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Mr. Broadway  (1964)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
John King,  Mark Topaz, Rina Fox, Tom Alger
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

Talent Associates production
for
CBS (Saturdays 9:00pm EST)
Executive Producer, David Susskind
Produced by Dan Melnick
Created by Garson Kanin

US Drama series Fall 1964   13 episodes x 60 min bw
Starring
Craig Stevens as Michael Bell
Horace McMahon as Hank McClure
Lani Miyazaki as Toki

Premise:
Sophisticated adventures of a New York Public Relations Man.
TV Guide :
Garson Kanin created this series about Mike Bell, a sophisticated New York
public relations man with glamorous clients. Craig "Peter Gunn" Stevens
stars as Bell with Lani Miyazaki as Toki, his girl Friday; and Horace
McMahon as contact man Hank McClure.  [TA]

Music:
Jazz pianist-composer Dave Brubeck is responsible for the background music,
which ranges from solo piano to the Brubeck Quartet to a full orchestra. [TA]

################# Mr. Broadway ###############
############## season Fall 1964 #############
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CBS Saturdays 9:00pm EST

 1.01 Mr. Broadway: KEEP AN EYE ON EMILY
26Sep64 CBS Sat
Written & Directed by Garson Kanin
Guest cast:
Tuesday Weld ......... Emily
Steve Cochran ........ Buddy
Nancy Berg ........... Miss Harpers
Oleg Cassini ......... Himself
Leonard Lyons ........ Himself
Lucienne Bridou ...... Girl
Synopsis 1:
Michael is enlisted to watch a precocious young girl named Emily who is
literally wrapping everyone around her little finger. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Mike Bell tells an old pal that he'll "Keep an Eye on Emily" when she
comes to New York from the Midwest, but his "naive" daughter turns out
to be quite a swinger.[TA]

1.02 Mr. Broadway: TAKE A WALK THROUGH A CEMETERY
03Oct64 CBS Sat
Guest Stars:
Jill St. John
Lauren Bacall,
Jason Robards [MT]
Note:
"Nightingale for Sale" originally scheduled for 03Oct64 postponed to 24Oct64

1.03 Mr. Broadway: TRY TO FIND A SPY
10Oct64 CBS Sat
Written by David Z. Goodman
Guest cast:
Barbara Feldon ....... Laura
Jack Gilford ......... Bunker
Simon Oakland ........ Shaw
William Redfield ..... Palmer
Bibi Osterwald ....... Mrs. Bunker
Paul McGrath ......... Hundrell
John McMartin ........ Robertson
T.J. Halligan ........ Reel
Charles Dierkop ...... Driver
Ted Gunther .......... Cop

1.04 Mr. Broadway: BETWEEN THE RATS AND THE FINKS
17Oct64 CBS Sat
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Guest cast:
Bruce Gordon ......... Johnny Smith
Dyan Cannon .......... Marianne
Larry Hagman ......... Luke
Norman Alden ......... Gary Deal
Larry Gates .......... Ken
Patrick McVey ........ Detective Barnes
Henderson Forsythe ... Grayson
Clem Fowler .......... Bunny

1.05 Mr. Broadway: NIGHTINGALE FOR SALE
24Oct64 CBS Sat (postponed from 03Oct64)
Guest cast:
Liza Minelli ......... Minnie
Eduardo Ciannelli .... Fontaine
Dee Hartford ......... Dora
George Mathews ....... Chester
Al Nesor ............. Turk
Richard Dysart ....... Donovan
Synopsis:
A former big time gangster thinks Mike Bell is the best public
relations man in New York and he wants Mike to help him get his niece on the
operatic stage. [RF]

1.06 Mr. Broadway: THE HE-SHE CHEMISTRY
31Oct64 CBS Sat
Written by Garson Kanin
Guest cast:
Tammy Grimes ......... Nella
Jack Cassidy ......... Allan
William Hickey ....... Otis
Howard St. John ...... Hagen
Larry Haines ......... Holman
Don Fellows .......... Cuneo
Shanton Granger ...... Dr. Seymour
Franklin Heller ...... Joe
Francesca Fontaine .... Vogue Model
Synopsis:
Mike reminisces about the time he tried to set up a box-office gold mine -
by bringing together a tempermental actress and a handsome leading man who
hated each other. [TA]

1.07 Mr. Broadway: DON'T MENTION MY NAME IN SHEBOYGAN
07Nov64 CBS Sat
Written by Robert Russell
Guest cast:
Sandy Dennis ......... Patricia Kelsey
Chester Morris ....... Orin Kelsey
Robert Webber ........ Hogan
Joan Bennett ......... Mrs. Kelsey
Diana Muldaur ........ Receptionist
Synopsis:
Mike's been accused of blackmail by a big man on Wall Street, but
he hasn't the slightest notion why. [RF]

[--] 14Nov64 preempted for Carol Burnett Special "Once Upon A Mattress"

1.08 Mr. Broadway: MAGGIE, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE
21Nov64 CBS Sat
Written by William M. Altman
Guest cast:
Nina Foch ............ Maggie
Liliane Montevecchi .. Vici
Alvin Epstein ........ Chauvigny
Andre Plamondon ...... Rouselle
Synopsis:
Mike's working on a new image for a fashion designer whose reputation
has steadily gone downhill. [TA]

1.09 Mr. Broadway: SMELLING LIKE A ROSE
28Nov64 CBS Sat
Guest cast:
Art Carney ........... Norman Cushing
Phyllis Newman ....... Amy Fitlon
Hal March ............ Jackie Burnett
Val Avery ............ Detective
Rosemary Forsythe .... Pearl
Peter de Vise ........ Tommy
Severn Darden ........ Mr. Hook
Tina Louise .......... the Girl
Paul Sand ............ Photographer

1.10 Mr. Broadway: BAD LITTLE RICH GIRL
05Dec64 CBS Sat
Guest cast:
Diana Van der Vlis ... Mary Beth Warren
Larry Pennell ........ John Chambers
Shepperd Strudwick ... Harold Draper
James Little ......... Paul Bradley
Herbert Voland ....... Walter Hart
John Horn ............ Don
Synopsis:
Heiress Mary Beth Warren isn't quite as philanthropic as her late father,
and she has decided to withdraw support of the boys camp financed by
her father. [RF]

1.11 Mr. Broadway: STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES
12Dec64 CBS Sat
Guest cast:
Lola Albright ........ Duff Daniels
Philip Abbott ........ Geoffrey Karr
Louis Edmonds ........ Karlo
Nancy Cushman ........ Lillian
Lisa Jager ........... Teresa

1.12 Mr. Broadway: SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT
19Dec64 CBS Sat
Written by Garson Kanin
Guest cast:
Lauren Bacall ........ Barbara Lake
Martin Balsam ........ Nate Bannerman
Paul Larsen .......... Jerry Staley
Billie Allen ......... Harriet
Dick Schaal .......... Press Agent
Billy Taylor ......... Himself

1.13 Mr. Broadway: PAY NOW, DIE LATER
26Dec64 CBS Sat
Guest cast:
David Wayne .......... John Zeck
John Ireland ......... Jimmy King
Marianna Hill ........ Penny
Murvyn Vye ........... Caller
Lyn Borsodi .......... Zeck's Secretary
Meg Mundy ............ Lady President
Val Avery ............ Donlevy
Taina Elg ............ Cameo appearance
Synopsis:
Mike is approached by prosperous John Zeck, whose life is being
threatened - and he wants Mike to prepare his obituary in advance. [RF]

################# Mr. Broadway ###############
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