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Season
6 (NBC) (1955-56)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
[Updated
Apr
2022], James Beer
references:
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NBC Thursday 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (60 min) (season 5-6-7)
Season 6 Host:
6.01 [240] Lux Video Theatre: THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
29Sep1955 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Dan O'Herlihy ...... Oliver Bradford
Teresa Wright ...... Laura Pennington
Lester Matthews ...... John Hillgrove
Isobel Elsom ......... Alice
George Baxter ......... Freddie
Mary Castle ........... Beatrice
Kim Charney .......... Danny
Sara Haden .......... Mrs. Minnett
and Dick Powell (Lux Video Theatre Guest).
Synopsis:
A crippled ex-GI meets a homely maid at the cottage where he was to spend his
honeymoon prior to his injuries.
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 laughter.
6.02 [241] Lux Video Theatre: THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY
06Oct1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
From the Screenplay by John Jacoby, Frank Ryan & Sonya Levien
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Barbara Rush ...... Ruth Holliday
Grant Williams ..... Tom Holliday
Joseph Sweeney ...... Timothy Blake
Lydia Reed ......... Elisabeth
Betsy Paul ........... Karen Holliday
Will Wright ........ Commodore Holliday
Frieda Inescort ..... Louise Holliday
Claude Allister ......... Henderson
Robert Burton ........... Ferguson
Synopsis:
An American teacher rescues a group of Korean orphans and takes them aboard a
departing
freighter. The ship is torpedoed and Commodore Holliday is killed. Ruth poses as
his widow
to get the children into the United States.
*Note: Sometimes listed as Mrs. Halliday, Mrs. Holiday.
6.03 [242] Lux Video Theatre: THE TWO DOLLAR BETTOR
13Oct1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by DeWitt Bodeen
From the original Screenplay by Howard Emmett Rogers
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Gene Lockhart ............ John Hewitt
Karen Sharpe .............. Dianne Hewitt
King Donovan .......... Eddie Slate
Barney Phillips ......... George Irwin
Diane Jergens ......... Nancy Hewitt
Peter Hansen .......... Philip Adams
Hayden Rorke ......... Whitney Bowers
Charles Evans .......... Carlton Adams
Mary Adams ............. Mrs. Adams
Joseph Granby .......... Reece
Mary Alan Hokanson ..... Miss Pierson
Synopsis:
A bank employee gets hooked on horse racing and starts to take money from
the bank when his funds run low.
6.04 [243] Lux Video Theatre: THE HUMAN JUNGLE
20Oct1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
From the original Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs & William Sackheim
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Dennis O'Keefe ......... Captain John Danforth
Joan Vohs ................ Mary Abbott
Claude Akins ............ Mandy
Linda Leighton ......... Pat Danforth
Russell Johnson ....... Lennigan
Donald Ken ............... Mackie
Ray Teal ................... Chief Rowan
Ralph Montgomery .......... Greenie
Florenz Ames ............ Uetick
Marshall Bradford ...... Harrison
Mort Ellis .................... Swedes
Patrick Wells .............. Strauss
Eddie Marr ................. Police Chief
and Fred MacMurray (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A police captain is ready to leave the force and open a law office.
6.05 [244] Lux Video Theatre: THE LADY GAMBLES
27Oct1955 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Martha Hyer .......... Jean
Lyle Bettger ........... Joe
Anthony Caruso ....... Corrison
Barbara Pepper ........ Mrs. Mekels
Robert Wehling ......... Barkley
James Hyland ........... Charlie
Joseph V. Perry ........ Frenchy (as Joe Perry)
Robert Anderson ....... Doctor
Jason Johnson .......... Pawnbroker
Douglas Wilson .......... Desk Clerk
Synopsis:
A woman joins her writer husband on an assignment and winds up gambling
and almost destroying her marriage when she is found beaten in a Las Vegas
alley.
*Based on the 1949 film starred Barbara Stanwyck.
