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Season
7 (NBC) (1956-57)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated
Apr
2022], James Beer
references:
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############## Lux Video Theatre #############
############## season 7 1956-57 ##############
############### (final season)
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NBC Thursday 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (60 min) (season 5-6-7)
*Note: The "Lux Video Theatre" will become the first night time Dramatic program
to go into Color on a regular schedule that began in August.
Executive producer Stanley Quinn / Producer J. Walter Thompson
7.01 [289] Lux Video Theatre: MILDRED PIERCE
20Sep1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Ranald MacDougall / Based on the novel by James M. Cain
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Virginia Bruce ....... Mildred Pierce
Zachary Scott ....... Monte Beragon
Patric Knowles ...... Bert
Shirley Mitchell ...... Ida
Michael Whalen ..... Peterson
Colleen Miller ......... Veda
Lydia Reed ............. Kay
Maurice Manson ..... Lawyer
Larry Lake ............... Detective
and George Stevens (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A self-sacrificing mother fights her way up from the slums to society
for the sake of her spoiled-brat daughter.
*Note: Based on the 1945 film starring Joan Crawford and Zachary Scott.
7.02 [290] Lux Video Theatre: ONLY YESTERDAY
27Sep1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Stanley H. Silverman / Story by Frederick Lewis Allen
Original Screenplay by Arthur Richman
Directed by Michael Dreyfuss
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Don Taylor ............. Jim Emerson
Joan Caulfield ........ Mary Lane
Richard Eyer ......... Jimmy Lane
Dayton Lummis ...... Bob Warren
Sally Chamberlin .... Phyllis
Clark Howat ............ David
Natalie Schafer ....... Julie
Eleanor Audley ....... Mrs. Lane
Pattie Chapman ...... Debbie
Tyra Vaughn ........... Helen
Sydney Mason ........ Doctor
and Robert Stack (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A mother, deserted by the father of her child, bravely faces the future and
clings
to the hope that the man she loves will return.
7.03 [291] Lux Video Theatre: NOW, VOYAGER
04Oct1956 NBC Thur
Adaptation by Stanley H. Silverman / Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty
Original Screenplay Casey Robinson
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Laraine Day .............. Charlotte Vale
Richard Carlson ......... Jerry Durrance
Herbert Marshall ........ Dr. Jaquith
Kathryn Givney .......... Mrs. Vale
Don Oreck .................. Mr. Thompson
Beverly Washburn ....... Tina
Henry Hunter ............... Mac
Mary Jackson ............. Lisa
Louise Louis ............... Deb
Constance Cameron ... Hilda
Mary Alan Hokanson ... Nurse Trask
and William Holden (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
A woman who suffers the consequences of an affectionless childhood
begins a new life with the help of a psychiatrist and a romance.
*Note: Based on the 1942 film starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude
Rains.
7.04 [292] Lux Video Theatre: THE GUILTY
11Oct1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Previous Screenplay Robert Presnell Sr.
Based on the Cornell Woolrich story "He Looked Like Murder"
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Ralph Meeker .......... Mike
Carol Ohmart ........... Estelle
Skip Homeier ........... Johnny
Beverly Kidd ............ Linda
John Hoyt ................ Alex
Frank Sully .............. McGinnis
Jason Johnson ........ Heller
Katherine Warren .... Mrs. Mitchell
Mickey Simpson ...... Officer
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.
*Note: Based on the 1947 movie starring Bonita Granville.
7.05 [293] Lux Video Theatre: FLAMINGO ROAD
18Oct1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Jean Holloway / Play by Robert and Sally Wilder
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Raymond Burr ......... Dan Reynolds
Joanne Dru .............. Lane Bellamy
Robert Middleton ..... Titus Semple
Phillip Reed .............. Field
Vivi Janiss ................ Lute Mal
Louis Jean Heydt ..... Burr
Kasey Rogers ........... Annabelle Weldon
Thomas Browne Henry ..... Jamieson
Grandon Rhodes ...... Waterson
Robert Wehling ........ Shelton
Sydney Mason ......... Miles
Herbert Lytton .......... Newscaster
Synopsis:
An ex-carnival entertainer finds himself involved with two men, she loves
one, but marries the other when the first one jilts her.
*Note: Based on the 1949 movie starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott and Sydney
Greenstreet.
7.06 [294] Lux Video Theatre: BECAUSE OF YOU
25Oct1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Based on a Story by Thelma Robinson
Original Screenplay Ketti Frings
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Vera Miles ............... Christine Carroll Kimberly
John Bentley ........... Steve Kimberly
Sandy Descher ....... Kim
Irene Hervey .......... Susan Arnold
John Bryant ............ Mike
Aline Towne ............ Rosemary Balder
Addison Richards .... Dr. Breen
Betty Blythe ............. Mrs. Gordon
Herb Vigran ............. Petersen
Ezelle Poule ............ Hilda
Charles Meredith .... Judge
Synopsis:
A wealthy man's wife is involved in a scandal which hits the newspapers.
He refuses to believe her explanation and divorces her, getting custody
of their daughter. A sympathetic sister-in-law arranges for the mother to
have at least a small part in her daughter's life.
