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Season
1 (CBS) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Jim Brent, Tom Alger, Sal Crisanti, Rina Fox
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
############# Four Star Playhouse ############
############## season 1 1952-53 ##############
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Four Star Playhouse alternated with
season 2 of
Amos 'n' Andy.
CBS Thursday 8:30-9:00pm Eastern
(30 min)
2.6 [33] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
THE ENGAGEMENT RING
18Sep1952 CBS Thur
1.01 [--] Four Star Playhouse: MY WIFE GERALDINE
25Sep52 CBS Thur
Written by Larry Marcus
Directed by Robert Florey
Guest Stars:
Charles Boyer
Porter Hall
Una Merkel
Noreen Nash
Don Dillway
William Boyett
Barbara Woodell
Jim Hayward
Synopsis:
The story concerns the plight of a man who invents a wife and then is accused of
murdering her. [JB]
2.7 [34] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
ARABIA
02Oct1952 CBS Thur
1.02 [--] Four Star Playhouse: DANTE'S INFERNO no. 1
09Oct52 CBS Thur
Starring
Dick Powell ....... Willie Dante
Regis Toomey ....... Lt. Manny Waldo
Virginia Grey
Marvin Miller
Synopsis:
Dick Powell portrays the owner of a swank restaurant which offers gambling.
Trouble arises when a beautiful woman patron
insists that she is about to be murdered. [JB]
*Note: This & subsequent episodes featuring Dick Powell as
investigator
Willie Dante became the basis for the 1960 series "Dante"
with Howard Duff in the lead.
2.8 [35] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
KINGFISH SELLS A LOT
16Oct1952 CBS Thur
1.03 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE LOST SILK HAT [verified on film]
23Oct52 CBS Thur
An Official Films Presentation (c) 1952
By Lord Dunsany
Television Play by Ronald Colman and Milton Merlin
Directed by Robert Florey
Executive Producer Don W. Sharpe
Produced by Ronald Coleman (with an 'e') on film
Starring
Ronald Coleman (with an 'e')......... Caller
Richard Whorf .......... Poet
Jay Novello ............ Clerk
Tudor Owen ............. Laborer
Leo Britt .............. Policeman
*
Production Supervisor, Ruby Rosenberg
Photography, Les White, A.S.C.
Assistant Director, Nate Barragar
Art Director, Ralph Berger
Edited by, Samuel E. Beetley, A.C.E [DM]
Synopsis:
Ronald Coleman portrays an Englishman who calls on his love, gets into a quarrel
with
her and leaves without his hat. He faces the dilemma of returning for it or being
seen in the street bareheaded. [JB]
2.9 [36] The Amos 'n' Andy
show: THE RACE HORSE
30Oct1952 CBS Thur
1.04 [--] Four Star Playhouse: BACKSTAGE
06Nov52 CBS Thur
Starring
Charles Boyer ........ Paul
Hillary Brooke ....... Miriam
Marcia Henderson ..... Amy
Louis Heydt .......... Lt. Albert
Florence Bates ....... Ottilie
Will Wright .......... Willie
Hugh French .......... Evan
Rhys Williams ........ Stage Manager
Percy Helton ......... Pan Handler (as Percy Hilton)
Cecil Cunningham ..... Woman
Synopsis:
Charles Boyer portrays an actor whose role in preventing a suicide
leads to a myriad of complications. [JB]
2.10 [37] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
COUSIN EFFIE'S WILL
13Nov1952 CBS Thur
1.05 [--] Four Star Playhouse: WELCOME HOME
20Nov52 CBS Thur
Written by Blake Edwards
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Dick Powell ....... Eddie White
David Holt ....... Chuck Stern
Howard McNear ....... Mr. Stern
Claire Carleton
Russ Conway
Herb Ellis
Maudie Prickett
Herbert Heyes
Synopsis:
A fugitive from the police returns to his hometown after a 15-year absence. [JB]
2.11 [38] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
RESTITUTION
27Nov1952 CBS Thur
1.06 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE ISLAND
04Dec52 CBS Thur
Written by John & Gwen Bagni
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
David Niven
George Macready
Dianne Foster
Walter Sande
Robert Cabal
Synopsis:
A dramatic saga of a rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific. [JB]
2.12 [39] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
THE ANTIQUE SHOP
11Dec1952 CBS Thur
1.07 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE OFFICER & THE LADY
18Dec52 CBS Thur
Written by Leonard St. Clair
Directed by George Jenkins
Starring
Allen Jenkins
Charles Boyer
Andrea King
Lonnie Thomas
Alphonse Martel
Louis Mercier
Synopsis:
An incurably ill child's desire to see his father brings about a great
transformation in the character of a knavish officer. [JB]
2.13 [40] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
CHRISTMAS SHOW
25Dec1952 CBS Thur
1.08 [--] Four Star Playhouse: KNOCKOUT
01Jan53 CBS Thur
Starring
Broderick Crawford
Buddy Wright
Ted DeCorsia
Ron Hargrave
Lucille Barkley
Synopsis 1:
A young middleweight boxer finds at the height of his career that
his championship fight has been fixed. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of the career of a young middleweight from the time his trainer first
spots
him to his first chance at the championship. [JB]
2.14 [41] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
THE BIRTHDAY CARD
08Jan1953 CBS Thur
1.09 [--] Four Star Playhouse: MAN ON THE TRAIN
(verified on film) (NOT "Man on A Train")
15Jan53 CBS Thur
Screenplay by John & Gwen Bagni
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