6.06 [245] Lux Video Theatre: APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE
03Nov1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Story by Leslie BushFekete
From the original Screenplay by Felix Jackson & Bruce Manning
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Cesar Romero ........... Andre Cassell
Julie Adams ............... Dr. Jane Alexander (live TV debut)
William Bakewell ....... Michael Dailey
Leigh Snowden .......... Nancy Benson
Don Beddoe .............. George Hastings
Arthur Gould-Porter .... Charles (as A.E. Gould-Porter)
Nora O'Mahoney ......... Martha
Julie Bennett ............... Edith Meredith
Russell Gaige ............. Dr. Gunther
Gus Schilling ............ Gus
Sandra Gould ........... Nurse
and Dorothy Gish (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.07 [246] Lux Video Theatre: BEDTIME STORY
10Nov1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by James B. Allardice / Story by Horace Jackson
From the original Screenplay by Richard Flournoy
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Marguerite Chapman ....... Jane Drake
Gene Raymond ........... Luke Drake
Betty Blythe ................. Emma
Francis De Sales ......... William Dudley
Vici Raaf .................... Virginia
Joseph Kearns ........ Eddie
Alexander Campbell ..... Collins
Richard Collier ........ Pierce
Eddie Marr ........... Frank
and Kathryn Grant (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.08 [247] Lux Video Theatre: THE HUNTED
17Nov1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / From the original Screenplay by Steve Fisher
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Richard Boone .......... Johnny Saxon
Helen Westcott .......... Laura Mead
Phil Chambers ........... Hollis Smith
Lyle Talbot ................. Simon Rand
Jerry Paris ................. Charlie Harris
Joseph Crehan .......... Capt. Waller
Will J. White ................. Detective
and Dorothy Malone (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.09 [248] Lux Video Theatre: MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S
24Nov55 NBC Thur
Adapted by James B. Allardice / Original screenplay by Hugo Butler
Based on the Novel by Augusta Tucker / From the original Screenplay by Anne
Froelich
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Dorothy Gish ............ Miss Susie Slagle
Gerald Charlebois .... Pug Prentiss (Michael Forest)
Virginia Gibson ......... Gret Howe
Grandon Rhodes ...... Dean Howe
Craig Hill .................. Lije
Stuart Whitman ......... Burt
Peter Miller .............. Silas Holmes
Peter Brocco ............ Dr. Mete
William Schallert ....... Ben Mead
Benny Rubin ............. Otto
Herbert Rudley ......... Dr. Faber
Faith Greer .............. Mrs. Johnson
Roger McGee .......... Clay Abernathy
Jeane Wood ............ Miss Frank
William Walker ......... Hizer
Loni Towers ............ Little Boy
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.
*Note: The 1945 movie starred Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield ahd
Lillian Gish.
**Note: Director Buzz Kulik, believed he had discovered "another Gregory Peck"
in a Hollywood unknown,
Gerald Charlesbois (changed his name to Michael Forest) to play opposite Dorothy
Gish,
whose sister Lillian Gish, starred in the film version.
6.10 [249] Lux Video Theatre: THE WEB
01Dec1955 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Raymond Burr ........ Colby
Ray Danton ............ Bob
Arleen Whelan ....... Noelle
Barton MacLane ..... Damon
Lewis Charles ......... Murdock
Gerry Gaylor ........... Martha
Pierre Watkin .......... Porter
Henry Hunter .......... Medical Examiner
Synopsis:
A young lawyer is entangled in a web of implications and complications
when he accepts a fee to act as a bodyguard.
6.11 [250] Lux Video Theatre: SUSPICION
08Dec1955 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Louis Hayward ......... Jeremy (replaced by Dan O'Herlihy)
Kim Hunter ................ Lina
Melville Cooper ......... Flaky
Terence de Marney ...... Dr. Medrusk
Beryl Machin ............ Isobel
Richard Peel ............ Benson
Jack Raine .............. Captain Melbeck
Tito Furdor .............. Ethel
and Maureen O'Sullivan and David Butler (Lux Video intermission
guests).
Synopsis:
A woman is convinced that her husband killed his best friend and is now planning
to kill her.
6.12 [251] Lux Video Theatre: BRANDED
15Dec1955 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Brian Keith ........ Choya
Jay C. Flippen ...... Lavery
Maxine Cooper .......... Ruth
Josephine Hutchinson ..... Mrs. Lavery
Les Tremayne ....... Leffingwell
Barney Phillips ......... Dawson
Ted de Corsia .......... Rawbone
William Fawcett ...... Tattoo
Mickey Simpson ........ Link
Robert Sherman ...... Bank Clerk
and Richard Shannon (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A gun fighter poses a wealthy rancher's long lost son to get at the rancher's
money.
