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Season
5 (NBC) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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US Network Schedules 1952-1953
############### Fireside Theatre #############
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NBC Tuesdays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (30min)
5.01 [--] Fireside Theatre: NEXT TO CRASH
30Sep52 NBC Tue
Narrated by Lowell Thomas
starring
Milburn Stone ...... Colonel
John Agar
Synopsis:
A dangerous outlaw kidnaps two airmen whose plane was forced down in Mexico. [RF]
5.02 [--] Fireside Theatre: A GRAND FOR GRANDMA
07Oct52 NBC Tue
cast
Mabel Paige ........ Mrs. Fraser
Synopsis:
An old woman has unexpected visitors: five robbers intent
on making her their temporary housekeeper. [RF]
5.03 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
14Oct52 NBC Tue
starring
Kristine Miller
Tom Powers
Barbara Brown
Steven Clark
Synopsis:
A young woman goes home to her mother after a fight with her husband. [RF]
5.04 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE SHERIFF
21Oct52 NBC Tue
cast
Kim Spalding ....... Roon
Jim Davis .......... Hansen
Andrea King ........ Ruth
Synopsis:
A fugitive may get a respite from the law: he saved the sheriff's life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When a sheriff is bitten by a poisonous snake, a killer finds him and saves his
life. [RF]
5.05 [--] Fireside Theatre: VISIT FROM A STRANGER
28Oct52 NBC Tue
cast
Marjorie Lord ...... Catherine
Marshall Thompson... Wiatt
Synopsis:
The Caribbean hideaway of a gambler's wife
is visited by a mysterious stranger. [RF]
[--] Fireside Theatre: no details
04Nov52 NBC Tue
5.06 [--] Fireside Theatre: I SEND YOUR SON INTO BATTLE
11Nov52 NBC Tue
starring
Jim Davis .......... Colonel Streeter
Clyde Trumbell ..... Corporal Dobbs
Chris Munson ....... Sgt. Moses
Bob Ellis .......... Major
Synopsis:
A commanding officer and three fellow soldiers find themselves marooned in
Korea.
5.07 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE ROOF
18Nov52 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Kenneth Tobey ...... Larsen
Leslye Banning ..... Ann
Ed Tierney ......... Eddie
Howard Negley
Synopsis:
A crook on the run tries to discourage a youth from turning to crime. [RF]
5.08 [--] Fireside Theatre: THAT'S HOW IT IS
25Nov52 NBC Tue
cast
Hannelore Axman .... Lilla
Ed Tierney ......... Chick
John Mylong ........ Papa
Celia Lovsky ....... Mama
Gabor Curtiz
Synopsis:
A family of DP's arrives in New York after years of flight
and confinement in concentration camps. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Lilla, a member of a displaced family, fears that the
American she loves will reject her people. [RF]
5.09 [--] Fireside Theatre: FEET OF CLAY
02Dec52 NBC Tue
cast
Bill Phipps ........ Hal Williams
Grandon Rhodes ..... Burton Fleming
Angela Greene
Synopsis:
A young sociologist digs into his future father-in-law's past. [RF]
5.10 [--] Fireside Theatre: HONOR
09Dec52
starring
Larry Carr ......... Mike
Ron Hagerthy ....... Perry
John Hoyt .......... Colonel Winters
Synopsis:
At a military academy, a war hero's two sons face a test of integrity when one
is falsely accused of cheating.