*Note: Based on the 1952 movie starring Loretta Young and Jeff Chandler.
7.07 [295] Lux Video Theatre: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FOREVER
(Color)
01Nov1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Ed James / Based on a Story by Hector Chevigny
Original Screenplay Roy Chanslor
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Don DeFore ............ Sam Bradford
Virginia Gregg ......... Gerry Krale
Leon Askin .............. Mike Czerny
Richard Deacon ...... Sheldon
Dabbs Greer ........... Shammy
Dan Tobin ............... Harvey Dawes
Serena Sande ......... Maria Czerny
Robert Ellis ............. Tommy
Robert Burton .......... Graham
Charles Watts .......... Mat Browning
Robert Jordan .......... Nick Grassi
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.
*Note: Based on the 1942 movie starring George Brent and Brenda Marshall.
7.08 [296] Lux Video Theatre: JEZEBEL
08Nov1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Catherine Turney / Based on a play Written by Owen Davis Sr.
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Martha Hyer ............ Julie Morrison
Charles Drake .......... Preston Dillard
Rebecca Welles ....... Amy Bradford
Jack Lord ................. Buck Cantrell
Mabel Albertson ....... Auntie Belle
William Lundmark ..... Ted Dillard
Joanna Moore .......... Stephanie
Douglass Dumbrille ... General Bogardus
Bartlett Robinson ...... Dr. Durette
Ike Jones .................. Gros-Bat
Synopsis:
A Southern Belle sets out to win back her beau when he returns married to
another.
*Note: Based on the 1938 film starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
7.09 [297] Lux Video Theatre: THE GLASS WEB
15Nov1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Harry Kronman / Based on the Novel by Max Simon Ehrlich
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
George Nader ........... Don
Cara Williams ............ Paula
Dan O'Herlihy ............. Henry
Eve McVeagh ............ Vicki
Lawrence Dobkin ....... Dave
Patricia Powell ........... Louise
Hugh Sanders ............ Stephens
Douglas Wilson .......... Abbott
Robert Wehling .......... Technical Director
Svea Grunfeld ............ Secretary
Synopsis:
When a designing television starlet is murdered. Four men are suspected: her
ex-husband, a TV writer,
the researcher on the series and the producer of the show.
*Note: Based on the 1953 film starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe and
Kathleen Hughes.
7.10 [298] Lux Video Theatre: THE GAY SISTERS
22Nov1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Based on the Novel by Stephen Longstreet
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Alexis Smith .......... Fiona
Tim Hovey ............ Austin
Karen Steele ......... Susanna
Don Taylor ............. Barkley
Helen Westcott ...... Evelyn
Glen Kramer ............... Gig
Lina Cole ................ Gabria
Robert Anderson .... Wheeler
Herb Butterfield ......... Gillon
Lewis Martin .............. Predloch
Howard Hoffman ........ Judge
and Ruth Hussey (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
Three sisters discover their inheritance is melting away because of legal
entanglements created by one man.
*Note: Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent starred in the 1942 movie.
7.11 [299] Lux Video Theatre: OLD ACQUAINTANCE
29Nov1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Stanley H. Silverman / Based on the Stage Play by John Van Druten
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Ruth Hussey .......... Kit Marlowe
Jack Lord ............... Rudd Kendall
Lynn Bari ............... Millie Drake
Joan Evans ............ Deirdre Drake
Richard Arden ......... Preston Drake
Ellen Corby .............. Harriet
Mary Alan Hokanson ...... Reporter
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.
*Note: Based on the 1943 movie starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.
[--] Lux Video Theatre
06Dec1956
pre-empted for the third "On Stage in St. Louis" special.
7.12 [300] Lux Video Theatre: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
13Dec1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by Ed James / Story by Aileen Hamilton
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Mona Freeman ..... Elizabeth Lane
Ed Kemmer ............ Jefferson Jones
Leon Askin ............ Felix Bassenak
Bartlett Robinson ... John Sloan
Edit Angold ............ Norah
John Gallaudet ...... Dudley
Roland Winters ...... Wardley
Howard Price ......... Sinkewicz
Walter Kingsford ..... Judge Crowthers
Synopsis:
A woman magazine columnist writes about a nonexistent farm and family. She finds
herself in
a predicament when called upon to produce the farm, husband and child in person.
*Note: Based on the 1945 movie starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and
Sydney Greenstreet.
7.13 [301] Lux Video Theatre: HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL HOLIDAY REVUE
20Dec1956 NBC Thur
Written by Carroll Carroll
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy
and for the first time on TV Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
and special guest star Phil Harris.
A musical salute to the great hit songs from top motion pictures of the last
quarter of a century.
"Oklahoma" and "White Christmas" will be among the selections.
Miss MacDonald and Eddy have chosen one of their all-time hit duets
"Will You Remember", from "Maytime";
Shirley Jones will sing "Dancing in the Dark".
*Note: The Christmas musical will be the first of five in which Gordon MacRae
will star
during the 1956-57 "Lux Video Theatre" season.