*Note: [Mirror News] Three real horses appeared in this episode of live TV for a
budget of $130.
Scale for horses appearing in live TV is $7.50 a head.
**Note: This was the first Western drama to be presented on Lux Video Theatre.
6.13 [252] Lux Video Theatre: A HOLIDAY AFFAIR
22Dec1955 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
Host 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
and Margaret O'Brien and Walter Brennan (Lux Video intermission
guests).
Synopsis:
A department store "comparison shopper" falls for a toy salesman after she
causes him to lose his job.
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6.14 [253] Lux Video Theatre: COVER-UP
29Dec1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett
Based on the original Screenplay by Dennis O'Keefe & Jerome Odlum
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Otto Kruger
starring
William Bendix ....... Larry Beat
Jane Howard ......... Anita
Steve Brodie .......... Sam
Robert Vaughn ....... Frank
Robert Wehling ...... Eddie
Raymond Greenleaf ...... STC
Byron Foulger ......... Arby
Mary Webster ......... M. Baker
and Diana Douglas (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
An insurance detective is sent to investigate the sudden death of a man.
6.15 [254] Lux Video Theatre: HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE
05Jan1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Anne Jeffreys ......... Regi Kane
Robert Sterling ....... Theodore Drew III
Angela Greene ....... Vivien Snowden
Romney Brent ......... Allen Macklyn
Tudor Owen ............ Peter
Barbara Jo Allen ...... Laura
Benny Rubin ............ Cabdriver
and Eddie Mayehoff (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A playboy and a manicurist are both on the prowl for wealthy spouses.
6.16 [255] Lux Video Theatre: THE UNFAITHFUL
12Jan1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe
Based on the original Screenplay by David Goodis & James Gunn
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Jan Sterling .......... Chris Hunter
Hugh Beaumont .... Larry
Morris Ankrum ...... Reynolds
Jerome Cowan ...... Prosecutor
Claire Meade ........ Martha
Joseph Forte ........ Barrow
Yvonne Peattie ..... Mrs. Tanner
Peter Adams.......... Bob
and Cedric Hardwicke (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A husband loses all hope during a murder trial when his so called perfect wife
isn't so perfect.
6.17 [256] Lux Video Theatre: IVY
19Jan1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Martha Hyer ........... Ivy Lexton
Patric Knowles ....... Roger Gretorex
John Bentley .......... Police Inspector Orpington
Ellen Corby ............. Martha Huntley
Paul Fielding ........... Miles Rushworth
Robin Hughes ......... Jervis Lexton
Doris Lloyd .............. Mrs. Gretorex
Margaret Brewster ..... Emily
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.
*Note: The 1947 movie starred Joan Fontaine.
6.18 [257] Lux Video Theatre: WITNESS TO MURDER
26Jan1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Based on a Story by Chester Erskine
Director Buzz Kulik
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Audrey Totter ............. Cheryl Draper
Paul Langton ............. Lawrence Matthews
Onslow Stevens ........ Albert Richter
Hanna Landy ..............
Jack Krushen ............. Eddie Vincent
Mercedes Shirley ....... May
Raymond Bailey .......... Captain Donnelly
Fay Miller .................... Sally
Stephen Coit ............... Doctor
Mary Alan Hokanson ... Nurse
Cheerio Meredith ........ Old Lady
and Ernest Borgnine (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
*Note: Based on the 1954 movie starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Sanders.
6.19 [258] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREEN PROMISE
02Feb1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ed James
Based on the original Screenplay by Monte Collins
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
James Barton ........ Waters
Jean Howell .......... Deborah Matthews
Sandy Descher ...... Susan Matthews
Jack Kelly .............. David Barkley
Carole Wells .......... Abigail Matthews
Malcolm Cassell .... Phineas Matthews
Tommy Kirk ........... Buzz Wexford
Selmer Jackson .... Dr. Pomeroy
Henry Hunter ........ Rev. Jim Benton
Phil Chambers ...... Mr. Clairbourne
Will Wright ............ Mr. Grinstedt
Mickey Simpson ... Foreman
and Delbert Mann (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A farmer refuses to change his way of doing things when he almost loses the
farm.
