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Season
4 (CBS)(1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Uploaded Feb
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4.01 [136] Camera Three: Ad Astra
07Sep1958 CBS Sun
Based on William Faulkner's short story
Host James Macandrew
cast
Donald Moffat
Synopsis:
A reporter who goes aboard a small Naval vessel to see combat and report its
effects on the crew.
4.02 [137] Camera Three: The Tall Men
14Sep1958 CBS Sun
Written by William Faulkner
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Fascinating tale beautifully told about a rare breed of back-country rugged
individuals. Faulkner brings them to life with
simplicity and eloquence in this "Camera Three" dramatization which
maintains the spirit and character of the story.
4.03 [138] Camera Three: Notes From the Underground [Part I]
21Sep1958 CBS Sun (rerun 26May63)
Story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Michael Kane ... Hero
Synopsis:
Part I of three-part series dealing with Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes From the
Underground".
The story of a "little" man trying to find his identity in a world too
complicated for him to grasp.
The sad, humourous and ironic by turns which life throws one way.
4.04 [139] Camera Three: Notes From the Underground [Part II]
28Sep1958 CBS Sun
Story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Michael Kane ... Hero
Synopsis:
Part II of three-part series dealing with Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes From
the Underground".
4.05 [140] Camera Three: Notes From the Underground [Part III]
05Oct1958 CBS Sun
Story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Michael Kane ... Hero
Synopsis:
Part III of three-part series dealing with Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes From
the Underground".
4.06 [141] Camera Three: Thanks to Thurber
12Oct1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Elliott Nugent
Hiram Sherman
The Baird Puppets
Synopsis:
A program devoted to James Thurber.
*NOTE: This program was also known as The World of James Thurber.
4.07 [142] Camera Three: Wine of Life
19Oct1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The letters and poems of John Keats are read in "Wine of Life".
4.08 [143] Camera Three:
26Oct1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
4.09 [144] Camera Three: The Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte
02Nov1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The program looks at colorful episodes in the life of Italian writer Lorenzo
Da Ponte.
Da Ponte (1749-1838) was a Venetian opera poet and librettist best known for
his collaboration with Mozart.
4.10 [145] Camera Three: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
09Nov1958 CBS Sun
Based on a novel by Mark Twain
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
When Mark Twain's fancy turns to heaven, it becomes the most practical kind
of Utopia mankind could have dreamed up.
A dramatization of Twain's wry humor at the expense of all the plodding
creatures who populate this little planet called Earth.
4.11 [146] Camera Three: Rene Clair
16Nov1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
French film director Rene Clair is today's guest.
Rare glimpse of a creative mind at work. Absorbing conversation with Rene
Clair, French film director,
illustrates his accent on visual aids rather than sound.
4.12 [147] Camera Three: Seven Wonders
23Nov1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The seven "wonders" of American architecture as our leading architects see
them, seem to have much in common even
though their styles may be different. They were built at the beginning of
the skyscraper era, or at the present time.
4.13 [148] Camera Three:
30Nov1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
4.14 [149] Camera Three:
07Dec1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
4.15 [150] Camera Three: Pere Goriot
14Dec1958 CBS Sun [Bennington Banner VT]
Story by Honoré de Balzac
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Joseph Sweeney .... Pere Goriot
Robert Dowdell .... Eugene de Rastignac
Synopsis:
Dramatic presentation of Balzac's Le Père Goriot.
about a man whose last years, spent with his daughters, erode him to
nothingness.
4.16 [151] Camera Three: A Philosophy of Winter
21Dec1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
An examination of the literal, symbolic and philosophical aspects of winter
as seen in the poetry of Robert Frost.
4.17 [152] Camera Three: The Necessity for Solitude
28Dec1958 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The discussion for today's topic is about "The Necessity for Solitude" and
why it plays an important role in our psyche.
Synopsis 2:
In the midst of holiday bustle and revelry, CBS's "Camera Three" will pause
for a half-hour of quiet reflection on
the question of "The Necessity for Solitude".
Using material from the writings of Henry David Thoreau, Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, Sir Francis Bacon, Samuel Johnson and others,
"Camera Three" will examine the virtues and the dangers of crowded and
group-conscious culture.
4.18 [153] Camera Three: Diary of Sam Chamberlain
04Jan1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A look at the bold work of 17 year old Sam Chamberlain who served as part of
a dragoon during the U.S.Mexican War in 1946
and began to illustrate in colorful watercolors, the events of the battle
and hand-to-hand combat.
