Maxford
Nancy Gates ........... Betty Casey
Alex Nicol ............ Jimmy MacDonald
Harry Hayden
Florenz Ames
Sally Corner
Robert Nichols
Peter Leeds
Synopsis:
The comedy concerns the complications which arise when a practical joke
backfires.
A young man takes his co-workers seriously when they jokingly
inform him that he has won a slogan contest. [RF]
5.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HOLD BACK THE DAWN
16-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett and Richard McDonagh
directed by Buzz Kulik
Hosted by Rosemary Clooney
starring
Fernando Lamas
Toni Gerry
Maria Palmer
Robert Emmett Keane
Leonid Kinsky
George Eldridge
5.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HEIRESS
23-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by Joan Vohs
starring
Vincent Price as Dr. Sloper
Marilyn Erskine as Catherine Sloper
Donald Murphy as Morris Townsend
Ellen Corby as Aunt Lavina
5.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MEET JO CATHART
30-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by John McGreevey
directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by Van Heflin
starring
Virginia Bruce as Jo Cathart Archer
Bruce Bennett as Ben Archer
Craig Hill as Chris Jameson
Beverly Garland as Mary Lou Matthews
June Evans as Mollie Ryan
Joan Freeman as Judy Archer
Duncan Richardson as Junior Archer
5.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MANSION
07-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Buzz Kulik
Hosted by Mark Stevens
starring
Zachary Scott ....... Morgan Lacey
Carole Mathews ...... Thelma
Mary Young .......... Mrs. Lacy
Murvyn Vye .......... Stallings
Ralph Moody ......... Percy Hunter
Jean Howell ......... Mary Fay
Olin Howlin ......... Bartender
Mark Stevens (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Synopsis:
Young Master Lacy on the veranda of his columned home must make up
his mind between a daughter of the Old South and
a Northern hussy. [RF]
5.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A VISIT FROM EVELYN
14-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Turner Bullock and Ruth Woodman
directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by Margaret Lindsay
starring
Ann Harding as Nora Walling
Lynn Bari as Evelyn
Raymond Greenleaf as John Case
John Sheppodd as Glen
Lillian Culver as Vinnie
Eugenia Paul as Lucille
5.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AN ANGEL WENT AWOL
21-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Jack Gordon and Winifred Wolfe
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joanne Dru as Polly
George Nader as Jeremy
Charlotte Knight as Lucy Gilind
Robert Jordan as Boy at Piano
Angela Stevens as Christy
Jayne Mansfield as Girl at Piano
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SEPTEMBER TIDE
28-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Maureen O'Sullivan (Stella
John Sutton as Evan
Lisa Daniels as Cherry
Philip Tonge as Robert
Ivan Hayes as Jimmy
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Mark Stevens (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IMPERFECT LADY
04-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Patricia Medina as Millicent
Henry Daniel as Lord Belmont
Robin Hughes as Clive
Phyllis Stanley as Rose
Susan Manning as Lucy
Richard Perl as Inspector Gerston
Thayer Roberts as Henderson
Arthur Gould-Porter as Montalyn
5.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FIVE STAR FINAL
11-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Randall
Joanne Woodward as Jen Townsend
Mae Clarke as Nancy Townsend
Dayton Lummis as Michael Townsend
Pierre Watkin as Hinchecliffe
Frances Mercer asNora Fletcher
Ernestine Barrier as Mrs. Weeks
George Eldridge as Mr. Weeks
5.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CAPTIVE CITY
18-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by Harry Muheim
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Gig Young
Betsy Palmer
Murray Hamilton
Onslow Stevens
Dwayne Hickman
Louis Jean Heydt
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MEDAL FOR BENNY
25-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
J. Carrol Naish as Charlie
Anne Bancroft as Lolita
Rick Jason as Joe
Ralph Dumke as Kibbe
Jay Novello as Rafael
Allegra Varron as Mrs. Catalina
Byron Foulger as Sam
George Chandler as Edgar
5.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CRAIG'S WIFE
02-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Ruth Hussey as Harriet Craig (nominated for an Emmy)
Philip Ober as Walter Craig
Kathryn Givney as Miss Justin
Lillian Bronson as Mrs. Harold
Eleanor Tanin as Ethel
Ray Walker as Birkaire
Emilie Poule as Mrs. Frazer
Paul Bryer as Gateile
5.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LADIES IN RETIREMENT
09-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Claire Trevor as Ellen Creed (nominated for an Emmy)
Elsa Lanchester as Emily
Sean McClory as Albert
Edith Barrett as Louisa
Isobel Elsom as Leonora Fiske
Lisa Daniels as Lucy
Dianne Foster (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DOUBLE INDEMNITY
16-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Frederic Manley and S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Laraine Day as Phyllis Dietrichson
Frank Lovejoy as Walter Neff (nominated for an Emmy)
Ray Collins as Barton Keyes
Donna Percy as Lola
Hugh Sanders as Mr. Dietrichson
Herbert Heyes as Mr. Norton
Hal K. Dawson as Jackson
Shepard Menken as Sam Gorlopin
5.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SEPTEMBER AFFAIR
23-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Arlene Dahl
John Howard
Irene Hervey
Ernestine Barrier
Robert Arthur
Renata Yanni
Charles Evans
Tony Barrett
5.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CHASE
30-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien as Eddie Gorman
Ruth Roman as Lorna Gorman
James Arness as Chuck Scott
Frances Bavier as Martha
Patrick Miller as Gene Morton
Charles Watts as Charley Gill
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SUNSET BOULEVARD
06-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Norma Desmond
James Daly as Joe Gillis
Nancy Gates as Betty Schaeffer
John Wenegraf as Max von Mayerling
Lee Millar as Artie Green