5.11 [--] Fireside Theatre: LOVE WITHOUT WINGS
16Dec52 NBC Tue
cast
John Shelton ....... Chris Rogers
Jane Wyatt ........ Valerie
Synopsis:
A man falls in love with a young girl half his age. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Only his wife stands between middle-aged Chris Rogers
and his young playmate. [RF]
5.12 [--] Fireside Theatre: WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE
23Dec52 NBC Tue
cast
Susan Morrow ....... Buena
Kay Morley ......... Kate
Marshall Thompson .. Paul
Everett Glass
Synopsis:
A young heiress, who grew up a ward of San Francisco,
is shocked when she learns her mother's identity. [RF]
5.13 [--] Fireside Theatre: A KISS FOR AUNT SOPHIE
30Dec52 NBC Tue
cast
Robert Hutton ...... Ken
Peggie Castle ...... Ann
Synopsis:
A dare from his publisher prompts a young author to kiss a strange woman
---which plunges him into a bizarre adventure. [RF]
5.14 [--] Fireside Theatre: LET THE CARDS DECIDE
06Jan53 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Craig Stevens
Paula Raymond
Synopsis:
A reformed gambler (Craig Stevens) tries to halt a marriage between
a debt-ridden girl and an unsavory but wealthy man. [RF]
5.15 [--] Fireside Theatre: MANY HAPPY RETURNS
13Jan53 NBC Tue
starring
Eve Miller
Phillip Terry
Synopsis:
A crazed burglar terrorizes a woman in her isolated summer house. [RF]
5.16 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE CRITIC
20Jan53 NBC Tue
cast
John Warburton ..... Critic
Jody Lawrence ...... Artist
Helen Parrish
Synopsis:
An art critic's zealous efforts to support a young artist
are damaging the girl's career. [RF]
5.17 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE LADY WEARS A STAR
27Jan53 NBC Tue
cast
Shirley O'Hara ..... Lucinda
Russ Conway ........ Slauson
George Nader ....... Mick
Synopsis:
A female sheriff tries to run a crooked oil man out of town. [RF]
5.18 [--] Fireside Theatre: I COVER KOREA
03Feb53 NBC Tue
cast
Marguerite Chapman.. Wanda
Donald Woods ....... Steve Trent
William Boyett
Stephen Alden Chase
Richard Loo
Clarence Lung
Edward Earle
Arthur Marshall
John Dehner
Gordon Barnes
Synopsis:
A war correspondent must make a crucial decision when
she learns of a strategic enemy operation. [RF]
5.19 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE RETURN
10Feb53 NBC Tue
cast
Martha Hyer
Marjorie Lord
Gar Moore
Synopsis:
A woman tries to help a man overcome his unhappiness with the past.
5.20 [--] Fireside Theatre: BOUNDARY LINE
17Feb53 NBC Tue
cast
George Nader ....... Charlie
Adam Williams ...... Harry
Joy Page ........... Mina
Synopsis:
A quarrel over land boundaries threatens the friendship
of a rancher and his Indian blood brother. [RF]
5.21 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE TWELFTH JUROR
24Feb53 NBC Tue
cast
Anita Louise ....... Lydia Virgil
Synopsis:
Socialite Lydia Virgil is most distressed: jury duty is preventing
her
attendance at a special concert. [RF]
*Title also listed as The Juror.
5.22 [--] Fireside Theatre: GREY GARDENS
03Mar53 NBC Tue
cast
Arthur Franz
Fay Roope .......... Justin
Frances Gifford .... Margaret
Synopsis:
A secret-service agent (Arthur Franz) who escaped from an Oriental prison seeks
peace of mind in the South. [RF]
5.23 [--] Fireside Theatre: MONEY UNDER THE TREE
10Mar53 NBC Tue
cast
Madge Meredith ..... Sally
Walter Reed ........ Bill
Synopsis:
Looking for an easy path to wealth, a youth strikes a bargain with the
underworld. [RF}
5.24 [--] Fireside Theatre: A GRAND COP
17Mar53 NBC Tue
cast
John Bromfield ..... Hefty Burke
Shirley O'Hara ..... Mary Casey
Synopsis:
A longshoreman who aided a South American revolutionary learns that his actions
are not appreciated by his girl and his employer. [RF]
5.25 [--] Fireside Theatre: UNEXPECTED WIFE
24Mar53 NBC Tue
cast
William Bishop ..... Peter Warrender
Maria Palmer ....... Anna Hoffman
Ruth Clifford
Synopsis:
Peter Warrender is very much alive, which is news to the people who are
acquainted with his "widow." [RF]
5.26 [--] Fireside Theatre: A MAN OF
PEACE
31Mar53
starring
Ralph Faulkner .. Professor
Glase Lohman .... Jose
Robert Arthur
Synopsis:
A man tries to prove he's not a coward and takes on a fencing match with a
famous master.
Synopsis 2:
A peace-loving fencing master is challenged to a duel by one of his pupils.
