Front Row Center (1955-56)
Episode Guide
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FRONT ROW CENTER
CBS (Wednesdays 10:00-11:00) (01Jun55-21Sep55) alternate weeks with U.S. Steel Hour
CBS (Sunday Afternoons)((08Jan56-15Apr56)
Broadcast "live" from New York
Produced by
Fletcher Markle
US Dramatic Anthology Series 1955-56 24 episodes x 60 min "live"
(01Jun55-15Apr56)
Host: Fletcher Markle (1955-56)
Host:
Robert Sterling
(1956)
Directors: Fletcher Markle, Edgar Peterson,
Russ Stoneham, Ralph Nelson.
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Eps. 1-9 CBS Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 (01Jun55-21Sep55) alternate weeks with U.S. Steel Hour
Eps 10-24 CBS Sunday afternoons (08Jan56-15Apr56) - weekly
1.01 [--] Front Row Center: DINNER AT EIGHT
01-Jun-1955 CBS Wed
adapted by Whitfield Cook
written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
directed by Fletcher Markle
produced by Fletcher Markle
starring
Mary Astor as Millicent Jordan
Everett Sloane as Oliver Jordan
Mary Beth Hughes as Kitty Packard
Pat O'Brien as Dan Packard
Kay Stewart as Lucy Talbot
Lillian Bronson as Hattie Loomis
John Emery as Larry Renault
Pierre Watkin as Hatfield
Howard Wendell as Ed Loomis
Eleanor Audley as Carlotta Vance
Miriam Wolfe as Miss Alden
Synopsis:
Oliver and Millicent Jordan plan an
elaborate dinner party in honor of a socially prominent couple. Each of the
invited guests faces a personal crisis,
and the play deals with what happens
from the time they accept the invitation until dinner, "a week from Friday".
[RF]
Act I
Scene 1. Sitting room of Oliver Jordan's New York Home.
Scene 2. Oliver Jordan's office.
Scene 3. The Jordan home.
Act II
Scene 1. The Jordan home.
Scene 2. Larry Renault's suite.
Scene 3. Dr. Talbot's office.
Scene 4. The Jordan home.
Act III
Scene 1. Kitty Packard's bedroom.
Scene 2. Larry Renault's suite.
Scene 3. The Jordan Sitting room.
1.02 [--] Front Row Center: THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET
08-Jun-1955 CBS Wed
starring
Cedric Hardwicke
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Robert Douglas
1.03 [--] Front Row Center: AH WILDERNESS!
15-Jun-1955 CBS Wed
adapted by William Elkram
story by Eugene o'Neill
directed by Fletcher Markle
starring
Lillian Bronson as Essie Miller
Bobby Driscoll as Richard Miller
Leon Ames as Nat Miller
Olive Sturgess as Mildred Miller
Lyle Talbot as Uncle Sid
Anne Whitfield as Muriel McComber
Synopsis:
The story centers on the Miller family and their teenage son and his best friend. [RF]
1.04 [--] Front Row Center: THREE FOR TONIGHT
22-Jun-1955 CBS Wed
Hiram Sherman (narrator)
starring
Harry Belafonte
Marge Champion
Gower Champion
Walter Schumann (voice)
1.05 [--] Front Row Center: JOHNNY BELINDA
29-Jun-1955 CBS Wed
Adapted by Theodore Apstein
Story by Elmer Harris
starring
Katharine Bard ... Belinda
Eddie Albert ..... Dr. Davidson
James Gavin ...... Locky McCormick
Maudie Prickett .. Maggie MacDonald
Tudor Owen ....... John MacDonald
Synopsis:
A deaf-mute is befriended by the new doctor who comes to the remote
Cape Breton Island in Canada. The doctor realizes that Belinda is very intelligent
and teaches her sign language. Their friendship turns into love until one fateful
evening when Belinda is alone on the farm and is raped. Now pregnant and
frightened the people of the town believe the doctor responsible
and hold him accountable.
