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The Dennis O'Keefe Show:
All Around Towne (1959-60)
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Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger, Rina Fox, Robert Leszczak, Bruno,  Charnetha Kimbrough
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
Source: Enterprise DVD
(DVD features 4 episodes - "Dimples" "It's Only Money" "June Thursday" "The Regency Club")


Cypress Productions, Inc.
Presented by United Artists Television
for CBS (Tuesdays 8:00pm EST)
Produced by LesHafner

US Comedy series 1959-60    33 plus episodes x 30 min
22Sep59-14Jun60
Starring
Dennis O'Keefe
as Hal Towne
Hope Emerson as Amelia "Sarge" Sargent (housekeeper)
Rickey Kelman as Randy Towne (son)
Eloise Hardt as Karen Hadley (Hal's girlfriend)
Eddie Ryder as Eliot
Oliver McGowan/ Syd Smith as Conrad Morland (recurring)

Premise:
The tribulations of a widowed columnist and his young son.
His column was called "All Around Towne"

Theme Music by Leon Klatzkin

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CBS Tuesdays 8:00 pm Eastern

1.01 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: HAL'S TV DATE (premiere)
22Sep59 CBS Tue

1.02 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: TEACHER'S PEST 
29Sep59 CBS Tue
Synopsis:
Randy's teacher Miss Diffendorf send Hal Towne a note complaining about
Randy's school work. Angered by the note, Hal visits the teacher. After
one look at the pretty Miss Diffendorf, Hal devises a scheme to change
the teacher's opinion. [TA]

1.03 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: MOON MAN  [verified -Bruno]   aka BUM'S RUSH
06Oct59 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Dick Foran ............ Brick
Herb Vigran ........... The Waiter
All Shelly ............. Staff Sergeant
Larry Blake ............ Master Sergeant
Tony Miller ............ Airman 2nd class
James Flavin ........... General Macauly
Joe Flynn .............. Army Doctor
Synopsis 1:
Eager to help a friend, Hal Towne offers to undergo a physical fitness
test for space travel. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
His friend Brick accidentally get drunk and can't make it to the base for the fitness test.
So O'Keefe thinking that General was his friend goes to the base to explain about Brick,
but his friend the General was transferred, and in the rush, O'Keefe gets mistaken for Brick
and they give him the test  [Bruno]

 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown) possibly BUM'S RUSH (wga)
 Guest cast:
Dick Foran ...... Major Lafferty
Joe Flynn........ Army Doctor
Herb Vigran........ Waiter
Synopsis:
Hal's good friend Major Lafferty arrives in town on a special assignment.
Hal generously suggests that he bunk in the Towne apartment, little
realizing that the major has some unusual habits. [TA]


1.04 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: ON STAGE, SARGE
13Oct1959 CBS Tue (Network rerun 31May60)
Guest cast:
Neil Hamilton .......... Miles Rogers
George Conrad .......... Delivery Man
Robert Cornthwaite ..... Max Renfros
Synopsis:
Impressed with Sarge's cooking, a producer friend of Hal Towne's tries
to get her to come to work for him by telling her what a good actress she
is.Sarge is swayed, but Hal hires a method acting coach to discourage her
ambitions. [RF]

1.05 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: LANCER COME HOME
20Oct59 CBS Tue
Gust cast:
Jesse White ......... Ollie Wintergreen (to be verified)
Synopsis 1:
Columnist Hal Towne interviews Ollie Wintergreen, a famous dog trainer.
Wintergreen irritates Hal by saying that all the credit should go to the
trainer because dogs aren't too smart. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal Towne resorts to dognaping in an effort to teach a trainer respect for
his famous dog actor charge. [TA]

1.06 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
27Oct59 CBS Tue
Synopsis:
After telling his son Randy to fight back when a bully threatens him,
columnist Hal Towne finds himself faced with the same problem. But Hal
is afraid that if he fights he will be the loser. [TA]

1.07 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: FRAME THAT PAINTING
03Nov59 CBS Tue
Synopsis 1:
A friend of Hal Towne's is faced with the loss of his job as an art
critic. Hal decides to help his friend by becoming an artist. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal Towne nearly destroys a masterpiece in an attempt
to save the job of an art critic friend. [TA]