6.20 [259] Lux Video Theatre: THE STAR
09Feb1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Dale Eunson / Original Story by Katherine Albert
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Mary Astor ............ Margaret Eliot
Jim Backus ............ Harry Stone
William Hopper ...... Jim Johannsen
Shirley Mitchell ...... Phyllis Stone
Charles Meredith ..... Joe Morrison
Isa Ashdown .......... Gretchen
Jerry Paris .............. Richard
Jean Smith .............. Joyce
Paul Simieon ........... Allan Marley
Patrick Aherne ........ Potter-Payne
Jack Latham ............ Newscaster
and Buddy Adler (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A onetime 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 [260] Lux Video Theatre: NIGHT SONG
16Feb1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Barbara Rush ........... Cathy
Richard Contino ........ Dan Evans (as Dick Contino, makes his acting debut)
Estelle Winwood ....... Aunt Willey
Sam Gilman .............. Chuck
Marvin Bryan ............ George
Benny Rubin ............. Bartender
and Dick Powell (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A socialite falls in love with a blind pianist and she lets him believe that she
too is blind.
*Note: "Night Song" 1947 film starred Merle Oberon and Dana Andrews.
6.22 [261] Lux Video Theatre: HIRED WIFE
23Feb1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe / Story by George Beck
Based on the original Screenplay by Richard Connell & Gladys Lehman
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Anne Bancroft ..... Kendal Browning
Lex Barker .......... Stephen Dexter
Joseph Kearns .... Roger Van Horn
Patricia Wright ...... Phyllis Walden
Stephen DeKassey .... Jose de Briganza
Hal Taggart ........... William
Tyra Vaughn ......... Lynn
Chuck Webster ........... McNab
Alexander Campbell .... Judge Walter Peabody
Synopsis:
A secretary helps her boss out of a legal problem by becoming his wife.
*Note: The 1948 movie featured Brian Aherne (not
Cary Grant) and
Rosalind Russell.
(according to imdb)
6.23 [262] Lux Video Theatre: HERE COMES THE GROOM
01Mar1956 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 ..... Emmadel
Steve Dunne .......... Wilbur
Robert Sterling ....... Pete
Cheryl Callaway ..... Suzi
Florenz Ames ......... Pa
Cheerio Meredith .... Ma
Joyce Holden ......... Winnifred
Fredd Wayne .......... George
Ralph Sanford .......... McConigle
Allene Hill ................. Abby
Butch Fennaro ......... Bobby
Burt Mustin ............... Uncle
Lumsden Hare .......... Minister
and Angela Lansbury (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
*Note: Released in 1951, the film version starred Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman,
Franchot Tone and Alexis Smith.
6.24 [263] Lux Video Theatre: THE CRIMINAL CODE
08Mar1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Dewey Martin ........ Joe Hufford
Nancy Hale ............ Kay Knowland
Onslow Stevens ..... George Knowland
Hope Summers ....... Martha
Billy Nelson ............. Nick
James Gavin ........... Mapes
Philip Coolidge ........ Malloby
Vic Perrin ................ Ponti
Ainslie Pryor ........... Capt. Douglas
Herb Butterfield ....... Mr. Hufford
Voltaire Perkins ...... Judge
Jack Shea .............. Guard
Eddie Marr ............. Guard
Sydney Mason ....... Guard
and Jeff Wald (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
*Note: Based on the original film released in 1931 and starring Walter Huston.
6.25 [264] Lux Video Theatre: LITTLE BOY LOST
15Mar1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Dennis O'Keefe ........... Bill
Johnny Crawford ......... Jean
Jacqueline Beer ........... Lisa
Carl Esmond ................ Pierre
Jean Del Val ................ Dr. Biroux
Ernestine Barrier .......... Mother Superior
Naomi Stevens ............. Laundress
and George Seaton (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
*Note: Based on the original 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and
Claude Dauphin.