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Bing Crosby (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PENNY SERENADE
13-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Phyllis Thaxter as Julie
Don Taylor as Roger
Chubby Johnson as Applejack
Olive Blakeney as Miss Oliver
Paul Birch as Doctor
Tom Powers as Judge
Lauren Chapin as Trina
Helen Kleeb as Woman
5.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LOVE LETTERS
20-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn as Singleton
Dan O'Herlihy as Alan
Judith Evelyn as Dilly
Percival Vivian as Mack
Doris Lloyd as Beatrice
Lumsden Hare as Bishop
Ludwig Stossel as Dr. Snider
Colin Campbell as Postman
5.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SO EVIL MY LOVE
27-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Louis Hayward as Mark
Marilyn Erskine as Olivia
Isobel Elsom as Miss Shoebridge
Paula Duncan as Kitty
Rex Evans as Edgar
Richard Aherne as Courtney
Donald Lawton as Mr. Watson
Wade Nichols (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN
03-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Hugh Marlowe as Reverend Spence
Ellen Drew as Mrs. Spence
Ralph Dumke as Thurston
Charles Meredith as Dr. Romer
Malcolm Attenberg as Potter
Jack Diamond as Hartzell
Diane Jergens as Eileen
Larry White as Fraser
5.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A BELL FOR ADANO
10-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Major Jeppelo
Charles Bronson as Sergeant Borth
Frank Fuglia as Father Pensovecchio
Dan Tobin as Captain Purvis
Elliott Reid as Lieutenant Livingston
George Pieronne as Corporal Trapani
Tito Vuolo as Zito
Michael Vallon as Bellianca
5.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE COPPERHEAD
17-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
John Ireland as Milt Shanks
Betty Field as Martha Shanks/Madeline
Ian Wolfe as The Reverand Andrews
Richard Garland as Hardy as a young man
Pat Miller as Gillespie as a young man
Paul Harvey as Hardy as an old man
Ralph Moody as Gillespie as an old man
William Schallert as Sam Carter
Synopsis:
During the Civil War a Northerner joins the organization of Southern
sympathizers called, "The Copperheads". Because of this his wife leaves him
and his son calls him a traitor. Years later he tells the real story of his
part in the war to a grandchild. [RF]
5.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SO DARK THE NIGHT
24-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joseph Schildkraut as Henri Cassin
Madeline Holmes as Widow Bridello
Suzanne Dalbert as Nanette Michaud
Eugene Borden as Pierre Michaud
Ann Codee as Mama Michaud
Steven Ritch as Leon Archard
Hal Gerard as Antoine
Edgar Barrier as Dr. Boucourt
5.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CASABLANCA
03-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Paul Douglas as Rick
Arlene Dahl as Ilsa
Hoagy Carmichael as Sam
Carl Esmond as Laszlo
John Hoyt as Renault
Ivan Triesault as Major Strasser
Paul Simieon as Ugarte
Dan Seymour as Ferrari
5.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
10-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Lee J. Cobb as Emile Zola
Joy Paige as Madame Dreyfus
Gloria Holden as Alexandrine
Robert Warwick as Chief Of Staff
Paul Richards as Esterbassy
Dayton Lummis as Picquart
Lawrence Ryle as Henry
William Bakewell as Dert
5.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IT GROWS ON TREES
17-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
Adapted by John Whedon
Directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by James Mason
starring
Ruth Hussey ........ Polly Baxter
Robert Preston ..... Phil Baxter
Leigh Snowden ...... Diane Baxter
David Janssen ...... Ralph
Charlotte Knight ... Mrs. Pryor
Henry Hunter ....... Murchison
Alexander Campbell.. Carrollman
Richard Cutting .... Leatherbee
Pierre Watkin ...... Sleamish
Dabbs Greer ........ MacGuire
Forrest Lewis ...... Dr. Burrows
Butch Bernard ...... Flip Baxter
Lauren Chapin ...... Midge Baxter
Ralph Sanford ...... Police Sgt.
Yvonne Peattie ..... Secretary
Robert Bruce ....... Policeman
Synopsis:
A family trying to live on little money winds up with a mysterious tree. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1952 film.
5.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
24-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by Benjamin Simcoe
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Frank Lovejoy as Uncle Charlie
Barbara Rush as Charlotte
Sarah Selby as Emmy
George Chandler as Joe
Helena Nash as Mrs. Potter
Myron Folger as Herby Haskins
Charles Meredith as Reverend
Grant Williams as Jack Graham
5.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS
31-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Beverly Garland as Julia Ross
Fay Bainter as Mrs. Hughes
Paul Richards as Ralph
Phyllis Stanley as Alice
Beryl Machin as Mrs. Sparkes
Lumsden Hare as Vicar
Terrence de Marney as Peters
Justice Watson as Dr. Keller
5.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BROWNING VERSION
07-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
adaptation of a play by Terence Rattigan
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Herbert Marshall as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Judith Evelyn as Mrs. Crocker-Harris
Robert Douglas as Frank Hunter
Christopher Cook as Taplow
Paul Cavanagh as Frobisher
Rod Taylor as Mr. Gilbert
Betty Harford as Mrs. Gilbert
Synopsis:
English schoolteacher Andrew Crocker-Harris, who is confronting the disappointments
of his marriage and career. Forced to retire early because of bad health, Crocker-Harris
departs unloved by his students as well as by Mrs. Crocker-Harris, who is having an
affair with Frank Hunter. Mr. Gilbert is to be Crocker-Harris' replacement. [RF]
5.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NO SAD SONGS FOR ME
14-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by DeWitt Bodeen
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Claire Trevor as Mary Scott
William Hopper as Brad Scott
Katharine Bard as Chris Mathison
Linda Bend as Polly Scott
Tom Powers as Dr. Franco
Maidie Norman as Flora
Selmer Jackson as Mr. Coswell
Jeane Wood as Louise Spears
Synopsis:
A young mother happily married and expecting her second child, is told that she has but 10 months to live.