5.27 [--] Fireside Theatre: COCOON
07Apr53 NBC Tue
cast
Madge Meredith ..... Joyce
Emmett Vogan ....... Dr. Hummel
Barbara Brown
Synopsis:
An artist struggles to break away from her possessive mother. [RF]
5.28 [--] Fireside Theatre: TOP KICK
14Apr53 NBC Tue
cast
Clancy Cooper
Pierre Watkin
Mike Ragan
Alphonse Martell
Naji
Richard Dodge
George N. Neise
Ted Hecht
Michael Steele
Synopsis:
Communist agitators menace an inexperienced
Army instructor in the Middle East. [RF]
5.29 [--] Fireside Theatre: MISSION TO ALGIERS
21Apr53 NBC Tue
cast
Bruce Bennett ...... Stewart
Andrea King ........ Anne
Kristine Miller
William Bishop
Joe Kerr
Norbert Schiller
Synopsis:
A detective's search for an embezzler is interrupted
by a romantic interlude. [RF]
5.30 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE PEMBERTON BOY
28Apr53 NBC Tue
cast
David Stollery ..... Pete
Robert Shayne ...... Father
Sheila Bromley ..... Aunt Kate
Synopsis:
A woman's efforts to cover up for her mischievous nephew
have unexpected consequences. [RF]
5.31 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE HITCHHIKER
05May53
starring
Jim Davis
Andrea King
Synopsis:
A prison escapee hides out in an isolate desert ranch and is caught by the
beautiful rancher's wife.
5.32 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE GIFT HORSE
12May53 NBC Tue
cast
Robert Paige ....... Harrison
Ruth Warrick ....... Jane
Synopsis:
A lack of mutual respect is driving a young executive and his wife apart. [RF]
5.33 [--] Fireside Theatre: SAFETY ISLAND
19May53 NBC Tue
cast
Grandon Rhodes
Maura Murphy
James Hickman
Synopsis:
A policeman is delighted when his two sons join the force.
But one boy dies in a gun battle and the father's fear for the other becomes obsessive. [RF]
5.34 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE DAY THE GREEK'S WAS CLOSED
26May53 NBC Tue
cast
David Baer ......... Tommy
George Givot ....... George
Rick Vallin
Synopsis:
An orphan working his way through school gets an assist from four restaurateurs.
[RF]
5.35 [--] Fireside Theatre: ONE PLUS ONE
02Jun53 NBC Tue
cast
Lisa Clark ......... May
Laura Mason ........ Diane
Walter Reed
William Lester
Synopsis:
A girl fears she may be losing her mind when she meets
a woman who looks exactly like her. [RF]
5.36 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE DEAUVILLE BRACELET
09Jun53 NBC Tue
cast
Phyllis Stanley .... Peggy
Leslie Bradley ..... Pomeroy
Reginald Denny
Synopsis:
A compulsive gambler tries to conceal her activities from her husband. [RF]
5.37 [--] Fireside Theatre: IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
16Jun53 NBC Tue
starring
Andrea King ...... Teresa
Jim Davis
Madge Meredith
Synopsis:
A young girl in an intolerant small town, and a botanist spending his summer
in the area fall in love and teach the townspeople a lesson in honesty. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A white girl is raised by an old Indian woman, she is badgered by the
people of a small town in which she lives, until, in a fit of blind anger,
she wrecks the store of her worst persecutor. [RF]
5.38 [--] Fireside Theatre: NIGHT IN THE WAREHOUSE
23Jun53 NBC Tue
Teleplay by Sam Rolfe
Written by Wilbur S. Peacock
starring
Clancy Cooper ...... Piordan
Bobby Blake ........ Johnny (Robert Blake)
Frank Wisbar
Hugh Sanders
Alan Foster
George Lynn
Dick Reeves
James Parnell
G. Pat Collins
Synopsis:
Story of an honest cop who tries to keep a young hoodlum on the side of the law. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A policeman tries to free a criminal's son from three brutal gangsters. [RF]
5.39 [--] Fireside Theatre: THE SNAKE
30Jun53 NBC Tue
starring
Madge Meredith ..... Jane Howard
Leslie Bradley ..... Phil Howard
Norma Varden
Bruce Lester
Synopsis:
Phil Howard's bride is scared: rumor has it that the
first Mrs. Howard's death was no accident. [RF]
Summer Replacement show "Nothing But The Best" hosted by Eddie Albert (7Jul53-25Aug53)
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