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Season
1 (CBS) (1950-51)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated Jan
2022] , James Beer
references:
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CBS Mondays 8:00-8:30pm Eastern (30 min) (season 1-2-3)
1.01 Lux Video Theatre: SATURDAY'S CHILDREN
02Oct1950 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Teleplay by Robert Cendella
Adapted from Maxwell Anderson's story.
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Joan Caulfield ........ Bobby O'Neil
Dean Harens ........... Rims
John Ericson .......... Mike
Eileen Heckart ........ Florie
Una O'Connor .......... Mrs. Gorlick
Ralph Riggs ........... Mr. Halevy
Peter Thompson ........ Messenger
William Keighley ..... Intermission guest
Synopsis:
The story of a young wife, Bobby O'Neil, who finds disillusionment
in the routine of housework, and seeks excitement in the form of an extra
curricular romance. She leaves her husband, lives in a furnished room,
gets a job, but finds that her platonic interlude with her employer does
not supply a satisfactory solution to her problem.
1.02 Lux Video Theatre: ROSALIND
09Oct1950 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Adaptation of James M. Barrie's play
Directed by Larry Goldwasser
starring
Luise Rainer .......... Mrs. Page
David Wainwright ...... Charles Roche
Kate Tomlinson ........ Dame Quickly
Edward H. Kramer ...... Messenger
Synopsis:
Rosalind is a famous actress who is really alot older than she appears on stage.
Not wanting to lose her appeal to the public, she does her best to keep up the
illusion that she is still a beautiful young girl. As a result, she must live a
life of gay
parties and flirtations with stage door "Johnnies".
But once a year Rosalind lets her hair down and acts her age. Hiding out in a
countryside boarding house, she pretends to be her own mother. On one of
these visits she is introduced to a handsome young man as the mother of
Rosalind.
She continues to play the part throughout the evening while the young swain
talks
of love for her "daughter" even though he has never had the opportunity to
express it.
As the evening draws to a close, Rosalind decides to tell him the truth about
the
"girl" he loves.
1.03 Lux Video Theatre: SHADOW ON THE HEART
16Oct1950 CBS Mon
written by Robert Cendedella
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Veronica Lake ......... Stormy Denton
Bob Lyons ............. Red Galligher
Roy Fant .............. Gramps
William Kemp .......... Steve (as Bill Kemp)
Robert Allen .......... Skipper
Mike Kellin ........... Tuttle
Walter Matthau ........ First Coastguardsman
Virginia Tate ......... Nurse
Synopsis:
Coast Guard Seaman Red Harrington on duty at Cape Cod, meets
a pretty girl named Stormy Denton. Only after he has developed a
fondness for her does he discover that she is blind. But it doesn't make
any difference to the young sailor. He wants to marry her. All he knows
about her past is that she was wounded and lost her sight while serving
as an Army nurse during the War. She is to undergo a special operation
on her eyes and is anxiously awaited not only by Red bu an ex-fiance
whom she has not heard from since her injury.
1.04 Lux Video Theatre: THE VALIANT
23Oct1950 CBS Mon
Based on the play by Halworthy Hall & Robert Middlemass
Directed by Larry Goldwasser
starring
Zachary Scott ............ James Dyke
Harold E. Vermilyea .... Warden Holt
Wendy Drew ............... The Girl
Graham W. Velsey ...... Father Daly
Hy Anzel ..................... Dan
Edmund Morris ........... Jailer
Bill Hellinger ............... Prisoner #1
James Reason ........... Prisoner #2
Synopsis:
A convicted murderer steadfastly refuses to reveal his real identity
leaves the warden and prison chaplain with no luck in penetrating
the man's silence. A girl who thinks he might be her brother visits the convict.
1.05 Lux Video Theatre: MINE TO HAVE
30Oct1950 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Written by Robert Cendedella
Story by Hannah Lees
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch ............. Flo
Andrew Duggan ......... Mahoney
Muriel Landers ........ Head Nurse
Eileen Page ........... Smitty
Maxine Stuart ......... Millie
Janet Fox ............. Henrietta
Norma Winters ......... Addie
Synopsis:
When her husband is killed in trying to elude police,
she is imprisoned as his accomplice. She discovers that she
is going to have a baby and after the child is born, that
she must give it up. Her only hope for her baby's security
and her own peace of mind is a policeman who has befriended her.
