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Season
6 (NBC) (1957-58)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
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Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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Change of Network from ABC to NBC
NBC Sundays Various Timeslots
23Sep57 no details
30Sep57 no details
06Oct57 no details
13Oct57 no details
20Oct57 no details
27Oct57 no details
03Nov57 no details
6.08 [--] Omnibus: SCHOOL FOR WIVES
10-Nov-1957 NBC Sun
adapted by Walter Kerr
story by Moliere
starring
Bert Lahr ...... Arnolphe
Synopsis:
To provide himself with an ideal wife, Arnolphe a bachelor, has had a girl
educated
from infancy in such a way as to keep her
ignorant of the knowledge most young ladies possess.
Second feature of this show:
From Princeton University, where coach Charley Caldwell and members of the
football team review yesterday's game with Harvard. Bud Palmer narrates the feature,
which also includes a brief history of college football in the U.S. [RF]
6.09 [--] Omnibus: AMERICAN TRIAL BY JURY
17-Nov-1957 NBC Sun
starring
Leonard Bernstein
Summary:
1. Last month Leonard Bernstein, American Composer and Conductor,
responded to an invitation to conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
The occasion was the dedication, via several concerts, of the new
Fredric R. Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. Omnibus covers
this visit.
2. The other section of this 90 minute show is "American Trial By Jury".
Boston attorney Joseph N. Welch turns to a trial which focused attention
on the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
This was the 1934 Massachusetts murder case of the Millen brothers and Faber.
Verbatim transcripts of the trial will be dramatized.
[RF]
24Nov57 no details
01Dec57 no details
08Dec57 no details
6.13 [--] Omnibus: LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
15-Dec-1957 NBC Sun
adapted by James H. Lee
story by Boswell
starring
Peter Ustinov as Dr. Johnson
Synopsis:
Based on the celebrated Englishman of letters, from 1763 until his death.
22Dec57 no details
29Dec57 no details
05Jan58 no details
6.17 [--] Omnibus: THE SUBURBAN REVIEW
12-Jan-1958 NBC Sun (rerun 14Jan58 NBC Tue)
Dances choreographed by John Butler
Hosted by Alistair Cooke
starring
Bert Lahr
Pat Stanley
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Synopsis:
Via comedy sketches, songs and dances, this special one-hour edition of
"Omnibus"
will contrast suburban living in the U.S. of the 1920's with Suburbia as it is today. [RF]
6.18 [--] Omnibus: THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT
19-Jan-1958 NBC Sun
starring
Roger Englander
Leonard Bernstein
6.19 [--] Omnibus: LA PERICHOLE
26-Jan-1958 NBC Sun
Jean Morel conducts
Maurice Valency translated the libretto.
comic opera by Jacques Offenbach
cast:
Laurel Hurley ........ La Perichole
Theodor Uppmar ........ Paquillo
Cyril Ritchard ........ Don Andres
Osie Hawkins ........ Don Pedro
Paul Franke ........ Count Panatellas
Alessio de Paolis ........ Old Prisoner
Synopsis:
Perichole was a Peruvian actress who also is a character in "The Bridge of San Luis Rey".
The opera depicts her romantic misadventures dodging the amorous viceroy. [RF]
*Note: This is a 90 minute TV version of the Metropolitan Opera production
staged by and co-starring Cyril Ritchard.
02Feb58 no details
09Feb58 no details
16Feb58 no details
6.23 [--] Omnibus: MOMENT OF TRUTH (90 min)
23-Feb-1958 NBC Sun
Written & Staged by Peter Ustinov
Hosted by Alistair Cooke
starring
Peter Ustinov ...... Marshal
Jason Robards Jr.... Prime Minister
Rosemary Harris .... Cordelia
Fritz Weaver ....... Photographer
Nancy Wickwire ..... Nurse
David King-Wood .... General
Karel Stepanek ..... Victor
Wood Romoff ........ Foreign Minister
Synopsis:
Faced with the prospect of imminent invasion by enemy forces, the prime minister
contrives a desperate plan. He recalls from retirement the nation's military hero,
a doddering old man whose mind can no longer cope with anything but memories
of ancient campaigns. The prime minister believes that the old marshal's reputation
will restore the people's confidence and frighten the enemy. [RF]
02Mar58 no details
6.25 [--] Omnibus: MRS. MCTHING
09-Mar-1958
starring
Helen Hayes .......... Mrs. McThing
Irwin Corey .......... Dirty Joe
Eddie Hodges ......... Boy
Sam Levene ........... Eddie
Ruth McDevitt ........ Evva
Lee Meriwether ....... Beautiful Witch
Guy Raymond .......... Stinker
Alexandra Wager ...... Mimi
Iggie Wolfington ..... Chef
Beatrice Arthur ...... Ugly Witch
16Mar58 no details
6.26 [--] Omnibus: BERNSTEIN LOOKS AT OPERA
23-Mar-1958 NBC Sun
starring
Leonard Bernstein .......
Himself
Laurel Hurley ....... Musetta
Marcella Pobbe ....... Mimi
Martha Moedl ....... Isolde
Frank Guarrera ....... Rodolfo
Synopsis:
90 minutes of operatic music direct from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera
in New York City. Participating will be the Metropolitan's singers and
orchestra with Leonard Bernstein conducting. Bernstein's remarks about
special characteristics of opera are illustrated with varied operatic excerpts.
Bernstein's translation of a scene from Puccini's "La Boheme" is acted out;
then the scene is sung in Italian. There will
also be the "Liebestod" from
Wagner's "Tristan", the "Credo" from Verdi's "Otello" and selections
from "Rosenkavalier", "Carmen", "The Medium", "Don Giovanni" and "Lucia". [RF]
30Mar58 no details
6.29 [--] Omnibus: THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING
06-Apr-1958
Directed by Stuart Vaughan
Adapted by Walter Kerr
Based on the acclaimed English dramatist Christopher Fry's novel.
Hosted by Alistair Cooke
starring
Christopher Plummer .. Thomas Mendip
Mary Ure ............. Jennet Jourdemayne
Bryarly Lee .......... Alizon Eliot
John McGiver ......... Tappercoom
Stephen Joyce ........ Richard
Gerald Hiken ......... Nicholas Devize
Edwin Sherin ......... Humphrey Devize
Ann Shoemaker ........ Margaret Devize
Geoffrey Lumb ........ Mayor
Noel Leslie .......... Chaplain
Synopsis:
The scene is England in the 1400's in the mayor's house at Cool Clary.
A vagrant named Thomas Mendip is making things difficult by insisting that he be
hanged - he has a poor opinion of the world. To make matters worse, in comes
a lovely young woman believed to be a witch. The mayor
grows impatient. [RF]
13-Apr-1958 no details
6.31 [--] Omnibus: THE REINDEER MEN
20-Apr-1958
Synopsis:
Two Norwegian films are featured. "The Reindeer Men", filmed by Per Host,
which shows the way of life of a nearly extinct group of nomadic Laplanders and
"Nine Lives" the true story of a Norwegian anti-Nazi saboteur. [RF]
6.xx [--] Omnibus: BERNSTEIN IN ISRAEL
1958
Directed by Richard Leacock
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