George Sanders
Mystery Theatre
(Summer 1957)
aka Award Theatre
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
GEORGE SANDERS MYSTERY THEATRE
Screen Gems, Inc.
a division of Columbia Pictures
for
NBC (Sundays)
US Anthology series Summer 1957 13 episodes x 30 min bw (22Jun57-14Sep57)
hosted by George Sanders
Premise:
A summer replacement series possibly for "The Loretta Young Show"
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[01] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: MAN IN THE ELEVATOR
Screen Gems prod. no. 1
22Jun57 NBC Sat DEBUT 9:00pm (copyright 28Dec56)
Directed by Fletcher Markle
starring
Don Haggerty
Dorothy Green
Paul Peterson
Synopsis:
A married couple living in a New York town house, decides to go on a trip to the
country.
At the last moment the wife remembers she has forgotten her watch and sends her
husband back for it. But while he is in the elevator she removes the fuse, trapping him
between floors, and then leaves for the country. Frantically the man tries to save himself.
[02] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: AND THE BIRDS STILL SING
Screen Gems prod. no. 8
copyright 28Dec56
Written by Gene Wang
Directed by Gerd Oswald
cast
Tristram Coffin
Havis Davenport
John Beradino
Richard Benedict
[03] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: THE CALL
Screen Gems prod. no. 3
copyright 28Dec56
Written by Halsted Welles
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
Adam Williams
Marshall Bradford
[04] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: YOU DON'T LIVE HERE
Screen Gems prod. no. 4
copyright 8Jul57
Written by Eugene Francis
Directed by Fletcher Markle
Hosted by George Sanders
cast
Marion Ross ......... Young Woman
Jim Hayward ......... Janitor
Alex Gerry .......... Landlord
Peter Thompson ...... Doctor
Freeman Morse ....... Husband
Synopsis:
A young woman returns home to find that the janitor of the building and
the landlord do not recognize her - in fact they tell her she doesn't even live there.
Terrified, she asks the police for help and is sent to the hospital. Later a doctor brings
her home, and she believes everything has returned to
normal, but tragedy suddenly strikes. [RF]
*Note: Not listed for this episode: Kathleen O'Malley, Rick Vallin, Cheryl
Calloway
(07Sep57 NBC Sat WSYR-TV Syracuse PA 9pm.)
[05] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Screen Gems prod. no. 5
20Jul57 (copyright 15Jul57)
Written by Jerome Bromfield
Directed by James Neilson
cast
Robert Horton ....... George Cook
Dolores Donlon ....... Felice
Herb Butterfield ....... Milo Davenport
Ray Gordon
George Eldredge
Jospeh Hamilton
Synopsis:
An amnesia victim is told he resembles a missing heir. He joins forces with a
couple to claim
the inheritance, and agrees to divide the money with them. But after he has the money he
decides to murder the man and marry the woman. (film) [RF]
[06] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: THE LIAR
Screen Gems prod. no. 7
copyright 28Dec56
Written by Halsted Welles
From a story by Charlotte Armstrong
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
Robert Nichols
Richard Devon
Marvin Press
Ray Buckley
Nolan Leary
Kathleen Mulgreen
[07] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: BROKER'S SPECIAL
Screen Gems prod. no. 2
copyright date 24Jun57
Written by Melvin Wald and Jack Jacobs
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
George Sanders
Mary Lawrence
Grant Richards
Lyle Talbot
Diana Damis
[08] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: TRY IT MY WAY
Screen Gems prod. no. 9
copyright 28Dec56
Written by Whitfield Cook
Story by Frederick Nebel
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
Howard Wendell
Phil Arnold
Gilbert Frye
[09] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: ROUND TRIP
Screen Gems prod. no. 10
copyright 28Dec56
Written by Charles Faber
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
Pamela Duncan
Roger Smith
Ella Ethridge
Russ Bender
Paul Harber (or Haber)
[10] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: LOVE HAS NO ALIBI
Screen Gems prod. no. 11
24Aug57 (copyright 28Dec56)
Written by Steve Fisher
Based on the novel by Octavus Roy Cohen
Directed by John Meredyth Lucas
cast
William Leslie
Kathryn Grant
Don Haggerty
S. John Launer
Paul Haber
Jack W. Harris
[11] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: THE NIGHT I DIED
Screen Gems prod. no. 12
31Aug57 (copyright 26Aug57)
Producer Fletcher Markle
Written by Brainerd Duffield
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by Fletcher Markle
cast
Paul Gary .......... Nick
Benny Rubin ........ Morris
Howard McNear ...... Ben
Eve McVeagh ........ Thelma
Scotty Beckett ..... Darrell
Ted Jacques ........ Police Chief
[12] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: MORNING BOAT TO AFRICA
Screen Gems prod. no. 13
copyright 5Aug57 (not aired on network)
Written by Maury Hill
Directed by Oscar Randolph
cast
George Sanders
Valerie French
Peter Adams
[13] George Sanders Mystery Theatre: THE PEOPLE vs. ANNE TOBIN
Screen Gems prod. no. 6
copyright 28Dec56 (not aired on network)
Written by Robert P. Presnell Jr.
Directed by Gerd Oswald
cast
Arthur Franz
June Vincent
Reba Tassell
Robert Quarry
Paul Keast
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