CTVA US Anthology - "Lux Video Theatre" (CBS) Season 3 (1952-53)

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 Season 3 (CBS) (1952-53)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox
 [Updated Jan 2022], James Beer
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive


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 CBS Mondays 8:00-8:30pm Eastern (30 min) (season 1-2-3)
*Note: West Coast airings are one week behind.
 


3.01 [99] Lux Video Theatre: THE COUNTRY LAWYER
20Oct1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Henry Denker
Based on Bellamy Partridge's book "Country Lawyer";
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell ....... Sam Partridge
Russell Collins ....... Ezra
Whit Bissell ....... Reverand Trumbull
Harry Antrim ....... Judge
John McGovern ....... Bottomley the Lawyer
Dorothy Blackburn ....... Wife
Buzz Martin ....... Son (as Buzzy Martin)
Charles Thompson ....... Storekeeper
Oswald Marshall ....... Extra (as Robert Oswald)
Helen Ludlam ........ Extra
Synopsis:
Story of a Country lawyer takes care of his community for 50 years.

 



3.02 [100] Lux Video Theatre: THREE HOURS BETWEEN PLANES
27Oct1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Elihu Winer
Adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Lili Palmer ......... Nancy Holmes
Joseph Anthony ........ Donald Plant
Anita Bayless ......... Wilma
Frank Twedell ......... Newsman
Marc Hamilton ......... Extra
Synopsis:
Nancy Holmes childhood romance is revived when her first beau
visits her at midnight to while away the hours between planes.

3.03 [101] Lux Video Theatre: THE FACE OF AUTUMN
03Nov1952 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien ....... George Morrell
Anne Seymour ....... Helen
Frank Campanella ....... Mr. Paletto
Anna Berger ....... Mrs. Paletto
William Erwin ....... Reporter
Tony Canzoneri ....... Packy
Andrew Gerado ....... Extra
Horace Cunningham ..... Extra
Roy Baime ....... Extra
John Kullers ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A fight manager risks his family's savings to back the
comeback of an ex-champ.

3.04 [102] Lux Video Theatre: SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
10Nov1952 CBS Mon
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Paul Lukas ....... Franz Kralik
Signe Hasso ....... Else Kralik
Anna Appel ....... Frau Schmidt
Nils Asther ....... Baron Hauser
Paul Andor ....... First Bookkeeper
Alfred Hesse ....... Second Bookkeeper
Eva Gerson ......... Secretary
Walter Kohler ....... Waiter
Elsa Monnard ..... Milliner
E.A. Krumschmidt
Walter Teschan
Synopsis:
A humble bookkeeper is out for that long-postponed raise from his boss.

3.05 [103] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAN WHO STRUCK IT RICH
17Nov1952 CBS Mon
Teleplay by Richard P. McDonagh and Richard Goode
Story by Robert Zacks
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Barry Fitzgerald ....... Barry Flynn
Arthur Shields ....... Michael
Una O'Connor ........ Reverend Mother
Naomi Riordan ....... Sister Mary Margaret
Floyd Buckley ....... OneEye
Rex O'Malley ....... Bank Teller
Ann Sullivan ....... Caroline
Barry Macollum ....... Otto
Peg Mayo ......... Bridget
Neil Fitzgerald ........ Bartender
Tom McElhaney ...... Piano Player
William Portrude ..... Record Salesman
Synopsis:
An Alaskan sourdough returns home from Alaska is faced with the problem
of distributing his wealth.

 



3.06 [104] Lux Video Theatre: THE HILL
24Nov1952 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Mercedes McCambridge ....... Chris
John Shellie ....... Pop
Herbert Rudley ....... Gage
Harry Townes ....... Kidwell
Gage Clarke ....... Walters
Victor Thorley ....... Colonel
Biff McGuire ....... Second Soldier
Jack Weston ....... Third Soldier
Synopsis:
A hard-boiled newspaperwoman meets with some opposition from her male
colleagues when she is assigned to Korea as a war correspondent.

3.07 [105] Lux Video Theatre: AMO, AMAS, AMAT
01Dec1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Anne Howard Bailey / Story by Carol Warner Gluck
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Lizabeth Scott ....... Margaret Bailey
Ralph Meeker ....... Nicky Hanks
Oliver Thorndike ....... Walter
Harold Shadwell ....... First Intern
John Weaver ....... Second Intern
Byron Russell ....... Extra
Constance Hoffman ....... Extra
Lilija Austrin ....... Extra
Synopsis:
A girl engaged to an intern too poor to marry, gets a job
tutoring a rich young man.