1.08 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: SUPERIOR WOMAN
10Nov59 CBS Tue
Guest Cast:
Joan Tabor ........... Gilda Stacey
Synopsis:
Columnist Hal Towne arranges an interview with a young lady voted
"Woman of the Year." He is pleased to find that she is beautiful
but is apprehensive when he discovers that she is an accomplished
sportswoman. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal Towne reaches a state of utter confusion when he interviews the
"Woman of the Year" and finds she is able to defeat him in any sport. [TA]

[--] 17Nov59 - no details

1.09 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
17Nov59 CBS Tue
Synopsis:
Sarge tries to return a silent screen idol to stardom. [TA]

1.10 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
24Nov59 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Barbara Nichols
Synopsis 1:
Hal Towne extricates his publisher's son from the clutches of a gold
digger but falls into the trap himself. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Barbara Nichols is featured as a money hungry chorus girl who traps columnist
Hal Towne when he attempts to extricate his publisher's son from her clutches. [TA]

1.11 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: IT'S ONLY MONEY (waga) aka THE CAULIFLOWER KIDS [Enterprise DVD]
01Dec59 CBS Tue
The Dennis O'Keefe Show - Counterfeiters (1/3)
The Dennis O'Keefe Show - Counterfeiters (2/3)
The Dennis O'Keefe Show - Counterfeiters (3/3)
Guest Cast:

Paul Bryar .... Dan Pulaski
Cherry Grace .... Emily Valentine
Allen Jung .... Wong Lee (as Alan Jung)
Dwight Marfield .... Charles Beckwith
Almira Sessions .... Mrs. Panessa
Forrest Taylor .... Julis Valentine
Synopsis 1:
Randy Towne's boy scout troup is selling tickets door-to-door. His father
promises to help with the campaign. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal Towne gets involved in a counterfeit money conspiracy when he attempts to
help Randy sell Boy Scout tickets. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
The nice old couple who have just moved in down the hall turn out to be
counterfeiters, and when Sarge spends one of their phony bills, an agent
from the Treasury Department wants to know where the phony money came from.
Hal decides to find out himself. [DVD description]
Synopsis 4:
Hal Towne helps in the capture of two counterfeiters operating in his apartment building. [HBC]

1.12 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: BONJOUR BABETTE
08Dec59 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Susan Cummings ........ Babette Benoit
Olan Soule ............ Babette's husband (to be verified)
Patty Ann Gerrity ..... Babette's daughter (to be verified)
Synopsis 1:
The marriage of the sultry Babette Benoit is a well-guarded secret until
columnist Hal Towne discovers it. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Columnist Hal Towne becomes a victim of a blackmail plot when he stumbles upon
the fact that a famous French beauty (Susan Cummings) is secretly married. [TA]

1.13 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: NIGHT IN THE WILD EAST
15Dec59 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Ned Glass ............. Delivery Man
Roy Engel ............. Fire Chief
King Donovan .......... Grizzly Bear
Synopsis 1:
Columnist Hal Towne decides to take his son Randy on a camping trip.
Hal picks a spot to pitch their tent - right in the center of town. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Bedlam results when Hal Towne takes son Randy on a campout and their
midtown bivouac is invaded by firefighters, an assortment of characters
from a costume party, and a gun wielding burglar. [TA]

1.14 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: PRINCESS GOES TO TOWN  aka "Maid to Order"
22Dec59 CBS Tue (Network rerun 14Jun60 CBS)
Guest cast:
Lisa Montell ....... Annabella
Mischa Auer ........ Count Hager
Irene Seidner ........ Kleinschen
Michael Forrest ....... Raoul
Synopsis:
Hal hires a foreign girl as a maid. He doesn't know she's a princess
who has run away from home. [TA]
 
1.15 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: PRIVATE EYEWASH
29Dec59 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Synopsis 1:
Hal Towne decides to write a column about private detectives. His research
involves him with a talkative mynah bird. [TA]
Synopsis 2 (Chicago Tribune, Tues.**):
Hal becomes enmeshed in a situation involving a garrulous mynah bird. [TA]