6.26 [265] Lux Video Theatre: THE STEEL TRAP
22Mar1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Original Screenplay by Andrew L. Stone
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Howard Duff ......... Jim
Margo Lee ............ Laurie
Lyle Talbot ............ Bowers
Tom Brown ............ Woodley
Larry J. Blake ........ Valcourt
Jason Johnson ...... Inspector
Chet Stratton .......... Clerk in New Orleans
Joseph Mell ............ Clerk in Los Angeles
Richard Jordan ....... Bell Captain
Gordon Mills ........... Pilot
Shirley Mitchell ....... Stewardess
and Thomas Mitchell (Lux Video intermission guest).
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 [266] Lux Video Theatre: IT STARTED WITH EVE
29Mar1956 NBC Thur
Producer Cal Kuhl
Teleplay by James Allardice / Story by Hanns Kraly
Directed by Fred Carney
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Thomas Mitchell ........ John Reynolds Sr.
David Janssen ......... Johnnie Reynolds Jr.
Joan Weldon ............. Anne
Taylor Holmes ........... Dr. Harvey
A.E. GouldPorter ........ 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 hatcheck girl to act as a standin.
The situation is complicated by the recovery of the father and the real
fiancee's demand for an explanation.
In the play a new song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, who gave us "Buttons and
Bows" is introduced under
the title "Warm Sun, Cold Moon. Joan Weldon sings the tune.
*Note: The 1941 film starred Deanna Durbin and Bob Cummings.
6.28 [267] Lux Video Theatre: TABLOID
05Apr1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Original Screenplay by Elwood Ullman & Charles R.
Marion
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Scott Brady .............. Mark
Karen Sharpe ........... Kerry
Anthony Caruso ........ Dino
Gloria Blondell .......... Doris
Robert Dix ................ Bill
Tony Barrett ............. Dutch Gordon
Leo Gordon .............. Augie
Vincente Padula ....... Dominic
Harry Antrim ............. Doc
Ralph Montgomery ...... Elevator Boy
and Sal Mineo (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A reporter is determined to bring down a gambling kingpin.
6.29 [268] Lux Video Theatre: TEMPTATION
12Apr1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Sarah Churchill ....... Ruby Armine
John Bentley ........... Baroudi
Dayton Lummis ....... Nigel
Lisa Montel ............. Yvonne
Ludwig Stössel ....... Professor Müller
Nan Boardman ........ Marie
Patrick Aherne ..... Dr. Issacson
Carolyn Craig ...... Jean
Jean Del Val ....... Professor Dupont
Charles La Torre ... Ahmed
Gail Bonney ........ Mrs. McCormick
Synopsis:
Set in Cairo, Egypt in 1907.
A beautiful but sinister woman plots her husband's murder so that she will be
free to marry another man.
**Note: "Lux Video Theatre" says it will have its biggest production to date.
Included in the live setup will be 19 players, 10 extras, nine special sets and
Miss Churchill will make no less than 12 costume changes
*Note: Based on the 1946 movie "Temptation"
starring Merle Oberon, George Brent,
Charles Korvin and Paul Lukas.
6.30 [269] Lux Video Theatre: I MARRIED A STRNAGER
19Apr1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Herbert Abbott Spiro / Story by George Moskov
Original Screenplay by Philip Yordan & Dennis J. Cooper
Directed by Fred Carney
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Marilyn Erskine ............ Millie
Robert Horton .............. Fred
Patrick O'Neal .............. Paul
Tol Avery ..................... Lt. Blake
Harry Cheshire ............ Prescott
Tyler McVey ................ Sgt. Prentiss
Joseph Mell ................. Bartender
Chet Stratton ................ Hotel Clerk
and Leif Erickson and Brian Donlevy (Lux Video intermission guests).
Synopsis:
A man abandons his bride on their wedding night only to show up a month later
when he is accused of murder.
*Note: The 1944 film "When Strangers Marry" featured Kim Hunter and Robert
Mitchum
6.31 [270] Lux Video Theatre: IMPACT
26Apr1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Brian Donlevy ........ Walter Williams
Leif Erickson .......... Jim Torrance
Angela Greene ....... Irene
John Hoyt ................ Quincy
Greta Granstedt ...... Freda
Robert Burton ......... Callahan
Mary Adams ............ Mrs. Peters
Tony Barrett ............ Jim
Toni Gerry .............. Marsha
Jim Hayward ........... Farmer
Gene O'Donnell ....... Irene's lawyer
and Peggie Castle (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.32 [271] Lux Video Theatre: HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?
