references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Executive Producer Sidney Van Keuren
Screen Directors Playhouse
(1955-56)
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Jim Brent,
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Executive Producer Sidney Van Keuren
for NBC Wednesdays 8:00-8:30pm ET
October 5, 1955 to September 26, 1956
39 episodes (according to USA TV) 35 listed here.
###### Screen Directors Playhouse #########
############# Season 1 1955-56 #############
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NBC Wednesdays 8:00-8:30pm ET (5Oct55-26Sep56)
Ep 1.01 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: MEET THE GOVERNOR
05Oct1955
director of photography Alfred Gilks
directed by Leo McCarey
starring
Herb Shriner as Clem Waters
Barbara Hale as Jane Waters
Bobby Clark as Sonny Waters
Paul Harvey as Mr. Dirks
Rita Lynn as Mrs. Lamkin
Arthur Q. Bryan as Mr. Hurley
Hayden Rorke as Lawyer
Claud Allister as Butler
William Forrest as Mr. Green
Oliver Cliff as Decorator
Synopsis:
A "bumpkin-type" lawyer runs for governor until the opposition digs into his past.
Ep 1.02 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: DAY IS DONE
prod no. 9539
12Oct1955
written by William Tunberg
director of photography Hal Mohr
directed by Frank Borzage
starring
Rory Calhoun as Sgt. Norris
Bobby Driscoll as Pvt. Zane
Richard Crane as Archer
Douglas Dick as Carlson
Michael Emmet as Capt. Harris
James Goodwin as Jones
Robert Arthur as 1st Soldier
Wright King as 2nd Soldier
Ron Kennedy as 3rd Soldier
Bill White Jr. as 4th Soldier
Synopsis:
During the catastrophic 1951 retreat of American troops in Korea, a recruit finds a
Chinese bugle; his sergeant then attempts to use it to instill the fighting spirit in his men. [JB]
Ep 1.03 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: A MIDSUMMER DAYDREAM
prod no. 9538
19Oct1955
written by William Saroyan
director of photography Ed Fitzgerald
directed by John Brahm
starring
Kim Hunter as Elizabeth
Don Hanmer as Patrick
Keenan Wynn as Gambler
Bea Benaderet as Woman
Don Wilson as Man
Eilene Janssen as Girl
Michael Monroe as Boy
David Hoffman as Mr. Glooteneye
Roy Glenn as Bootblack
Synopsis:
A young man who wants desperately to get married finds "The" girl in, of all places,
a marriage license bureau. But the happy ending is threatened by the appearance
of a suave, smooth, sophisticated gambling man. [JB]
Ep 1.04 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: ARROYO
prod no. 9604
26Oct1955
written by George Waggner
director of photography Ed Fitzgerald
directed by George Waggner
starring
Jack Carson as Lamar
Lynn Bari as Hattie Mae
Lola Albright as Nancy
Neville Brand as Craddick
Lloyd Corrigan as Hank
William Schallert as Lawyer
John Baer as Dude
Bob Steele as Deputy Dodd
William Erwin as 1st Gambler
Frank Scannell as 2nd Gambler
Synopsis:
A small New Mexican town enjoys a reasonably peaceful existence under the rule
of self-appointed judge Lamar Kendall. This state of affairs is disrupted by the appearance
of a wounded young woman, who reports that an Indian raid has wiped out her wagon train. [JB]
Ep 1.05 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: WANT AD WEDDING
prod no. 9609
02Nov1955
written by Dane Lussier & Gertrude Walker
director of photography Ed Fitzgerald
directed by William A. Seiter
starring
Leon Ames as Pop
Fred Clark as Chet Buchanan
Sally Forrest as Polly
James Lydon as Lt. Fred Green
Richard Webb as Hank Douglas
Jacqueline deWit as Mercedes
Pitt Herbert as Charlie
Vici Raaf as Doretta
Jan Shepard as Stella
Fay Roope as Rev. Walker
Synopsis:
A young naval officer, alone in a strange city, is planning to be married. Having no friends in town,
he places an ad in the newspaper advertising for wedding guests. [JB]
Ep 1.06 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE LIFE OF VERNON HATHAWAY
09Nov1955
written by Barbara Merlin
story by Richard Wormser
director of photography Alfred Gilks
directed by Norman McLeod
starring
Alan Young as Ernest Stockhoeffer/Vernon Hathaway
Cloris Leachman as Irma
Ray Bailey as Howard Barnes
Douglas Dumbrille as Red Beecham
Florenz Ames
Susan Morrow
Jay Novello
Percy Helton
Roy Engel
Roy Glenn
Herb Vigran
Synopsis:
A meek little watch repairman daydreams himself into exciting adventures.