Synopsis 2:
A heart-broken mother is forced to give up her baby
when she is sent to prison.
1.06 Lux Video Theatre: THAT WONDERFUL NIGHT
06Nov1950 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Written by Ellis Marcus
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Angela Lansbury ....... Leslie
Glenn Langan .... Arnold Imes (as Thomas Glen Langan)
Cliff Hall ............ Jameson
Jean Sincere .......... Grace
Harry Davis ........... Sims
Terry O'Sullivan ...... Announcer
Tom McElhaney ......... Daniels
Henrietta Moore ....... Hope Beauville
Synopsis:
An English girl is thoroughly unimpressed by winning a date
with an American Movie idol she never heard of.
The date is the idea of a press-agent trying to stir up interest
in the actor's newest movie. The girl's disinterest in the stunt
and the actor's general boredom with publicity stunts forbode
a grim evening, until events take a surprising turn.
1.07 Lux Video Theatre: GALLANT LADY
13Nov1950 CBS Mon
Written by John Robert Lloyd
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Ruth Hussey ........... Linda Carson
Herbert Rudley ........ Doctor Carson
Audra Lindley ......... Irene Stoddard
John Steven ........... Paul Hewitt
Fran Lee .............. Selma
Elizabeth Dillon ...... Miss Lee
Helen Marcy ........... Marilyn Adams
Leon Shaw ............. Peter Adams
Synopsis:
A woman discovers that her husband, who disappeared seven
years ago, was suffering amnesia and is now happily living
with a new wife and their child. She must decide whether to
disrupt his new-found family life or remake her own.
1.08 Lux Video Theatre: GOODNIGHT, PLEASE
20Nov1950 CBS Mon
Written by Robert Cenedella
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Franchot Tone ........ Meredith Whitehouse
Jan Sherwood ......... Lucy Whitehouse
Claude Allister ...... Burton
Ruth Altman .......... Mrs. Dele Beque
Erik Rhodes .......... Dr. Gardiner
Douglas Gregory ...... Mr. McWinkle, First Vice President
Donald Keyes ......... Vice President #2
Albert Bergh ......... Vice President #3
Synopsis:
A besieged bank executive decides that the high pressure
business isn't worth the aggravation. Fed up with questions
he simply went to bed.
1.09 Lux Video Theatre: THE TOKEN
27Nov1950 CBS Mon
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Wanda Hendrix ........ Sumatra
Dean Harens .......... Epes Calef
June Dayton .......... Annice Balavan
Robert Morgan ........ John Nickerson
John Stephen ......... Ira Calef
Ruth Hammond ......... Mother Calef
Sandy Kenyon ......... Fireman #1
Lee Filips ........... Fireman #2
Synopsis:
When the play opens it is 1840 and John Epes has just returned
to New England after an eighteen-month voyage covering all the
seaports on the Atlantic. His fiancee, Annice Balavan, has never
approved of his chosen profession and enlists the help of his father
to make him take a job on land. Completely dominated by his father's
will, Epes has to agree to give up his ship even though he loves the sea
more than anything else.
His hopes of every shipping out again have been completely forgotten
until he meets Sumatra, Annice's younger sister. The girl is wild and
extravagant in both dress and speech, but she shares John's love for
the sea. Secretly in love with the sailor, Sumatra plots to win him away
from her sister and give him back to the sea he loves. But she does not
know of John's pledge to Annice which his honor does not allow him to break.
Synopsis 2:
Story of a fiery girl with a great love for the sea, during the days
of American's great clipper fleets.
1.10 Lux Video Theatre: TO THINE OWN SELF
04Dec1950 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Written by Joseph Liss
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Melvyn Douglas ........ James Strickland
Walter Burke .......... Benson
Terese Hunter
Katharine Bard ........ The Girl
Royal Dano ............ Sergeant Finley
James Sheridan ........ Sheridan
Roy Baime ............. Ticket Agent
Arthur Little Jr....... Melvyn Douglas Double
Synopsis:
A stock broker plans to rob his clients. After emptying the safe, he reserves
a train compartment under an assumed name, shaves off his moustache and
removes all marks of his identity from his clothing in the hope of leading a new
life of a wealthy investor in another city. Just an hour before his scheduled
departure a strange girl approaches him and tries to persuade him to remain
honest.
