1.01 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: BIOGRAPHY
10Oct1950 CBS Tue
adapted from the S.N. Behrman play
guest stars
Gertrude Lawrence ...... Marion Forsythe
Kevin McCarthy ......... Richard 'Dickie' Kurt
Hiram Sherman .......... Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
Tonio Selwart
Lawrence Fletcher
Synopsis:
A magazine editor convinces an artist to publish her memoirs.
Synopsis 2:
A magazine editor convinces a well know artist to publish her memoirs. The resulting consternation of her former lover,
now a respectably married politician, is balanced by the editor falling for the woman in spite of his disdain for that
type of woman. [RF]

1.02 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: DODSWORTH
24Oct1950 CBS Tue
adapted by Sidney Howard
novel by Sinclair Lewis
guest stars
Ruth Chatterton ........ Fran Dodsworth
Walter Abel ............ Sam Dodsworth
Cliff Hall ............. Arnold Iselin
Eva Marie Saint ........ Emily
Synopsis:
Story of a Midwest industrialist who lets his wife bully him into a trip to Europe. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of Midwest industrialist who lets his youth obsessed wife bully him into retirement and a grand European tour,
eventually seeing through her, her promiscuity, and the pretensions of European society and leaving for a civilized
widow. [RF]

1.03 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: CALL IT A DAY
07Nov1950 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Dodie Smith
guest stars
Peggy Ann Garner ....... Catherine 'Cath' Hilton
Kay Francis ............ Dorothy Hilton
John Loder ............ Roger Hilton
John McQuade ........... Frank Haines
Peggy French
Kyle MacDonnell
Frances Ingalls
Robert Pastene
John Lazar
Synopsis:
A day in the life of the wealthy Hilton's as Cath mourns the end of her relationship with an artist. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
After a tumultuous affair with a married man, Cathi pines to be a bride, alas her poor mother ends up being mistaken
as the prospective bride. [RF]

1.04 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: THREE MEN ON A HORSE
21Nov1950 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by George Abbott & John Cecil Holm
guest stars
Hiram Sherman .......... Erwin Trowbridge
Elliott Sullivan
Eva Marie Saint
Sally Gracie
Michael Strong
Lou Gilbert
Cliff Hall
Synopsis:
A greeting card writer is kidnapped by a group of gamblers because of his knack for choosing winners. [RF]

1.05 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET
05Dec1950 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Rudolph Besier
guest stars
Helen Hayes ............ Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett
Bethel Leslie .......... Henrietta Moulton-Barrett
Gene Lockhart .......... Edward Moulton-Barrett
Robert Pastene ......... Robert Browning
Synopsis:
Story of the semi-invalid English poet Elizabeth Barrett and her romance with fellow poet Robert Browning. [RF]
Synopsis:
Story about 19th century English poet Elizabeth Barrett, a semi-invalid, who finds romance  with fellow poet
Robert Browning, much to the dismay of her controlling father. [RF]

1.06 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: OVER 21
19Dec1950 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Ruth Gordon
guest stars
Ruth Gordon ............ Paula Wharton
Paul Stewart ........... Max Wharton
Synopsis:
Middle-aged couple's life is turned upside down when her husband enlists in the Army during World War II. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Based on Ruth Gordon's story about her husband Garson Kanin, joining the armed forces. [RF]

1.07 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: BURLESQUE
02Jan1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by George Manker Watters & Arthur Hopkins
guest stars
Bert Lahr ........... Ralph 'Skid' Johnson
Carol Stone ......... Bonny
Donald Curtis
Haila Stoddard
Cuff Hale
Betty Underwood
John Sylvester
Synopsis:
It is the story of a pathetic figure of a comic \\ho aUvays keeps, 'em laushine but fllmost breaks the heart of
his wife and hasn't the sense to know it. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Vaudevillians Skid and Bonny are partners onstage and off. When success comes to comedian Skid, he develops an oversized
ego and a taste for booze. With help from friends, he gets back on the stage and reclaims his place in Bonny's act and
in heart. [RF]
NOTE: Adapted from the play by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins. Bert Lahr starred in a Broadway revival of
the play in 1946. He also reprised the role on The Philco Television Playhouse version that aired April 24, 1949. [RF]

1.08 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: SKYLARK
16Jan1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Samson Raphelson
guest stars
Gertrude Lawrence ... Lydia Kenyon
Donald Cook ......... Tony Kenyon
Haila Stoddard ...... Myrtle Valentine
John McQuade ........ Harley Valentine
Donald Curtis ....... Bill Blake
Don McLelland
Ann Summers
Synopsis:
Sophisticated romantic comedy about a neglected wife who decides to divorce her workaholic husband. She has an
affair with a playboy that turns sour and decides to return to her husband. [RF]

1.09 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: ICEBOUND
30Jan1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Owen Davis
guest stars
Jessica Tandy ....... Jane Crosby
Kevin McCarthy ...... Ben Jordan
John McGovern
June Walker
Viola Frayne
Howard Wierum
Eva Condon
Synopsis:
The hired girl effects the regeneration of a family black sheep when she is willed a fortune. [RF]

1.10 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: BERKELEY SQUARE
13Feb1951 CBS Tue
guest stars
Richard Greene ...... Peter Standish
Grace Kelly ......... Helen Pettigrew
Rosalind Ivan ....... Lady Ann Pettigrew
Mary Scott .......... Kate Pettigrew
Augusta Dabney
Michael McAloney
Don McHenry
Richard Aherne
Cele McLaughlin
Synopsis:
The story of a modern day Englishman who was born two centuries too late. [RF]
*NOTE: Brian Aherne was originally scheduled to perform in this episode but was forced to bow out because of his
wife's illness. [RF]

1.11 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: RUGGLES OF RED GAP
27Feb1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Harry Leon Wilson
guest stars
Cyril Ritchard ...... Marmaduke 'Bill' Ruggles
Glenda Farrell ...... Effie Flound
Walter Abel ......... Egbert Flound
Philip Tonge
Henry Jones
Harold McGee
John Martin
Richard McMurray
Ethel Remey
Eva Condon
Synopsis:
Story of how Egbert Floud wins gentleman's gentleman Marmaduke Ruggles in a poker game. [RF]

1.12 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
13Mar1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by James Hagen
guest stars
Richard Carlson ..... Timothy Lucius 'Biff' Grimes
June Lockhart ....... Amy Lind
Virginia Gilmore .... Virginia Brush
John Sylvester
John Shay
Synopsis:
The story of a youth who defends his beliefs with his fists and later becomes a dentist after learning to control
his temper. [RF]
*NOTE: The Broadway version of this play starred Lloyd Nolan and the film presentation featured James Cagney.

1.13 [--] The Prudential Family Playhouse: THE BISHOP MISBEHAVES
27Mar1951 CBS Tue
adapted from the play by Frederick Jackson
guest stars
Walter Hampden ...... James, Bishop of Broadminster
Dorothy Gish ........ Lady Emily Lyons
Maggie McNamara
Philip Tonge
John Meinple?
Synopsis:
A comedy about a sleuthing bishop who solves a crime. [RF]
 

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