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Season
2 (CBC)(1955-56)
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
[Uploaded March 2018]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
CBC Archive,
Winnipeg Free Press, Ottowa Journal
################## On Camera #################
############## Season 2 1955-56 ##############
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CBC Saturdays 9:00 p.m. 01-Oct-1955 to 23 Jun-1956
2.01 [40] On Camera: ALIAS MR. POLLARD
01Oct1955
Written by Leslie McFarlane
Cast:
Norman Ettlinger
Sandy Webster
Irving Lerner
Margaret MacBain
Daryl Masters
Hugh Webster
Harry McGirt
2.02 [41] On Camera: THE WALKING STICK
08Oct1955
Written by Michael Sayers
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Sarah Davies
Charles Jarrott
Winifred Dennis
Tony Van Bridge
2.03 [42] On Camera: ARENA
15Oct1955
Written by Jane R. Hengesbaugh
Cast:
Michael Fitzgerald
Charmion King
Larry McCance
Alan Pearce
Bernie Orenstein
Sandy Webster
Ed Murch
2.04 [43] On Camera: THE WALTZ
22Oct1955
Written by Stanley Mann
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Joseph Furst
Kate Reid
Paul Kligman
Douglas Rain
David Sniderman
2.05 [44] On Camera: MR. SMITH'S TRUNK
29Oct1955
Written by
Cast:
Winifred Davis
June Lehman
Marjorie Mowbray
Jeremy Wilkin
2.06 [45] On Camera: A HANDFUL OF SALT
05Nov1955
Written by Basil Burwell
Cast:
Joseph Furst
Anna Reiser
Gerald Sarracini
E.M. Margolese
2.07 [46] On Camera: BLIND DATE
12Nov1955
Written by Jacqueline Rosenfield
Cast:
Joe Austin
Claire Drainie
Barbara Hamilton
2.08 [47] On Camera: THE RELUCTANT MILLIONAIRE
19Nov1955
Written by Jonathan Eldridge
2.09 [48] On Camera: PASTORALE
26Nov1955
Written by Maxwell Cohen
Cast:
Anna Cameron ..... Lila
John Drainie .......... Carl
Jon Granik ......... Roy
Frank Perry ......... Pete
Robert Christie ...... Judge
Robert Shirriff ...... Case
Harry McGirt ........ Tiny
Ed Murch ............ Hump
2.10 [49] On Camera: LEAVE IT TO MOTHER
03Dec1955
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Cast:
Jane Mallett
2.11 [50] On Camera: THE HAND OF THE HUNTER
10Dec1955
Written by Virginia Mazer and Morton Mishengrad
Cast:
William Needles
Jacob Reinglass
2.12 [51] On Camera: ON A STREETCAR
17Dec1955
Written by Jack Kuper
Directed by Ronald Weyman
Cast:
William Shatner ..... Mark Solway
Janet Reid
Joan Blackman
Zissel Gorlitzka
2.13 [52] On Camera: OUR LADY'S TUMBLER
24Dec1955
Adapted by Ronald Duncan
Story by Anatole France "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame".
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Patrick Macnee
John Drainie
Jack Creley
Jeremy Wilkin
2.14 [53] On Camera: THE TELL-TALE HEART
31Dec1955
Adapted by Donald Pleasence
Story by Edgar Allan Poe
Cast:
Jack Creley
Rex Devlin
Charles Jarrott
Alex McKee
Donald Pleasence
Isaac Swerdlow
2.15 [54] On Camera: MOTHER WAS A SMUGGLER
07Jan1956
Adapted by George Lefferts
Cast:
Jane Mallett
Araby Lockhart
Larry McCance
Elizabeth Cole
2.16 [55] On Camera: THE GUESTS
14Jan1956
Written by Jack Bentkover
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Sandra Scott ....... Selma
Sean Sullivan ...... Dave
Ed McNamara .... Vic
Anna Cameron ... Fran
Cec Linder ........... Sheriff
2.17 [56] On Camera: THE OWNER
21Jan1956
Written by Stanley Mann
Cast:
Mavor Moore
Ruth Springford
Toby Tarnow
Jonathan White
Synopsis:
Story of an ambitious woman.
2.18 [57] On Camera: THE NIGHT THE GHOST GOT IN
28Jan1956
Adapted by Howard Rodman
Story by James Thurber
Cast:
Joe Austin
Barbara Hamilton
Jamie Cunningham
William Job
2.19 [58] On Camera: ALREADY IT'S TOMORROW
04Feb1956
Written by Lynne Reid Banks
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Janet Reid
Robert Barclay
Ruth Springford
Ed McNamara
2.20 [59] On Camera: THE SACRIFICE
11Feb1956
Written by Stanley Mann
Cast:
Amelia Hall
Norman Ettlinger
Alex McKee
Synopsis:
A small-town girl gives up her career to care for
her father and brothers after her mother has died.