03May1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ed James / Story by Eleanor H. Porter
From the Screenplay by Joseph Hoffman
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Gene Lockhart ......... Samuel Fulton
Diane Jergens .......... Millicent Blaisdell
Richard Deacon ........ Norton
Ann Doran ................. Harriett
Michael Whalen ......... Blaisdell
Pamela Baird .............. Roberta
Robert Ellis ................. Howard
Edmund Cobb ............. Clancy
William Allyn ............... Alvarez
Betty Blythe ................. Mrs. Pennock
Robert Lynn ................ Mr. Pennock
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 of the same name starred Charles Coburn, Piper Laurie and
Rock Hudson.
6.33 [272] Lux Video Theatre: THE NIGHT OF JANUARY SIXTEENTH
10May1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Phyllis Thaxter ........... Karen Andre
Helen Westcott ........... Nancy
Richard Shannon ........ Defense Attorney
Les Tremayne ........... Prosecution Attorney
Paul Dubov ................. Regan
Sarah Fadden ............. Magda
Douglass Dumbrille ..... Whitfield
Addison Richards ....... Judge
Eddie Marr ................. Court Clerk
Members of the Jury:
Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton, Jack Mulhall,
Franklyn Farnum, Mary Carr, Julia Faye,
Viola Dana, Gertrude Astor, Shirley Mason,
Betty Bronson, May McAvoy, Claire Windsor;
and Alfred Hitchcock (Lux Video intermission guest)
with a film clip of his latest Paramount thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
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.
6.34 [273] Lux Video Theatre: PRINCESS O'ROURKE
17May1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Story by Norman Krasna
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Diana Lynn ............ Princess Maria
Ed Kemmer ............ Eddie
John Close ............. David
Torin Thatcher ........ Uncle
Russell Hicks .......... Mr. Washburn
Lillian Kemble-Cooper ...... Miss Haskell
David Alpert ............ Phillips
Richard H. Cutting ... Burkhart
Will Wright ............... Judge
Robert B. Williams ... First Guard
and Natalie Wood (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.35 [274] Lux Video Theatre: MILLIE'S DAUGHTER
24May1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
June Havoc ............. Millie
Olive Sturgess ......... Johanna
Hope Emerson ......... Helen
William Swan ........... Robert Lattimer
Betty Blythe ............. Mrs. Austin
William Newell ......... Cummings
James Flavin ........... Detective
Constance Cameron ....... Mrs. Harris
Gabriel Curtiz .......... Alex
Paul Simieon ........... Rod
William Allyn ............ Tappie
Joseph Forte ........... Garrett
and George Sidney (Lux Video intermission guest).
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 [275] Lux Video Theatre: INDISCREET
31May1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mortimer Braus / From the original Screenplay by Leo McCarey
Directed by Fred Carney
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Margaret Lindsay ........ Ann
John Dehner ............... Lloyd
Marcia Henderson ....... Phyllis
Marjorie Rambeau ....... Clarissa
Leslie Bradley .............. Douglas
Roy Glenn .................... Rouget
Michael Winkelman ...... Peter
and Jan Sterling (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.37 [276] Lux Video Theatre: SHE MARRIED HER BOSS
07Jun1956 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
Host Otto Kruger
starring
Patric Knowles .......... Barclay
Jan Sterling .............. Julia
John Bryant .............. George
Reba Waters ............. Annabel
Joseph Kearns .......... Franklin
Yvonne Peattie ......... Martha
Richard Bartell .......... Dunbar
Sandra Gould ............ Miss Mayo
Ottola Nesmith ........... Miss Wylie
Ezelle Poule .............. Gertrude
Arthur Lovejoy ........... First Butler
and Victoria Shaw (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A woman hater because his first wife deserted him for another man, remarries for
business purposes,
but must prove his love for her when she seeks a divorce, only to find out that
he truly loves her.
Synopsis 2:
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.