1.11 Lux Video Theatre: THE LOVELY MENACE
11Dec1950 CBS Mon
Written by Eric Hatch
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Mercedes McCambridge ...... Marie Overbrook
Walter Abel ........... Joe Holmby
Dorothy Elder ......... Peggy Harding
Sydney Smith .......... Tim Harding
Jean Sincere .......... Genevieve Packard
Karen Stevens ......... Molly Grimes
Elizabeth Dillon ...... Sarah Wayne
Mercer McLeod ......... Mr. Overbrook
Synopsis:
Marie Overbrook, is a young French widow of an American soldier, who is suddenly
cast
in the midst of high society. Living with her father-in-law, Marie is invited to
a party where
she will meet al of her husband's old friends. Before the party, the girl
confesses that she
is afraid of making a fool of herself in front of all the guests. Moreover, she
is even more
frightened by the prospect of being treated like a poor French peasant.
But at the affair everything goes differently than she had anticipated. The
young widow
makes a great hit with the men and they heap attention on her. All the women,
however
resent her for fear she is stealing their husbands. Marie finds that she has
unwittingly become
the competitor of every woman there.
1.12 Lux Video Theatre: DOWN BAYOU DU BAC
18Dec1950 CBS Mon
Written by Robert Cendedella
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn ............ Ruth Deeves
Lon McCallister ....... Ed Brown
Charles Dingle ........ Mr. Wendell Deeves
Mabel Paige ........... Aunt Lydia
Hazel Jones ........... Mrs. Deeves
Tom McElhaney ......... Mr. Brown
Marga Ann Deighton .... Mrs. Brown
Donald Keyes .......... Minister
Synopsis:
The story is set in the Louisiana Bayou, where young sweethearts parents' try to
break up their romance.
1.13 Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
25Dec1950 CBS Mon
Teleplay by Robert Cendedella
Adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's famous version of the Nativity.
Directed by Fielder Cook
Narrator Horace Braham
starring
Fay Bainter .............. Innkeeper's Wife
Gene Lockhart ......... Innkeeper
Anne Bancroft .......... Leah (as Ann Marno)
Elizabeth Ross .......... Sarah
Robert Morgan .......... Dismas
Alan Shayne .............. Joseph
Jacques Aubuchon .... Prefect
William Darrid ......... Soldier (#1)
Lawrence Ryle ........ Soldier (#2)
Lee Filips ................ Soldier (#3)
Synopsis:
The story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of the innkeeper and his wife
is told.
1.14 Lux Video Theatre: A WELL REMEMBERED VOICE
01Jan1951 CBS Mon
Play by James M. Barrie
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Brian Ahern ........... Mr. Don
Renee Gadd ............ Mrs. Don
Denholm Elliott ....... Dick
Karen Laporte ......... Laura
Robert Oswald Marshall .. Mr. Rogers
Robin Craven .......... Major Armitage
Synopsis:
A husband and wife are drifting apart because one doesn't think the other is sad
enough about their son's death.
1.15 Lux Video Theatre: THE PURPLE DOOR KNOB
08Jan1951 CBS Mon
Adaptation of a one-act play by Walter Richard Eaton
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull ........ Mrs. Bartholomew
Virginia Sale ......... Mrs. Dunbar
Felicia Montealegre ... Viola Cole
Synopsis:
A spirited old woman hopes for a little excitement in her quiet life in a small
New England town, and gets it when a famous actress knocks at her door
one night with a strange request.
1.16 Lux Video Theatre: PURPLE AND FINE LINEN
15Jan1951 CBS Mon
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Basil Rathbone ........ Frampton
Ilona Massey .......... Lady Malvern
Claude Allister ....... Butler to Frampton
Adia Kusnetsoff ....... Grigor
Malcolm Beggs ......... Lord Malvern
Hugh Green ............ Bobby
Robert Oswald Marshall ..... Butler to Lord Malvern
Frances Greet ......... Saleslady
Rex Everhart .......... Extra
Synopsis:
The plot concerns an elderly woman beggar who picks a man's pocket
on a London street, persuades her victim not to turn her over to the police
and leads him into a series of adventures, during which he discovers that
she is no ordinary pickpocket - nor elderly, either.