*The motion picture of 1950 starred Margaret Sullivan, Wendell Corey & Viveca Lindfors.
5.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AN ACT OF MURDER
21-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Thomas Mitchell as Calvin Cook
Ann Harding as Cathy Cook
Lewis Martin as Charles Dayton
Howard St. John as Judge Ogden
Ray Danton as David Douglas
Sallie Brophy as Ellie
Dayton Loomis as Dr. Morrison
Ruth Warren as Mrs. Russell
Synopsis:
A judge, known for his strict adherence to the law, learns that his wife is
soon to die. Without telling her, he arranges a vacation to make her last days happy.
But a situation arises which he must make a fateful decision. [RF]
Fredric March and Florence Eldridge starred in the 1948 motion picture.
5.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREAT MCGINTY
28-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Brian Donlevy as Daniel J. McGinty
Nancy Gates as Catharine
Thomas Gomez as The Boss
Jesse White as Sigmund
William Schallert as Thompson
Lillian Molieri as Girl at Bar
Paul Harvey as Maxwell
Hal Taggart as Mayor Tillinghest
Synopsis:
A bartender tells a would-be suicide the story of his spectacular and thoroughly
crooked political career. [RF]
Brian Donlevy who starred in the original 1940 motion picture recreates his original role.
5.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: REMEMBER THE NIGHT
05-May-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Douglas Wilson as Tom
Jan Sterling as Lee
Don DeFore as Jack Sargent
Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Sargent
Edith Evanson as Aunt Emma
Lyle Talbot as O'Leary
Robert Wehling as Willie
Helen Maxon as Mrs. Leander
5.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: EIGHT IRON MEN
12-May-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Alex Nicol as Macney
Paul Gilbert as Coliussi
Gene Reynolds as Coke
Russell Johnson as Carter
Alvin Greenmar as Shapiro
William Schallert as Ferguson
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as Mailer
Alan Dexter as Captain Treiswaney
Synopsis:
The story of eight soldiers who seek shelter in a shell-torn house in Italy in 1944.
One of the squad members is trapped in a shell hole outside the house. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1952 picture starring Arthur Franz & Lee Marvin.
5.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
19-May-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Ernest Truex as Father
Sylvia Field as Mother
Michael Whalen as George
William Bakewell as Robert
Sheila Bromley as Nellie
Betty Hanna as Cora
Lynn Bari as Anita
Olive Sturges as Rhoda
Synopsis:
An elderly couple loses their home and turn to their grown-up children for help.
But the children are not very anxious to share their homes with their parents. [RF]
The 1937 motion picture starred Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi.
5.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THUNDER ON THE HILL
26-May-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Donald Crisp (Guest Host for this episode)
Phyllis Thaxter as Sister Mary
Rex Reason as Dr. Jeffries
Beverly Garland as Valerie
Rhys Williams as Melling
Nana Bryant as Reverend Mother
John Alderson as Willie
Phyllis Stanley as Nurse Phillips
Synopsis:
A murder mystery set in an English convent during a flood in Norfolk County. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1951 picture starring Claudette Colbert & Ann Blyth.
5.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SUSPECT
02-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Barry Sullivan (Guest Host of this episode)
Robert Newton as Philip Marshall
Toni Gerry as Mary Grey
John Hoyt as Musley
Erin O'Brien Moore as Cora Marshall
John Dehner as Gilbert Simmone
Peter Votrian as Marridew
Richard Lupino as John Marshall
Synopsis:
A mild-mannered, middle-aged man resorts to murder when his new-found happiness
is threatened. He believes he has committed the perfect crime. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1944 motion picture starring Charles Laughton.
5.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
09-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Tab Hunter (Guest Host for this episode)
Janet Blair as Shelly Carnes
Dan O'Herlihy as Trevelyan
Lorna Thayer as Liza
Kathryn Givney as Myra
Leonard Penn as Father Paul
Fay Roope as J.D. Nolan
Robert Clarke as Harvey
5.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE INSIDE STORY
16-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by John Whedon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell (Guest Host for this episode)
James Barton as Uncle Ed
Vera Miles as Audrey O'Connor
Carroll McComas as Mrs. Atherton
George Chandler as Eustace Peabody
Taylor Holmes as Jay-Jay Johnson
Byron Foulger as Horace
Irene Anders as Francine
5.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FOREVER FEMALE
23-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Otto Kruger (Guest Host for this episode)
Bob Hope (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Anita Louise as Beatrice Page
Fred Clark as Harry Phillips
Anne Bancroft as Sally
Richard Shannon as Stanley Crown
Jeanette Miller as Patty
Maidie Norman as Maid
5.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LAST YEAR'S SNOW
30-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Steve Brodie as Joe
Constance Ford as Marty
Paul Langton as Carl
Alex Nicol (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CREAKING GATE
07-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
directed by George Roy Hill
starring
Beverly Garland as Joyce Williams
Philip Abbott as Dr. Glennon
Robert Cornthwaite as Egan
Chubby Johnson as Fogarty
Russell Gaige as Mr. Williams
Patrick Miller as Dr. Bob Monroe
Paul Bryer as Plainclothesman
Elizabeth Cope as Sadie
5.47 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DARK TRIBUTE
14-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Gage Clarke
Robert Coote
Rod Taylor
Maureen O'Sullivan (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Synopsis:
Murder mystery when a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered. [RF]
5.48 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DESPERATE GLORY
21-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by Joseph Cochran
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joe De Santis as Anton Maxuranic
Reba Waters as Ella Maxuranic
Grace Field as Manya Maxuranic
Michael Vallon as Paul Stephani
Paul Sorenson as Ilya
Peter Mamkos as Dmitri
Ruth Swanson as Tamara Zabutov
Daria Lee Ridgeway as Sophia
5.49 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.