When his alter ego takes over, he begins living his dreams in real life. [JB]
Ep 1.07 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE FINAL TRIBUTE
prod no. 9605
16Nov1955
written by Octavus Roy Cohen
director of photography Joseph F. Biroc
directed by Andrew L. Stone
starring
Laraine Day as Joyce Carter
Dan O'Herlihy as Dr. Kent
Thomas Mitchell as Dr. Walton
Jonathan Hale as Mayor
Eddie Marr as Alex
Linda Lowell as Margie
Joyce McCluskey as Margie's Mother
Emlen Davies as Mrs. Cole
Marjorie Stapp as Mrs. Raglund
Kenneth Osmond as Raglund boy
Synopsis:
A nurse in a small-town doctor's office protests the attitude of the new young physician.
His cold, impersonal treatment of patients is exactly opposite that of the kindly and
gentle elderly doctor he will someday replace. [RF]
Ep 1.08 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE BRUSH ROPER
prod no. 9532
23Nov1955
written by William Tunberg & Fred Gipson
story by Fred Gipson
director of photography Ed Fitzgerald
directed by Stuart Heisler
starring
Chuck Connors as Art Shirley
Lee Aaker as Cowhide
Walter Brennan as Grandpa Atkins
Edgar Buchanan as Sub Doyal
Olive Carey as Grandma
Synopsis:
Grandpa Atkins tries to live up to his tales of former glory as a cowpoke. He learns
a dangerous bull is at large in the brush, saddles up, and goes after him with his rope. [JB]
Ep 1.09 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: TOM AND JERRY
30Nov1955
written by Mary McCarey (Leo McCarey's daughter)
director of photography Alfred Gilks
directed by Leo McCarey
starring
Peter Lawford as Tom Macy
Nancy Gates as Jerry Macy
Frank Fay as Father O'Dowd
Marie Windsor as Lola
Charles Lane as Garrity
Charles Herbert
Arthur Q. Bryan
Minerva Urecal
Tommy Bernard
Vernon Rich
Synopsis:
A kindly parish priest tries to effect a reconciliation between a husband and wife.
* Note Mary McCarey also wrote a song for this Christmas
story titled, "Don't Say Goodbye to Love". [JB]
Ep 1.10 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
prod no. 9648
07Dec1955 (rebroadcast 18Apr1956)
written by Frank Nugent
story by W.R. Burnett
director of photography Hal Mohr
directed by John Ford
starring
John Wayne as Mike Cronin
Vera Miles as Rose Goodhue, (Ruth Dahlberg) IMDB
Ward Bond as Larry Goodhue alias Buck Garrison
James Gleason as Ed Shafer
Pat Wayne as Lyn Goodhue
Willis Bouchey as Cully, Newspaper Editor
Harry Tyler as Mr. White
William Forrest as Walker
Robert Leyden as Willie
Tiger Fafara as Bobby
Synopsis:
A small-town newspaper sports writer harbors an ambition to work for a big city daily.
He sees his chance to achieve his goal while attending the World Series. One of the
rookies shows a style reminiscent of a former all-time great who was banned from
baseball for accepting a bribe. [RF]
Ep 1.11 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: LINCOLN'S DOCTOR'S DOG
14Dec1955
written by William R. Cox
story by Christopher Morley
directed by H.C. Potter
camera James Wong Howe
starring
Robert Ryan as President Lincoln
Charles Bickford as Dr. Stone
Willis Bouchet as Edwin Stanton
Johnny Lee as Simon
Richard Long
Howard Wendell
Paul Keast
Mack Williams
John Craven
Dennis King Jr as Petitioner
Synopsis:
Discouraged and saddened by the War Between the States, President Lincoln
is cheered by the gift of a puppy from his physician. [RF]
Ep 1.12 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE SILENT PARTNER
21Dec1955 (rebroadcast 21Mar1956)
written by Barbara Hammer & George Marshall
director of photography Ed DuPar
directed by George Marshall
starring
Buster Keaton as Kelsey Dutton
Zasu Pitts as Selma
Evelyn Ankers as Miss Loving
Joe E. Brown as Arthur Vail
Jack Kruschen as Ernie
Jack Elam as Shanks
Percy Helton as Barney
Joseph Corey as Arnold
Lyle Latell as Ernie's Friend
Charles Horvath as Barber
Synopsis:
Watching the TV broadcast of the Academy Awards presentation, a faded actress
realizes that the patron at another table in the restaurant was once a well-known comic.