1.17 Lux Video Theatre: MANHATTAN PASTORALE
22Jan1951 CBS Mon
Teleplay by Robert Cendedella
Adapted from a play by Matt Taylor
Directed by Fielder Cook
starirng
Teresa Wright ......... Emily
Francis Lederer ....... Charles
Myron Kellin .......... Two Times
Murvyn Vye ............ Tiny Tim
Harold Stone .......... Clerk
Walter Matthau ........ Inspector
William F. Sands ...... Reporter #1
Knox Fowler ........... Reporter #2
Synopsis:
A spinsterish young schoolteacher finds an abundance of excitement in a visit
to the Big City. Her adventures beging when she finds $30,000 in a taxi and
turns it over to the police. A visit by mobsters and her involvement in gang
warfare
follow promptly.
1.18 Lux Video Theatre: THE SHINY PEOPLE
29Jan1951 CBS Mon
Adaptation of a play by Eric Hatch
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Cummings ..... Wally
Kene Holliday ......... Bob
Elinor Randel ......... Mary
Jacqueline DeWitt ..... Phyllis
Karl Lukas ............. Bob
J. Pat O'Malley ....... Alf
Art Smith ................ Pop
Ruth Hope ............. Mrs. Thompson
Doris Patton .......... Emily
Tyra Vaughn .......... Carol
Herschel Bentley .... Gyles
F. Ben Miller .......... Giant
Charles Silver ........ Midget (no. 1)
Elsie Schultz .......... Midget (no. 2)
Ann Cooper ............ Young girl
William Becker ........ Young man
Christopher Barbieri .... Little boy
Mary Carver ........... Baby girl
Walter Teschan ..... Middle-aged man
William Keighley ..... Intermission guest
Synopsis:
Story of a sideshow barker with a yen for high society after he meets a society
gal out slumming.
Synopsis 2:
A sideshow barker with social ambitions leaves his girlfriend and the sideshow,
goes to London
and develops a mind-reading act, then returns to America as an act in
fashionable night clubs.
1.19 Lux Video Theatre: THE CHOIR REHEARSAL
05Feb1951 CBS Mon
Adaptation of a one-act play by Clare Kummer
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Martha Scott .......... Esmerelda
Robert Sterling ....... Alan
Enid Markey ........... Abigail
Parker Fennelly ....... William
Thomas Reaphy ......... Amos
Robert Le Sueur ....... Enoch
Synopsis:
It takes place in the small New England town of Tuckerton during the early years
of
the nineteenth century. Esmeralda is expelled from the church coral group
because she
sings a tuneful melody in the choir. Embarrassed and deeply hurt Esmeralda
withdraws
from society and stops going to church. She is making plans to leave town when
an
unexpected ally turns up.
1.20 Lux Video Theatre: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
12Feb1951 CBS Mon
Adaptation of the last act of Robert Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Raymond Massey ........ Abe Lincoln
Muriel Kirkland ....... Mary
Frank Tweddell ........ Crimmin
Calvin Thomas ......... Josh Speed
Walter Davis .......... Sturveson
Charles Evans ......... Dr. Barrick
Joseph Foley .......... Billy Herndon
Ed Cullen ............. Ninian Edwards
1.21 Lux Video Theatre: TO THE LOVELY MARGARET
19Feb1951 CBS Mon
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Margaret O'Brien ...... Margaret
Skip Homeier .......... Kirk
Anna Lee .............. Julia
Ivan Simpson .......... Professor Adams
Pat Gaye .............. Jackie
Synopsis:
Margaret, who lives in the home of her uncle, Professor Adams,
is rarely invited to parties or dances. To her surprise she receives an
invitation to the important Junior Prom from one of the most handsome
young men in town. But, her joy is short-lived for he calls up a day later
to break the date in order to take another girl. Just when it looks as though
Margaret will continue to be a wallflower someone steps into her home
to bring the story ot an unexpected and happier ending.
1.22 Lux Video Theatre: THE IRISH DRIFTER
26Feb1951 CBS Mon
Written by Charles Devlin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien ........... Tim Larkin
Jonathan Marlowe ...... Robbie Crosley
Dulcy Jordan .......... Melanie
Robert Dale Martin .... Larry
Paul Lipson ........... Krull
Walter Appler ......... Cop
Synopsis:
Due to his mother and father who are continually fighting and
threatening to get divorced, little Robbie Crosley decides to run away.
Packing a knapsack he starts for New York where he plans to join
the Navy. Before he can get very far, Robbie meets Tim Larkin,
a philosophical tramp who is always on the move from one place
to another. Robbie stops to tell Tim his story and the kindly drifter
decides to take matters into his own hands. He realizes that for the boy's
sake he must solve the Crosley's marital problems before taking the
youngster back home. But when he visits the parents that evening Tim
finds that it will take more than his glib tongue to straighten things out.