4.19 [154] Camera Three: Shoshana Damari
11Jan1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
An Israeli folk singer, Shoshana, a beautiful woman with a striking
delivery, sings a group of Hebrew songs with such
vibrance and tenderness, you're sure to understand every word she utters.
Fine concert from a top-ranking singing artist.
4.20 [155] Camera Three: A File for Fathers
18Jan1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A delightful reminder that fathers have tried to influence their sons, with
varying degrees of success, since time immemorial.
Today's dramatization cites the witty, humorous and serious jabs many famous
writers have made at the subject.
4.21 [156] Camera Three: Neglected Art of Jazz Dance
25Jan1959 CBS Sun [Advocate Tx]
Produced by John McGiffert
Written by Clair Roskam and Joseph Hurley
Directed by John Desmond
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Leon James and Al Minns demonstrate
"The Neglected Art of the Jazz Dance".
Jazz Historian Marshall Stearns provides the commentary.
Marshall Stearns, eminent jazz historian, will be on hand to provide
commentary on the dances and their importance in the development of jazz.
Sunday's proceedings will get off to a spirited start with a "Trankey Do,"
an original number choreographed by the Messrs. James and Minns,
which is a distillation of many of the dance styles of the 20th Century.
This will be followed by a "Cakewalk," a "Slow Drag" and a "Snake Hips."
Three versions of the bouncy and beloved "Charleston," the "Lindy Hop" with
several variations, the "Boogie Woogie" and the "Apple Jack" will also be
danced.
4.22 [157] Camera Three: The Necessity for Anger
01Feb1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A most intriguing review of the reasons for anger, the varied forms our
anger takes and the people most easily aroused to use or misuse it.
4.23 [158] Camera Three: Interview with Mark Van Doren
08Feb1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Mark Van Doren (playwright).
Synopsis:
James Macandrew is the host of this show which features him interviewing
Mark Van Doren about his 6 scene play, Last Days of Lincoln,
about former President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
*NOTE: Title listed as Last Days of Lincoln in Press-Telegram.
4.24 [159] Camera Three: Poems of Robert Frost
15Feb1959 CBS Sun
Producer John McGiffert
Written by Clair Roskam
Directed by Anthony Farrar
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Mildred Dunnock
William Clemens
Norma Crane
Tim O'Connor
Rawn Spearman
Synopsis:
This show features several selections of poetry by Robert Frost being
recited by different personalities.
4.25 [160] Camera Three: Katherine Anne Porter
22Feb1959 CBS Sun
Producer John McGiffert
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Katherine Anne Porter
Synopsis:
Short-story writer Katherine Anne Porter will discuss her first novel, the
soon-to-be-published "Ship of Fools".
*NOTE: Katherine Anne Porter was a guest twice before on this program. The
first time Katherine spoke about William Faulkner
and the second time of Henry James.
4.26 [161] Camera Three: Three Choreographers
01Mar1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
In a direct and definitive exploration of the creative process, the
individually different work of "Three Choreographers,"
all starting from the same creative impulses.
4.27 [162] Camera Three: Larry Adler
08Mar1959 CBS Sun [Progress Index VA] (repeat 14Aug60)
Producer John McGiffert
Written by Clair Roskam and Joseph Hurley
Directed by John Desmond
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Larry Adler
Synopsis:
Running the musical gamut from Bach to Blues, Larry Adler, one of the
World's rare harmonica virtuosi, will perform.
Accompanied by pianist Ellis Larkins, Adler will play works by Bach, Mozart,
Gershwin and W.C. Handy. He will also
present an original piece, he composed especially for his "Camera Three"
appearance.
The program will conclude with Adler's reminiscences of his concert tours
through Europe, the Far East and Israel.
*NOTE: Larry Adler has won international acclaim for his radio, television
and concert stage appearances, besides guesting
as soloist with leading symphony orchestras. Several works for the harmonica
have been dedicated to him by such composers
as Darius Milhaud, Cyril Scott and the late Ralph Vaughan Williams.
4.28 [163] Camera Three: Agna Enters: Drawn from Life
15Mar1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Angna Enters a woman who is both a dancer and painter, shows how one idea
can inspire her in both arts.