Her happy discovery is marred, however, by a man who calls both of them has-beens. [RF]
Ep 1.13 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE TITANIC INCIDENT
prod no. 9603
28Dec1955 (rebroadcast 20Jun1956)
written by William R. Cox
director of photography Lothrop Worth
directed by Ted Tetzlaff
starring
Leo Genn as Paul
Barbara Morrison as Mrs. Van Owen
Philip Reed as Sir Hubert
May Wynn as Susan
Pat Whyte as Mr. Fothergill
Ramsay Hill as Mr. Ogden
Michael Hadlow as Cabin Steward
George Leigh as Dining Steward
Mike McHale as Deck Officer
Synopsis:
A cardsharp and his wife aboard the Titanic on its fateful last voyage pick a
wealthy Britisher as their pigeon. The cardsharp sets up the Britisher for a
climactic card session, but the tables seem to turn as the ship goes down. [RF]
Ep 1.14 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: HOT CARGO
04Jan1956
written by David Dortort
story by Tay Garnett
director of photography Hal Mohr
directed by Tay Garnett
starring
Yvonne De Carlo as Pearl
Rory Calhoun as Joe Mahoney
Alan Reed as Captain Swenson
Peter Brocco
June Vincent as Society Girl
George Lloyd
Joe Haworth
Joe Smith
Frank Richards
Synopsis:
A chorus girl, stranded in a waterfront town in the Orient, is befriended by the
skipper of a freighter. She marries the skipper and then meets a good-looking
young harbor policeman who falls in love with her. [JB]
Ep 1.15 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: IT'S ALWAYS SUNDAY
prod no. 9653
11Jan1956 (rebroadcast 28Mar56)
written by D.D. Beauchamp
story by Jesse Goldstein & Frank Fox
director of photography Ed DuPar
directed by Allan Dwan
starring
Chick Chandler as Eddie
Sheldon Leonard as George
Dennis O'Keefe as Reverend Parker
Fay Wray as Mary Parker
Grant Withers as William Brackett Sr.
Eilene Janssen as Nancy Parker
Robert Easton as Stanley Moran
Terry Rangno as Danny Parker
Diane Jergens as Sue Stradler
Jimmy Hayes as Bill Brackett
Synopsis:
A kindly minister who believes in doing good for the unfortunate befriends a
pair of itinerants who arrive in town. [RF]
Ep 1.16 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: NUMBER FIVE CHECKED OUT
18Jan1956
written by Willard Wiener
story by Ida Lupino
director[s] of photography Lester H. White and Paul Ivano
directed by Ida Lupino
starring
Peter Lorre as Willy
Teresa Wright as Mary
Ralph Moody as Jarvis
William Talman as Barney
Synopsis:
A young woman, though she is deaf, is left alone to look after the resort cabins
owned by her father. Two dangerous bank robbers then move in, using the
secluded spot as a temporary hideout. [RF]
Ep 1.17 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: PRIMA DONNA
prod no. 9652
01Feb1956
written by Gene Raymond & Peter Milne
story by Gene Raymond
director of photography Wilfred M. Cline
directed by David Butler
starring
Jeanette MacDonald as Martha
Laraine Day as Herself
Leo Durocher as Himself
Jerome Cowan as Lewis
Jacqueline deWit as Emmy
Jane Darwell as Lena
Alfred Caiazza as Johnny
Jack Lomas as Tad
Synopsis:
A philanthropic concert artist takes an interest in a 13-year-old newsboy with
an outstanding singing voice. She runs into difficulties when the boy also
shows a marked preference for baseball. [RF]
Ep 1.18 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: CRY JUSTICE
15Feb1956
Directed by George Sherman
Written by Donald Hyde
Director of photography Jack MacKenzie
starring
Macdonald Carey ..... Gil Foster
James Dunn .......... Sheriff Garrett
Dick Haymes ......... Jim Wheeler
June Vincent ........ June
Roy Roberts ......... Judge
Trevor Bardette ..... Deputy
Paul Bryar .......... Clem
Nacho Galindo ....... Mexican
Synopsis 1:
Bitter because his law partner married the woman he loved, a man plots
his own disappearance, making it appear he has been murdered by his partner.
