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Season
8 (CBS) (1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, James Beer, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, Jim Brent, Heikocleef
references:
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############## Schlitz Playhouse #############
############## season 8 1958-59 ##############
############### (final season)
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CBS Fridays 9:30-10:00 pm Eastern
Alternated with Lux Playhouse (CBS)(1958-59) during the 1958-59 season
8.01 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: A THING TO FIGHT FOR
Revue prod. no. 176 (copyright date 26Sep58)
26-Sep-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Rod Steiger
Rod Taylor
Marianne Stewart
Kim Charney
Lux Playhouse: THE BEST HOUSE IN THE VALLEY
03-Oct-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.02 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE HASTY HANGING
Revue prod. no. 2012 (copyright date 10Oct58)
10-Oct-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Produced by Jules Bricken
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Fess Parker
Mary La Roche
John Smith
Synopsis:
A man and his wife are sentenced to hang without a trial. [RF]
Lux Playhouse: THE FOUR
17-Oct-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.03 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE TROUBLE WITH RUTH
Revue prod. no. 2013 (copyright date 24Oct58)
24-Oct-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Jeanne Crain ........ Ruth Elliot
Adam Kennedy ........ Steve Elliot
George Macready ........ Joseph Libo
Synopsis 1:
Not even her husband knows that Ruth Elliot is a kleptomaniac.
But hoodlum Joseph Libo finds out about her illness and threatens to tell
her husband unless she helps him carry out a robbery. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Attractive Ruth Elliot is a kleptomaniac, and even her husband
is unaware of the fact. When criminal Joseph Libo discovers
Ruth's illness, he threatens to tell her husband unless she
helps him with a robbery scheme. [RF]
*Note: Rebroadcast on "Producer's Choice" 01Sep60.
Lux Playhouse: THE CONNOISSEUR
31-Oct-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.04 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: FALSE IMPRESSION
Revue prod. no. 2014 (copyright date 07Nov58)
07-Nov-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Macdonald Carey ....... Orville E. Piggott
Patricia Breslin ....... Julia Heyton
Steven Geray ....... Golet
Synopsis:
A crippled dental technician falls in love with a pretty girl who refuses to
have anything to do with him. He decides to steal a fortune in jewels and so
force the girl to overlook his physical handicap and marry him. [RF]
Lux Playhouse: A GAME OF HATE
14-Nov-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.05 [--] Schlitz-Lux Playhouse: THE LAST EDITION
Revue prod. no. 2010 (copyright date 21Nov58)
21-Nov-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Eddie Albert ..... Sheldon Black
Synopsis:
Sheldon Black is training Dean Lowell for the position of managing editor
of the Morning Chronicle. He learns that a wartime friend of Lowell's is
condemned to die, but that Lowell has turned a deaf ear to the man's pleas for help.
Puzzled, Black orders Lowell to write a story about the condemned man. [RF]
Lux Playhouse: CONEY ISLAND WINTER
28-Nov-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.6 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THIRD SON
Revue prod. no. 2016 (copyright date 05Dec58)
05-Dec-1958 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Steve Forrest
Lux Playhouse: DRIVE A DESERT ROAD
12-Dec-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.7 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: NO ANSWER
Revue prod. no. 2020 (copyright date 19Dec58)
19-Dec-1958 CBS Fri 9:30PM ET (Schlitz)
Producer Jules Bricken
Teleplay by Tom Seller
From a story by Theodore Sturgeon
Directed by Arthur Hiller
starring
Keenan Wynn
Donald Cook
Angela Greene
William De Martel
Phillip Baird
Edgar Peterson
Synopsis:
Once again panic-stricken Maggie Athenson calls the police for
protection from Cassidy, a suave swindler who she says has
threatened her life. Even though Maggie's previous pleas had been
false alarms, policemen Howell and Brophy decide to follow through. [TA] (film)
Lux Playhouse: SMALL WONDER
26-Dec-1958 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.8 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: A FISTFUL OF LOVE
Revue prod. no. 2023 (copyright date 02Jan59)
02-Jan-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Lee Marvin
Barbara Stuart
Lux Playhouse: THE DEADLY GUEST (film)
09-Jan-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.9 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: YOU CAN'T WIN' EM ALL
Revue prod. no. 2006 (copyright date 16Jan59)
16-Jan-59 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Guy Madison
Burt Reynolds
Karen Steele
23-Jan-59 CBS Fri no detail
8.10 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: AND PRACTICALLY STRANGERS
Revue prod. no. 2018 (copyright date 30Jan59)
30-Jan-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Richard Carlson ....... Alan Mitchell
Paula Raymond ....... Kathleen
John Dall ...... Hugh Mitchell
Herbert Anderson ...... Healy
Ivan Triesault ...... Dr. Colman
Vincent G. Perry ...... Army Colonel
John Eldredge ...... Tyman
Synopsis:
Alan Mitchell is assigned to work with his brother Hugh on a nuclear bomb
project
for the Army, but there is hostility between the two because of Alan's feeling that he
always had to take a back seat to his younger brother.
[RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on "Moment of Fear" series on 08Sep64.