4.29 [164] Camera Three: An Air That Kills
22Mar1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Geoffrey Horne
Synopsis:
Devoted to the poetry of A.E. Housman. Three actors including Geoffrey Horne
read some poems from Housman's volume "A Shropshire Lad".
4.30 [165] Camera Three:
29Mar1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
*possibly pre-empted for Easter Service.
4.31 [166] Camera Three: Bartleby the Scrivener
05Apr1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Clarence Derwent
Synopsis:
A dramatization of Herman Melville's short-story "Bartleby the Scrivener"
about a disenchanted young man who becomes a
scrivener and does little else but respond with "I prefer not to" set in
19th Century Wall Street.
4.32 [167] Camera Three: The Country of the Pointed Firs
12Apr1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A Sarah Orne Jewett tale "The Country of the Pointed Firs".
A revival of the neglected Maine authoress.
4.33 [168] Camera Three: The Sting of Satire
19Apr1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Alan Arkin
Nancy Ponder
Jerry Stiller
Synopsis:
A trio of actors present their parodies on such aspects of American popular
arts as folk songs, folk singers and bullfight movies.
4.34 [169] Camera Three: Inflexible Logic
26Apr1959 CBS Sun
written by Russell Maloney
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Hiram Sherman
Cliff Norton
Synopsis:
A spoof of the 19th century science by Thomas Love Peacock about the
triumphs of six chimpanzees and their typewriters.
4.35 [170] Camera Three: Marc Simont
03May1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Artist, illustrator and cartoonist Marc Simont discusses the relationship
between the text of a book and its illustrations.
4.36 [171] Camera Three: Whistler's Father
10May1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A dramatization of one of history's forgotten men, a 19th Century wit and
father of the famous painter.
4.37 [172] Camera Three: Stop Everything in April
17May1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Mony Dalmas
Synopsis:
An intriguing visit with a World gone by. Mony Dalmas star of the Comedie
Francaise recreates the spirit of Mme. Juliette Recamier,
a famous beauty of Napoleon's day, who managed to surround herself with the
greatest minds of her era by a kind of airy simplicity
and directness that seems to defy explanation.
4.38 [173] Camera Three: E.M. Forster and the Longest Journey
24May1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
E.M. Forster
Synopsis:
A short dramatization of a scene from Forster's "The Longest Journey" and a
filmed monologue by the 80-year-old novelist himself.
Forster's words are as young and as roguishly thoughtful as they were in his
prime, and any reader of "The Room With a View"
and "A Passage to India".
4.39 [174] Camera Three: A Lovely Light
31May1959 CBS Sun
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Dorothy Stickney
Synopsis:
A one-woman show as Dorothy Stickney reads poems and letters by Edna St.
Vincent Millay.
4.40 [175] Camera Three: Saul and the Witch of Endor
07Jun1959 CBS Sun
Produced by John McGiffert
Written by Clair Roskam and Joseph Hurley
Directed by John Desmond
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Loren Driscoll ... Saul
Eleanor Ross ..... The Witch
Chester Watson ... Prophet Samuel
Synopsis:
Opera comes to "Camera Three" with the television premiere of Henry
Purcell's dramatic "Saul and the Witch of Endor".
Conducted by Arnold Gamson of the New Opera Society.
*NOTE: Henry Purcell, one of the few English composers who mastered the
operatic form, composed the opera for three voices.
After Samuel's death and burial with due mourning ceremonies in Ramah, Saul
had driven all necromancers and magicians from Israel.
Then, in a bitter irony, Saul sought out the witch, anonymously and in
disguise, only after he received no answer from God from dreams,
prophets, or the Urim and Thummim as to his best course of action against
the assembled forces of the Philistines. The prophet's ghost
offered no advice but berated him for disobeying God, as well as predicting
Saul's downfall as king and Israel's defeat in battle the next day.
4.41 [176] Camera Three: Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
14Jun1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
Folk song and dance are blended in an interpretation of American work songs.
4.42 [177] Camera Three: Second Reader
21Jun1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Mary Perry
Synopsis:
Parents and their second-grade children will want to look in on this program
to decide for themselves what good old-fashioned
entertainment storytelling can be.
Actress Mary Perry provides an enchanting half hour of readings from such
tomes as "McGuffey's New Second Eclectic Reader" vintage 1846,
"Mrs. Rebecca S. Pollard's Synthetic Second Reader" vintage 1889, and a
modern reader of the year 1949.