Ten years later, the partner is released from prison
and seeks revenge. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A lawyer plots revenge when his partner marries the woman he loves.
The spurned lover plans to disappear to make it look as though
he has been murdered by his partner. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Summer Theater 12Aug58.
Ep 1.19 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: AFFAIR IN SUMATRA
22Feb1956
written by Michael Fessier
director of photography Jack MacKenzie
directed by Byron Haskin
starring
Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Martin Kelog
Rita Gam as Lotti
Basil Rathbone as Paul Charters
Greta Granstedt as Tinka
Salvador Baguez as Molu
Napua Woodd as 1st Mother
Julia Montoya as 2nd Mother
Inez Palange as 3rd Mother
Orland Rodriguez as Native Boy
Synopsis:
A beautiful half-caste girl is torn between love for her people and love for a man. [RF]
Ep 1.20 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: ONE AGAINST MANY
prod no. 9610
07Mar1956
written by Malvin Wald & John Jacobs & Donald S. Sanford
story by Malvin Wald & John Jacobs
director of photography Ed DuPar
directed by William Dieterle
starring
Lew Ayres as Dr. John Mohler
Wallace Ford as Ed Rawlings
Chick Chandler as Dr. McCawlly
Emlen Davies as Mrs. Rawlings
Ray Teal as Farmer Clark
Walter Baldwin as Farmer Everett
Kathryn Card as Mrs. Mohler
Robert Shayne as Dave O'Bryan
Damian O'Flynn as Farmer Novak
Wilfred Knapp as Congressman
Synopsis:
A scientist is faced with a difficult decision. A man devoted to saving lives,
he may be forced to kill in order to prevent a state-wide livestock epidemic. [RF]
Ep 1.21 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: IT'S A MOST UNUSUAL DAY
prod no. 9649
14Mar1956
written by Claude Binyon
story by William R. Cox
director of photography William Margulies
directed by Claude Binyon
starring
Fred MacMurray as Peter Terrance
Marilyn Erskine as Margie Terrance
Jimmy McHugh as Himself
Veda Ann Borg as Jo Hadley
William Traylor as Peter at 22
Carolyn Craig as Janet Owen
Harry Lauter as Truck Driver
Duncan Richardson as Peter at 13
Jerry Mathers as Peter at 5
Frank Sully as Husky Driver
Scotty Morrow
Synopsis:
A married couple take in a night club show starring Jimmy McHugh, and
are prompted by his melodies to relive their past.
Songs
It's a most unusual day sung by Jana Lund
I can't believe that you're in love with me sung by Karen Vonne
I can't give you anything but love sung by Diane Jergens
On the sunny side of the street sung by Darla Hood
I'm in the mood for love sung by Peggy Dietrick. [RF]
[--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE SILENT PARTNER
21Mar1956 (originally aired 21Dec55)
[--] Screen Directors Playhouse: IT'S ALWAYS SUNDAY
28Mar1956 (originally aired 11Jan56)
Ep 1.22 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE SWORD OF VILLON
04Apr1956
starring
Hillary Brooke
Pamela Duncan
Errol Flynn (TV debut)
Murvyn Vye
Synopsis:
The story of fabled swordsman Francois Villon. [JB]
Ep 1.23 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: MARKHEIM
11Apr1956
written by Alfred Harris
story by Robert Louis Stevenson
directerd by Fred Zinneman
starring
Ray Milland
Jay Novello
Rod Steiger
Ep 1.24 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: CLAIRE
25Apr1956
written by Philip MacDonald & George Sinclair
story by Ruth Capps
director of photography Paul Ivano
directed by Frank Tuttle
starring
Angela Lansbury as Vera Wayne
George Montgomery as Dr. Stanley Wayne
Amanda Randolph as Kate
Jean Willes as Roberta
William Erwin as Carl
Synopsis:
A young doctor brings his second wife to his lakeside home to live. She is
taunted by the presence of his pet cat, which serves to remind her that because
she couldn't swim, she stood helplessly by while the first wife drowned. [RF]