David Niven ....... William Langford
Alan Napier
Alex Frazer
Lowell Gilmore
Jean Willes
Walter Kingsford
Rhys Williams
Reginald Sheffield
Gordon Richards
David Tgursby
Synopsis:
A man is returning from India by train when a talkative stranger sets the stage
for robbery and murder by boasting of a fortune in a briefcase. [JB]
2.15 [42] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
THE BALLET TICKETS
22Jan1953 CBS Thur
1.10 [--] Four Star Playhouse: TRAIL'S END
29Jan53 CBS Thur
Adapted by Blake Edwards & Harold Shumate
from the Shumate story
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Dick Powell
Jean Howell
Lee Van Cleef
Richard Hale
Synopsis:
A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid
and runs into a tragedy of the desert. [JB]
2.16 [43] Amos 'n' Andy: ANDY GETS
MARRIED
05Feb1953 CBS Thur
1.11 [--] Four Star Playhouse: SOUND OFF, MY LOVE (film)
12Feb53 CBS Thur
Original Screenplay by John and Gwen Bagni
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Merle Oberon ............ Martha
Gordon Oliver ........... Bill
Barbara Billingsley ..... Betty
James Seay .............. Storekeeper
Larry Dobkins .... Doctor
Ottola Nesmith .......... Mrs. Mull
Alix Talton .... Maria
*
Production Supervisor, Ruby Rosenberg
Director of Photography, George E. Diskant, A.C.E
Assistant Director, John Pommer
Art Director, Ralph Berger
Film Editor, Samuel E. Beetley, A.C.E
Miss Oberon's Wardrobe by, Orry-Kelly
Synopsis 1:
A woman buys a hearing aid, just in time to hear her husband plot her murder. [DM]
Synopsis 2:
A woman’s pride, coupled with the loss of her hearing,
causes a bewildering change in her private world. [JB]
2.17 [44] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
LEROY'S SUITS
19Feb1953 CBS Thur
1.12 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE MAN IN THE BOX
26Feb53 CBS Thur
Written by John & Gwen Bagni
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Charles Boyer
Patricia Morison
Dorothy Green
Harry Bartell
Christine Larson
James Craven
Herbert Heyes
Isabel Randolph
Todd Karnes
Synopsis:
Charles Boyer plays four roles in this story of a director and his woes. [JB]
2.18 [45] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
SEEING IS BELIEVING
05Mar1953 CBS Thur
1.13 [--] Four Star Playhouse: NO IDENTITY
12Mar53 CBS Thur
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
David Niven
Frances Rafferty
Tommy Rettig
Synopsis:
A young boy fights to win his foster mother’s love. [JB]
2.19 [46] Amos 'n' Andy: ANDY FALLS
IN LOVE WITH AN ACTRESS
19Mar1953 CBS Thur
1.14 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE MAN WHO WALKED OUT ON HIMSELF
26Mar53 CBS Thur
starring
Ronald Colman
Synopsis:
When his image in the mirror walks out on him, our hero’s troubles begin. [JB]
2.20 [47] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
SUPERFINE BRUSH
02Apr1953 CBS Thur
[--] 09Apr53 Dante’s Inferno #1 (Repeat, original air date 09Oct52) [JB]
2.21 [48] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
KINGFISH AT THE BALLGAME
16Apr1953 CBS Thur
1.15 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE LAST VOYAGE
23Apr53 CBS Thur
Written by John & Gwen Bagni
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Charles Boyer
Walter Sande
William Leicester
John Alvin
John Harmon
Ray Walker
Regis Toomey
Jack Lambert
Synopsis:
A sea captain en route to the Orient discovers that a time bomb has been planted
on his ship. [JB]
2.22 [49] Amos 'n' Andy: THE
KINGFISH FINDS HIS FUTURE
30Apr1953 CBS Thur
1.16 [--] Four Star Playhouse: NIGHT RIDE
07May53 CBS Thur
Starring
David Niven
Rhys Williams
Christine Larson
Synopsis:
Five people, one a murder, are trapped on a subway. [JB]
2.23 [50] The Amos 'n' Andy show:
SAPPHIRE'S SISTER
14May1953 CBS Thur
1.17 [--] Four Star Playhouse: THE LADIES ON HIS MIND
21May53 CBS Thur
Written by Milton Merlin
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Ronald Colman
Benita Hume
Patricia Morrison
Hillary Brooke
Elisabeth Fraser
Alix Talton
Synopsis:
A psychiatrist has difficulty in remaining detached when treating beautiful
women. [JB]
2.24 [51] Amos 'n' Andy: MR.
JACKSON COMES TO TOWN
28May1953 CBS Thur
1.18 [--] Four Star Playhouse: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
04Jun53 CBS Thur (04Jun53) (Amos & Andy finale episode 11Jun53)
starring
David Niven
Ned Glass
Martha Wentworth
Synopsis:
A timid and conscientious bank employee devotes his spare time to the study of
stocks and bonds until the cruel hand of fate enters his life. [JB]
2.25 [52] Amos 'n' Andy: THE
ADOPTION (final CBS broadcast)
11Jun1953 CBS Thur 8:30pm Eastern
1.19 [--] Four Star Playhouse: SHADOWED
18Jun53 CBS Thur
Adapted by Seeleg Lester & Merwin Gerard
from the Mary Synon story
Directed by Robert Florey
Starring
Dick Powell
Francis Dee
Robert Johnson
Tyler McVey
William Walker
Raymond Largay
Dan Riss
Harry Cheshire
Charles Seel
William Forest
Synopsis:
A politician who would like to be a Senator finds himself in a dilemma when
his past comes forward to injure his chances in the election. [JB]
1.20 [--] Four Star Playhouse: MR. BINGHAM
25Jun53 CBS Thur
Starring
David Niven
############# Four Star Playhouse
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############### end of season 1 ##############
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