CTVA US Anthology - "The Loretta Young Show" (NBC) Season 3 (1955-56)

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 Season 3 (NBC) (1955-56)
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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UCLA Film and Television Archive

 

######### The Loretta Young Show #############
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season 3 1955-56 ##############
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NBC Sundays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern

 

3.01 [72] The Loretta Young Show: FEAR ME NOT

28Aug55

Guest Hostess, Rosalind Russell 

guest cast:

Preston Foster

Phyllis Thaxter

Mary Alan Hokanson

Lillian Culver

Synopsis:
At a desolate weather station, a woman (Phyllis Thaxter) encounters an escaped mental patient. [RF]

 

3.02 [73] The Loretta Young Show: WEEKEND IN WINNETKA

04Sep55

Guest Hostess, Rosalind Russell 

guest cast:

Virginia Bruce  ...... Dee Norman
Elinor Donahue ...... Janey
Ann Doran ........... Helen Miller
John Eldredge ....... Tad Miller
Edith Evanson ....... Anna
Gene Raymond ........ Mark Colby
Natalie Schafer ..... Mrs. Hayes
Synopsis:
A mother suspects her daughter has become a juvenile delinquent. [RF]

 

3.03 [74] The Loretta Young Show: REUNION

11Sep55

Guest Host, Joseph Cotten
guest cast:
Bart Burns .......... Mr. Lowery
Chick Chandler ...... Jack Robbins
Donald Curtis ....... Kimball
Nina Foch ........... Mrs. Graff
James Goodwin ....... Lou
Tim Johnson ......... Ralph
Norman Ollestad ..... Fred
Stafford Repp ....... Bailiff
Herbert Rudley ...... Judge
Jeffrey Silver ...... Eugene

 

3.04 [75] The Loretta Young Show: MY UNCLES O'MOORE

08Sep55

Guest Hostess, Barbara Stanwyck

guest cast:

Teresa Wright ....... Schoolteacher

Scott Forbes

Carol Stone

Jimmy Karath

Linda Powell

Jeanne Moody

Gregg Powell

Synopsis:
A schoolmarm in the 1920's is imported into an all-Irish community

 for the sole purpose of marriage to one of the O'Moore boys. When her intended

decides she is too frail for ranch life, and sets about looking for another prospect,

 the teacher must prove he is wrong. [RF]

*Syndication airing on Festival of Stars, 22Jul57.

 

3.05 [76] The Loretta Young Show: GINO

25Sep55

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ... Gino/Guest Host
Mary Sinclair ....... Eileen Campbell
Argentina Brunetti .. Mrs. Nardo
Thomas Coley ........ Lee Ensign
Patricia Iannone .... Angeleen Nardo
Adrienne Marken
Synopsis:
Something's got to give: the Nardo home is in the way of a proposed freeway. [RF]
 

3.06 [77] The Loretta Young Show: MOMENT OF DECISION

02Oct55

Guest Hostess, Merle Oberon
guest cast:
Diana Lynn .......... Sylvia Adler
Liam Sullivan ....... Lyman Adler
Carl Benton Reid .... Miles

Helen Mayon

Susan Morrow

 

3.07 [78] The Loretta Young Show: THE WAITING GAME

09Oct55

Guest Hostess, Barbara Stanwyck
guest cast:
King Donovan ........ Decorator
Joanne Dru .......... Alice
Tom Hernández ....... Angelo
Paula Hill .......... Diane
Glenn Langan ........ Jerry
Philip Ober ......... Tom
Casey Adams ......... Phil

 

3.08 [79] The Loretta Young Show: THE LAST SPRING

16Oct55

Guest Host, Van Johnson
guest cast:
John Hodiak ......... Matt
Peggy Knudsen ....... Madeleine
Michael Winkleman ... Jerry

Raymond Bailey

Larry Blake

 

3.09 [80] The Loretta Young Show: KATY

23Oct55

Guest Host, Van Johnson
guest cast:
Beverly Washburn .... Katy
Mary Field .......... Mrs. Stewart
Don Haggerty ........ Mr. Leonard
Margaret Hayes ...... Miss Ewing
Charles Herbert ..... Mike
Dorothy Patrick ..... Mrs. Leonard
 

3.10 [81] The Loretta Young Show: SLANDER

30Oct55

guest cast:

Guest Hostess, Irene Dunne

guest cast:

Laraine Day .......... Carol Potter

Kenneth Tobey .......... Harry Potter

Corey Allen .......... Calvin

Betty Caulfield ......... Miss Moore

Adrienne Marden .......... Phyllis

Irene Tedrow .......... Beatrice
Synopsis:

Vicious gossip in a small community nearly ruins a happy

marriage. The wife is having her portrait painted by

a promising young artist. Rumor has it that her

interest in him is more than that of a patron. [RF]

 

3.11 [82] The Loretta Young Show: TROPICAL SECRETARY

06Nov55

Guest Hostess, Irene Dunne

guest cast:

Phyllis Kirk ......... Jess Blackston

Rod Cameron ............ Dave Goodwick

Walter Coy .......... Wally Mitchell

Dabbs Greer ........ Chester Ives

John Harmon ....... Charlie
Synopsis:

A girl seeks out a former sweetheart on a tropical island and

unexpectedly she also becomes involved with a writer. [RF]

 

3.12 [83] The Loretta Young Show: THE BRACELET

13Nov55

from an Andre Maurois story

guest cast:

Merle Oberon ......... Lucille/Guest Hostess

Stephen Bekassy ......... Professor Moreau

Judith Evelyn .......... Ann

Maurice Marsac .......... LeClerc
Synopsis:

A woman whose husband was killed in an airplane crash, refuses to

believe the report that her husband was running off with another woman,

when the crash occurred. [RF]

 

[--] The Loretta Young Show: Thanksgiving at Beaver Dam

20Nov55 rerun of 21Nov53

 

3.13 [84] The Loretta Young Show: ACROSS THE PLAZA

27Nov55

written by Gene Levitt

Guest Hostess, Dinah Shore

guest cast:

Margaret Hayes ........ Julie Vaughn

Gerald Mohr ........ Elliott Sayer

Richard Webb ......... Bill Walker

Peter De Sale ........ Juan Romero
Synopsis:

A newspaperwoman and her fiance find themselves

involved in a Central American revolution.

To further complicate things, her former

sweetheart shows up in town. [RF]

 

3.14 [85] The Loretta Young Show: A PATTERN OF DECEIT

04Dec55

written by Devery Freeman

story by Laura Hunter

Guest Hostess, Claudette Colbert
guest cast:
Claudia Barrett ..... Ann Marie
Robert Burton ....... Preston
Laraine Day ......... Sara Lewis
Rosemary Edelman .... Joan
Paul Langton ........ Mark Hodges
Susan Morrow ........ Lily Walker
Aline Towne ......... Madge
 

3.15 [86] The Loretta Young Show: MAN IN THE RING

11Dec55

Guest Hostess, Ann Sothern
guest cast:
Scott Brady ......... Ted Slater
Hugh Beaumont ....... Arnie
Phyllis Thaxter ..... Laurie
Murray Alper ........ Marty Simmons
 

3.16 [87] The Loretta Young Show: A SHADOW BETWEEN

18Dec55

Guest Hostess, Joan Fontaine
guest cast:
Stephen McNally ..... Dr. Richard Sherwood
Mary Sinclair ....... Louise Andrews
William Ching ....... Bill Adams
Elizabeth Flournoy .. Miss Springs
Marjorie Lord ....... Miss Cook
Ruth Perrott ........ Mrs. Simpkins
 

3.17 [88] The Loretta Young Show: CHRISTMAS STOPOVER

25Dec55

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sally Kolesar
Bobby Clark ......... Russell
John Larch .......... Ernie Robbins
Ross Elliott ........ Mr. Hunter
Robert Lowery ....... Gordy
Robert Anderson ..... Ed
Carroll McComas ..... Old Lady
Synopsis:
The story of a lonely waitress and a stranded 9-year-old. [RF]
 

3.18 [89] The Loretta Young Show: A TICKET FOR MAY

01Jan56

written by Robert J. Hogan

guest cast:

Dorothy Malone ....... May Hadley

Christopher Dark ....... Charlie Blackburn

John Ericson ....... Will Hadley

William Phipps ....... Sheriff

Dabbs Greer

Trevor Bardette

John Close

Richard Grant

 

3.19 [90] The Loretta Young Show: INGA III

08Jan56

written by William Bruckner

directed by Harry Keller

based on Devery Freeman & Cameron Blake's characters

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Inga Helborg

Paul Brinegar ....... Pete

Stanley Clements ....... Charlie

William Forrest ....... Mr. Bruckner

Robert Fortier ....... Tom

Robert Foulk ....... Hank

Kathleen Freeman ....... Jessie

Greta Granstedt ....... Judy

Dayton Lummis ....... Doctor

Donald Murphy ....... Ben Abbott

 

3.20 [91] The Loretta Young Show: THE CHALLENGE

15Jan56

guest cast:

Keith Andes  ......... Bill Strawn
Barbara Hale ........ Mrs. Strawn
Regis Toomey ........ Everett Strawn
Terry Rangno ........ Bruce
Harry Bartell
Synopsis:
A young couple faces a serious test when the husband is denied an important promotion. [RF]
 

3.21 [92] The Loretta Young Show: SONG OF ROME

22Jan56

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Anna Maria Alberghetti .... Nicola
Scott Forbes .............. Victor
Paul Picerni .............. Toby
Penny Santon .............. Miss Trentini
Jinette De Bard ........... Scarlatti
Synopsis:
In Rome, an 18-year-old girl finally meets the man who has been her

"second father" through a foster-parents program. Thrilled with her voice and with

the girl herself, the older man plans an extensive singing career for her in New York. [RF]