4.43 [178] Camera Three: Lost Hearts
28Jun1959 CBS Sun
Short Story by M.R. James
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The story of the eerie circumstances surrounding the arrival of a young boy
at his guardian's manor house turns into a nightmarish experience.
*NOTE: Virtually everything this show does, it does well, so unless you're
appalled at the thought of a Sunday morning ghost story,
be prepared for a chillingly effective 23 minutes.
[--] Camera Three: The Necessity of Solitude
05Jul1959 CBS Sun [repeat from 28Dec58]
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
On the theory that vacation time is one of the rare opportunities for
solitary thinking, this offbeat treasure of a program dips
into quotations of the wise for your edification. Choice tidbits like
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude; is either a wild beast
or a god," and "As if you could kill time without murdering eternity," are
among those quoted by a talented group of actors.
4.44 [179] Camera Three:
12Jul1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Morton Gould
Robert Rudie
Claude Frank
Synopsis:
"How creative can a musical instrumentalist be without violating the spirit
of the composer's score?"
This vexing question is posed and "teased" in a disarming manner by Composer
Morton Gould and his performing guests, Violinist Robert Rudie
and Pianist Claude Frank. Since all remarks are punctuated by a stint at
their instruments, the viewer is treated to a recital and
an age-old riddle at the same time.
4.45 [180] Camera Three: The Actor as Creative Artist
19Jul1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Harold Clurman
Mildred Dunnock
Synopsis:
Director Harold Clurman and Actress Mildred Dunnock watch four
performers play revealing scenes from Strindberg's "Miss Julie" and
Chekhov's "The Sea. Gull," then criticize and comment on their achievements.
NOTE: An entertaining glimpse of the actor on the carpet, so to speak,
interpreting the playwright's original intention.
4.46 [181] Camera Three: The Eagle, The Tiger and The Fly
26Jul1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Clarence Derwent
Jenny Egan
David Hurst
Roberts Blossom
Synopsis:
Several poems of inspiration written about the eagle, the tiger and the fly
are read.
4.47 [182] Camera Three: Fete for Four Hands
02Aug1959 CBS Sun (rerun 07Aug60)
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
The piano team of Vera Brodsky and Harold Triggs perform on "Camera Three".
After an informative comment by James Macandrew on the history of 2-piano
music, our guests perform works by
Bach, Debussy, Chopin and Triggs himself, transcribed especially for this
medium.
4.48 [183] Camera Three: A Watcher by the Dead
09Aug1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
A dramatization of the short-story by Ambrose Bierce.
about a practical joker hires an actor to impersonate a corpse after betting
a friend he wouldn't spend a night with a dead man.
*NOTE: Preview Critique
Anyone who savours a lingering taste for the macabre tales of Ambrose
Bierce, will find this one a dilly. Sardonic as always,
Bierce's fligty of fancy digs holes in the armour of a group of men inclined
to play the most morbid of pranks.
Not exactly Sunday morning fare for anyone unfamiliar with the Bierce
imagination, but startling to say the least.
4.49 [184] Camera Three: Book List for Khrushchev
16Aug1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Walt Kelly
Margaret Mead
Eric Larrabee
Synopsis:
A trio of sophisticated Americans put their heads together and come up with
a whopping list of books on Americana for our forthcoming
visitor from Moscow, Premier Khrushchev. They're Cartoonist Walt Kelly,
Author-editor Eric Larrabee, and Anthropologist Margaret Mead.
The list was a varied one, included "McSorley's Wonderful Saloon," "The True
Believer," "The Declaration of Independence," "Leaves of Grass,"
the Sears, Roebuck catalog and the New York City phone directories.
4.50 [185] Camera Three:
23Aug1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
Synopsis:
4.51 [186] Camera Three: The Film: Reality and Fantasy
30Aug1959 CBS Sun
Host James Macandrew
cast:
Arthur Knight
Synopsis:
Film critic Arthur Knight comments on the use of realism and fantasy in
American motion pictures. Film clips from "Anatomy of a Murder"
and several Mack Sennett comedies are used in "The Film" Reality and
Fantasy" discussion on "Camera Three".
NOTE: "Anatomy of a Murder" the 1958 film by Otto Preminger is a courtroom
drama told based on the novel by Robert Traver as
adapted by Elihu Winer which starred James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick
and George C. Scott.
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