1.23 Lux Video Theatre: NOT GUILTY OF MUCH
05Mar1951 CBS Mon
Written by Eric Hatch
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dane Clark ............ George
Bonita Granville ...... Kitty Walters
Maxine Stuart ......... Marcia
Neva Patterson ........ Thelma
Biff McGuire .......... Officer Miles
Roland Winters ........ Judge Hampton
Maurice Manson ........ Sergeant
Vaughn Taylor ......... Court Clerk
Synopsis:
A young tenant of a Manhattan apartment house spends her working
days in a department store. Kitty is in love with a young lawyer named
George who lives three flights above her apartment. They can't consider
getting married because George has yet to get his first case and doesn't
make enough money to support himself. One day, when he is buried in his
law books, he receives a message that Kitty has been arrested. She has
been accused of stealing an automobile. George rushes to her defense and
finds that his first case is also one of the most unusual to ever come before
the bar.
1.24 Lux Video Theatre: LONG DISTANCE
12Mar1951 CBS Mon
Written by Harry Junkin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Miriam Hopkins ........ Bertha Jacks
Richard Abbott ........ Warden
Lila Lee .............. Mrs. McLean
Elinor Wright ......... New York Operator
Helen Donaldson ....... Miss Milton
Rosemary Murphy ....... Oakland Operator
Henrietta Moore ....... Info Operator
Floyd Buckley ......... Henderson
Synopsis:
Story of a woman trying against desperate odds to save her husband from unjust
execution.
Uncovering new evidence that will prove his innocence she tries in a series of
time-consuming,
frustrating telephone calls to reach the trial judge, the only man who can
intervene.
1.25 Lux Video Theatre: NO SHOES
19Mar1951 CBS Mon
Written by Lawrence Du Pont
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Jack Carson ........... Garrison
Ernest Graves ......... John Norman
Tom McElhaney ......... Olson
Brenda Forbes ......... Nurse
Bill Romaine .......... Doctor
Janet Fox ............. Mrs. Spragel
Mary Cahoon ........... Nurse
Charlene Harris Victor ..... Nurse
Synopsis:
A truck driver is awaiting the birth of his first child and certain that it will
be a boy,
since all his plans for the child are based on that assumption. He is crushed
when
a nurse informs him his wife has given birth to a girl, he is about to fight
with a
quiet stranger who tries to reason with him when he learns the most important
lesson of his life.
1.26 Lux Video Theatre: THE TREASURE TROVE
26Mar1951 CBS Mon
Written by Harry W. Junkin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Bruce Cabot ........... Tony Lawrence
Barbara Britton ....... Hilda Devinish
Dick Foran ............ Bob Devinish
Vera Millish .......... Brenda
Halliwell Hobbes ...... Justin
Susan Delmar .......... Hannah
Synopsis:
Tony is the best friend of Bob and Hilda Devinish. He visits their home in
London every
weekend and spends his vacations with the young couple. One day while helpin to
weed
the garden. Tony digs up some old Roman coins. Excitedly he shows them to the
Devinishes
and then brings them to a coin expert to evaluate their worth. When they discoer
that the
Roman money is worth over 10,000 pounds, greed begins to replace the friendship
between
the men. Tony tries to steal the coins, Bob threatens to shoot him and it looks
as though the
newfound wealth is going to bring only grief to them both. When Hilda suddenly
uncovers the
real and terrible meaning of their discovery, a new light is thrown on them.
1.27 Lux Video Theatre: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS
02Apr1951 CBS Mon
Adaptation of James M. Barrie's one-act play
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston ........ Mr. Dowey
Margaret Wycherly ..... Mrs. Dowey
Rosalind Ivan ......... Mrs. Mickleham
Maida Reade ........... Mrs. Twymley
Phoebe MacKay ......... Mrs. Haggerty
Stuart MacIntosh ...... Mr. Willings
Evelyn Wall ........... Extra in Street
Synopsis:
The wartime drama concerns a poor old charwoman, who impresses her friends by
inventing a son who supposedly is fighting at the front. When a soldier on leave
finds himself cast in this role, he is at first resentful at the old lady's
deceit, unti he
comes to realize her motivation.
