W. Somerset Maugham (UK)(BBC)(1969-70) 26 episodes x 1hr
Somerset Maugham TV
Theatre
(1950-51)
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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SOMERSET MAUGHAM TV THEATRE
Oct 18, 1950 to December 10, 1951
Oct 1950-Mar 1951 -CBS Wed 9:00-9:30
Apr 1951-Jun 1951 -NBC Mon 9:30-10:30
Jul 1951-Aug 1951 -NBC Mon 9:30-10:00
Sep 1951-Dec 1951 -NBC Mon 9:30-10:30
Hosted by W. Somerset Maugham
Directors: David Alexander, Martin Ritt
Premiered as Teller of Tales, name change after three episodes.
(was on alternate weeks with Robert Montgomery Presents)
The plays were live from New York.
The opening and closing remarks by author W. Somerset
Maugham
had all been filmed at his home in the French Riviera.
####### Somerset Maugham TV Theatre #######
############ season 1 1950-51 #############
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1.01 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE CREATIVE IMPULSE
18-Oct-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Alan Bunce
Sylvia Field
Mildred Natwick
Chester Stratton
1.02 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: MCKINTOSH
25-Oct-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Francis L. Sullivan
Torin Thatcher
1.03 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: WINTER CRUISE
01-Nov-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Adrianne Allen
1.04 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE UNCONQUERED
08-Nov-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Olive Deering
Rex Williams
1.05 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: EPISODE
15-Nov-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Grace Kelly
Leo Penn
1.06 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: LORD MOUTDRAGO
22-Nov-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Arnold Moss
Luis Van Rooten
1.07 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE STRING OF BEADS
29-Nov-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Anna Lee as Joan Robinson
John Van Dreelen as Count Borselli
Synopsis:
Joan Robinson works as a governess for a wealthy family. She attends a party
thrown by her employer and, although she is an attractive young woman, she is completely
ignored until one of the guests, Count Borselli, appraises the beads she is wearing as a
valuable string of pearls. She protests to no avail, knowing they are imitations. Her whole
life changes. She is invited to parties, and wooed by a fortune hunter. When it's finally
learned that the beads are worthless, she is fired and her suitor loses interest.
The count admits that, provoked by the snobbish socialites, he deliberately lied about
the beads. In the end, he and the governess fall in love.
1.08 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE
06-Dec-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Virginia Gilmore
Dennis Harrison
1.09 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE ROUND DOZEN
13-Dec-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Mildred Dunnock
J. Pat O'Malley
1.10 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: FOOTPRINTS IN THE JUNGLE
20-Dec-1950 CBS Wed
starring
Ronald Alexander
Dennis Hoey
Patricia Wheel
1.11 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: VIRTUE
27-Dec-1950 CBS Wed
starring
John Merivale
1.12 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE TREASURE
03-Jan-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Tom Helmore
Beatrice Straight
1.13 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE MAN FROM GLASGOW
10-Jan-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Robert Harris
Jessica Tandy
1.14 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE VESSEL OF WRATH
17-Jan-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Bramwell Fletcher
Martha Scott
1.15 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: HONOLULU
24-Jan-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Luther Adler
1.16 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: PARTNERS
31-Jan-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Dane Clark
Anthony Quinn
1.17 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY
07-Feb-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Joan Chandler
Art Smith
1.18 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE DREAM
14-Feb-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Joan Bennett
Francis Lederer
1.19 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE PEOPLE YOU MEET
21-Feb-1951 CBS Wed
starring
John Conte
Howard Freeman
Laura Pierpont
1.20 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE OUTSTATION
28-Feb-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Otto Kruger
Edith Atwater
Stefan Schnabel
Joyce Mathews
1.21 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE BACK OF BEYOND
07-Mar-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Meg Mundy
1.22 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: HALFWAY TO BROADWAY
14-Mar-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Katharine Bard
William Prince
1.23 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE LUNCHEON
21-Mar-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Robert Cummings
1.24 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: END OF FLIGHT
28-Mar-1951 CBS Wed
starring
Signe Hasso
Alfred Ryder
####### Somerset Maugham TV Theatre #######
#############season 2 1951##############
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**Show changes from CBS to NBC and is on alternate weeks.
2.01 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
02-Apr-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Cloris Leachman
John Baragrey
Tom Helmore
Betty Sinclair
2.02 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THEATRE
16-Apr-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Judith Anderson
John Baragrey
Vicki Cummings
Robert H. Harris
2.03 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
30-Apr-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Lee J. Cobb
Romney Brent
Bramwell Fletcher
2.04 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE FACTS OF LIFE
14-May-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Veronica Lake as Valerie
2.05 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: CAKES AND ALE
28-May-1951 NBC Mon
starring
June Havoc
2.06 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE NARROW CORNER
11-Jun-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Dennis King
Nora Dunfee as Pat
Harry Landers
Susan Douglas
2.07 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE LETTER
25-Jun-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Judith Evelyn
2.08 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE FRENCH GOVERNOR
09-Jul-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Peggy McCay
Alfred Ryder
2.09 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE PROMISE
16-Jul-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Haila Stoddard
2.10 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: IN HIDING
23-Jul-1951 NBC Mon
starring
John Baragrey
Nina Foch
2.11 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE ARDENT BIGAMIST
30-Jul-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Romney Brent
2.12 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: BEWITCHED
06-Aug-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Martha Scott
2.13 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE GREAT MAN
13-Aug-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Murray Matheson
2.14 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE YELLOW STREAK
20-Aug-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Elliott Sullivan
2.15 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: A WOMAN OF FIFTY
27-Aug-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Sylvia Field
2.16 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: APPEARANCES AND REALITY
03-Sep-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Joseph Schildkraut
######## Somerset Maugham TV Theatre #######
##############season 3 1951##############
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NBC Mondays 9:30-10:30pm Eastern
**Show changes from a 1/2 hour format to an hour.
Alternating with "Robert Montgomery Presents" (season 3)
3.01 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE MOTHER
17-Sep-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Mildred Natwick
William Redfield
3.02 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: GRACE
01-Oct-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Betty Field
3.03 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: MASQUERADE
15-Oct-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Bonita Granville
3.04 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: THE FALL OF EDWARD BERNARD
29-Oct-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Richard Greene
3.05 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: BEFORE THE PARTY
12-Nov-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Geraldine Fitzgerald
3.06 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: HOME AND BEAUTY
26-Nov-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Constance Bennett
3.07 [--] Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: SMITH SERVES
10-Dec-1951 NBC Mon
starring
Eddie Albert
Joan Bennett
####### Somerset Maugham TV Theatre #######
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