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Season
1 (NBC) (1948-49)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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############# Chevrolet Tele-Theatre ###############
############### season 1 1948-49 ################
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NBC Mondays 8:00-8:30pm EST (Sep 1948-Jan 1949)
NBC Mondays 8:30-9:00pm EST (Feb 1949-Apr 1949)
NBC Mondays 8:00-8:30pm EST (May 1949-Jun 1950)
1.01 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE HOME LIFE OF A BUFFALO
27-Sep-1948
written by Richard Harrity
directed by Gordon Duff
prod #48-159
starring
John McQuade as Eddie
Virginia Smith as Josie
Kevin Mathews as Joe
Ernest Truex as Otto
Sylvia Field as Mollie
1.02 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: MIRAGE IN MANHATTAN
04-Oct-1948
written by Lawrence Du Pont
directed by Gordon Duff
prod #48-175
starring
Jessie Royce Landis as Bessie
Will Geer as Sam Hobbs
Eric Rhodes
Helene Reynolds
Russell Arms
Alan Stevenson
Synopsis:
The life of an Oklahoma couple who strike it rich and head for New York.
They go "Park Avenue" and think they are having a wonderful time. Suddenly,
they realize that it is a mirage and they are not enjoying themselves. They drop
their phony friends, quit the "rich" atmosphere and act naturally. [RF]
1.03 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THINKING ALOUD
11-Oct-1948
starring
Dean Jagger
Judith Evelyn
1.04 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: WHISTLE DAUGHTER, WHISTLE
18-Oct-1948
written by Ernest Kinoy
directed by Gordon Duff
starring
Gertrude Berg as Mrs. Marks (her TV debut)
Minerva Pious as Mrs. Kalat
Lenore Lonergan as Peggy
John Harvey as Adam
Synopsis:
A comedy about a couple of Bronx housewives trying to work out a marriage
between their respective daughter and son. [RF]
* Note This was based on her highly popular radio series The Goldbergs and became
the prototype for the TV series of the same name which premiered a few months later.
1.05 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: HIS MASTER'S AFFAIRS
25-Oct-1948
starring
Arthur Treacher
Judy Parrish
Mischa Auer
1.06 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE PURPLE DOORKNOB
01-Nov-1948
written by Walter Pritchard Eaton
directed by Gordon Duff
starring
Faye Emerson
Ethel Griffies
Joanna Roos
Synopsis:
A stage star who is attracted by a doorknob on a cottage on Cape Cod,
where she is vacationing. Her attempts to purchase it from the invalid recluse
living in the cottage and the novel twist to the ending makes for a "play within a play." [RF]
1.07 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: A STUDY IN TRIANGLES
08-Nov-1948
starring
Erni Arneson
1.08 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: NO SHOES
15-Nov-1948
written by Lawrence Du Pont
directed by Gordon Duff
prod #48-289
starring
Vinton Hayworth
James Dunn
John Kane
Helene Reynolds
Andrea Wallace
Robert Bolger
Marion Weeks
Virginia Deyer
Jane Hagerman
Synopsis:
The story of a wealthy trucking company owner who "expects" a son to be born
momentarily. His plans to change the name of his company to Cassidy and Son
receive a setback when he becomes the father of a girl. [RF]
1.09 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE FLATTERING WORD
22-Nov-1948
starring
John Carradine
Zasu Pitts
1.10 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE VALIANT
29-Nov-1948
starring
Paul Muni
1.11 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: CLOSE QUARTERS
06-Dec-1948
starring
Barry Nelson
Louisa Horton
1.12 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: SHAM
13-Dec-1948
starring
Natalie Schafer
Edward Everett Horton
1.13 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: A LITTLE MATTER OF FAITH
20-Dec-1948
starring
Frank Conroy
Iris Mann
1.14 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: WHO'S YOUR JUDGE?