7.14 [302] Lux Video Theatre: MICHAEL AND MARY
27Dec1956 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Play by A.A. Milne
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Maureen O'Sullivan ........ Mary Rowe
Patric Knowles ................ Michael Rowe
Audrey Dalton ................. Romo
Edward Ashley ................ Harry Price
John Hoyt ........................ Inspector Shaw
Barry Jones ..................... Constable Cuff
Roddy McDowall .............. David at 22
Peter J. Votrian ................ David at 12
Terence de Marney .......... First Doctor
Basil Howes ...................... Second Doctor
Synopsis:
Sincer her first husband deserted her shortly after their marriage and has been
missing for several years,
Mary decides to marry Michael, with whom she is deeply in love. They have a son
and live a happy
married life, but 13 years later her first husband turns up and threatens
blackmail. He dies suddenly
of a heart attack and Michael and Mary conceal his identity from their son and
the police.
*Note: Based on the 1931 movie starring Edna Best and Herbert Marshall.
7.15 [303] Lux Video Theatre: IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE
03Jan1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Jean Holloway / Story by Herbert Clyde Lewis & Frederick Stephani
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Ernest Truex ........... Aloysius P. McKeever
Diane Jergens ......... Trudy O'Connor
Leon Ames .............. Michael J. O'Connor
William Campbell ..... Jim Bullock
Gene Lockhart ......... Cecil Felton
Jimmy Lydon ............ Whitey (as James Lydon)
Henry Hunter ............ Farrow
Synopsis:
A kindly ne'erdowell moves into a vacant New York mansion in the absence of its
wealthy owners.
He finds himself playing cupid for their daughter and an ex GI.
*Note: Based on the 1947 movie starring
Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles, Victor Moore and Gale Storm.
7.16 [304] Lux Video Theatre: JUST ACROSS THE STREET
10Jan1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Story by Roswell Rogers & Joel Malone
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Julie Adams ......... Henrietta Smith
Jack Kelly ............ Fred Newcombe
Cecil Kellaway ..... Pop Smith
Charles Lane ....... Walter Medford
Natalie Schafer .... Gertrude Medford
Eddie Marr ........... Al
Howard Wendell ... Davis
Synopsis:
A young woman poses as a wealthy socialite to help her father. Her assumed name
causes
complications after she becomes romantically involved with a young plumber.
*Note: Cecil Kellaway recreates his 1952 movie role playing the father.
7.17 [305] Lux Video Theatre: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
17Jan1957 NBC Thur
Produced live in Hollywood.
Producer Earl Eby
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Based on Ernest Hemingway's novel
Screenplay by Jules Furthman and William Faulkner
Directed by James Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Edmund O'Brien ...... Harry Morgan
Beverly Garland ...... Marie 'Slim' Browning
Frances Bergen ...... Hellene de Bursac
Edgar Barrier .......... Paul de Bursac
John Qualen ........... Eddie
Dan Seymour .......... Capt. M. Renard
Jean Del Val ........... Gerard
Lyle Talbot ............. Johnson
Ken Terrell .............. Lt. Coyo
Richard Flato ........... Beau Clere
Sir Lancelot ............. Bartender
and Alexis Smith and Sheila MacRae (Lux Video intermission guests).
Synopsis:
A tough skipper helps a stranded American girl get home and finds
himself involved in the Free French cause.
*Note: Based on the 1944 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
7.18 [306] Lux Video Theatre: VICE SQUAD
24Jan1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Paul Franklin / Based on Leslie T. White's novel "Harness Bull"
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Pat O'Brien ............. Captain Barnaby
Gloria Jean ............. Ginny
Vinton Hayworth ..... Jack Hartrampf
James Nolan ........... Dwight Foreman
Narda Onyx ............. Mona Ross
H.M. Wynant ........... Al Barkis
Joseph V. Perry ....... Marty Kusalich
Lisa Golm ................ Vicki Webb
Gil Frye
Peter Brocco
James Flavin
Billy Nelson
Joe Bassett
Vincente Padula
Synopsis:
Police Captain Barnaby in charge, and what he has to contend with in a 24hour
period;
balky witnesses, a bank hold-up, a shyster lawyer and a phony European count.
*Note: Based on the 1953 movie starring Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard and
Lee Van Cleef.
Also featured the largest cast ever assembled for the Lux Video Theatre series.
7.19 [307] Lux Video Theatre: ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
31Jan1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Ed James / Play by James Hagan
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Gordon MacRae ......... Biff Grimes
Sheila MacRae ........... Virginia Brush
Peter Lind Hayes ........ Hugo Barnstead
Mary Healy ................. Amy Lind
Eddie Marr ................... Snappy
Thomas Browne Henry ....... Policeman
Synopsis:
A musical frappe about a lovable tough guy who married a girl
on the rebound and then finds he got the sweetest gal in the world.
7.20 [308] Lux Video Theatre: THE UNDESIRABLE
07Feb1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Story by Ladislas Fodor
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Vivian Blaine ........... Coral
Richard Denning ..... Jeff Davis
Buddy Ebsen ........... Paul
Rodolfo Acosta ........ Vorbeck
Dayton Lummis ........ Williams
Fredd Wayne............ Inspector
Stafford Repp ........... Bartender
Frank Kreig .............. Police Sergeant
Weaver Levy ............ Ahn, the servant
Synopsis:
Story of a South Sea island cabaret singer and the man she loves.
and George Stevens, Rock Hudson and Kim Novak
accept their Photoplay Magazine Gold Medal Awards.
