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Season
7 (NBC) (1956-57)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, James Beer
references:
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############## Lux Video Theatre #############
############## season 7 1956-57 ##############
############### (final season)
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NBC Thursdays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (60 min)
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
27-Dec-1956 NBC Thur
starring
Maureen O'Sullivan
7.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE
03-Jan-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Ernest Truex ...... Lucerne
Gene Lockhart ..... O'Connor
William Reynolds .. Jim Bullock
Diane Jergens ..... Trudy
Leon Ames
William Campbell
Synopsis:
A kindly ne'er-do-well 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. [RF]
*Note: The 1947 movie starred Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles, Victor
Moore and Gale Storm.
7.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JUST ACROSS THE STREET
10-Jan-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Julie Adams
Jack Kelly
Cecil Kellaway
7.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT [ Produced live in Hollywood.]
17-Jan-1957 NBC Thur
adapted by S.H. Barnett
story by William Faulkner
based on a screenplay by Jules Furthman
directed by James Yarbrough
producer Earl Ebi
Host: Gordon MacRae
starring
Edmund O'Brien
Beverly Garland
Frances Bergen
John Qualen
Dan Seymour
Jean Del Val
Lyle Talbot
Edgar Barrier
Sir Lancelot
Ken Terrell
Richard Flato
7.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: VICE SQUAD
24-Jan-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Pat O'Brien
7.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
31-Jan-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Sheila MacRae
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
7.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE UNDESIRABLE
07-Feb-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Vivian Blaine
Richard Denning
7.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DARK VICTORY
14-Feb-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Jack Cassidy
Shirley Jones
7.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE WAY STREET
21-Feb-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Nancy Gates
George Nader
7.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: POSSESSED
28-Feb-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Brian Keith
Laraine Day
Synopsis:
A woman who lets herself get too emotionally involved in a love affair also
becomes mixed up in a case of murder. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1947 motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Van Heflin and
Raymond Massey.
7.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE WAY PASSAGE
07-Mar-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Barry Sullivan
Bonita Granville
Barton MacLane
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. [RF]
7.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: EILEEN
14-Mar-1957 NBC Thur
adapted by Stanley Silverman
music by Victor Herbert and lyrics by Henry Blossom
starring
Gordon MacRae as Barry O'Day
Patricia Morison as Eileen
Wendy Martin as Rosie
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." [RF]
7.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREAT LIE
21-Mar-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Jan Sterling
Glenn Langan
Catherine McLeod
7.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BLACK ANGEL
28-Mar-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Anne Bancroft
John Ireland
Marilyn Erskine
7.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ADAM HAD FOUR SONS
04-Apr-1957 NBC Thur
based on the Charles Bonner novel "Legacy".
starring
Leon Ames as Adam
Valentina Cortesa as Emilie Gallatin
Connie Gilchrist as Cousin Philippa
Synopsis:
During World War I, personalities clash when the wife of one of four brothers
presents a temptation to the other three. [RF]
7.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE TAGGART LIGHT
18-Apr-1957 NBC Thur
starring
John McIntire
Vera Miles
Roger Moore
7.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD
25-Apr-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Boris Karloff as Montgomery Royle
June Lockhart as Grace Blair
Mary Astor as Mildred Le Brun
Ed Kemmer as Ted Van Allen
Thomas Browne Henry as Andy
Doris Packer as Florence Royle
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 lip-reading 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. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1932 which starred George Arliss and the 1953 film starring
Liberace called "Sincerely Yours".
7.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HARD WAY
02-May-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Nancy Gates
Ann Sheridan
7.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: STAND-IN FOR MURDER
09-May-1957 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
starring
Dewey Martin
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. [RF]
7.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DEATH DO US PART
16-May-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Alexis Smith
Kent Smith
7.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE ARMED VENUS
23-May-1957 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh & William Stuart
Hosted by 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
Synopsis:
The wealthy owner of a Park Ave. night club 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. [RF]
7.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PARIS CALLING
30-May-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Joanne Dru
Grant Williams
7.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PAYMENT IN KIND
06-Jun-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Ruth Hussey
7.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DESIGN FOR NOVEMBER
13-Jun-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Julie Adams
7.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: EDGE OF DOUBT
20-Jun-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Philip Carey
Kathleen Crowley
7.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LATCH KEY
27-Jun-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Mike Connors as Glen Kramer
Janis Paige
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 seems to be the key to the mystery,
and in a series of flashbacks the passengers on the bus unfold the story. [RF]
7.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WHO IS PICASSO?
04-Jul-1957 NBC Thur
starirng
Steve Dunne
Marilyn Erskine
Hugh Marlowe
K.T. Stevens
7.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SOFTEST MUSIC
11-Jul-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Peggy McCay
Forrest Tucker
7.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SUMMER RETURN
18-Jul-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Joan Evans
Kent Smith
7.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HIGH TENSION
25-Jul-1957 NBC Thur
written by Irwin Blacker
starring
John Howard as Hayden Strathmore
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. [RF]
7.47 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DARK HAMMOCK
01-Aug-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Jack Carson
Barton MacLane
Frances Reid
Mary Wickes
7.48 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JUDGE NOT
15-Aug-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Lloyd Corrigan
Audrey Dalton
Rex Evans
Alan Mowbray
Jay Novello
7.49 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DIAGNOSIS--HOMICIDE
22-Aug-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Craig Stevens
7.50 [--] Lux Video Theatre: OLD WITCH, OLD WITCH
05-Sep-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Margalo Gillmore
Maury Hill
7.51 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LAST ACT
12-Sep-1957 NBC Thur
starring
Lilia Skala ....... Madame Zoffany
Jack Cassidy
Liam Sullivan
Veola Vonn
Synopsis:
A fading dramatic actress still manages to retain the role of star
in a real-life 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. [RF]
*Note: Final show of the series.
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