3.08 [106] Lux Video Theatre: FEAR
08Dec1952 CBS Mon
Written by Roland Winters
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Boris Karloff ....... Larkin
Gene Lockhart ...... Sir George
Bramwell Fletcher ....... Doctor
Dan Morgan ....... Attendant
Ruth McDevitt ....... Mrs. Wheaton
Noel Coleman ....... First Chauffeur
Winston Ross ....... Second Chauffeur
Synopsis:
A drama about the reunion of two men who haven't seen
each other for 25 years. One is a millionaire philanthropist
and the other an ex-con.

3.09 [107] Lux Video Theatre: SONG FOR A BANJO
15Dec1952 CBS Mon
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Dick Haymes ....... Dan Shepherd
Nancy Guild ....... Julia Bartlett
Nat King Cole ...... Horace Hambleton
Olin Howlin ..... Sheriff
Harry Antrim ..... Lem Grant
Gage Clarke ..... Henry Totter
Harry Davis ..... Shop Owner
Maida Reade .... Shop Owner's Wife
Tom McElhaney ..... Shopper
Synopsis:
A cattle drover is falsely accused of swindling his boss.
*Note: Also listed as "The Song of the Banjo".

3.10 [108] Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
22Dec1952 CBS Mon
Story by Stephen Vincent Benet
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter ..... Innkeeper's Wife
Gene Lockhart ..... Innkeeper
Dan Morgan ..... Dismas
Elizabeth Ross ..... Sarah
Barbara Bolton ..... Leah
Alan Shayne ..... Joseph
Noel Coleman ..... Soldier
Frank Overton ..... Prefect
Synopsis:
Gene Lockhart and Fay Bainter will recreate the roles of the Innkeeper and his wife
for the third year, of the Christmas television classic "A Child Is Born",
Stephen Vincent Benet's story of the Nativity.

3.11 [109] Lux Video Theatre: THE KEY
29Dec1952 CBS Mon
Written by Roger Gavis
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Nina Foch ..... Jane Conway
Donald Cook ..... Bruce Wallace
Donald Buka ..... Tommy
Allen Nourse ..... Dr. Walker
Lloyd Knight ..... Patient
Kenneth Clifford ..... Extra
Aileen Poe ..... Extra
Virginia Leigh ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A shock victim of an airplane accident effects a small miracle by nursing
a group of war veteran flyers similarly affected.

3.12 [110] Lux Video Theatre: TWO FOR TEA
05Jan1953 CBS Mon
Written by James Truex
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Brian Aherne ....... Reggie
Glynis Johns .......
Robert Helpmann ......
Margaret Phillips ...... Penelope
Cyril Ritchard ........ Arnold
Viola Roache ........ Mrs. Brooke
Nancy Marchand ....... Phyllis
Tyra Vaughn ..... Charlotte
Philippa Bevans ....... Waitress
Rex O'Malley ....... First Policeman
Robert Fletcher ....... Second Policeman
Oswald Marshall ..... Gallery Attendent
Synopsis:
A young man caught on the rebound becomes enmeshed in
a hilarious series of matrimonial situations.
Synopsis 2:
A young girl is engaged to a man she does not like and meets
another young man in the same predicament.
*Note: All British cast in the romantic comedy.
 


3.13 [111] Lux Video Theatre: THANKS FOR A LOVELY EVENING
12Jan1953 CBS Mon
Written by Leonard T. Holton
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Veronica Lake ..... Beverly
Jeffrey Lynn ..... Tom
Art Carney ..... Curley
Pat Hosley ..... Gladie
Jack Diamond ..... Counterman
Marcel Hillaire ..... Headwaiter
Synopsis:
A shy business executive finds a romantic mentor in one of his brash truck drivers.

3.14 [112] Lux Video Theatre: TI BABETTE
19Jan1953 CBS Mon
Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Corinne Calvet ...... Ti Babette
Scott Forbes ...... Duncan
Cameron Prud'homme ...... Father
Sybil Baker ...... Miss Peters
Leni Stengel ...... Dress Fitter
George Forest ...... Extra
Frank Baxter ...... Extra
Robert Gardette ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A Canadian backwoods lass is transformed into a glamorous debutante.