7.21 [309] Lux Video Theatre: DARK VICTORY
14Feb1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Play by Bertram Block and George Emerson Brewer Jr.
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Shirley Jones ............ Judith Traherne
Jack Cassidy ............ Dr. Frederick Steele
Keith Larsen .............. Michael O'Leary
Toni Gerry ................. Ann King
Charles Meredith ...... Dr. Parsons
Mary Adams .............. Martha
Mae Ward ................. Miss Wainwright
Synopsis:
A wealthy young woman embarks on a devil-may-care existence
when she learns she has only a short time to live.
*Note: Based on the 1939 movie starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart.
7.22 [310] Lux Video Theatre: ONE WAY STREET
21Feb1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Original Screenplay by Lawrence Kimble
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
George Nader .......... Dr. Frank Matson
Nancy Gates ............ Laura Thorsen
William Tallman ........ John Wheeler
Martin Garralaga ...... Captain Rodriguez
Frank Puglia ............. Father Moreno
Joe Ferry ................. Grieder
Stafford Repp ........... Ollie
Rosa Rey ................. Catalina
Ricky Vera ............... Santiago
Rico Alamit .............. Hank Torres
Synopsis:
A shady doctor double crosses his gangster boss which has put him in a perilous
position.
*Note: Based on the 1950 movie starring James Mason, Dan Duryea and Marta Toren.
7.23 [311] Lux Video Theatre: POSSESSED
28Feb1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Stanley H. Silverman
Original Screenplay Ranald MacDougall and Silvia Richards
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Brian Keith .............. David Sutton
Laraine Day ........... Louise Howell
Onslow Stevens ...... Dean Graham
Judith Braun ............ Carol Graham
Bruce Bennett ......... Harker
Herbert Lytton .......... Dr. Harvey Willard
Arline Anderson ........ Dr. Ames
Robert Quarry ........... Intern
Synopsis:
A woman who lets herself get too emotionally involved in a love affair also
becomes mixed up in a case of murder.
*Note: Based on the 1947 movie starring Joan Crawford, Van Heflin and Raymond
Massey.
7.24 [312] Lux Video Theatre: ONE WAY PASSAGE
07Mar1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Story by Robert Lord / Screenplay Joseph Jackson
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Barry Sullivan .......... Dan Hardesty
Bonita Granville ...... Joan Ames
Barton MacLane ..... Steve Burke
Louise Arthur ........... Betty
Baynes Barron ......... Orlando
Rex Stevens ............. Skippy
Doris Packer ............. Mrs. Buckland
Dallas Boyd ............... Ship's Doctor
Bill O'Brien ................. Steward
Eddie Marr ................. Bartender
Synopsis:
A young woman suffering from a fatal heart ailment and a man convicted for
murder fall in love.
The obstacles placed in the way of their love seem to forbid any thoughts of
happiness for the future.
*Note: Based on the 1932 movie starring William Powell, Kay Francis and Frank
McHugh.
7.25 [313] Lux Video Theatre: EILEEN
14Mar1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Stanley H. Silverman
Music by Victor Herbert and Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Gordon MacRae ..... Barry O'Day
Wendy Martin ......... Eileen
Patricia Morison ..... Lady Maude
John McGiver ......... Sir Reggie
James Lydon .......... Dinny
Paul Birch ................ Shaun Dhu
Laurie Carroll ........... Rosie
Ollie O'Toole ............ Grumpy Grogan
Paul Keast ............... Colonel Lester
Synopsis:
Barry O'Day an Irish rebel, disguises himself as a groom because the English
have put a price on his head.
He falls in love with a beautiful English girl, who will have nothing to do with
a man who's nothing more
than a groom. Barry determines, however, to claim Eileen for his own.
(Hollywood)
Songs:
"Free Trade and a Misty Moon" .... Ensemble
"Ireland, My Sireland" .... Barry
"My Little Irish Rose" .... Rosie
"Eileen" .... Barry
"Erin Slantagal Go Bragh" .... Barry
"If Eve Had Left the Apple on the Bough" .... Reggie
"When Love Awakes" .... Eileen
"Life's a Game at Best" .... Lady Maude
"In the Name of the King", "A Man That Can Die Like a Soldier" .... Ensemble
"Erin's Isle" .... Lady Maude
"Sure the Irish Have a Great Day" .... Barry
"Thine Alone" .... Barry, Eileen
*Note: A revival of the romantic comic opera "Eileen" first presented on
Broadway in 1917.
Introduced by the now famous song "Thine Alone."
7.26 [314] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREAT LIE
21Mar1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Based on Polen Banks novel "Far Horizon"
Original Screenplay Lenore J. Coffee
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Jan Sterling ................. Maggie
Glenn Langan .............. Pete
Catherine McLeod ....... Sandra
Robert Quarry ............... Jock
Eleanor Audley ............. Aunt Ada
Isabel Cooley ................ Adele
Joseph Hamilton ............ Senator
Synopsis:
Story of a glamorous concert pianist who enters into a pact with a devoted wife
whose
husband is believed killed in an air crash. But he comes back and there's hell
to pay.