28-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Dunlap
starring
Ron Randell as Steve Collins
Joyce Holden as Joan Winfield
Florenz Ames as Pop
Patrick Waltz as Allen Brice
Alexander Campbell as Mr. Winfield
Eddie Marr as Peewee
Ralph Sanford as McGee
Tom Jordon as Pilot
5.50 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE NINE-PENNY DREAM
04-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Lloyd Corrigan as Horace
Betty Sinclair as Agnes
Lisa Daniels as Pam
Liam Sullivan as Tod
Lyle Talbot as Abner
Dulcy Jordan as Cynthia
Charles Davis as Bestman
Aldo Ray (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.51 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PERILOUS DECEPTION
11-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
Directed by Earl Ebi
Hosted by William Hopper
starring
David Janssen ..... Joe Davies
April Kent ........ Agnes
Karen Kalder ...... Vera Collins
Stuart Nedd ....... Chris Collins
James Flavin ...... Heineman
Ruth Warren ....... Mrs. Beacham
Forrest Lewis ..... Mr. Beacham
Davis Alpert ...... Policeman
Jean Lewis ........ Waitress
Synopsis:
A man murders his wife, then pursues her best friend. [RF]
5.52 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NOR ALL YOUR TEARS
18-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Richard Shannon
Arleen Whelan
5.53 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JUNE BRIDE
25-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Jerome Thor
5.54 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LAST CONFESSION
01-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Eduard Franz
5.55 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HAPPY MAN
08-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Judith Evelyn
Kurt Kasznar
Marilyn Erskine
Robert Emhardt
5.56 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LUCKY FINGER
15-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Alan Napier
J. Pat O'Malley
Edith Barrett
5.57 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE EYES OF FATHER TOMASINO
22-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Joe De Santis
Gloria Talbott
Keefe Brasselle
Synopsis:
When a kindly old priest is stabbed to death, a young police officer resigns from the force.
The policeman wants to use all of his waking hours to find the killer.[RF]
[--] Lux Video Theatre: NOTHING SO MONSTROUS
original airdate not known
Cast:
Lew Ayres
Tommy Rettig (Lassie)
Synopsis:
A father tries to provide his motherless son with a sense
of aesthetic appreciation and moral conviction rather than
material conformity to community standards. [JB]
Syndicated rerun on Curtain Call, Sat. 23Jul 55, KEYD-9 Minneapolis-St.Paul,
MN 8 p.m.
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6.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
29-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Richard P. McDonagh
Based on the play by Arthur Wing Pinero
From the original screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Teresa Wright ......... Laura Pennington
Dan O'Herlihy ...... Oliver Bradford
Synopsis:
An ex-GI meets a homely maid at the cottage where he
was to spend his honeymoon prior to his
injuries.
*NOTE: From Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's classic The Enchanted Cottage,
proved without question that there can be as much happiness in ears
and disfigurement as in girlish laugther.
6.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE AMAZING MRS. HALLIDAY
06-Oct-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
From the screenplay by John Jacoby, Frank Ryan & Sonya Levien
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Barbara Rush
Grant Williams
Gerald Charlebois
Virginia Gibson
Dorothy Gish
Craig Hill
Synopsis:
An American teacher rescues a group of orphans during an Asian war
and finds she has problems trying to get them thru immigration.
6.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TWO DOLLAR BETTOR
13-Oct-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by DeWitt Bodeen
From the original screenplay by Howard Emmett Rogers
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Gene Lockhart
Karen Sharpe
King Donovan
Barney Phillips
Diane Jergens
Peter Hansen
Synopsis:
A bank employee gets hooked on horse racing and starts to
take money from the bank when his funds run low.
6.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HUMAN JUNGLE
20-Oct-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
From the original screenplay by Daniel Fuchs & William Sackheim
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Dennis O'Keefe.... Captain John Danforth
Joan Vohs
Synopsis:
A police captain is ready to leave the force and open a law office.
*NOTE: Lux Video Theatre Intermission guest is Fred MacMurray.
6.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LADY GAMBLES
27-Oct-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Leo Lieberman
From the story by Oscar Saul
Based on the original screenplay by Halsted Welles, Roy Huggins & Lewis Meltzer
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Martha Hyer
Lyle Bettger
Synopsis:
A woman joins her writer husband on an assignment and winds
up gambling and almost destroying her marriage.
NOTE: Based on the 1949 film that starred Barbara Stanwyck.