1.28 Lux Video Theatre: COLUMN ITEM
09Apr1951 CBS Mon
Written by Carol Warner Gluck
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Laraine Day ........... Sophie Claire
John Newland .......... Eli Norman
Tom Coley ............. Jack Harrow
Rita Lynn ............. Della Weston
Harry Davis ........... Bill Brady
Ruth Hope ............. Miss Parker
Synopsis:
Sophie Claire is telling one of her fellow press agents that the worst has come
to pass, she is in love with her client, Eli Norman. At that moment she receives
a phone call from Norman telling her to release a story to the papers for him.
It is to announce his marriage to another girl. Although she is badly hurt she
decides to put on a brave face and continue in her job without showing her
feelings. She soon discovers that her client's future wife is only using him to
further her own career. When he calls up with another news item a few days
later, it changes Sophie's feelings completely.
1.29 Lux Video Theatre: HERITAGE ON WIMPOLE STREET
16Apr1951 CBS Mon
Written by Robert Knipe
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Walter Hampden ........ Edward Barrett
Patricia Wheel ........ Henrietta
Judson Rees ........... Robert Browning Jr.
Emily Lawrence ........ Arabel
Ruth McDevitt ......... Jane
Synopsis:
Setting of the play is the home in England of Edward Barrett,
father of the famous poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
After she had run away to marry Robert Browning, Barrett
refused to ever she her again. When Elizabeth died, Barrett
was too proud to admit that he had treated her harshly.
He continues to be the stern parent and treats his other two
daughters with an even firmer hand. Barrett refuses to let
them go out with men or in any way lead a normal life.
One day, while he is in a particularly bad mood, Barrett
receives an unexpected visit from Elizabeth's son who
brings about a strange transformation in his grandfather.
1.30 Lux Video Theatre: HIT AND RUN
23Apr1951 CBS Mon
Written by Mac Shoub
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien ....... Hal
Alfreda Wallace ........ Ellen
Christopher Barbieri ..... Jackie
Carl Don .............. Tony
Bill Hellinger ........... Taxi Driver
Andrew Bernard ......... Announcer
Synopsis:
A man who has run over a child, decides to hide from
the police. However, he develops a persecution complex
and reaches the point where he is terrified by every
doorknock. Whe he can't stand the life of seclusion any
longer he goes about trying to remove any evident he might
have left behind.
1.31 Lux Video Theatre: THE SPEECH
30Apr1951 CBS Mon
Written by Lawrence Du Pont
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fredric March ............ Sam
Florence Eldridge ...... Bess
Roland Winters .......... Dr. Sturgis
Eileen Heckert ........... Miss Green
Martin Newman ......... Bellboy
Rex O'Malley ............. Speech Instructor
Walter Matthau .......... Extra
Frederic Carmichael ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A small toen doctor is called to New York to accept an award as the
outstanding country doctor of the year. He leaves his home in Bowlegs, Okla.,
with his wife to visit the big city for the first time. The day before the
dinner
at which the citation is to be presented, he spends many hours practicing on
an imposing speech written for him by a local professor. But at the affair the
doctor
discovers that he lost his glasses and is forced to give an extemporaneous
speech.
1.32 Lux Video Theatre: THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR
07May1951 CBS Mon
Teleplay by Adrian D. Knepper
Based on the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Richard Greene ........ Denis de Beaulieu
Coleen Gray .............. Blanche
Frederick Worlock ..... Sire de Maletroit
Joel Ashley ................ Captain Philip de Chartier
Paul Andor ................ Padre
Andrew Bernard ...... Guard
Frank Boylan ........... Guard
Richard Hazelton ..... Guard
Synopsis:
Set in 15th century France, the story deals with a young man who flees from the
Royal Guard after trying to avenge the death of a friends. He takes refuge in
the
home of the Sire de Maletroit, who mistaking him for another guard who is in
love
with his daughter, orders an immediate marriage. The daughter, realizing he is
the
wrong man and a fugitive, is unwilling to reveal his identity.
1.33 Lux Video Theatre: LOCAL STORM
14May1951 CBS Mon
Teleplay by Harry W. Junkin
Adapted from the novel by James Sussex
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Betty Field .............. Carol
Ernest Graves ........ Alan
Dean Harens .......... George
Audra Lindley ......... Olive
Synopsis:
A thriller about a woman who believes she is a cripple.