*Note: Based on the 1941 movie starring Mary Astor, Bette Davis and George
Brent.
7.27 [315] Lux Video Theatre: THE BLACK ANGEL (Color
Production)
28Mar1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Stanley H. Silverman / Based on Cornell Woolrich novel
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Anne Bancroft .... Cathy (possible replacement for Marilyn Erskine)
John Ireland ............. Marty
Douglas Rogers ....... Kirk Bennett
H.M. Wynant ........... Steve
Murvyn Wye ............ Marko
Lyle Talbot ............... Capt. Flood
Burt Mustin ............... Jake
James Nolan ............ Dr. Courtnay
Elaine Edwards ........ Lisa
Richard B. Goode ..... Sam
Lynn Millan ............... Flo
Glen Kramer ............. Tom
Eddie Marr ............... Joe
Naomi Stevens ........ Maid
and Gail Russell (Lux Video intermission guest).
Synopsis:
Story of a young wife who fights to prove her husband innocent of the murder
of a beautiful woman and enlists the aid of the murdered woman's husband.
*Note: Based on the 1946 movie starring Dan Duryea, Peter Lorre, Broderick
Crawford and June Vincent.
7.28 [316] Lux Video Theatre: ADAM HAD FOUR SONS
04Apr1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Paul Franklin / Based on the Charles Bonner novel "Legacy".
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Leon Ames ................. Adam Stoddard
Valentina Cortesa ...... Emilie Gallatin
Osa Massen .............. Molly Stoddard
J. Pat O'Malley .......... Patrick
Connie Gilchrist ......... Cousin Philippa
Norman Ollestad ........ Phillip Stoddard
John Baer .................. Jack Stoddard
Robert Chapman ....... David Stoddard
John Wilkin ................ Chris Stoddard
Carol Leigh ................ Vance
Tom Brown ................ Captain
Synopsis:
During World War I, personalities clash when the wife of one of four brothers
presents
a temptation to the other three.
*Note: Based on the 1941 movie starring Ingrid Bergman, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray
and Warner Baxter.
7.29 [317] Lux Video Theatre: THE TAGGART LIGHT
18Apr1957 NBC Thur
Written by Cecil Maiden
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
John McIntire ........... Joshua
Vera Miles ................ Jenny
Roger Moore ............ Gavin
Marilyn Winston ........ Kathy
Kim Charney ............. Donald
Irene Tedrow ............ Emma
David Carlisle ........... Glen
Jim Hayward ............. Captain Fraser
Leslie Denison .......... Mounty
Philip Tonge .............. Magistrate
Synopsis:
A young woman dominated by her uncle, falls in love and unwittingly becomes
involved in a murder.
7.30 [318] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD
25Apr1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Paul Franklin / Play by Jules Eckert Goodman
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Boris Karloff ........... Montgomery Royle
June Lockhart ........ Grace Blair
Mary Astor .............. Mildred Le Brun
Ed Kemmer ............. Ted Van Allen
Thomas Browne Henry ..... Andy
Doris Packer ............ Florence Royle
Henry Hunter ........... Dr. Redfield
Tom Laughlin ........... Jess
Carol Leigh .............. Kathy
William Roerick ......... Appleby
Synopsis:
Montgomery Royle has gained world renown as a concert pianist. After a severe
shock, he finds he has
lost his hearing, and with it, his career. He confines himself to his apartment
and indulges in self pity.
He's persuaded to learn lipreading and devises a pastime that pleases him. Using
his opera glasses he
reads the lips of the people in the park. And finally Royle begins to meddle in
their lives.
*Note: Based on the 1932 film which starred George Arliss
and the 1953 film starring Liberace called "Sincerely Yours".
7.31 [319] Lux Video Theatre: THE HARD WAY
02May1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs & Peter Viertel
Directed by Richard Goode
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Ann Sheridan ......... Helen Sherman
Nancy Gates .......... Katherine
Steve Dunne ........... Paul
Jack Kruschen ......... Max
Eve McVeagh ........... Lily
Tommy Farrell ........... Albert
Eddie Marr ................ John
Yvonne Peattie .......... Laura
Ralph Montgomery ..... Stage Manager
Barbara Stuart ............ Chorus Girl
Robert Wehling ........... Graveyard Attendant
Douglas Wilson ........... Police Officer
Synopsis:
An ambitious woman's ruthless drive to achieve success for her younger sister to
escape their drab life in
Pennsylvania coal mining town. She maneuvers a marriage for Katie to a
smalltime traveling vaudeville
performer enabling them to leave their small town. An opportunity arises to get
Katie in a Broadway play
and Helen sets out to destroy the marriage now that there is no further need for
Katie's husband.
*Note: Based on the 1943 movie starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie
and Jack Carson.