3.15 [113] Lux Video Theatre: THE INN OF EAGLES
26Jan1953 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
MacDonald Carey ....... Major Slocum
Brian Keith ....... Happy (as Robert Keith Jr.)
Nicholas Joy ....... Frobisher
Maureen Hurley ....... Mary
Victor Wood ....... Cavendish
Marcel Hillaire ....... Frenchman
Robert Oswald Marshall ....... Extra
Marjorie Eaton ....... Extra
Synopsis:
A wartime bomber pilot returns after nine years to his squadron's rendezvous, where
his sweetheart vowed she would wait for him.

3.16 [114] Lux Video Theatre: THE WHITE GOWN
02Feb1953 CBS Mon
Written by Philip Cyrus Cunion
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Margaret O'Brien ....... Laura
John Kerr ....... Tony
Walter Abel ....... Father
Valerie Cossart ....... Mother
Georgianne Johnson ....... Maggie
Ethel Remey ...... Chaperone
William Penn ....... Bob
Geoffrey Lumb ....... Professor
Dorothy Elder ......... Professor's Wife
Marcel Hillaire ....... Headwaiter
Synopsis:
A 16-year-old girl wears a very special dress on her first date with a college man
and gives her parents anxious moments when she departs.

 



3.17 [115] Lux Video Theatre: A BOUQUET FOR CAROLINE
09Feb1953 CBS Mon
Written by John Gay
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Luise Rainer ....... Caroline
Lilia Skala ....... the Housekeeper
Dean Harens ....... the Young Man
Charles Amure ..... Extra
Anita Dangler ..... Extra
Synopsis:
Story of a retired concert singer is unable to accept obscurity.



3.18 [116] Lux Video Theatre: MISS MARLOW AT PLAY
16Feb1953 CBS Mon
Play by A.A. Milne
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Binnie Barnes ....... Miss Marlow
Basil Rathbone ..... Ambrose Wallington
Robert Coote ..... Joe Worton
Isobel Elsom ....... Ethel
Synopsis:
A reigning headliner of the British stage is accused by an irate father,
of stealing the affections of his son from the girl of his choice.

3.19 [117] Lux Video Theatre: AUTUMN NOCTURNE
23Feb1953 CBS Mon
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Viveca Lindfors ..... Julie
Robert Sterling ..... David
Robert Armstrong ..... Dr. Hoffman
Dulcie Jordan ..... Ellie
Doreen Lang ..... Nurse
Doris Belage .... Extra
Carrie Caldwell ..... Extra
Katherine Gregg ..... Extra
Synopsis:
Story of two sanitarium patients on road to new health.

3.20 [118] Lux Video Theatre: A TIME FOR HEROES
02Mar1953 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dennis O'Keefe ...... Mack
Paul Tripp ....... Paul
Marian Seldes ...... May
Kenneth Walken ..... Martin
Gene Steiner ...... Student
Jean Stapleton ...... Teacher
Dimitry Natvierro ...... Extra
Virginia Shield ...... Extra
Synopsis:
A lonely adventurer returns home after 12 years
to claim a son he had deserted.

3.21 [119] Lux Video Theatre: ONE OF THOSE THINGS
09Mar1953 CBS Mon
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Donald Cook ..... Tad Bryson
Nancy Guild ..... Angela Gray
Louise Allbritton ..... Mavis Bryson
Will Hare ..... Mike Walters
Louise Buckley ..... Ellen Dorson
Janet Fox ..... Miss Marbury
Synopsis:
A skilled and devastating "man about town" offers some
sage advice about how to land your prey. The intended
catch a lovely Angela Gray.

3.22 [120] Lux Video Theatre: THE WEDNESDAY WISH
16Mar1953 CBS Mon
Written by Frank D. Gilroy
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull ..... Mom Baker
Charles Dingle ..... Mr. Brown
Gage Clarke ..... Mayor Patrick
James Gregory ..... Mac
Mike Kellin ..... George
Dorg Merande ..... Miss Sandow
Amy Douglass ..... Miss Winters
Synopsis:
A compassionate matron has a fondness for hobos
and a longing for a refrigerator with a light inside.

3.23 [121] Lux Video Theatre: ONE FOR THE ROAD
23Mar1953 CBS Mon
Written by Seymour Stern
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien ..... Charley Hackett
Robert P. Lieb ..... Berger
Paul Lipson ..... Mike McKenzie
Dick Moore ..... Carter Lockwood
Dan Healy ..... Mickey Dunn
Alonzo Rosan ..... Andy
Val Avery ..... Hank
Mary James ...... Rose Dunn
Synopsis:
Drama of a veteran newsman and his final big headline story.