(06Jul55 CBS Wed - U.S Steel Hour: The Meanest Man in the World
(first episode on CBS - previously on ABC)
1.06 [--] Front Row Center: KITTY FOYLE
13-Jul-1955 CBS Wed
story by Christopher Morley
starring
Janet Blair as Kitty Foyle
Jerry Paris as Mark Eisen
Elliott Reid as Wyn Strafford
Nan Boardman as Delphine
Dick Elliott as Pop Foyle
Louise Lewis as Molly Scharf
David Post as Barry Berwyn
Helen Heigh as Mrs. Strafford
Mario Siletti as Waiter
(20Jul55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: The Gambler)
Ep 1.07 [--] Front Row Center: DARK VICTORY
27-Jul-1955 CBS Wed
written by Andrew Allan
story by George Emerson Brewer Jr.
directed by Fletcher Markle
starring
Margaret Field as Judith Traherne
Kay Stewart as Alden Blaine
Kent Smith as Dr. Steele
Alex Frazer as Dr. Parson
Mary Adams as Miss Jenny
(03Aug55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: The Seventh Veil)
Ep 1.6 [--] Front Row Center: OUTWARD BOUND
10-Aug-1955 CBS Wed
written by Sutton Vane
starring
John Abbott
Alan Napier as Reverend Thompson
Patricia Hitchcock as Ann
Wilfrid Knapp as Tom Prior
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Cliveden-Banks
Dorothy Bernard as Mrs. Midget
(17Aug55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: The Bride Cried)
Ep 1.7 [--] Front Row Center: GUEST IN THE HOUSE
24-Aug-1955 CBS Wed
written by Brainard Duffield
directed by Fletcher Markle
starring
Paul Langton as Douglas Proctor
Louise Lewis as Ann Proctor
Mary Beth Hughes as Miriam Blake
Sally Forrest as Evelyn Heath
(31Aug55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: Counterfeit)
Ep 1.8 [--] Front Row Center: TENDER IS THE NIGHT
07-Sep-1955 CBS Wed
story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
host Fletcher Markle
starring
Mercedes McCambridge as Nicole Warren (Fletcher Markle's wife)
James Daly as Dr. Dick Diver
Olive Sturgess as Rosemary Hoyt
John Abbott as Dr. Franz Gregorovious
Olan Soule
Synopsis:
Story about a psychiatrist who marries one of his patients. [RF]
(14Sep55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: A Wind from the South)
1.09 [--] Front Row Center: MEETING AT MAYERLING
21-Sep-1955 CBS Wed
written by Brainard Duffield
guest cast:
Claude Dauphin as Crown Prince Rudolph
Marisa Pavan as Maria Vetsera
John Wengraf
Isobel Elsom
Fred Essler
Synopsis:
The year is 1889, Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, though married falls in love
with the Baroness Maria Vetsera. [RF]
(28Sep55 CBS Wed - U.S. Steel Hour: Ashton Buys a Horse)
(05Oct55 CBS Wed - 20th Century-Fox Hour: Cavalcade) (premiere episode)
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1.10 [--] Front Row Center: FINLEY'S FAN CLUB
08-Jan-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Robert Dozier
starring
William Bakewell as Finley Fitzpatrick
Eddie Bracken as Sammy
Diana Lynn as Elsie
Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Lilia Skala as Mrs. Weiss
Mikhail Rasumny as Mr. Weiss
1.11 [--] Front Row Center: STRANGE SUSPICION
15-Jan-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
starring
James Daly ....... Jerry
Everett Glass .... Dr. Harrison
Ann Harding ...... Grammie
Frank Cady ....... Peter Ball
Betsy Palmer ..... Emily
Howard Wendell ... Dr. Proctor
Byron Foulger .... Arny
Sidney Blackmer .. Alden
Synopsis:
There are secrets in an impoverished New England valley that become known to
everyone. [RF]
1.12 [--] Front Row Center: THE CHALLENGE
22-Jan-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
Written by Bernard Girard
