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Love Story (1973-74)
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 / Writers Guild of America (wga)
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LOVE STORY
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Paramount Television Production
for
NBC
US Dramatic Anthology series 1973-74 12 episodes x 60 mins
Premise:
Dramatic stories of romance from comedy to tragedy.
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NBC Wednesdays 9-10pm EST
[01] Love Story: LOVE CAME LAUGHING
03Oct1973 NBC Wed
Written & Directed by Michael Landon
Guest cast:
Eileen Heckart ...... Marge Stone
Bonnie Bedelia ...... Alice Hartman
Michael Brandon ..... Gary Stone
Michael Lerner ...... Lou Graham
Beverly Powers ...... Sandra Blaine
Garry Walberg ....... John Hartman
Donald Woods ........ Dr. Newman
Eldon Quick ......... Mr. Wallace
Chuck Morrell
Synopsis:
The tender affair between a lonely young man and a pregnant girl. One problem,
his mother, the lazy, querulous gossip. [RF]
[02] Love Story: ALL MY TOMORROWS
10Oct1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Anne Baxter ......... Elaine McKinley
Barnard Hughes ...... Andrew Corby
Robert Foxworth ..... Richard Donner
Susan Anspach ....... Lee McKinley
Bill Quinn .......... Dr. Welman
John Sebastian
Synopsis:
A music teacher, and aspiring concert pianist (Robert Foxworth) marries a dying
woman. [RF]
[--] 16Oct1973 pre-empted for the World Series.
[03] Love Story: THE ROLLER COASTER STOPS HERE
24Oct1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Don Murray .......... Neil Kaplan
Barbara Hershey .... Farrell Edwards
Harry Basch ......... Lou Kaplan
Louise Lasser ....... Elaine Kaplan
Joan Tompkins ....... Sarah Kaplan
Tony Becker ......... Todd
Synopsis:
A man suspended between duty and desire is forced to choose either his tired
marriage or his free-spirited young lover. [RF]
[04] Love Story: THE CARDBOARD HOUSE
31Oct1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Samantha Eggar ...... Ruth Wilson
Vic Morrow ......... Dave Walters
Robert Emhardt ...... Dr. Mac Merrill
Patricia Morrill .... Jean Merrill
Bill Zuckert ........ Al Perrin
Warren Miller ....... Ron
Synopsis:
She's a secretary with a penchant for tidiness and organization: and he's a
devil-may-care charmer who
lives for the moment as two mismatched lovers come together. [RF]
[05] Love Story: MIRABELLE'S SUMMER
07Nov1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Pamela Franklin ..... Mirabelle
Martin Sheen ........ Frank
David Huffman ....... David
David Doyle ......... Mr. Ross
Nancy Olsen ......... Mrs. Ross
Marcia Strassman
Phyllis Thaxter
Synopsis:
A young woman caught in an emotional vise. She's torn between her love for her
energetic fiance and her
increasing attachment to a man crippled in an accident. [RF]
[--] 14Nov73 pre-empted by "Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii"
Special
[06] Love Story: THE SOFT, KIND BRUSH
21Nov1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
James Farentino ..... David Coryell
Trish Van Devere ... Miriam Fannon
Lynette Mettey ...... Peggy Gallagher
Phillip Pine ........ Stan
Ellen Clark ......... Nora
Mary Ann Gibson ..... Fern
Synopsis:
Tale of the reunion of college sweethearts who find that they are still
powerfully attracted to one another,
despite being married to other people. [RF]
[07] Love Story: BEGINNER'S LUCK
28Nov1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Janet Leigh ......... Leonie
Kurt Russell ........ Scott
William Schallert ... Jones
Barbara Mallory ..... Gretchen
Jan Smithers ........ Barbara
Synopsis:
Drama about the romance between two college students, and the new moral
standards of college life. [RF]
[08] Love Story: WHEN THE GIRLS CAME OUT TO PLAY
05Dec1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Frank Langella ...... Jimmy Lewin
Valerie Perrine ..... Marlene
Victoria Principal... Karen
Booth Colman ........ Lewin
Claudia Bryar ....... Mrs. Lewin
Synopsis:
Tale of the trials of a lover-boy bachelor (Frank Langella) in a swinging
singles apartment complex. [RF]
[09] Love Story: JOIE
12Dec1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
John David Carson ... Joie
Kim Darby ........... Cindy
Sada Thompson ....... Mama Cassalini
Kristina Holland .... Margie
Daniel J. Travanti .. Frank
Synopsis:
Story of the clash between the overprotective mother of an artistically-gifted,
but mentally-challenged young man,
and the dedicated teacher her son falls in love with. [RF]
[10] Love Story: THE YOUNGEST LOVERS
19Dec1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Jodie Foster ........ Ellie Madison
Larry Hagman ........ Dick Madison
Susan Oliver ........ Virginia Madison
Diane Baker ......... Angie Burnett
Michael-James Wixted. Sam Burnett
Kevin McCarley ...... Boy
Synopsis:
Tale of the innocence of a first love between two 12 year-olds from broken
homes. [RF]
[11] Love Story: A GLOW OF DYING EMBERS
26Dec1973 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Janet MacLachlan .... Carol Marshall
Greg Morris ......... Edward Marshall
Clifton Davis ....... James Monroe
Ed Bernard .......... Peter
Charles Lampkin ..... Father
Maidie Norman ....... Mother
Tina Andrews
Synopsis:
The story of a Vietnam POW, returning home to find that his wife, believing him
dead, is now happily married to another man. [RF]
[12] Love Story: TIME FOR LOVE
02Jan1974 NBC Wed
Guest star:
Joan Pringle ........ Susan
Bruce Davison ....... Jeffrey
Kay Lenz ............ Sara
Dean Jagger ......... Great Grandfather
Robert Mandan ....... Frank
Allyn Ann McLerie ... Vivian
Chuck Daniel
Dennis Olivieri
Synopsis:
It takes the renewed attention of one of her former beaus to make a wife
appreciate her busy husband. [RF]
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