1.16 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
05Jan60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Synopsis:
Columnist Hal Towne repays an old debt by giving a job
to the son of a friend. [TA]

1.17 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
12Jan60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Guest cast:
Lisa Simone .......... Mrs. Martino (or Martine)
Charles Keane ........ Dumbrowski
Arthur Lewis ......... Cab Driver
Franco Corsaro ....... Martino (or Martine)
Robert Burton ........ Dr. Kirby
Synopsis 1:
Suddenly realizing that the stork is about to win another race, Hal
Towne offers his apartment as emergency quarters to the expectant
wife of a United Nations delegate. [TA]
Synopsis 2 (Chicago Tribune, Saturday "TV Week")**
Hal Towne experiences a newspaper man's nightmare when a woman gives
birth to quintuplets. [TA]
Synopsis 3 (NY Times):
Comedy episode about quintuplets and diplomatic complications. [TA]
Synopsis 4:
Hal Towne offers his apartment as emergency quarters to the expectant
wife of a United Nations delegate. The woman gives birth to quintuplets. [TA]

 1.18 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: SHAKE HANDS WITH HAL
19Jan60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Guest Cast:
Howard McNear ....... Mr. Howell
Connie Hines ........ Sally Fisher
Mike Green .......... George Fisher
Synopsis 1:
A national magazine prints an article about columnist Hal Towne
revealing that Towne always closes a deal with a handshake - never a
written contract. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
An article in Manhattanite magazine about columnist Hal Towne (O'Keefe) says
that he's never signed a contract. Every deal he's ever made has been with
a handshake. Well, this comes back to haunt him when he's evicted from his
apartment (he has no lease) so that the landlord's daughter and her new
husband can move in. [RL]

1.19 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: CYPRESS GRADE SCHOOL
aka possibly THE HOTTEST KIDS IN TOWN
26Jan60 CBS, Tues 8:00pm (CBS repeat 7Jun60)
Guest cast:
Tommy Nolan .......... Irving Gallup
Joyce Meadows ........ Lois Evans
Wendy Winkelman ...... Julie Evans
Vera Marshe .......... Teacher
Synopsis:
Seeing an opportunity to make a hit with a young widow, Hal Towne
volunteers to manage her daughter's campaign for president of the
fifth-grade class. Then he discovers that Randy is also a candidate. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Randy is running for class president in the episode, "Cypress Grade School".
He wants it to be a surprise for his dad, Hal. Hal is helping Randy's
opponent, the daughter of an attractive widow. The outcome is a tie
vote, and the class will have co-presidents. [HBC]

1.20 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
02Feb60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Synopsis:
Hal puts some personal opinions in his column, which makes his
publisher pretty unhappy. So Hal decides to show the boss what the
column would be like without any opinions whatever. [TA]

1.21 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: FOLLOW THAT MINK  aka  SUPER SALESMAN
9Feb60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Joi Lansing ....... Mavis
Sheila Bromley ........ Mrs. Morland
Oliver McGowan ........ Conrad Morland (recurring)
Synopsis:
Hal goes all out to sell a mink coat at a charity bazaar. There's
a small difficulty, however. The coat isn't for sale - it belongs
to his publisher's wife. [TA]

1.22 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: HOW MANY SCOOPS aka THE BETRAYAL
16Feb60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Jerome Cowan ....... Hollister
B.G. Norman ........ Danny
Synopsis:
Hal Towne receives a jolt when he reads some of his own exclusives
in a rival's column. Hal thinks that his friends Karen and Eliot
collaborated in the betrayal. [RF]

[--] 23Feb60 - pre-empted for coverage of the Winter
Olympics (women's free-figure skating finals)

1.23 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: AUTHOR, AUTHOR
01Mar60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Sydney Smith ...... Conrad Morland (recurring)
Ina Victor ........ Charlotte
Synopsis:
Hal Towne is mistakenly identified as the author of a
smoldering romantic novel. Despite his denials, he
becomes the target of a procession of amorous women
and irate men. [TA]