7.32 [320] Lux Video Theatre: STAND-IN FOR MURDER
09May1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Original Teleplay by Richard P. McDonagh
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Dewey Martin ........... George
Bonita Granville ........ Anne
Tom Drake ................ Paul
Laurie Mitchell .......... Betty
Larry J. Blake ........... Frank
Forrest Lewis ........... Eddie
Tyra Vaughn ............. Connie
Robert Jordan ........... Jerry
Nancy DeCarl ............ Peggy at 8
Joan Collier ............... Peggy at 13
Martin Lewis ............. Mr. Picard
Gail Bonney .............. Woman
Betty Hanna .............. Sister Superior
Voltaire Perkins ......... Doctor
Herbert Lytton ............ Prison Doctor
Synopsis:
A night club musician, believing he is soon to die from an incurable disease,
plans to carry out an unusual sacrifice in order to insure financial security
for his family.
Synopsis 2:
Believing that he is doomed by an incurable disease, he seeks to assure the
financial
security of his family. . but fate intervenes His great self sacrifice backfires
and starts him
on a search for a killer whose identity will give him a new lease on life. Then
he learns
that the success of his quest will place a lovely gentle girl in jeopardy.
7.33 [321] Lux Video Theatre: DEATH DO US PART
16May1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Original Screenplay by Don Martin & Jo Pagano
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Alexis Smith ............. Lilly
Kent Smith ................ Steve Ferris
Richard Reeves ........ Mike Delaney
Harold J. Stone ......... Rockwell
Louis Jean Heydt ....... Morgan
Chet Stratton .............. Fulton
Ray Montgomery ........ Frank
Joel Ashley ................. Warren
Robert Lynn ................ Simmons
Sydney Smith .............. District Attorney
Warren Parker ............. Dr. Aubrey
Fred Sherman ............. Cab Driver
Synopsis:
A young detective is on the hunt for a killer almost causes a grave miscarriage
of justice.
7.34 [322] Lux Video Theatre: THE ARMED VENUS
23May1957 NBC Thur
Written by Richard McDonagh & William Stuart
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon McRae
starring
Esther Williams ...... Vicki (TV dramatic debut)
Steve Forrest ....... Matt Barker
Peter Graves ........ Joel Barker
John Hudson .......... Howard Findley
Robert Richards ...... Barney Goldstone
Don Barry ................ Andy
William Keene .......... Mr. Fellows
Arline Anderson ....... Mrs. Fellows
Synopsis:
The wealthy owner of a Park Avenue nightclub falls in love with a beautiful
girl. He is entranced with
her innocence and gentleness, but as their friendship progresses he becomes
irked with her possessiveness.
This marks the beginning of doubt and suspicion about the young lady. His
suspicions are confirmed
when he learns that she is married and intends to blackmail him.
7.35 [323] Lux Video Theatre: PARIS CALLING
30May1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett
Original Screenplay by Benjamin Glazer & Charles Kaufman
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Joanne Dru ................ Marianne Jannetier
Grant Williams ........... Lt. Nick Jordan
Edgar Barrier ............. Andre Benoit
Jacques Aubuchon .... Captain Schwabe
Jason Johnson .......... Mouche
William Roerick .......... Lt. Lautz
Anne Seymour ........... Madame
Abraham Sofaer ........ Professor
Michael Vallon ........... Resistance Leader
Chet Stratton ............. British Officer
Maurice Millard ......... Plane Commander
Werner Reichow ........ Nazi Soldier
Jan Arvan ................... Waiter
Synopsis:
A young girl of the French Underground in World War II performs
an act or charity which endangers her life and members of her group.
*Note: Based on the 1941 movie starring Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone and Lee
J. Cobb.
7.36 [324] Lux Video Theatre: PAYMENT IN KIND
06Jun1957 NBC Thur
Written by John McGreevey
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Ruth Hussey ............. Meg
Bethel Leslie ............. Pieta
Craig Stevens ........... Paul
Raymond Bailey ........ Sheriff Griffin
Rosa Turich .............. Ynez
Russell Johnson ....... Dr. Willis
Arthur Hanson .......... Arthur
Helen Bennett .......... Helen
Robert Barrat ........... Lars
George Eldredge ..... Coroner
Synopsis:
A poor girl is being driven insane by scheming relatives.
The girl is the only one who can save her tormentors from being charged with
murder.
7.37 [325] Lux Video Theatre: DESIGN FOR NOVEMBER
13Jun1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Play by Ronald Elwy Mitchell
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Julie Adams ............. Catherine
Tom Tryon ............... Sam Forrester
Mary Anderson ........ Charlotte
Douglas Dick ............ William Maxwell
Robert Ellenstein ...... Konopka
Pierre Watkin ............ Dr. Smithton
Hope Summers ......... Mrs. Walsh
Synopsis:
The lovely wife of a small-salaried college art teacher, contemplates murder to
safeguard her future.
Expecting a child she pleads with the man who gained a better job position to
relinquish it to her husband.