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"Video Theatre" summer preview series (14Jun1956 to 13Sep1956)
Hosted by Ken Carpenter (12 episodes)
=================================================
6.38 [277] Lux Video Theatre: A HOUSE OF HIS OWN
14Jun1956 NBC Thur
Written by Loring Mandel
Directed by Norman Morgan
Ken Carpenter introduces the first in the "Video Theatre" summer preview series.
starring
Richard Boone ........ Vincent Giel
Victoria Shaw .......... Mona
Henry Hunter ........... Thomas Wellman
Mabel Albertson ...... Mrs. Cavanaugh
Selmer Jackson ....... Edgar Wellman
Gage Clarke ............ Brenner
William Schallert ...... Hall
Charles Meredith ..... Dr. Lederer
Nan Boardman ......... Mrs. Reynolds
Sidney Clute ............. Yates
Harry Shannon ......... Spelli
Robert Sherman ....... Ferrigo
Stephen Coit ............. Major Seton
Russell Gaige ........... Governor Hewitt
Martin Lewis ............. Crane
James Flavin ............ Chaplain
and Bob Hope (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
An inmate feels he has paid his debt in prison and files for parole.
All are in
favor except for one member.
6.39 [278] Lux Video Theatre: THE CORRIGAN CASE
21Jun1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Story by Larry Riley
Directed by James P. Yarborough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Anne Bancroft ....... Ann Sommers
Frances Bavier ....... Mrs. Sommers
Steve Brodie ......... Mark
Mae Clarke ........... Betty
Charles Davis ........ George
Virginia Vincent ...... Grace
Ann Baker .............. Sally
and Lex Barker (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.40 [279] Lux Video Theatre: A YANKEE COUSIN
28Jun1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Ben Simcoe / Based on Ben Simcoe's Play
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Kurt Kasznar ............ Mike Garcia
Alma Beltran ............ Maria
Lou Krugman ........... Teo
Anna Navarro .......... Dulce
Carlos Vera ............. Luis
Anna Maria Rodriguez ..... Tina
Elsie Rodriguez ........ Lina
Orlando Rodriguez ... Enrique
Joe Dominguez ........ Pablo
Pete Herz ................ Joe
Ralph Sabrino ......... Griff
Robert Bernardet ..... Pete
Helen Kleeb ............. Miss Hayex
Ruth Warren ............ Mrs. Sherman
Eddie Marr .............. Officer Mulligan
and Joel McCrea (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.41 [280] Lux Video Theatre: A MARRIAGE DAY
05Jul1956 NBC Thur
Written by Merle Miller
Director Michael Drefuss
Host Ken Carpenter from Hollywood
starring
Marilyn Erskine ....... Louise
Ray Collins ............. Max
Andrew Duggan ...... Jason
Cloris Leachman ...... Dottie
Fredd Wayne ............ Pat
Victoria Ford ............. Froese
Ralph Dumke ............ Kabner
Dorothy Adams ......... Hannah
and Burt Lancaster (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A plain but wealthy heiress does not find the happiness she expected
in her marriage to a handsome young man.
6.42 [281] Lux Video Theatre: STING IN THE TAIL
12Jul1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Stanley H. Silverman / Based on the Play by T.A.W. Purefoy
Directed by James P. Yarborough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Vincent Price ........... Joseph Bentley
Mabel Albertson ...... Louisa
Ellen Corby .............. Norah
Irene Tedrow ........... Emily
Bartlett Robinson .... Dr. Blaine
Burt Mustin .............. Mr. Turtle
Constance Cameron ...... Maid
and Maria Palmer (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.43 [282] Lux Video Theatre: NO ONE TO CRY WITH
19Jul1956 NBC Thur
Written by Betty Ulius
Directed by Earl Eby
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Marguerite Chapman ...... Lenore
Constance Ford .............. Edie
John Bentley ................... Ralph
Jimmy Baird ..................... Davie
Peter Leeds ..................... Harvey
Henry Hunter ................... Dr. Corey
and Anne Bancroft (Lux Video intermission guest).