 

3.22 [93] The Loretta Young Show: THE SECRET

29Jan56

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Marie Therese Prohaska

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Prudence Bixby
John Newland ........ Dr. Norton
Jay Potter .......... Ray Norton
Kathryn Card ........ Mrs. Wilson
Stanley Fraser ...... Butler
Arthur Lovejoy ...... Visitor

 

3.23 [94] The Loretta Young Show: THE PEARL

12Feb56

written by Richard Morris

story by Louis E. Holtz

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Kiku
Teru Shimada ........ Kiyoshi
Chiyoko Baker ....... Geisha Girl #1
Donna Jean Okubo .... Geisha Girl #2
Kayoko Wakita ....... Geisha Girl #3
Synopsis:
A Japanese fisherman finds a valuable pearl and intends to keep

 it a secret from his wife. But she happens on the pearl accidentally

and has far different plans for it than her husband. [RF]
 

3.24 [95] The Loretta Young Show: TIGHTWAD MILLIONAIRE

19Feb56

written by Gene Levitt

guest cast:

Barbara Billingsley ....... Connie
Jack Kruschen ....... Charlie
Robert Sterling ...... Markle
John Close .......... George
Marilyn Erskine ..... Betty
Harold Fong ......... Waiter

 

3.25 [96] The Loretta Young Show: GESUNDHEIT

26Feb56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Vivian King

Scott Forbes ......... Rig Parks

Dan Barton ......... Sam

Geoffrey Toone ........ Cookie

Trude Wyler .......Miss Martell

Synopsis:

The cast and crew are up in arms. They think an actress is faking a

serious allergy to her leading man - she has a sneezing fit whenever

she's near him. [RF]

 

3.26 [97] The Loretta Young Show: FATHER HOPPE

04Mar56

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Cecily Hallack

guest cast:

Romney Brent .......... Father Hoppe

Mercedes McCambridge .......... Cissy Brackett

Philip Bourneuf ........ George Allen

Jacqueline deWit ........ Rachel Brackett

John Craven ........ Brother John

Hayden Rorke ....... Lynn Johnson

Will Wright ........ Father Gourdian
Synopsis:

The drab life of a spinster is brightened by her interest in amateur

painting and the encouragement of a kindly priest. [RF]

 

3.27 [98] The Loretta Young Show: HIS INHERITANCE

18Mar56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sarella
John Newland ........ Eli
Barbara Eiler ....... Grace
Kathleen Freeman .... Cousin Phemie
Denver Pyle ......... Henry
Bucko Stafford ...... Eli Jr.
Ian Wolfe ........... Elder Sharpe

 

3.28 [99] The Loretta Young Show: THE WISE ONE

25Mar56

written by Gene Levitt

guest cast:

Stephen McNally  ..... Garson
Joy Page ............ Ellen
Rico Alaniz ......... Proprietor
James Anderson ...... Burton
Dehl Berti .......... William
Eugene Iglesias ..... Guitar Player
Shooting Star ....... Chief
John War Eagle ...... Garage Man
Rico Alaniz ......... Proprietor

 

3.29 [100] The Loretta Young Show: BUT FOR GOD'S GRACE

01Apr56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Ruth/Rosalie Simms
Hugh Beaumont ....... Jack
Tommy Kirk .......... Alvin Simms
Helen Mayon ......... Thelma
Jimmy Baird ......... Philip
Synopsis:
A woman is grief-stricken over the death of her child.
 

3.30 [101] The Loretta Young Show: HAPLESS HOLIDAY

08Apr56

guest cast:

Phyllis Thaxter  ..... Dinah
Russ Conway ......... Eddie
Ray Montgomery ...... Peter
Mildred Natwick ..... Mrs. Redman
Don Kennedy ......... Detective
Dan Riss ............ Chuck
Fred Coby ........... Smitty

 

3.31 [102] The Loretta Young Show: CASE 258

15Apr56

guest cast:

Frank Lovejoy  ....... Walter
Barry Atwater ....... George
Alan Hale Jr. ....... Granville
Mary James .......... Mary
Gloria McGhee ....... Ruth
Herbert Rudley ...... Marcus
Synopsis:
A well-meaning friend tries to prevent a brilliant engineer from destroying his life. [RF]
 

3.32 [103] The Loretta Young Show: THE CARDINAL'S SECRET

22Apr56

written by Gene Levitt

story by Ernest F. Miller

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ...... Father William Gomez
John Beradino ....... O'Rourke
Patricia Hardy ...... Ruth
Brad Trumbull ....... Bill Bremmer
Therese Lyon ........ Miss Bagley
Charles Meredith .... Bishop
Ted de Corsia ....... Manager

 

############# Man Against Crime ##############
########### season 6 Summer 1956 #############
################## (live) ##################
Starring Frank Lovejoy
as Mike Barnett
NBC Sundays 10:00pm Eastern (1July1956-26Aug1956)
Summer replacement for "The Loretta Young Show"

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