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Volume One (Summer 1949)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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VOLUME ONE
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ABC
WJZ-TV Channel 7 New York
Produced & Written by Wyllis Cooper
US Drama Anthology series 1949 6 episodes x 30 min
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
*Note: The series was to be called "Quiet, Please!"
after Wyllis Cooper's radio series which had ended,
but was changed at the last minute.
Wyllis Cooper also Produced the Anthology series "Escape" (CBS)(1950)
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################# Summer 1949 ################
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ABC Thursdays 9:30-10pm (16Jun49-21Jun49)
[01] Volume One: NUMBER ONE: THE BELL HOP STORY
[Premiere]
16Jun1949 ABC Thur
Produced & written by Wyllis Cooper
Directed by Alex Segal
Organist Albert Buhrman
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Jack Lescoulie
Frank Thomas
Nancy Sheridan
Synopsis:
After committing murder and bank robbery, a man and woman check into a hotel,
only to find the gun and the stolen
money have vanished from their bags and that they are mysteriously trapped in
their room by a puckish bellhop. [RF]
*Note: The same cast and story was used in Wyllis Cooper's next series "Escape".
[02] Volume One: NUMBER TWO:
23Jun1949 ABC Thur
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Anne Seymour
Donald Briggs
Sid Cassel
[03] Volume One: NUMBER THREE:
30Jun1949 ABC Thur
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Herb Sheldon
Edgar Stehli
Alice Reinhart
[04] Volume One: NUMBER FOUR:
07Jul1949 ABC Thur
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Nancy Sheridan
James Monks
[05] Volume One: NUMBER FIVE:
14Jul1949 ABC Thur
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Vicki Vola
Marie Kenney
William A. Lee
[06] Volume One: NUMBER SIX: [Final show of the
series]
21Jul1949 ABC Thur
Hosted by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Happy Felton
Abby Lewis
Alex Segal
Synopsis:
A scientist who has invented a time machine attempts to outsmart the greedy
businessman who commissioned
the invention, but both are foiled by a very crafty newspaperwoman. [RF]
[--] Replaced by "Blind Date" with Arlene Francis.
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