Hosted by Robert Sterling from Hollywood
starring
James Arness ..... Hemp Brown
Ray Collins ...... Crocker
Dick Elliott ..... Benton C. Ward
Tom Laughlin ..... Tom White
James Gavin ...... Garrett
Stafford Repp .... Leacock
Alicia Ibanez
Synopsis:
A man has been on the trail of a former partner to even an old score. When the
partner
he seeks becomes the victim of a lynch mob, the vengeance-bent friend may be the
only one who can save him to stand trial
before a jury. [RF]
1.13 [--] Front Row Center: THE AINSLEY CASE
29-Jan-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Whitfield Cook
story by Bellamy Partridge
starring
Lloyd Bridges as Curly
Philip Bourneuf as Sam Partridge
Virginia Christine as Eileen Grant
Nora Marlowe as Mrs. Partridge
Mona Freeman as Zelda
Philip Coolidge as Mr. Ainsley
James McCallion as Jerry Grant
Fredd Wayne as Dr. Humphries
1.14 [--] Front Row Center: DEADLOCK
05-Feb-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by John Kneubuhl
story by Richard Hall
starring
John Baragrey as Steve Benedict
John Carradine as Frank Deasy
Torin Thatcher as David Ames
Rita Gam as Anna Deasy
1.15 [--] Front Row Center: THE TEACHER AND HECTOR HODGE
12-Feb-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Harry W. Junkin
starring
Don Taylor as Larry Whittaker
Sally Forrest as Sue Whittaker
Ralph Votrian as Hector Hodge
Fredd Wayne as Bill Tyler
Olive Sturgess as Mary
Wilton Graff as Dennis
1.16 [--] Front Row Center: WINTER DREAMS
19-Feb-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
adapted by James P. Cavanagh
story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
starring
Piper Laurie as Judy Jones
Anthony Perkins as Dexter Green
1.17 [--] Front Row Center: UNCLE BARNEY
26-Feb-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Ben Starr
starring
Jim Backus as Harry Cooper
Tom Tully as Uncle Barney
Glenda Farrell as May Cooper
Ronnie Burns as Johnny Cooper
Eilene Janssen as Phyllis
Irene Ryan as Florence
Nan Boardman as Mrs. Jenkins
Jacqueline DeWit as Darlene Gordon
Synopsis:
Uncle Barney is in his 50's. As an old salt, he's looking for a snug
harbor--more particularly a comfortable arrangement known as marriage. He
announces his intention when he drops in for a visit with his relatives
Harry and May Cooper and their son Johnny in New York. The only thing
missing in his plan is the prospective bride. Who shall she be? It isn't
long before the three Coopers start three separate projects to find a
lady to fill the bill. [RF]
1.18 [--] Front Row Center: INNOCENT WITNESS
04-Mar-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Marc Brandel
starring
John McIntire as Joe Adams
Dean Stockwell as David
Margaret O'Brien as Ann
Don Beddoe as George Graf
Virginia Christine as Mrs. Graf
Jeanette Nolan as Aunt Nora
Kem Dibbs as Harlan Miller
Synopsis:
A pair of High school students on a date become involved in a murder when
they skip a school dance to take a drive instead. [RF]
1.19 [--] Front Row Center: THE MORALS SQUAD
11-Mar-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Norman Katkov
starring
Howard Duff as Phil Nyack
Beverly Garland as Ann Kubichek
Jan Merlin as Chester
Celia Lovsky as Mama
John Larch as Frank Cobra
Lewis Charles as Louis
Peter Votrian as Billy
Milburn Stone as Lt. Lennon
1.20 [--] Front Row Center: DINNER DATE
18-Mar-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by John Kneubuhl
starring
Lee Marvin as David Hawken
Peggy Webber as Kathy Mullin
Richard Jaeckel as Mitch Mullin
Jeanne Cooper as Leslie