1.24 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: GO HOME AUNT MILLIE
08Mar60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Guest cast:
Lee Patrick ........ Aunt Millie
Jonathan Hole ...... George Roebuck
Synopsis 1:
Aunt Millie comes to visit Hal. Her all-too-candid comments disrupt
Hal's life at home and in the office. But the climax comes when Hal
learns he's suposed to go on network TV. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal's aunt from England has come to visit. She disrupts their happy
home life, but gets Hal a spot on a local TV show. In one scene,
Randy goes off to school in a uniform provided by Millie. Aunt Millie
described it as "precious", but Randy says he'll need bodyguards if
he's to survive until recess. Hal advises Randy to put some school
clothes in bag and change in the broom closet outside their apartment
door. Randy comes back a few moments later: he's already had to fight
for his honor! [HBC]

1.25 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: (episode title unknown)
15Mar60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Lorna Thayer ...... Ernestine Dix
Pamela Searle........ Actress
Synopsis:
Interviewing a female psychologist, Hal gets more information than
he bargained for. She convinces him that his glamorous job is
giving his son an inferiority complex. [TA]

[--] 22Mar60 - pre-empted for "The Hiding Place," a
"Playhouse 90" special with James Mason, Trevor Howard
and Richard Basehart.

1.26 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: A BEAU FOR SARGE
29Mar60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Synopsis 1:
Hal plays Cupid for his housekeeper. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Columnist Hal Towne sets out to find a beau for Sarge, his housekeeper,
and comes up with a forger who charms his way into Sarge's affections
and Hal's bank account. [TA]

1.27 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: a.k.a. HIGH SOCIETY aka  THE SOCIAL CLIMBER (NY Times title)
aka THE REGENCY CLUB [DVD title]
Source: Enterprise DVD
05Apr60 CBS Tue
Guest Cast: (imdb)
Noel Drayton .... Lord Haverstock
Norma Varden .... Viscountess
Rebecca Welles .... Paula Hamilton
Synopsis 1:
Hal becomes a snob. In his climb up the social ladder,he bypasses family
and friends. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal joins the social elite after attracting the fancy of wealthy heiress Paula
Hamilton. As he continues to see more of the prim and proper socialite, his
old friends begin to see a change in his attitude and they want the old Hal back.
[DVD description]

1.28 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: DIMPLES [DVD]
Source: Enterprise DVD
12Apr60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Zasu Pitts .... Loretta Kimbal, Grandmother
Tommy Nolan .... Irving Gallop
Merry Martin .... Susan Kimbal (imdb)
Lester Mathews .... Sylverster Barnes (imdb)
Anthony De Mario .... Tony the Matre'd (imdb)
Cynthia Lourdes .... Blonde on Phone (imdb)
Synopsis 1:
ZaSu Pitts, as the grandmother of Randy's latest crush, intercepts a
mash note. She thinks it's from Hal - and for her. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Randy has a crush on a new girl who's moved into the Towne's apartment
building. Not knowing her name, he begins a campaign of sending letters
and gifts to "Dimples," which end up in the hands of her grandmother
instead. [DVD description]

1.29 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: CHILD GENIUS  aka THE YOUNG GENIUS (NY Times)
19Apr60 CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm
Synopsis:
Hal is proud of Randy's report card until he meets a child genius and his
egghead parents. [TA]

1.30 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: MARRIAGE, ANYONE?
(aka "Wedding Anyone?")
26Apr60 CBS Tue
Synopsis 1:
A movie actor friend wants no fans at his wedding and Hal is helping
to keep the plans quiet. But Sarge jumps to the wrong conclusion -
she thinks Hal's getting ready to elope with Karen Hadley. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Sarge, Randy, and Hal's co-workers think he's going to elope with his
publicist. It's all a mistake: Hal's just making the arrangements for
a couple of friends. [HBC]

1.31 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: SEND THIS BOY TO CAMP
03May60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Eddie Quillan ......... George Martin
Tony Miller ........... Ken Houghton
Danny Hartford ........ Jerry Martin
Tim Cagney ............ Beetle Benson
Synopsis:
Convinced that Randy is entitled to a vacation away from his father,
Hal packs the boy off to summer camp. But Randy concludes that Hal
just doesn't want him along on his annual holiday in Maine. [TA]