2.21 [60] On Camera: BAKER'S LITTLE WIDOW
18Feb1956
Written by
Cast:
Barry Morse
Katharine Blake
2.22 [61] On Camera: FLIGHT INTO DANGER
25Feb1956
Written by Arthur Hailey
Directed by David Greene
Cast:
James Doohan ....... George Spencer
Cec Linder ............... Capt. Martin Treleaven
Ron Hartmann ......... Pilot
Corinne Conley ....... Stewardee
Lew Davidson .......... First booking agent
Elizabeth Cole
Larry Beattie
Brendan Dillon
John Elliott
John Maddison
Herb Gott
James Manser
Dickson Kenwin
Fred Diehl
Michael Conway
2.23 [62] On Camera: SPRING SONG
03Mar1956
Written by Jackie Rosenfeld
Cast:
Toby Tarnow .... Sheila
Eric House ........ John
Bruce Springford .... Louis
Anna Cameron ....... Mother
Tom Harvey ............ Father
Synopsis:
The story of two people who met through a
correspondence club and finally come face to face.
2.24 [63] On Camera: BLACKFOOT COUNTRY
10Mar1956
Written by Alfred Harris
Directed by Paul Almond
cast:
Joe Austin ......... Ben
Robert Shirriff .... Jack
Cec Linder ........ Indian
2.25 [64] On Camera: AUNT MARY
17Mar1956
Written by
cast:
Jane Mallett ...... Aunt Mary
Aileen Seaton .... Doroth
John Vernon .... Wes Baron
Synopsis:
A domineering old woman in an Ontario town and
her niece who has to deal with her.
2.26 [65] On Camera: MOGGY, THE CAT BURGLAR
24Mar1956
Play by Eric Coplans
cast:
Hugh Webster ..... Moggy
Charles Jarrott ..... Jennings
Winifred Dennis ..... Agathe
James Edmonds ... Policeman
Donald Ewer ..... Policeman
2.27 [66] On Camera: MAN RUNNING
31Mar1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by Timothy Warriner
cast:
Robert Sherriff
Ivor Murillo
Charmion King
2.28 [67] On Camera: THE SPIRIT OF THE BANK OF LOWER CANADA
07Apr1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Producer Ronald Weyman
Written by Michael Sheldon
cast:
Charles Jarrott
Juan Root
Alex McKee
2.29 [68] On Camera: THE BURNING OF ANDREW MACNORRAN
14Apr1956
Screenplay by Doris French
Adapted by Eugene Hallman
cast:
Jonthan White ... Andrew McNorran
Austin Willis ....... Charles Stevens
Sandra Scott ...... Gwenyth Jones
Tom Harvey
Audrey Hermant
Irving Lerner
2.30 [69] On Camera: THE GAMBLERS
21Apr1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by J. Kalb
cast:
Gerald Sarracini
Norman Ettlinger
Robert Christie
Hugh Webster
Synopsis:
Set aboard an old freighter.
2.31 [70] On Camera: DREAMS
28Apr1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by William Shatner
Cast:
William Shatner
Jill Foster
Ted Follows
Gloria Rand
Synopsis:
A story of a young couple who meet and fall in love under false pretenses.
2.32 [72] On Camera: KINGDOMS CHILD
05May1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by Lesley Conger
Cast:
Janet Reid
Frank Perry
Margot Christie
Jack Creley
Synopsis:
Set in the backwoods of British Columbia, it's a story
about the slaughter of the leader of a strict religious sect.
2.33 [73] On Camera: THE WORLD IS MY CAGE
12May1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by James Costigan
Cast:
Helen Gilbert .... Rowena Bond
Donald Harron ..... Tim
Jane Mallett ....... Miss Keogh
2.34 [74] On Camera: MAIL ORDER DRESS
19May1956 [Winnipeg Free Press]
Written by Elaine Grand and Desmond Smith
Cast:
Anne Sass-Wilson
John Drainie
Cosette Lee
2.35 [75] On Camera: RUN, SHEEP RUN
26May1956
Written by Alan Pearce
Cast:
George Luscombe
Ed McNamara
2.36 [76] On Camera: THE PORTRAIT DR. MOBILE
02Jun1956
Written by Alex Dyer
Cast:
George Curzon
2.37 [77] On Camera: THE STAMP COLLECTOR
09Jun1956
Written by Stanley Mann
Cast:
Mavor Moore
2.38 [78] On Camera: THE HOUSE OF MADAME DE JACQUEMINET
16Jun1956
Written by Michael Jacot
Cast:
Katharine Blake ..... Madame de Jacqueminet
John Bethune .... Cordurier
George Curzon .... Rouse
Ivor Murillo .... The General
Chris Wiggins ... Airman
2.39 [79] On Camera: WHEN MR. THOMAS JUMPED IN THE AIR
23Jun1956
Screenplay by John Keasler
Adapted by Nathan Cohen
Cast:
Anna Cameron
Joe Austin
Kate Reid
################## On Camera
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############### End of Season 2 ##############
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