6.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE
03-Nov-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Story by Leslie Bush-Fekete
From the original screenplay by Felix Jackson & Bruce Manning
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Cesar Romero
Julie Adams
Leigh Snowden
Jan Sterling
Synopsis:
A successful playwright and a successful woman doctor have a marriage that is
anything but successful. The fault lies in the female M.D.'s rather objective
attitude toward the human heart. [RF]
6.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: BEDTIME STORY
10-Nov-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by James B. Allardice
Story by Horace Jackson
From the original screenplay by Richard Flournoy
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Gene Raymond
Betty Blythe
Synopsis:
A comedy involving an actress and her playwright husband. She wants him to retire from
the theatrical world, and when it appears he won't accede to her wishes, she heads for Reno. [RF]
6.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HUNTED
17-Nov-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett (as Sandy Barnett)
From the original screenplay by Steve Fisher
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Boone
Helen Westcott
Synopsis:
An innocent girl is sent to prison by her policeman sweetheart who believes her
guilty of the crime. When she is released on parole, the girl swears vengeance
on those responsible for her undeserved punishment. [RF]
6.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S
24-Nov-55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Hugo Butler
Based on the novel by Augusta Tucker
From the original screenplay by Anne Froelich
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Dorothy Gish ...... Miss Susie Slagle
Gerald Charlebois
Craig Hill
Virginia Gibson
Synopsis:
Miss Susie Slagle's is a boarding house for medical students in a small college
town. Miss Slagle takes an interest in a student boarding with her who feels he is not
worthy of the girl he loves. [RF]
*Note: The 1945 movie starred Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield and Lillian Gish.
6.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE WEB
01-Dec-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Harry Kronman
Based on the story by Harry Kurnitz
From the original screenplay by William Bowers & Bertram Millhauser
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Raymond Burr
Ray Danton
Arleen Whelan
Barton MacLane
Synopsis:
A young lawyer is entangled in a web of implications and complications
when he accepts a fee to act as a bodyguard. [RF]
6.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SUSPICION
08-Dec-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the novel by Anthony Berkeley
From the original screenplay by Joan Harrison & Samson Raphaelson
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Melville Cooper
Louis Hayward
Kim Hunter
Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis:
A woman is convinced that her husband killed his
best friend and is now planning to kill her.
6.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: BRANDED
15-Dec-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the novel by Max Brand
From the original screenplay by Sydney Boehm & Cyril Hume
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Brian Keith
Jay C. Flippen
Josephine Hutchinson
Synopsis:
A gun fighter poses a wealthy rancher's long lost son to get at the rancher's
money.
6.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HOLIDAY AFFAIR
22-Dec-1955 NBC Thur
Producer Cal Kuhl
Teleplay Harry Kronman
Based on the story by "The Christmas Gift" by John D. Weaver
Screenplay by Isobel Lennart
Directed by Earl Eby
Music Rudy Schrager
Hosted by Otto Kruger
starring
Scott Brady ...... Steve Mason
Phyllis Thaxter .. Connie Ennis
Elliott Reid ..... Carl Davis
Chris Olsen ...... Timmy Ennis
George Baxter .... Mr. Gow
Herbert Butterfield .. Grandpa
Mary Adams ....... Grandma
Charles Cane ..... Officer McClary
Paul Bryar ....... Desk Sergeant
Synopsis:
A department store "comparison shopper" falls for a toy salesman
after she causes him to lose his job. [RF]
Lux Video Intermission guests: Margaret O'Brien and Walter Brennan.
6.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: COVER-UP
29-Dec-1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the original screenplay by Dennis O'Keefe & Jerome Odlum
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
William Bendix ....... Larry Beat
Jane Howard
Steve Brodie
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wehling
Synopsis:
An insurance detective is sent to investigate the sudden death of a man.
6.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE
05-Jan-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Jack Roche
Based on the story by Vina Delmar
From the original screenplay by Norman Krasna,
Vincent Lawrence & Herbert Fields
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Anne Jeffreys
Robert Sterling
Synopsis:
A playboy and a manicurist are both on the prowl for wealthy spouses.
6.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE UNFAITHFUL
12-Jan-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
Based on the original screenplay by David Goodis & James Gunn
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Jan Sterling
Synopsis:
A husband loses all hope during a murder trial when
his so-called 'perfect' wife isn't so perfect.
6.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IVY
19-Jan-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the novel "The Story of Ivy" by Belloc Lowndes
From the screenplay by Charles Bennett
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Martha Hyer ..... Ivy
Synopsis:
The story of a beautiful woman with designs on a wealthy man.
But she is already saddled with a husband and a boyfriend and plots
murder to remove the obstacles. [RF]
*Note: The 1947 movie starred Joan Fontaine.
6.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WITNESS TO MURDER
16-Jan-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on a story by Chester Erskine
Director Buzz Kulik
starring
Audrey Totter
Paul Langton
Onslow Stevens
Hanna Landy
Synopsis:
A young woman informs police she has been witness to a murder. But the man
she accuses cleverly convinces authorities the woman is insane and seeks to
have her committed to an asylum. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1954 movie.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is
Ernest Borgnine.
6.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREEN PROMISE
02-Feb-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay Ed James
Based on the original screenplay by Monte Collins
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
James Barton
Jean Howell
Sandy Descher
Synopsis:
A farmer refuses to change his way of doing things
when he almost loses the farm.
6.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE STAR
09-Feb-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Dale Eunson
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Mary Astor
William Hopper
Jim Backus
Synopsis:
A one-time film star is arrested for drunk driving when
a stranger bails her out and helps her back on her
feet.
*NOTE: During this episode, the annual "Photoplay Gold Medal Awards" are
presented.
