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Hosted by Anita Colby (09-April-1954 to
26-Sept-1954)
Season
1 (2nd half) (ABC) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, James Beer, Sal Crisanti,
J. Fred MacDonald (www.macfilms.com)
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
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####### Pepsi Cola Playhouse #######
######## season 1 (2nd half)1953-54 ##########
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ABC Fridays 8:30-9:00 EST
Anita Colby replaces Arlene Dahl as hostess
mid-way through the first season.
1.28 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: BORROW MY CAR
09-Apr-1954 ABC Fri
Directed By John English
Teleplay By Fenton W. Earnshaw
Story By Philip Ketchem.
Hosted by Anita Colby (entry)
Guest Cast:
Bill Phipps .......... Rick Cleary
Robert Patten...... Jim Miller
Alan Dexter........ Mike Stabler
Lola Albright...... Jane
Virginia Brissac... Mrs. Adams
Louis Jean Heydt... Sgt. Brenner
Synopsis:
Two garage mechanics become involved with an attractive woman
and a store robbery. [SC]
Note: the 09Apr54 episode is the first to list Anita Colby as hostess.
1.29 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: HOLLYWOOD, HOME SWEET HOME
16-Apr-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Lloyd Corrigan
Frances Bavier
Francix X. Bushman
1.30 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: THE SOUND OF SILENCE
23-Apr-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Jack Kelly
Sallie Brophy
Carl Benton Reid
1.31 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: AND THE BEASTS WERE THERE
30-Apr-1954 ABC Fri
written by Lawrence Kimble
story by Wilbur S. Peacock
directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Clark Ramsey
starring
William Bishop
Jorja Curtright
John Doucette
Paul Cavanagh
Synopsis:
A hunter in the Burmese jungle is clawed to death by a tiger when he is locked in
the cage by a hidden hand. Investigation into his death reveals his sadism toward
animals and that it stemmed from years past, when a tiger almost killed him. And the
hand which locked him in turns out to be that of his pet monkey, which he also mistreated. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Armstrong Summer Theatre 03Sep1957.
1.32 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: GIRL ON THE DRUM
07-May-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Jack Kelly
Lita Baron
Carleton Young
1.33 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: THE BLACK PURSE
14-May-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Patrick O'Neal
Pat Carroll
1.34 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: FIE, FIE, FIFI
21-May-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Fifi D'Orsay ....... Fifi
Lloyd Corrigan ..... Jerome
Frances Bavier ..... Thelma
Harry Stewart ...... Ole
Synopsis:
Fifi, the owner of a matrimonial business, involves a poor middle-aged couple in
her schemes.
Complications mount as they try to match the right man to the right woman. [RF]
1.35 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: GRENADINE
28-May-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Sally Blane
William Bishop
1.36 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: UNFAIR GAME
04-Jun-1954 ABC Fri
Written by Richard Tregaskis, author of "Guadalcanal Diary"
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Marguerite Chapman ..... Barbara Nicholson
Richard Travis ......... Mark Nicholson
Joan Elan .............. Sylvia Rouse
Gavin Muir ............. Mr. Rouse
Synopsis:
A long-married couple travels from sophisticated life in Sydney, Australia,
into the rugged life of the wilds of that country. There the couple meets
a beautiful girl who has designs on the husband. [RF]
1.37 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: TERROR TRAIN
11-Jun-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Whit Bissell
Frances Rafferty
1.38 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: DOUBLED IN DANGER
(copyright title) [verified by SC]
(aka "Double in Danger")
18-Jun-1954 ABC Fri
Directed By Richard Irving
Teleplay By Fenton Earnshaw / Story By Bruce Cassiday
Hosted by Anita Colby
Guest cast:
Bill Phipps ........... as Joe Kirby
Carolyn Jones ......... as Karen Brook
Lawrence Dobkin ....... as Vern Morris / Hampton
Lynne Millan .......... as The Waitress
Richard Shackleton .... as The Shoeshine Boy
Synopsis:
An ex-convict just released from prison plans to kill the man responsible for
murdering his sister. [SC]
1.39 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE
25-Jun-1954 ABC Fri
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Cesar Romero
Hillary Brooke
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1.40 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: DEAR LITTLE FOOL
04-Jul-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Patrick O'Neal
Leslye Banning
1.41 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: UNCLE CHARLIE
11-Jul-1954 ABC Sun
1.42 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: THE WHISTLING ROOM
18-Jul-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Barbara Bestar
1.43 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: BACHELOR'S WEEKEND
25-Jul-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Robert Paige
1.44 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: ANNUAL HONEYMOON
01-Aug-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Bonita Granville
Garry Moore
Alan Mowbray
1.45 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: LONG, LONG AGO
08-Aug-1954 ABC Sun
Directed By Alan Davis
Teleplay By Howard J. Green
Story By August Derleth
Hosted by Anita Colby
Guest Cast:
Andrea King........ Harriet Grant
Leslie Bradley..... Tom Grant
Tommy Rettig....... Johnny
Jack Raine......... Ed Newcomb
David Bruce........ The Doctor
Dorothy Adams...... Miss Fordham
Queenie Leonard.... The Lady
Synopsis:
A London couple purchase a run-down country home and believe it is haunted,
have a visit by a young boy who ran away from an orphanage and tells a story
about a family that lived in the same home and were killed during a WW2 bombing. [SC]
1.46 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: MUNGARA
(IMDB Mungahana)
15-Aug-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
John Hoyt
1.47 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN
22-Aug-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Bruce Cabot
1.48 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: PLAYMATES
29-Aug-1954 ABC Sun
Directed by Richard Irving
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Alan Napier
Natalie Wood
Synopsis:
Natalie Wood is a lonely child who finds friends in one room of their
sprawling mansion. Her Uncle starts to hear the voices of the
"Playmates," and discovers they are ghosts. [RF]
1.49 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: ADOPTED SON
05-Sep-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Frances Gifford .... Mother
Gordon Oliver ...... Father
Dee Pollock ........ Boy
Synopsis:
A mother tries to remake the athletic boy she has adopted to
the image of her musically inclined son who passed away. [RF]
1.50 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: A MANSION FOR JIMMY
12-Sep-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
Patric Mitchell ....... Jimmy
Robert Paige ...... the Father
Paul Collins ........ Red
Gordon Gebert ....... Phil
Synopsis:
Young Jimmy is so ashamed of his modest home that he adopts
an empty mansion and tells his rich friends that he really lives amidst its splendors. [RF]
1.51 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
19-Sep-1954 ABC Sun
1.52 [--] Pepsi Cola Playhouse: PORTRAIT FOR TOBY
26-Sep-1954 ABC Sun
Hosted by Anita Colby
starring
John Qualen
Lynne Roberts
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