7.38 [326] Lux Video Theatre: EDGE OF DOUBT
20Jun1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Oliver Crawford / Story by Bruno Fischer
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Gordon MacRae
starring
Kathleen Crowley ...... Dot
Philip Carey ............. Michael
Shirley Mitchell ........ Edith
Herbert Rudley ........ George
Tol Avery ................ Santini
George Eldredge ....... Pover
Helena Nash .............. Ida
Michael Garth ........... Wilcox
Tyra Vaughn ............ Violet
Richard Goode ......... Herman
Synopsis:
A man's wife runs over a dog on her way to a bridge game and finds herself
involved in a murder case.
The circumstantial evidence piles up and even her loyal hubby has moments of
doubt.
Synopsis 2:
A young woman claims the blood found in her car is the result of hitting a dog.
However, close examination by the police reveals the blood to be human,
and the same type as that of a man found murdered the young woman's ex-fiance.
*Note: Gordon MacRae turns his hosting
chores on "Lux Video Theatre"
over to Ken Carpenter for the summer.
Gordon has nightclub engagements in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe
and a concert at
Soldiers' Field, Chicago.
7.39 [327] Lux Video Theatre: THE LATCH KEY
27Jun1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Paul Franklin / Story by Ronald Elwy Mitchell
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Mike Connors ...... Glen Kramer
Janis Paige .......... Iris
Scott Marlowe ...... Kermit
Louise Lewis ....... Grace
Mark Roberts ....... Ned
Arline Anderson ..... Lena
Vaughn Taylor ...... Arthur
Moira Tuner .......... Betty
Ron Kennedy ........ Sailor
Synopsis:
After a bus crash that has resulted in the deaths of several passengers, an
argument ensues as to the
identities of the victims. A scorched latch key ssems to be the key to the
mystery, and in a series of
flashbacks the passengers on the bus unfold the story.
7.40 [328] Lux Video Theatre: WHO IS PICASSO?
04Jul1957 NBC Thur
Original TV play by Louis Pelletier
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Ken Carpenter
starirng
Marilyn Erskine ....... Alice
Steve Dunne ........... Larry
K.T. Stevens ........... Marion
Hugh Marlowe ........ Oliver
Betty Sinclair ........... Verna
John McGiver .......... Voice (off camera)
Synopsis:
The wife of an executive finds that success and money don't always buy happiness
and make dreams come true.
Synopsis 2:
A working girl marries an up-and-coming business executive, but she lacks the
polish and finesse the other
executives wives have. She's about to ruin her husband's chances when she asks
about Picasso at the boss'
home. Picasso is an okay word if there ever was one, but this young wife never
heard of Picasso.
That's when the trouble starts.
7.41 [329] Lux Video Theatre: THE SOFTEST MUSIC
11Jul1957 NBC Thur
Producer Stanley Quinn / Teleplay by Charles Bennett / Story by Robert Presnell
Jr.
Directed by James Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Marian Seldes ........... Anne
Maurice Manson ....... Willkins
Peggy McCay ............ Jeanne
Don Keefer ................ Tom
Forrest Tucker ........... Ken
Judson Taylor ............ Terry
Sheila Bromley ........... Lotte
Wallace Earl Laven .... Carol (as Eileen Harley)
Robert Quarry ............ Sid
Helene Hatch ............. Mrs. Staats
Henry Hunter ............. Forrest
Tyra Vaughn ............. Emmaline
Synopsis:
A TV executive becomes a murder suspect because of his infatuation with a pretty
girl.
The involvement also almost costs him his wife.
Synopsis 2:
A successful and married TV producer becomes infatuated with a young woman,
falling madly in love.
Soon, he's about to lose his marriage and police have implicated him in a
murder.
7.42 [330] Lux Video Theatre: SUMMER RETURN
18Jul1957 NBC Thur
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Kent Smith ............ Steven Linder at 48
Linda Watkins ....... Lisa at 49
Joan Evans ........... Lisa at 19
Dennis Hopper ...... Steven at 18
James Nolan ......... Edward Trilling
Helena Nash .......... Mrs. Trilling
Howard Negley ...... Mr. Linder
Robert Lynn ........... Irv
Harry Dunn ............ Auctioneer
William Walker ....... Porter
Synopsis:
A concert pianist returns to his hometown after 30 years and reflects on
the past to help him to decide the future.
Synopsis 2:
A world famous pianist on tour finds his train stopping at Hill City, Alabama,
the hometown he
had left 30 years before. In reflection, the highpoints of his past come into
focus the circumstances
surrounding his leaving Hill City, his falling in love with the beautiful girl
whose way of life gave
Hill City its greatest scandal, and his struggle with his parents who did not
approve of his musical career.
The dreams he once held of what he wanted to accomplish as a nan and an artist
also come into sharp
focus and with them he finds the oath he must follow to their fulfillment.
7.43 [331] Lux Video Theatre: HIGH TENSION
25Jul1957 NBC Thur
Written by Irwin Blacker
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
John Howard .......... Sam Haydon
Dean Harens .......... Clemens
Dayton Lummis ...... Evans
Frances Robinson .. Bonnie Haydon
Rebecca Welles ..... Georgia
Warren Parker ....... Parker
Charles Evans ....... Alton
Emily Lawrence ..... Alaine Thomas
James Flavin ......... Ross
Herbert Ellis ........... Johnson
John Daheim ......... Burney
Ralph Dumke ......... Granger
Evelyn Barrows ...... Operator
Synopsis:
Hayden Strathmore, president of a power and light company, is unaware that two
of his associates plot to discredit him at an upcoming board meeting until a
tornado hits.