The recipients are Jennifer Jones, Buddy Adler and William Holden.
Jennifer Jones is in Europe so Deborah Kerr accepts on
her behalf.
6.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NIGHT SONG
16-Feb-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the original screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen,
Frank Fenton and Dick Irving Hyland
Directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Richard Contino
Barbara Rush
Synopsis:
A women falls in love with a blind pianist
and she lets him believe that she too is blind.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Dick Powell.
6.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HIRED WAY
23-Feb-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
Story by George Beck
Based on the original screenplay by Richard Connell & Gladys Lehman
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Anne Bancroft ....... Kendal Browning
Lex Barker ........ Stephen Dexter
Synopsis:
A secretary helps her boss out of a legal problem by becoming his wife.
6.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HERE COMES THE GROOM
01-Mar-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ed James
Story by Liam O'Brien & Robert Riskin
Based on the original screenplay by Myles Connolly & Virginia Van Upp
Directed by Norman Morgan
Hosted by Frank Capra
starring
Patricia Crowley
Steve Dunne
Robert Sterling
Synopsis:
A carefree foreign correspondent returns to the U.S. with two orphans. He can
keep
them only if he weds within two weeks - and thus begins his hectic search for a wife. [RF]
*Note: Released in 1951, the film version starred Bing Crosby,
Jane Wyman, Franchot Tone and Alexis Smith.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is
Angela Lansbury.
6.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CRIMINAL CODE
08-Mar-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on a play by Martin Flavin
From the original screenplay by Seton I. Miller & Fred Niblo Jr.
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Hosted by Otto Kruger
starring
Dewey Martin
Nancy Hale
Onslow Stevens
Synopsis:
Now the warden of a penitentiary, a man tries to help a convict he sent to
prison three years earlier for accidentally killing a man in a fight. [RF]
*Note: Based on the original film released in 1931 and starring Walter Huston.
6.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LITTLE BOY LOST
15-Mar-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Turnley Walker
From the story by Marghanita Laski
Based on the original screenplay by George Seaton & William Perlberg
Directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by Otto Kruger
starring
Carl Esmond
Dennis O'Keefe
Johnny Crawford
Jacqueline Beer
Synopsis:
After the war, a radio commentator returns to France to seek his child.
His wife was killed by the Nazis during the occupation of Paris. He has his
doubts that the youngster found in an orphanage
is really his son. [RF]
*Note: Based on the original film released in 1954
and starred Bing Crosby and Claude Dauphin.
6.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE STEEL TRAP
22-Mar-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Original screenplay by Andrew L. Stone
Directed by Norman Morgan
starring
Howard Duff
Margo Lee
Synopsis:
An assistant bank manager steals one million at Friday closing, hops
a plane accompanied by his wife who has no clue about
the crime.
6.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IT STARTED WITH EVE
29-Mar-1956 NBC Thur
Producer Cal Kuhl
Teleplay by James Allardice
Story by Hanns Kraly
Directed by Fred Carney
Hosted by Otto Kruger
starring
Thomas Mitchell ... John Reynolds Sr.
David Janssen .... Johnny Reynolds Jr.
Joan Weldon ....... Anne
Taylor Holmes ..... Dr. Harvey
A.E. Gould-Porter.. Roberts
Joan Sinclair ..... Gloria
Lillian Culver .... Mrs. Pennington
Ellen Corby ....... Nurse
Alexander Campbell. Walters
James McCallion ... Frank
Synopsis:
When a dying man asks to meet his son's fiancee, the young man, in desperation,
gets a hat-check girl to act as a stand-in. The situation is complicated by the recovery
of the father and the real fiancee's demand for
an explanation. [RF]
6.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TABLOID
05-Apr-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Original screenplay by Elwood Ullman & Charles R. Marion
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Scott Brady
Anthony Caruso
Karen Sharpe
Gloria Blondell
Robert Dix
Synopsis:
A reporter is determined to bring down a gambling kingpin.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Sal Mineo.
6.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TEMPTATION
12-Apr-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on a play by James B. Fagan
From Robert Hichens novel "Bella Donna"
Original screenplay Robert Thoeren
Directed by Norman Morgan
Hosted by Otto Kruger
starring
Sarah Churchill .... Ruby
Ludwig Stössel ..... Professor Müller
Patrick Aherne ..... Dr. Issacson
Jean Del Val ....... Professor Dupont
Lisa Montel ........ Yvonne
Dayton Lummis ...... Nigel
Nan Boardman ....... Marie
Carolyn Craig ...... Jean
John Bentley ....... Baroudi
Charles La Torre ... Ahmed
Gail Bonney ........ Mrs. McCormick
Synopsis:
A beautiful but sinister woman plots her husband's murder
so that she will be free to marry another man. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1946 movie "Temptation" starring Merle Oberon,
George Brent, Charles Korvin and Paul Lukas.
6.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: I MARRIED A STRANGER
19-Apr-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Herbert Abbott Spiro
Story by George Moskov
Original screenplay by Philip Yordan & Dennis J. Cooper
Directed by Fred Carney
starring
Marilyn Erskine
Robert Horton
Patrick O'Neal
Synopsis:
A man abandons his bride on their wedding night only to show
up a month later when he is accused of murder.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Leif Erickson & Brian Donlevy.
6.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IMPACT
26-Apr-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
From a story by Jay Dratler
Based on an original screenplay by Dorothy Reid
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Brian Donlevy ..... Walter Williams
Leif Erickson ..... Jim Torrance
Synopsis:
A self-made businessman buys three factories. His wife Irene is unable
to travel due to illness so he asks his cousin Jim take her instead.