Lux Playhouse: DEATH TRAP
06-Feb-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.11 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE MAN WHO HAD NO FRIENDS
Revue prod. no. 2026 (copyright date 13Feb59)
13-Feb-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Directed by Anton M. Leader
starring
Ralph Meeker
Anthony Caruso
Jeanne Cooper
Jacqueline Scott
Synopsis:
Champion Barry Brannon retires from a successful career as a fighter
and goes into the restaurant business with his long-time manager,
Charlie Spendlove. When Barry proposes to his girl, he
finds that she is in love with Charlie. [TA]
Lux Playhouse: VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS
20-Feb-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.12 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: ON THE BRINK
27-Feb-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Mercedes McCambridge
Richard Beymer
Barry Kelley
Lux Playhouse: STAND-IN FOR MURDER
06-Mar-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.13 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: IVY LEAGUE
Jaguar-Bilben Productions
Revue prod. no. 2030 (copyright date 13Mar59)
13-Mar-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Directed by Richard Whorf
Written by Everett Freeman
starring
William Bendix ...... Bull Mitchell
Florence MacMichael ......... Mamie Parker
Tim Hovey ........... Timmy Parker
Mary Tyler Moore .... Student #1
Doug McClure ........ Student #2
Arte Johnson ........ Student #3
Bartlett Robinson ........ Dean
Sheila Bromley ...... Teacher #1
Kathleen Warren ..... Teacher #2
Synopsis:
After 30 years in the Marine Corps, Bull Mitchell retires and enrolls as a
college freshman. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Vacation Playhouse 14Sep64.
Lux Playhouse: FREDERICK
20-Mar-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.14 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE SALTED MINE
Revue/MCA TV Prod no. TP13401 (copyright date 27Mar59)
27-Mar-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
Pilot for Shotgun Slade (Revue)(1959-61) Western series starring Scott Brady
Filmed at: Universal Studios Backlot and Western
Street
Executive Producer Nat Holt
Written & Produced by Frank Gruber
Directed by James Nielson
Assistant Director: Charles S. Gould
Editorial Supervisor: Richard G. Wray
Director of Photography: William A. Sickner
Music by: Gerald Fried
Music Supervision: Stanley Wilson
starring
Scott Brady ....... Shotgun Slade
Ernie Kovacs ....... Hack
Marie Windsor ....... Alice Batson
Frank Ferguson ....... Mike Colier
with
Jean Allison
Robert Tetrick
Otto Waldis
Fred Graham
Ted Mapes (uncredited)
Synopsis:
Alice Batson hires Slade, a private detective to determine whether she has
been swindled in her purchase of a worthless
mine. [SC]
Lux Playhouse: THE DREAMER
03-Apr-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
Schlitz Playhouse: 10-Apr-1959 CBS Fri No Details
Lux Playhouse: THIS WILL DO NICELY
17-Apr-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
Schlitz Playhouse: 24-Apr-1959 CBS Fri No Details
Lux Playhouse: THE CASE OF THE TWO SISTERS
01-May-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
Schlitz Playhouse: 08-May-1959 CBS Fri No Details
Lux Playhouse: BOY ON A FENCE
15-May-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
Schlitz Playhouse: 22-May-1959 CBS Fri no details
Lux Playhouse: MIRROR, MIRROR
29-May-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.16 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: RUMOR
("Stripe Playhouse" according to copyright notice)
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 05Jun59)
05-Jun-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Patricia Crowley
Hal March
Lux Playhouse: THE MISS AND THE MISSILES
12-Jun-1959 CBS Fri (Lux)
8.17 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: HOSTAGE
Revue prod. no. 10439 (copyright date 19Jun59)
19-Jun-1959 CBS Fri (Schlitz)
starring
Jim Brown
Lux Playhouse: 26-Jun-1959 - no details
Schlitz Playhouse: 3-Jul-1959 CBS Fri No Details
Lux Playhouse: 10-Jul-1959 - no details
8.xx [--] Stripe playhouse: COWBOY FIVE SEVEN
By Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 17Jul59)
17-Jul-1959 CBS Fri
Produced & Directed by James Stewart
Narrated by James Stewart
Synopsis:
Early one morning, Major Gerald McKay of the Strategic Air Command says
goodbye to his wife and four children as he prepares to begin a routine day's
work as part of America's air-defense system. He promises his wife that he will be
home in time to attend his daughter's piano
recital. [RF]
*Note: This film, dramatizing a typical day in the lives of the men of SAC,
was made by Stewart, a reserve officer in the air force, at Westover (Mass.) Air Base.
No professional actors are used; officers and enlisted men and their families portray themselves. [RF]
Lux Playhouse: 24-Jul-1959 - no details
8.xx [--] Stripe Playhouse: A BALLAD TO DIE BY
prod. no. 10436 (copyright date 31Jul59)
(un-sold western pilot for series to be called "Johnny Guitar")
Mark VII, Ltd. production (Jack Webb)
31Jul59 CBS
Produced by Robert Carney
Cast:
William Joyce ...... Johnny Guitar
Fay Spain .......... Anna Carrick
Reg Parton ......... Harry Shay
Synopsis 1:
The story of singing cowboy Johnny Guitar, who helps people in trouble. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Rancher Anna Carrick hires singing cowboy Johnny Guitar to play at her wedding.
Johnny soon learns that Anna is to marry a killer against her will. [RF]
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