Ep 1.25 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: A TICKET FOR THADDEUS
prod no. 9659
09May1956 (rebroadcast 19Sep1956)
written by A.I. Bezzerides
story by Rose C. Feld
director of photography, Paul Ivano
directed by Frank Borzage
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Thaddeus Kubaczik
Narda Onyx as Kathi Kubaczik
Alan Hale as Bowen
Clem Bevans as Jessup
Raymond Bailey as Judge
Hayden Rorke as Collier
Russ Conway as 1st Officer
Frances Robinson as Mrs. Preston
Synopsis:
A humble refugee from war-torn Poland has never been able to shed his fear of
anyone in uniform. When the immigrant is involved in a minor traffic altercation, he
tries to prove to the police he was at fault even though he wasn't. [RF]
Ep 1.26 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE DREAM
prod no. 9742
16May1956
written by Richard Karlan & Patricia Karlan
short story by Ivan Turgenev
director of photography Paul Ivano
directed by Hugo Haas
starring
Sal Mineo as Charles Monet
George Sanders as the Baron
Patricia Morrison as Vivienne Monet
John Banner as Prefect of Police
Lita Milan as Amelia
Andre Villon as Waiter
Norbert Schiller as Old Man
Felix Nelson as the Negro
Synopsis:
In France in 1887 an impressionable youth gives his mother cause for alarm.
The young man has a recurrent dream in which he searches for his dead father.
The mother is further upset when the boy tells her of meeting a baron who offers to
take him aboard ship for a journey to the West Indies. [RF]
Ep 1.27 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: WHAT DAY IS IT?
prod no. 9741
06Jun1956
written by Jean Holloway
director of photography, Lothrop Worth
directed by Gower Champion
starring
Gower Champion as Conroy Gregory
Marge Champion as Claire Gregory
Bob Dixon as Messenger
Pinky Jackson as Trainer
Cheeta & Chico as Themselves
Music by Leon Klatzkin.
Songs: Yankee doodle boy, Mary's a grand old name by George M. Cohan;
When you're a clown by Jeff Bailey, Jack Latimer.
Synopsis:
A husband and wife dance team bicker backstage when the husband can't
remember what special date his wife is observing. Between song and dance
numbers, the arguments escalate until a singing telegram arrives. [RF]
Ep 1.28 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: EVERY MAN HAS TWO WIVES
prod no. 9650
13Jun1956
written by Frank Gill Jr. & DeWitt Bodeen
director of photography Paul Ivano
directed by Lewis Allen
starring
Janet Blair as Della
Buddy Ebsen as Fred
Barry Nelson as Bill
Mary Sinclair as Fay
Dave Willock as Counterman
Margaret Bert as Powdermaid
Synopsis:
In the spring, when one gentleman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a former love,
his wife decides to take drastic action. She and hubby make a trip back to the old home town,
determined to come face to face with his childhood sweetheart. [RF]
Ep 1.29 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: PARTNERS
04Jul1956
written by Winston Miller
story by Tay Garnett
director of photography, Lothrop Worth
directed by Tay Garnett
starring
Brandon De Wilde as Terry
Casey Tibbs as Himself (World's Champion Cowboy)
Robert Wilkie as Zecca
Clem Bevans as Stryker
Don Beddoe as Superindentent
James Bell as Joe
Chuck Parkison as Announcer
Paul Birch as Doc
Hal Baylor as Official
Synopsis:
A rodeo star befriends an orphan boy who yearns to compete in the rodeo. [RF]
Ep 1.30 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: WHITE CORRIDORS
prod no. 9743
11Jul1956
written by Irving & Helen Cooper
director of photography, Jack MacKenzie
directed by Ted Post
starring
John Bentley as Dr. Gorwin
Linda Darnell as Ellen
Virginia Field as Nurse Delcotte
Scott Forbes as Dr. Bruno
Pat Hitchcock as Nurse Winrod
Pat Aherne as Policeman
Gavin Muir as Plainclothesman
Synopsis:
An American tourist in London accompanies a friend to the hospital for an emergency operation.