7.44 [332] Lux Video Theatre: DARK HAMMOCK
01Aug1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by S.H. Barnett / Play by Reginald Denham & Mary Orr
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Barton MacLane ....... Marvin Platt
Jean Carson ............. Coral
Stephen Coit ............. Andy Sparks
Frances Reid ........... Dr. McDavid
Mary Wickes ............. Amelia
Forrest Lewis ............ Dr. Bunnell
Ruby Dandridge ........ Belle
Sam McDaniel ........... Goldie
Synopsis:
A murder plot in an isolated Florida ranch seems to be a perfect crime until a
woman
scientist tries an experiment with surprising results to her and the wouldbe
murderer.
7.45 [333] Lux Video Theatre: BARREN HARVEST
08Aug1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Henry F. Greenberg / Based on C.M. Nelson's Novel
Directed by James P. Yarbrough
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Grant Williams ........ David
Audrey Dalton ......... Barbara
Vaughn Taylor ........ Patridge
Mabel Albertson ...... Mrs. Chester
Byron Foulger .......... Renton
Florenz Ames ........... Bayard
Mitchell Garth ........... Tait
Jack Arthur ............... Mitchell
Synopsis:
A conniving law clerk murders his employer, and tries to pin the crime on the
dead man's nephew.
7.46 [334] Lux Video Theatre: JUDGE NOT
15Aug1957 NBC Thur
Adapted by Stanley H. Silverman / Play by Stafford Dickens
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Alan Mowbray ....... Carter
Audrey Dalton ........ Jean
Lloyd Corrigan ....... Dr. Flynn
Chester Stratton ..... Harry
Tyra Vaughn ........... Noreen
Jay Novello ............. Dawson
Jacqueline Terry ..... Mary
Leslie Kemble-Cooper ...... Watkins
Roy Dean ................. Evans
Richard Aherne ........ Higgins
William Keene .......... William
Leslie Denison ......... Inspector
Tony Midland ........... Reporter
Rex Evans
Synopsis:
A lawyer commits a crime and ends up defending the man accused of the act.
7.47 [335] Lux Video Theatre: DIAGNOSIS: HOMICIDE
22Aug1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by S.H. Barnett / Story by Lawrence G. Blochman
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Isobel Elsom ............ Winifred West
Craig Stevens .......... Lou
Judith Braun ............. Paula
Raymond Bailey ....... Parkinson
Shirley Mitchell ......... Doris
Philip Tonge ............. Hanson
Barney Phillips .......... Brody
Frank Albertson ........ Dr. Coffee
Arthur Hanson .......... Max
Fred Sherman .......... Brunn
Synopsis:
Winifred West, a cantankerous rich opinionated and powerful owner of the town's
leading newspaper is found shot to death in her palatial home.
[--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LAST CONFESSION
29Aug59 [repeat from 01Sep55]
starring Eduard Franz, the true story of a French priest sent to Devil's Island
for a crime he didn't commit.
7.48 [336] Lux Video Theatre: OLD WITCH, OLD WITCH
05Sep1957 NBC Thur
Written by Maurice Hill
Directed by David Orrick McDearmon
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Margalo Gillmore ....... Mrs. West
Maury Hill .................. Cliff (who is also the play's author)
Billy Chapin ................ Buddy
Frances Robinson ...... Sheila
Aline Towne ................ Ann
Barney Phillips ............ Mr. Boggs
Shirley Mitchell ............ Mrs. Boggs
Richard Bellis ............... Jackie
Thomas Browne Henry
Richard Goode
Synopsis:
Old Mrs. West, to the children in the town was a mean old witch, to her
neighbors, she was vengeful, to her daughters she was a selfish mother
who gave all her love to their only brother ... to her son she was a "soft
touch".
7.49 [337] Lux Video Theatre: THE LAST ACT
[Final show of the series]
12Sep1957 NBC Thur
Teleplay by William L. Stuart / Story by Margery Allingham
Directed by Norman Morgan
Host Ken Carpenter
starring
Lilia Skala ............... Madame Mathilde Zoffany
Jack Cassidy ........... Denis
Veola Vonn .............. Margot Robert
Liam Sullivan ........... Victor Soubise
Tom Brown ................ Dr. Ledbury
Val Dufour ................. Sir Kit
James Flavin ............ Inspector Lee
Abraham Sofaer ........ Felix
Charles Meredith ...... Chris
Naomi Stevens .......... Genevieve
Eddie Marr ................ Carpenter
Synopsis:
A fading dramatic actress still manages to retain the role of star in a reallife
drama
when she tries to act as matchmaker for one of her grandsons and a rising young
actress.
The one flaw in her plot is that the actress prefers another of her grandsons.
Synopsis 2:
A woman who has occult powers and is a witch to the children of the town,
a vengeful woman to her neighbors and to herself a fearful person who doesn't
trust her powers.
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