Unaware that Jim is Irene's lover and they plan to murder him.
*NOTE: The 1949 film "Impact" starred Brian Donlevy & Helen Walker.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Peggie Castle.
6.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?
03-May-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ed James
Story by Eleanor H. Porter
From the screenplay by Joseph Hoffman
Directed by Norman Morgan
starring
Gene Lockhart ..... Samuel Fulton
Diane Jergens ..... Millicent Blaisdell
Synopsis:
Old Samuel Fulton has no family of his own and decides to leave
his estate to the family of his first true love.
NOTE: The 1952 film "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" starred Charles Coburn,
Piper Laurie and Rock Hudson.
6.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE NIGHT OF JANUARY SIXTEENTH
10-May-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
From the play by Ayn Rand
Based on the original screenplay by Robert Pirosh & Delmer Daves
Directed by Fred Carney
starring
Phyllis Thaxter
Les Tremayne
Helen Westcott
Richard Shannon
Synopsis:
A tycoon's death is shrouded in mystery after his fall from his apartment
window, especially when his assistant is accused of the deed.
NOTE: The 1941 film "Night of January 16th" starred Robert Preston,
Ellen Drew and Margaret Hayes.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Alfred Hitchcock.
6.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PRINCESS O'ROURKE
17-May-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Story by Norman Krasna
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Diana Lynn ....... Princess Maria
Ed Kemmer
Torin Thatcher
Russell Hicks
Synopsis:
A pilot falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country
to become a maid, little suspecting that she's
actually a princess.
NOTE: The 1943 film "Princess O'Rourke" starred Olivia DeHavilland,
Robert Cummings and Jack Carson.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Natalie Wood.
6.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MILLIE'S DAUGHTER
24-May-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Stanley H. Silverman
From the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke
Based on the original screenplay by Edward Huebsch
Directed by Norman Morgan
starring
June Havoc
Olive Sturgess
Hope Emerson
Synopsis:
A divorced mother stages phony charity events to support her family
until one of her 'benefits' runs into problems
with the law.
NOTE: The 1947 film "Millie's Daughter" starred Gladys George,
Paul Campbell and Norma Varden.
6.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: INDISCREET
31-May-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mortimer Braus
From the original screenplay by Leo McCarey
Directed by Fred Carney
starring
Margaret Lindsay
John Dehner
Marcia Henderson
Marjorie Rambeau
Leslie Bradley
Synopsis:
The political future of the Governor of the Caribbean is in jeopardy
due to his wife's past which eventually catches up to
her.
NOTE: The 1931 film "Indiscreet" starred Gloria Swanson,
Ben Lyon and Barbara Kent.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Jan Sterling.
6.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SHE MARRIED HER BOSS
07-Jun-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
From the original screenplay by Sidney Buchman
Based on the story by Thyra Samter Winslow
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Patric Knowles
Jan Sterling
Synopsis:
In order to keep a valuable employee, he marries her. When she discovers
the truth she starts divorce proceedings but he has
fallen in love with her for real.
NOTE: The 1935 film "She Married Her Boss" starred Claudette Colbert
and Melvyn Douglas.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Victoria Shaw.
6.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A HOUSE OF HIS OWN
14-Jun-1956 NBC Thur
Written by Loring Mandel
Directed by Norman Morgan
starring
Richard Boone ..... Vincent Giel
Mabel Albertson ... Mrs. Cavanaugh
Gage Clarke ....... Brenner
Charles Meredith .. Dr. Lederer
Victoria Shaw ..... Mona
Synopsis:
An inmate feels he has paid his debt in prison and files for parole.
All are in favor except for one member.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Bob Hope.
6.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CORRIGAN CASE
21-Jun-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Story by Larry Riley
Directed by James P. Yarborough
starring
Anne Bancroft ..... Ann Sommers
Frances Bavier
Steve Brodie
Synopsis:
A woman acquitted of murdering her husband but the cloud of suspicion still
surrounds her. Her daughter and a tenant in the family rooming house
set out to find the real killer of her father.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Lex Barker.
6.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A YANKEE COUSIN
28-Jun-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
Based on Ben Simocoe's play
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Kurt Kasznar ...... Mike Garcia
Synopsis:
A man moves his family from Puerto Rico to New York City in the hopes of
making a success for himself. He soon finds out that by signing for what he
wants the creditors are soon after him.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Joel McCrea.
6.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MARRIAGE DAY
05-Jul-1956 NBC Thur
Written by Merle Miller
Director Michael Drefuss
Hosted by Ken Carpenter from Hollywood
starring
Marilyn Erskine
Ray Collins
Andrew Duggan
Cloris Leachman
Fredd Wayne
Synopsis:
A plain but wealthy heiress does not find the happiness she expected
in her marriage to a handsome young man. [RF]
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Burt Lancaster & James Hill.
6.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: STING IN THE TAIL
12-Jul-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Stanley H. Silverman
Based on the play by T.A.W. Purefoy
Directed by James P. Yarborough
starring
Vincent Price ..... Joseph Bently
Mabel Albertson
Ellen Corby
Synopsis:
Greedy Joseph Bently is working hard on his plan to inherit the estate
of a rich relative. Things change when his sister confesses that she murdered
her husband and in order to avoid any scandal he takes extreme
measures to protect his respectability.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Maria Palmer.