At the hospital, she claims she has witnessed a murder, but the doctors think she is imagining things. [RF]
Ep 1.31 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE CARROLL FORMULA
18Jul1956
written by John L. Greene
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline
directed by Tay Garnett
starring
Michael Wilding as David Scott
Havis Davenport as Sylvia Richardson
Dayton Lummis as Dr. Hoffman
Steven Geray as Dr. Lehndorff
Howard McNear as Dr. Curtis
Peter Whitney as Attendant
Donald McBride as Col. Hobson
Roy Roberts as General Lafferty
Donald Barry as Soldier
Synopsis:
A college professor stumbles across a formula for reducing the size of things. [RF]
Ep 1.32 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: APPLES ON THE LILAC TREE
25Jul1956
written by Phil Shuken & Lee Loeb
director of photography Lothrop Worth
directed by John Rich
starring
Macdonald Carey as William Tyler
Joan Caulfield as Maggie Tyler
Edgar Stehli as Professor Weston
Eleanor Audley as Judith Brenner
John Archer as Doctor Wallace
Joseph Kearns as Charley
William Schallert as Phil
Synopsis:
A couple's "peculiar marital arrangement is the talk of the town. It seems that the
husband loves to do the housework, while his wife spends the day at the office. [RF]
Ep 1.33 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE BITTER WATERS
01Aug1956
written by Zoe Akins
from the story Louisa Pallant by Henry James
director of photography Lothrop Worth
directed by John Brahm
starring
Constance Cummings as Louisa Pallant
George Sanders as Charles Ferris
Robert Vaughn as Archibald Parker
Cynthia Baxter as Linda Pallant
Celia Lovsky as Frau Traurnicht
Barbara Morrison as Mrs. Gimingham
Jerry Barclay as Herbert
Synopsis:
In a fashionable German resort at the turn of the century, a wealthy young American
touring Europe with his uncle meets a woman and her widowed mother. A romance
develops between the young couple, until the society matron mother brings her own
past to bear on their relationship. [JB]
Ep 1.34 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: THE DAY I MET CARUSO
05Sep1956
written by Zoe Akins
story by Elizabeth Bacon Rodewald
director of photography Ed Fitzgerald
directed by Frank Borzage
starring
Sandy Descher as Elizabeth
Lotfi Mansouri as Caruso
Bill Walker as Porter
Emily Lawrence as Cousin Hannah
Walter Coy as Father
Barbara Eiler as Mother
Tito Vuolo as Valet
Synopsis:
On a train between Boston and New York, a ten-year-old Quaker girl meets Enrico Caruso.
She takes him to task for his worldliness and extravagances, but is eventually won
over by his voice, as he sings arias from Aida, La Boheme, Tosca, and Pagliacci,
as well as the World War I tune, Over there. [RF]
Ep 1.35 [--] Screen Directors Playhouse: HIGH AIR
prod no. 9658
12Sep1956
written by A.I. Bezzerides
story by Borden Chase
director of photography Jack MacKenzie
directed by Allan Dwan
starring
William Bendix as Joe Redman
Dennis Hopper as Steve Redman
John Alderson as Swede
Leo Gordon as Tom Martin
Hal Baylor as Man with Bends
William Doty as Sandhogger #1
Don Kennedy as Sandhogger #2
Mike Ragan as Sandhogger #3
John Mitchum as Sandhogger #4
Duane Thorson as Sandhogger #5
Synopsis:
Long separated, a river-tunnel foreman and his son come face to face during
an under-river disaster which almost takes their lives. [RF]
******
[--] 25Jan56 NBC Wed 8:00pm - no details
[--] 08Feb56 NBC Wed 8:00 pm - no details
[--] 29Feb56 NBC Wed 8:00pm - no details (leap year)
[--] 28Mar56 NBC Wed 8:00pm - no details
[--] 18Apr56 NBC Wed 8:00pm - rebroadcast of "Rookie of the Year" original airing Dec 7, 1955
[--] 02May56 - NBC Wed 8:00pm - no details
[--] 23May56 NBC Wed 8:00pm
[--] 30May56 NBC Wed 8:00pm
[--] 20Jun56 NBC Wed - rebroadcast of "The Titanic Incident" original airing Dec 28, 1955.
[--] 27Jun56 NBC Wed - no details
[--] 08Aug56 Wed - no details
[--] 15Aug56 Wed - no details
[--] 22Aug56 Wed - no details
[--] 29Aug56 Wed - no details
[--] 19Sep56 Wed - rebroadcast of "A Ticket for Thaddeus" May 9, 1956.
[--] 26Sep56 Wed - no details (final
episode) (possibly a rerun)
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