*Note: "Lux Video Theatre" moves to Thursdays next week.

3.24 [122] Lux Video Theatre: THE BROOCH
02Apr1953 CBS Thur
Written by William Faulkner
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Dan Duryea .......... Howard Boyd
Sally Forrest ....... Amy Boyd
Mildred Natwick ..... Mrs. Boyd
Margaret Wycherly ... Mrs. Murchison
Tillie Born ......... Clara
Alan Shayne ......... Narrator
Synopsis:
A young man and his wife confront the meddling mother, take control of the
unhappy situation, and live, presumably, happily ever after.
* Note: Faulkner rewrote the original which tells of a Mama's boy whose marriage
to a high spirited woman is destroyed by his controlling mother which ends tragically
with Howard's suicide. Due to severe censorship Faulkner rewrote this episode.

3.25 [123] Lux Video Theatre: WITH GLORY AND HONOR
09Apr1953 CBS Thur
Written by S. Lee Pogostin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Wendell Corey ....... Dante
Nancy Kelly ....... Clare
Alan Carney ....... Max
Louise Buckley ....... Mary
Casey Walters ....... Harold
Red Barber ....... Baseball Narration
Arnold Moss ....... Extra
Jack Jason ....... Extra
Synopsis:
Story of a tortured son of a man, condemned to die in the electric chair.

3.26 [124] Lux Video Theatre: MEASURE FOR GREATNESS
16Apr1953 CBS Thur
Written by Harry W. Junkin
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Millard Mitchell ....... Larry
Arlene Francis ....... Anne
Skip Homeier ....... Gig
Bruce Bennett ....... Dr. Grant
Marlene Cameron ....... Julie
Barbara Karen ....... Betsy
Dorothy Elder ....... Mrs. Crandall
Andrew Duggan ....... Karl
Synopsis:
The story of the parents of a pre-med student who feels that his
family fails to live up to his ideals.

 



3.27 [125] Lux Video Theatre: LONG DISTANCE
23Apr1953 CBS Thur
Written by Harry W. Junkin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Miriam Hopkins ....... Bertha Jacks
Floyd Buckley .......... Henderson
Richard Abbott ......... Warden
Lila Lee ............. Mrs. McLean
Helen Donaldson ....... Miss Milton
Eleanor Wright ...... New York Operator
Doris Belack ........ Chicago Operator
Rosemary Murphy ........ Oakland Operator
Henrietta Moore ......... Information Operation
Synopsis:
A frenzied wife tries desperately to halt the execution of
her husband who is about to die in the electric chair.

3.28 [126] Lux Video Theatre: THE ASCENT OF ALFRED FISHKETTLE
30Apr1953 CBS Thur
Written by Francis Bethencourt
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Newton ....... Mr. Fishkettle
Jack Lemmon ....... Alfred Fishkettle
Isobel Elsom ....... Mrs. Fishkettle
Viola Roche ....... Mrs. Bracegirdle
Jean Cook ....... Effie Bracegirdle
Francis Bethencourt ....... Godolphin Cfoliot
Carl Harbord ....... Announcer
Synopsis:
Story concerns a young man whose scientific experiments
disturb his entire neighborhood, especially when he discovers
how to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.

3.29 [127] Lux Video Theatre: LISTEN, HE'S PROPOSING
07May1953 CBS Thur
Written by Patricia Jourday
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Phyllis Kirk ....... Lucy Hammond
Tom Drake ....... Gary Morgan
Nydia Westman ....... Mrs. Hammond
Ann Shoemaker ....... Mrs. Morgan
Milton Parsons ....... Mr. Morgan
Sherry Jackson ....... Ruthie Hammond
David Winters ....... Stu Morgan
Harry Sheppard ....... Granddad
Synopsis:
A small-town girl whose on-again off-again romance keeps the
neighbors guessing. Their curiosity reaches an all-time high when
the word gets around that a proposal is in the offing.

 



3.30 [128] Lux Video Theatre: THE BETRAYERS
14May1953 CBS Thur
Written by Charles L. Emmons
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston ....... Tom
Grace Kelly ....... Meg
Bruce Gordon ....... Labrutte
Doris Rich ....... Mrs. Curtis
Richard Carlyle ....... Detective
Louis Lytton ....... Mac
Synopsis:
Story of a man unwittingly involved in hi-jacking, finds
himself pursued by police and killers.