1.34 Lux Video Theatre: WILD GEESE
21May1951 CBS Mon
Written by Robert Cenderdella
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Evelyn Keyes .......... Jane Bradford
Ralph Clanton ......... Cyril
Jonathan Marlowe ........ Jimmy
Charles Taylor ........ Charley
Synopsis:
A young and beautiful school mistress receives a strange
visit from an Englishman who introduces himself as Cyril.
The traveler tells Jane that he has come two thousand miles
to buy the ship model that has been sitting on her fireplace
mantel for years. Confused by the sudden interest in the
ship which she inherited from her father, Jane refuses to
sell. While Cyril calls on her day after day and continues
his offers for the ship, she becomes determined to find
out the reasons for his interest. The results of her probing
prove to have a bearing on the future of both parties.
1.35 Lux Video Theatre: SWEET SORROW
28May1951 CBS Mon
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Sarah Churchill ....... Linda Forrest
Jeffrey Lynn ............ Seth Warner
Katherine Meskill ..... Lucille De Pew
Gage Clarke ............ Brandon Forbes
Philippa Bevans ...... Ruth Bogen
Myron Kellin ............ Eddie Stork
Michael Wager ........ Ronald Ellison
Seth Arnold ............. Hotel Clerk
Synopsis:
An important Broadway actress has journeyed to the town of Oxford,
Vermont to play the lead in a summer stock presentation. She is surprised
that the townfolk are unfriendly and greet her with great hostility. Linda
finds out the reason for the cool reception when a friendly schoolteacher
tells her that the show's producer has just skipped town with the box
office receipts. It looks as though the entire company will be tarred and
feathered and driven out of town when Linda hits upon a daring and
desperate plan which may set matters right again.
1.36 Lux Video Theatre: CONSIDER THE LILLIES
04Jun1951 CBS Mon
Written by Lawrence DuPont
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Kay Francis ........... Alice
Jerome Cowan ...... Alfred Bragg
Joel Ashley ............ Myles
Olive Templeton Flannery ...... Agnes
Marlene Cameron ...... Barbara
Arthur Jarrett .......... Hardwicke
Synopsis:
A struggling young authoress caught between her own puritanical
inclinations and a publisher's efforts to please the public's fancy by
injecting "spice" into her manuscript.
1.37 Lux Video Theatre: WEATHER FOR TODAY
11Jun1951 CBS Mon
Written by Ted Kneeland
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Lee Bowman ........ Jerry Courtney
Lynn Bari ............. Kay Plumber
Butterfly McQueen ........ Mary
Joe Di Reda .............. First Coastguardsman
Leo Bayard ............ Second Coastgaurdsman
Dick Wigginton ......... Little Boy
Synopsis:
A young Broadway producer is having casting problems on his forthcoming
play. Although the deadline for casting is approaching he has just about
given up and is resting at his Staten Island home when a high wind storm
gives him more serious problems to think about. When the storm reaches
the dangerous stage a young woman seeks refuge in his home. His problems
take on a new flavor until he makes an important discovery which enables
him to solve them all.
1.38 Lux Video Theatre: INSIDE STORY
18Jun1951 CBS Mon
Written by Nelson Bond
Directed by Calvin Kuhl
starring
Robert Sterling ..... Lew Davies
Lola Albright ........ Jennifer
Will Hare ......... Warren
Sally Gracie ......... Sally
Edward Gargan ........ Dolan
Terese Hayden ......... Miss Miller
James Karen ....... Llewellyn
Edward Horner ....... Butch
Synopsis:
A psychological comedy about an advertising girl and a psychiatrist.
*Note: Robert Stack was originally slated to do the performance,
took ill last week and was forced to discontinue rehearsals.
1.39 Lux Video Theatre: THE PROMISE
25Jun1951 CBS Mon
Written by Harry W. Junkin
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Vincent Price ......... Herbert
Louisa Horton ......... Ella
Jane Seymour .......... Sarah
Murray Matheson ....... Dr. Southford
Audra Lindley ......... Nurse Claxton
Ursula Campbell ....... Nurse Brice
Synopsis:
Story of a sadistic tycoon ruthlessly dominates his wife.
Although crippled by an accident, he continues to run his business from
his bedside, bulldozing and thundering to his employees and family alike.
His meek wife is fully subservient to him until a strange change comes
over her. The change in her attitude enables her to extract a promise
from her husband to change his ways and he is forced to fulfill his promise
in a most unusual and horrifying manner.
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