6.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NO ONE TO CRY WITH
19-Jul-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Constance Ford
John Bentley
Synopsis:
A woman recently released from a mental institute gets a job as a housekeeper.
Things turn for the worse when her employer's wife, an actress arrives
causing stress and conflict to the rest of the household.
6.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MISS MABEL
26-Jul-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Harry Kronman
Based on the play by R.C. Sherriff
Directed by Michael Dreyfuss
starring
Elsa Lanchester
Frederick Worlock
Irene Anders
Synopsis:
After Miss Mabel poisons her spiteful sister, she rewrites the will
of her dead sibling to leave the estate to the locals.
6.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
02-Aug-1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Clarke Reynolds
Story by Jack Leonard
Directed by Norman Morgan
starring
Jimmy Hawkins ..... Pete Nelson
Ray Danton
James Whitmore
Karen Steele
Keith Larsen
Synopsis:
A Sioux guide leads a wagon train West. A gambler on the trip is suspicious
and believes the guide is leading them into an ambush.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is George Marshall.
6.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: REBUKE ME NOT
09-Aug-1956 NBC Thur
Written by Herbert Abbott Spiro
Directed by James P. Yarborough
starring
Jan Sterling
Forrest Tucker
Synopsis:
An innocent man is about to be convicted of murdering his hypochondriac wife,
especially since he had been carrying on an affair
with her nurse.
** Lux Video Theatre intermission guest is Rod Steiger.
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7.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE WAYWARD SAINT
30-Aug-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Sallie Brophy
Ann B. Davis
Liam Redmond
Roland Winters
7.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ROAD OF FEAR
06-Sep-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Scott Brady
Catherine McLeod
Jimmy Baird
Johnny Crawford
7.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TOP RUNG
13-Sep-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Lee Bowman
Irene Hervey
William Hopper
7.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MILDRED PIERCE
20-Sep-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the novel by James M. Cain
starring
Virginia Bruce as Mildred Pierce
Zachary Scott as Monte Beragon
Patric Knowles
*Note: Based on the 1945 film starring Joan Crawford and Jack Carson.
7.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONLY YESTERDAY
27-Sep-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Don Taylor
Joan Caulfield
Richard Eyer
7.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NOW, VOYAGER
04-Oct-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty
starring
Richard Carlson
Laraine Day
Herbert Marshall
*Note: Based on the 1942 film starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains.
7.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GUILTY
11-Oct-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the Cornell Woolrich story "He Looked Like Murder"
starring
Ralph Meeker
Carol Ohmart
Skip Homeier
Synopsis:
Two sisters are in love with the same man. Then one of them
is found murdered, which leads police to suspect
the other girl. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1947 movie starring Bonita Granville.
7.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FLAMINGO ROAD
18-Oct-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Raymond Burr as Dan Reynolds
Joanne Dru as Lane Bellamy
Robert Middleton as Titus Semple
7.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: BECAUSE OF YOU
25-Oct-1956 NBC Thur
Based on a story by Thelma Robinson
starring
Vera Miles
Sandy Descher
Irene Hervey
*Note: Loretta Young and Jeff Chandler starred in the 1952 movie.
7.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FOREVER
01-Nov-1956 NBC Thur Color
Based on a story by Hector Chevigny
starring
Don DeFore
Virginia Gregg
Leon Askin ....... Mike Czerny
Synopsis:
After an argument with his boss, a reporter is assigned to do the
advice-to-the-lovelorn column, much against his will. Unexpectedly
it leads him to one of the biggest scoops of his
career. [RF]
*Note: George Brent and Brenda Marshall starred in the 1942 movie
on which this episode is based.
7.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JEZEBEL
08-Nov-1956 NBC Thur
Based on a play written by Owen Davis Sr.
starring
Martha Hyer
*Note: Based on the 1938 film starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
7.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GLASS WEB
15-Nov-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the novel by Max Simon Ehrlich
starring
George Nader
Synopsis:
When a designing television starlet is murdered. Four men are
suspected: her ex-husband, a TV writer, the researched on the series
and the producer of the show. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1953 film starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe and
Kathleen Hughes.
7.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GAY SISTERS
22-Nov-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the novel by Stephen Longstreet
starring
Alexis Smith
Tim Hovey
Karen Steele
Helen Westcott
Synopsis:
Three sisters discover their inheritance is melting away because
of legal entanglements created by one man. [RF]
*Note: The 1942 film "The Gay Sisters" starred Barbara Stanwyck and
George Brent.
7.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: OLD ACQUAINTANCE
29-Nov-1956 NBC Thur
Based on the stage play by John Van Druten
starring
Ruth Hussey ..... Kit Marlowe
Lynn Bari ...... Millie Drake
Joan Evans ..... Deirdre Drake
Synopsis:
The friendship of two career women, both eminently successful novelists,
is strained to the breaking point when one accuses the other of being
involved in a romance with her husband. [RF]
*Note: Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins starred in the 1943 movie
7.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
13-Dec-1956 NBC Thur
Story by Aileen Hamilton
Hosted by Gordon McRae
starring
Mona Freeman ..... Elizabeth Lane
Leon Askin ....... Felix Bassenak
Synopsis:
A woman magazine columnist writes about a non-existent farm and family.
She finds herself in a predicament when called upon to produce
the farm, husband and child in person. [RF]
*Note: Based on the Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and
Sydney Greenstreet 1945 movie of the same name.
7.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HOLLYWOOD'S MUSICAL HOLIDAY REVUE
20-Dec-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Shirley Jones
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
7.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MICHAEL AND MARY