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 [283] Lux Video Theatre: MISS MABEL
26Jul1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Harry Kronman / Based on the Play by R.C. Sherriff
Directed by Michael Dreyfuss
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Elsa Lanchester ....... Miss Mabel
Frederick Worlock .... Vicar
Irene Anders ............ Mary
J. Pat O'Malley .......... Watkins
Terrence Kilburn ....... Peter
Ruth Hammond ......... Mrs. Wilson
Roland Winters ......... Mr. Morton
Anthony Eustrel ........ Doctor
Richard Peel ............. Inspector
and James Whitmore (Lux Video intermission guest).
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 [284] Lux Video Theatre: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
(Color production)
02Aug1956 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Clarke Reynolds / Story by Jack Leonard
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
James Whitmore ...... Tracy
Karen Steele ............ Ruby
Keith Larsen ............. Ring
Robert Anderson ...... Frank Fowler
David Alpert .............. Ed Fowler
Michael Whalen ........ Carson
James Nolan ............. Fain
Stephen Coit ............. Madden
Jimmy Hawkins ......... Pete Nelson
David Tyrell .............. Mr. Nelson
Louise Lewis ............ Mrs. Nelson
Peter Brocco ............ Dr. Wessel
J.W. Cody ................ Chief
and George Marshall (Lux Video intermission guest).
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.
6.46 [285] Lux Video Theatre: REBUKE ME NOT (Color
production)
09Aug1956 NBC Thur
Written by Herbert Abbott Spiro
Directed by James P. Yarborough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Jan Sterling ............ Mary Ford
Forrest Tucker ........ William Patterson
Don 'Red' Barry ....... Martin
Janie Alexander ...... Rina
Lewis Martin ........... Tyler
Herbert Ellis ............ Sharp
John Daheim .......... Garner
Mary Jackson ......... Agnes
Stafford Repp ......... Dr. Mason
Jamie Smith ........... Hunter
Douglas Spencer .... Wilson
Dallas Boyd ............ Judge
Norman Sturgis ....... Clerk
and Rod Steiger (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
An innocent man is about to be convicted of murdering his hypochrondriac wife,
especially since he had been carrying on an affair with her nurse.
[--] 16-Aug-1956 NBC Thur: Lux Video Theatre is pre-empted for network coverage
of the Democratic National Convention.
[--] 23-Aug-1956 NBC Thur: Lux Video Theatre is pre-empted for network coverage
of the Republican National Convention.
6.47 [286] Lux Video Theatre: THE WAYWARD SAINT (Color
production)
30Aug1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Ed James / Play by Paul Vincent Carroll
Directed by Michael Dreyfuss
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Liam Redmond ....... Father Daniel McCooey (recreates his Broadway role)
Ann B. Davis .......... Miss Killicat
John Dehner .......... Baron Nicholas de Balbus
Sallie Brophy .......... Maura Monigan
Harry Raven ............ Joe
Roland Winters ....... Bishop of Oriel
Barry Macoullum ..... Martyn McDara
Sue Casey .............. Serena
Richard Deacon ...... Salambo
Charles Davis .......... Peadar the Puck
Anita King ................ Sebena
Synopsis:
An Irish priest is known for performing miracles. When he receives a visit from
a man
who tries to claim the clergyman's soul.
6.48 [287] Lux Video Theatre: ROAD OF FEAR (Color
production)
06Sep1956 NBC Thur
Written by Thomas Patrick Cullinan (Cleveland newspaperman)
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Scott Brady ............... Eddie
Catherine McLeod .... Grace
Jimmy Baird .............. Floyd
Johnny Crawford ...... Jerry
Robert Richards ........ Pete
Don C. Harvey ........... First policeman
Synopsis:
The story of a 7-year-old boy to the news that his father is a criminal
6.49 [288] Lux Video Theatre: THE TOP RUNG (Color
production)
13Sep1956 NBC Thur
Written by Stanley H. Silverman
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Lee Bowman ......... Paul
Irene Hervey ........ Lucille
William Hopper ...... George
Frances Mercer ..... Mary
John Wilder ............ Fred
Natalie Masters ...... Clare
Janet Lee Parker .... Jodi
Synopsis:
A respected man becomes an evildoer when his reign of power
is threatened and proceeds with a diabolical plot.
*Note: The GOP convention three weeks ago postponed this episode.
Season 7 begins 20-Sep-1956
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