1.32 [--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: WHAT HAPPENED TO THURSDAY?
aka  JUNE THURSDAY (imdb & dvd) [DVD]  aka "Jane Thursday" (tvguide)
Source: Enterprise DVD   (final new episode)
10May60 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Pat Blair ............. Gretchen Clayhipple
Jerome Cowan .......... Ed Hollister
Mitzi McCall .......... Sally, Hatcheck Girl
Syd Smith ............. Conrad Morland (recurring)
*
June McCall .... June Thursday (imdb)
Elaine Walker .... June Thursday (imdb)
Patti Chapman .... Elviry Clayhipple (imdb)
William Fawcett .... Cyrus Clayhipple (imdb)
Burt Mustin .... Grandpa Clayhipple (imdb)
Judy Birr .... Little Girl (imdb)
Ralph Brooks .... Reporter (imdb)
Synopsis 1:
Hal volunteers to boost a girl's theatrical career in his column.
Without consulting her, he changes her name - from Gretchen
Clayhipple to Jane Thursday. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Hal offers to help jump-start the career of talented, but struggling,
young actress Gretchen Clayhipple. Promising to mention her in his column,
Hal decides that her name isn't quite catchy enough and changes it to
June Thursday. That's when the problems start! [DVD description]

[--] 17May60 - pre-empted for a news special on the Summit
Meeting in Paris (between President Eisenhower,
President de Gaule, Premiere Kruschev and Prime
Minister Macmillan).

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Summer Reruns: CBS Tuesdays (24May60-14June60)
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[--] 24May60 - Rerun of # 1.3 "Moon Man" aka "Bum's Rush" (from 06Oct59)

[--] 31May60 - Rerun of #1.4 "On Stage, Sarge" (from 13Oct59)

[--] 07Jun60 - Rerun of "Cyprus Grade School" (from 26Jan60)

[--] 14Jun60 CBS Tue - Repeat of (episode title probably "Maid to Order")(from 22Dec59)
[--] 14Jun60 (according to the New York Times) -
pre-empted for coverage of President Eisenhower's trip to the Far East.

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[--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: THE COURTSHIP OF HAL  TOWNE
Synopsis:
A love letter from a secret admirer ends up in the
wrong hands, causing comic results. [HBC]

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[--] The Dennis O'Keefe Show: ENEMY FATHER
[--] Dennis O'Keefe Show : I LIKE IT 
[--] Dennis O'Keefe Show: FOR THE LIFE OF HAL
[--] Dennis O'Keefe Show: MOB AND I
[--] Dennis O'Keefe Show TAMMANY HALL (political corruption ?)
[--] Dennis O'Keefe Show THERE GOES THE GROOM

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Dennis O'Keefe Movies

"Doll Face" (1943/TCF)
starring Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Carmen Miranda, Perry Como (80min)(bw)
Doll Face 1/10 (1946)
Doll Face 2/10 (1946)
Doll Face 3/10 (1946)
Doll Face 4/10 (1946)
Doll Face 5/10 (1946)
Doll Face 6/10 (1946)
Doll Face 7/10 (1946)
Doll Face 8/10 (1946)
Doll Face 9/10 (1946)
Doll Face 10/10 (1946)

"Leopard Man" (1943/RKO/Val Lewton) starring Dennis O'Keefe & Jean Brooks (59min)(bw)
THE LEOPARD MAN TRAILER 1943 VAL LEWTON
Leopard Man 1/7
Leopard Man 2/7
Leopard Man 3/7
Leopard Man 4/7
Leopard Man 5/7
Leopard Man 6/7
Leopard Man 7/7

Suspicion (Revue/Shamley-Alfred Hitchcock/NBC)(1957-58) Thriller Anthology Series

"Suspicion" (1957/NBC Anthology series/ Revue/Shamley/Alfred Hitchcock )
Hosted by Dennis O'Keefe (bw) (60 min slot)

1.01 Suspicion: FOUR O'CLOCK (filmed) (premiere episode)

       Revue/Shamley Productions prod. no. TP 551A

      30Sep57 NBC Mon (2Aug57 copyright date)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 1/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 2/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 3/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 4/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 5/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 6/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 7/8 (1957)
Suspicion - Four O'Clock 8/8 (1957)

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