3.31 [129] Lux Video Theatre: TUNNEL JOB
21May1953 CBS Thur
Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Brian Donlevy ....... Dan Carmody
Ruth Warrick ....... Anna Carmody
George Matthews ....... Mike
Olin Howlin ....... Pete Walters
Joseph Foley ....... Folger
Griff Evans ....... Powder Monkey
Andrew Sabsilia ....... Extra
Willard Sage ....... Extra
Synopsis:
Dan Carmody is the boss of a construction job 1,500 feet
below the surface of a river. The job is fraught with danger
and turmoil when he must make a life or death decision.

 



3.32 [130] Lux Video Theatre: LOST SUNDAY
28May1953 CBS Thur
Written by George Lowther
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm ....... Miss Prynne
Patric Knowles ....... Mr. Morley
James Gregory ....... Mr. Randolph
Frank Albertson ....... Mr. Edgar
Ethel Remey ....... Customer
Synopsis:
A middle-aged school teacher is in a one-woman battle
with the international date line and the Bon Voyage Travel
Bureau, trying to get back a golden day she lost on her
wistful trip around the World.

3.33 [131] Lux Video Theatre: TEN DAYS TO FOREVER
04Jun1953 CBS Thur
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Barry Sullivan ....... Jeff Foster
Joan Vohs ....... Lou Willis
Ann Shoemaker ....... Mrs. Foster
Richard Bishop ....... Major Foster
Lloyd Knight ....... Sid
Bart Burns ....... Buddy
Tom McElhany ....... Sheriff
Leonard Yorr ....... Prison Guard
Synopsis:
A little known custom in Mississippi, permits a life prisoner
10 days furlough after several years of good behavior; and
what happens to aristocratic Jeff Foster, convicted murderer, on his 10-day return.

 



3.34 [132] Lux Video Theatre: MAKE-BELIEVE BRIDE
11Jun1953 CBS Thur
Written by Anne Howard Bailey / Story by Mona Williams
Directed by Howard Loeb
starring
Lizabeth Scott ....... Betsy
Don DeFore ....... Stan
Glenn Anders ....... Mr. Stone
Mary Finney ....... Mrs. Kelly
Chandler Cowles ....... Judson Smith
Ann Dere ....... Mrs. Harrison
Fred Kareman ....... Bellhop
Joe Verdi ....... Extra
Synopsis:
A bewildered plane passenger agrees to pose as the husband of a fleeing
and temporarily penniless, heiress who has just enough with her for the
trip if she goes on the company's "half-fare-for-wives" plan.

 



3.35 [133] Lux Video Theatre: WIND ON THE WAY
18Jun1953 CBS Thur
Written by Anne Howard Bailey / Play by Seymour Stern
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Phyllis Thaxter ....... Diana Forbes
Ralph Nelson ....... Dick McKettrick
Isobel Elsom ....... Mrs. Forbes
Margaret Hamilton ....... Charity Ames
Gage Clarke ....... Colonel Burt Stander
Synopsis:
A young widow of a war hero is reminded that "love is a gift not a debt".

3.36 [134] Lux Video Theatre: THIS IS JIMMY MERRILL
25Jun1953 CBS Thur
Written by Bernard Drew
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
Millard Mitchell ....... Jimmy Merrill
Madge Evans ....... Sylvia
Don Briggs ....... Scott Henderson
Henry Bernard ....... Larry
Louise King ....... Julia
Sanford Bickart ....... Extra
Victor Harrison ....... Extra
Synopsis:
When two feuding newscasters become involved in a mud-slinging
campaign, an interesting situation is bound to develop. The institgator
of the feud suddenly faces an expose of scandal in his own family.

3.37 [135] Lux Video Theatre: FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE
02Jul1953 CBS Thur
Written by Harry W. Junkin
Directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Robert Alda ....... Paul Oxford
Lisa Ferraday ....... Jean
Anthony Ross ....... Detective Grant
Cameron Prud'homme ....... Mr. Brakeland
William Kemp ....... Martin
Maurice Manson ....... Detective Captain
Wyrley Birch ....... Judge
Andy Sabsilia ....... Extra
Synopsis:
A man is jailed for the hit-and-run death of a child, even though he
couldn't possibly have committed the crime. He struggles to free
himself of a web of evidence that has sent him to prison.