27-Dec-1948
starring
Eddie Albert
Frank M. Thomas
1.15 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE MIRROR AND THE MANICURE
03-Jan-1949
starring
Glenda Farrell
Guy Kibbee
1.16 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: GOOD-BYE TO LARRY K
10-Jan-1949
starring
Buddy Ebsen
1.17 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: JINXED
17-Jan-1949
Written by Tad Mosel (his first teleplay)
starring
Jackie Cooper
Mary Anderson
Vaughn Taylor
1.18 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: TRAPEZE
24-Jan-1949
starring
Luise Rainer
Tod Andrews
Charles Korvin
Clay Clement
1.19 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: ALL'S FAIR
31-Jan-1949
starring
Roland Young
Patricia Kirkland
Mary Boland
1.20 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: EXPERT OPINION
07-Feb-1949
starring
Boris Karloff
Vicki Cummings
Dennis King
1.21 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: MIRACLE IN THE RAIN
14-Feb-1949
starring
Mary Anderson
John Dall
1.22 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: SUPPRESSED DESIRES
21-Feb-1949
starring
Ernest Truex
Valerie Cossart
Ilka Chase
1.23 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: HEAT LIGHTNING
28-Feb-1949
written by Robert F. Carroll
directed by Garry Simpson
prod #49-692
starring
Dean Jagger as the Killer
Elisabeth Bergner as the Girl
Philip Huston as Bus Passenger
Andrew Duggan as State Trooper
Synopsis:
This program presents a suspense story based on the fear of a woman caught
in a summer heat lightning storm. She sees a murder, runs to a deserted bus station
and there, unknown to her, encounters the killer. The story is built around the
killer's attempt to find out whether the woman recognizes him. [RF]
1.24 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: MR. BELL'S CREATION
07-Mar-1949
starring
Janet Blair
Romney Brent
Ann Thomas
1.25 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: LONDONDERRY AIR
14-Mar-1949
starring
John Conte
Nanette Fabray
1.26 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: SMART GUY
21-Mar-1949
starring
Nancy Coleman
Alan Baxter
1.27 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE MANAGERS
28-Mar-1949
starring
Victor Moore
Guy Kibbee
1.28 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: GOOD NIGHT, PLEASE
04-Apr-1949
starring
Edward Everett Horton
Natalie Schafer
1.29 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE TWELVE POUND LOOK
11-Apr-1949
starring
Margaret Sullavan
Ralph Forbes
1.30 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY
18-Apr-1949
starring
Calvin Thomas
Jane Withers
Richard Noyes
1.31 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: TOMMY MALONE COME HOME
25-Apr-1949
starring
James Dunn
1.32 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE SUICIDE CLUB
02-May-1949
starring
Bramwell Fletcher
Francis L. Sullivan
Oliver Thorndike
1.33 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: A PASSENGER TO BALI
09-May-1949
starring
Boris Karloff
Vicki Cummings
Stanley Ridges
1.34 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: MANHATTAN MARY
16-May-1949
starring
Mitzi Green
Robert Scheerer
1.35 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: THE UNCERTAIN HOUR
23-May-1949
starring
Hume Cronyn
Fay Bainter
1.36 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: LONG LOST BROTHER
30-May-1949
starring
John Carradine
Don Hastings
1.37 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: JOHNNY CARTWRIGHT'S CAMERA
06-Jun-1949
starring
Lee Tracy
1.38 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: WEATHER AHEAD
13-Jun-1949
starring
Brian Donlevy
1.39 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: HERITAGE OF WIMPOLE STREET
20-Jun-1949
adapted by Ethel Frank
based on the play by Robert Knipe
directed by Garry Simpson
prod #49-1301
starring
Leo G. Carroll as Edward M. Barrett
Valerie Cossart as Henrietta Barrett
Emily Lawrence as Arabel Barrett
Judson Reese as Robert
Daisy Atherton
Bertha Belmore
Mabel Taylor
Robert Bolger
Synopsis:
The story of life at 50 Wimpole Street, London, in 1856,
after Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning. [RF]
1.40 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: HALF AN HOUR
27-Jun-1949
adapted by Samuel Carter
based on a play by J.M. Barrie
directed by Garry Simpson
prod #49-1329
starring
John Conte as Hugh
Nina Foch as the Wife
John Moore as Richard Carson
Maurice Manson as Dr. Brodie
Synopsis:
The story of a woman who is of an old but impoverished family and who makes a
marriage of convenience for money. Her husband, aware of this, allows her social
prestige to outweigh his personal feelings. She is secretly in love with another man,
who is killed by a bus on the night they are eloping. How the wife and Dr. Brodie
cover up the escapade brings the story to a finish. [RF]
1.41 [--] Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: LESSON FOR EDDY
01-Jul-1949
starring
Charles Ruggles
Zolya Talma
Frank Tweddell
########### Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
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############### end of season 1 ##############
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