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YOUR PLAY TIME
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Episode Guide
version 8.0 January 2008
(Ep The Night Light at Vorden's)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
James Beers
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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YOUR PLAY TIME
Dramatic Anthology
Summer Replacement Show
1953, 1954, 1955
Jun 1953-Sep 1953 CBS Sun 7:30-8:00
Jun 1954-Sep 1954, CBS Sun 7:30-8:00
Jun 1955-Sep 1955, NBC Sat 10:30-11:00
In 1953 and 1954 this was the summer replacement show for two alternating
CBS programs, The Jack Benny Show and Private Secretary.
In 1955, the summer replacement show on NBC was made up of reruns,
primarily Pepsi-Cola Playhouse and Studio 57. It was summer
replacement show for Your Hit Parade.
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[01] Your Play Time: LONG, LONG AGO
07Jun1953
starring
Tommy Rettig
Synopsis:
Shortly after World War 2, a silent little boy wanders into the
English coast home of a childless couple. [RF]
[02] Your Play Time: COUNTERPLOT
14Jun1953 CBS Sun
starring
Mari Aldon
John Hudson
Synopsis:
An American newspaperman is tortured into signing a confession behind the Iron Curtain,
the Voice of America challenges his captors to release him. [RF]
[03] Your Play Time: EMERGENCY
21Jun1953 CBS Sun
starring
Robert Hutton
Dorothy Patrick
Synopsis:
A doctor and nurse engage in the scientific pursuit of an insane poisoner of pets. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A veterinarian with an insane desire to kill starts his campaign
by
infecting dogs with a rare African disease. [JBeers]
Syndication airing on Famous Playhouse 25Sep68
WTCN-11 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 10:30 am.
[04] Your Play Time: THE TIN BRIDGE
28Jun1953
starring
Tommy Rettig
[05] Your Play Time: UNKNOWN TITLE
05Jul1953 CBS Sun
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Tommy Rettig
George Nader
Synopsis:
Conflicting interests threaten a marriage, but the problem of a young boy's
emotional security gives reason for reconsideration. [RF]
[06] Your Play Time: LESSON IN HOT LEAD
12Jul1953 CBS Sun
starring
Rory Mallinson
Billy Gray
Stacy Harris
Synopsis:
A young boy's hero worship leads him to an encounter with his hero,
a gun slinging bandit. [RF]
[07] Your Play Time: THE CORNER SHOP
19Jul1953 CBS Sun
starring
Craig Stevens
Ruth Warrick
Synopsis:
A young barrister and the owner of an antique shop combine talents to combat strange
and supernatural happenings in a London antique shop. [RF]
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[--] Your Play Time:
THE NIGHT LIGHT AT VORDEN'S
05Sep1954
starring
Craig Stevens ......... Ward Preston
Jean Byron .......... Vanessa Vorden
Mira McKinney ........ Bianca Vorden (as Myra McKinney)
Emmett Vogan ....... Harold Atkins
Bruce Payne ...... Dr. Paul Tabor
Synopsis 1:
A possessive mother uses every possible ruse to
keep her only daughter from marrying. [RF]
Synopsis: 2:
A domineering mother stops at nothing to keep
her daughter from marrying her schoolteacher suitor. [RF]
*Note: (Originally broadcast on Pepsi-Cola
Playhouse Oct. 16, 1953)
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[--] Your Play Time: INTOLERABLE PORTRAIT
03Sep1955 NBC Sat
Based on a story by Christopher La Farge
starring
Teresa Wright
Philip Ober
John Dehner
Peter Van Eyck
Synopsis:
An art critic, writing a book about a famous artist, discovers that there
is one portrait the artist has never permitted the world to see. [RF]
*Note: Aired in Syndication on "Twilight Theater" 09Apr56.
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