 



3.38 [136] Lux Video Theatre: TANGO
09Jul1953 CBS Thur
Written by Erik James Martin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Joan Blondell ....... May
James Dunn ....... Joey
Allen Nourse ....... Treasury Man
Anita Bayless ....... Mrs. Conners
synopsis:
A frustrated dancer has been sitting next to the telephone for many years,
waiting for a theatrical agent to keep his promise.

3.39 [137] Lux Video Theatre: THE CORPORAL AND THE LADY
16Jul1953 CBS Thur
Written by Michael Morris
Directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Eddie Bracken ....... Larry
Gloria Marlowe ....... Sable
Harold Stone ....... Sam
Jack Warden ....... Miller
Philip Coolidge ....... Major
Lloyd Knight ....... Henderson
Lee Bayard ....... Garrity
Corey Gill ....... Extra
Synopsis:
A G.I. camp in Korea is plagued by a mysterious pin-up picture thief.
A meek corporal suffers from a strange ailment - he objects to pin-up
girls around the barracks, particularly when the happen to be his wife!

3.40 [138] Lux Video Theatre: A MAN IN THE KITCHEN
23Jul1953 CBS Thur
Written by Leslie Waller
Directed by Earl Eby
starring
William Lundigan ....... Jim
Nancy Guild ....... Nora
Maurice Manson ....... Mr. Coggins
Doris Rich ....... Mrs. Coggins
Charlotte Austin ....... Marie
Synopsis:
An ad executive switches places with his wife while he writes
the "Great American novel" at home.

3.41 [139] Lux Video Theatre: THE ODYSSEY OF JEFFREY SEWELL
30Jun1953 CBS Thur
Written by Jerome Brondfield
Directed by Harold Loeb
starring
Dennis O'Keefe ......... Jeffrey Sewell
Patrice Wymore ........ Gretchen Oliver
Lawrence Fletcher .... B.G. Peters
Janet Fox .................. Miss Carroll
Dorothy Greener ....... Salesgirl
Lulu B. King ............... Maid
Joan Vohs ....... Intermission Guest
Synopsis:
A disdainful young man gets a lesson on modern art appreciation
from a stern and knowing lady artist.

3.42 [140] Lux Video Theatre: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
06Aug1953 CBS Thur
Written by Al C. Ward
Directed by Peter Godfrey
starring
Virginia Bruce ...... Pauline Travis (makes her TV debut)
Otto Kruger ..... Walter Travis
Amanda Blake ...... Ena Woodman
Karen Sharpe ....... Joan Travis
Lewis Martin
Bruce Payne
Synopsis:
The story concerns a retired stage star whose marriage to a
theatrical producer is threatened by the ambitious and unscrupulous
young star of his new play.

 


3.43 [141] Lux Video Theatre: THE LOVELY DAY
13Aug1953 CBS Thur
Produced by Jack J. Gross & Phillip N. Krasne
Adapted by Lawrence Kimble
Story by Mildred Masterson McNeilly
Directed by Peter Godfrey
starring
Ann Sheridan ..... Linda Russell
Robert Paige ..... Bill Russell
Sandy Descher ..... Linto
Tom Powers ....... Mr. Marshall
Scatman Crothers ..... Johnson
Synopsis:
A harried housewife sets out to help her husband get a promotion
by entertaining his boss for dinner.
 


3.44 [142] Lux Video Theatre: WOMEN WHO WAIT
20Aug1953 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Al C. Ward
Story by Roy Chanslor
Directed by Charles F. Haas
starring
Laraine Day ..... Claire Brandon
Randy Stuart ...... Marian Carstairs
William Ching
Steve Dunne
Charles Cane
Kenneth Tobey
Synopsis:
The distraught wife of a pilot whose plan has crashed, realizes that
another woman also awaits him just as fervently.

 


3.45 [143] Lux Video Theatre: SOME CALL IT LOVE
27Aug1953 CBS Thur
Adapted by Erna Lazarus
Based on Kathryn Keeley's "Memory of a Kiss".
Directed by Charles Haas
starring
Gene Raymond
Carole Mathews
Kristine Miller
Peter Godfrey
Barbara Knudson
Synopsis:
A Washington Senator has a difficult time convincing his secretary that
she should marry him.

 

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