Janet Stewart as Sandra
Peter Votrian as David Hawken as a boy
Whitfield Connor as Mr. Meredith
1.21 [--] Front Row Center: SEARCH FOR A STRANGER
25-Mar-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Adrian Spies & Virginia Spies
starring
Dewey Martin .......... Ronald Kamin
Richard Eyer .......... Paul Heineman
Don Keefer ............ Herbert Kamin
Ainslie Pryor ......... Father Martin
Lurene Tuttle ......... Mrs. Heineman
Malcolm Atterbury ..... Mr. McBride
Lillian Powell ........ Mrs. McBride
Joseph Sweeney ........ Mr. Snyder
Elizabeth Patterson ... Mrs. Potter
Synopsis:
The story of a young man's desperate need to find some trace of the family he
never knew. [RF]
1.22 [--] Front Row Center: HAWK'S HEAD
01-Apr-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Victor Wolfson
starring
Judith Evelyn as Zilla Portranska
Alan Hewitt as Lathrop Goodale
Jan Sterling as Ruth Merrill
Bobby Clark as Bobby
Patricia Collinge as Mrs. Goodale
Nora O'Mahoney as Aggie
Ian Wolfe as Collins
1.23 [--] Front Row Center: INSTANT
OF TRUTH (aka Moment of Truth)
08-Apr-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
Written by Cy Chermak
Hosted by Robert Sterling
starring
Kevin McCarthy ............ George Whitaker
Angela Lansbury ........... Joyce
Paul Kelly ................ Harry Bond
Synopsis:
When a young man inherits his father's share of a large manufacturing firm,
his scheming wife goads him into a plot to take over the
entire company from the senior
partner. [RF]
1.24 [--] Front Row Center: THE HUMAN TOUCH
15-Apr-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Marc Brandel
directed by Ralph Nelson
produced by Edgar Peterson
host Robert Sterling
starring
Lisa Kirk as Ruth Elliott
John Howard as John Ross
Steve Brodie as Ray Anderson
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Elliott
Leon Askin as Mike Joseph
Joyce Holden as Ann Clark
Joseph Drowning as Bob Oldfield
Ruby Dandridge as Winnie
Buddy Pepper as Peter Frank
Mario Siletti as Waiter
Ralph Manza as Second Waiter
Synopsis:
The human touch is a drama with music. A successful singer in a
fashionable New York supper club threatens suit against a scandal magazine
that has printed a vicious and libelous article about her. A young lawyer
offers to take her case. When she is offered the opportunity to star in
a Broadway musical, provided she agrees to drop the suit, she must
choose between her career and her
principles. [RF]
Note: Miss Kirk sings two original songs. They are A heart to call my
own, by Alec Wilder and William Engvick, and A smile and a ribbon, by
Miss Kirk's husband Bob Wells and Mark McIntire. The play is by Marc
Brandel. Ruth Elliott is the name of the singer played by Lisa Kirk. James
Daly is seen as John Ross, her attorney [John Howard apparently
replaced James Daly, who was scheduled to play lawyer John Ross]. [RF]
1.25 [--] Front Row Center: PRETEND YOU BELONG TO ME (last episode)
22-Apr-1956 CBS Sunday Afternoon
written by Gertrude Walker & Dane Lussier
starring
Mercedes McCambridge as Vivian Donfield
Peter Votrian as Ronnie Donfield
Katherine Bard as Isabelle Corlett
Walter Coy as Van Corlett
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Unproduced episodes or aka's?
[--] Front Row Center: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
adapted by Leonard Lee
story by William Saroyan
[--] Front Row Center: HARPER'S LANDING
written by John Kneubuhl
[--] Front Row Center: THE BROTHERS
written by Adrian Spies & Virginia Spies
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