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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

 

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Episode Guide

version 22.0 June 2009
compiled by

The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

contributions by:

Rina Fox

Jim Brent

Sal Crisanti (Ep. 11 "Broken Arrow")

D.W. McGregor, UK

 references:

Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)

Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)

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20th CENTURY-FOX HOUR

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Syndication title: Fox Hour of Stars

Syndication title: TV Hour of Stars

 

Filmed at the Hollywood Studios of

TCF Television Productions, Inc.

for

CBS (Wednesdays 10:00pm fortnightly)

Executive in Charge of Production: Irving Asher (all episodes)

Produced by Jules Bricken  (early eps)

Produced by Peter Packer   (mid eps)

Produced by Ben Feiner, Jr. (later eps)

US drama anthology series  1955-57  37 episodes x 60 min bw

       (05Oct55 - 18Sep57) 

Season 1  1955-56 (alternated with season 3 of "U.S. Steel Hour")

18 episodes

Season 2  1956-57 (alternated with season 4 of "U.S. Steel Hour")

19 episodes

  Hosted by

 Joseph Cotten    (1955-56)

Robert Sterling    (1956-57)


Restored by FMC

Hosted by

Robert Wagner (2002-present)

as Hour of Stars

Premise:

An Anthology of mini-features,

New productions largely consisted of hasty retreads

of successful Fox movies.

 

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         CBS Wednesdays 10:00 pm Eastern 

(alternated with season 3 of "U.S. Steel Hour")

18 episodes (fortnightly)

 

  (14Sep55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Wind From The South)

  (28Sep55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Ashton Buys A Horse)

1.01 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CAVALCADE

05Oct55 CBS

(Syndication title "Heart of a Woman")

   (TV Adaptation of the 1933 Fox film of Noel Coward's "Cavalcade")

      (c)1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Otto Lang

Story by Noel Coward

Screenplay by Peter Packer

 Directed by Lewis Allen

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Mark-Lee Kirk

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Hal Herman

Sound Recording, Steve Bass

Set Decorator, Walter M. Scott & Ray Moyer

Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

Make-up, Mel Berns

Hair Styles, Esperanza Corona

Cast:

Michael Wilding ......... Robert Marryot

Merle Oberon ............ Jane Marrryot

Marcia Henderson ........ Edith Harris

Carolyn Jones ........... Marcia Bridges

With:

Noel Drayton ............ Bridges

Nora O'Mahony ........... Ellen

Doris Lloyd ............. Mrs. Snapper

Victoria Warde .......... Margaret Harris

Richard Lupino .......... Joe Marryot

John Irving ............. Edward Marryot  

Synopsis:

The story opens with the family patriarch marching off to the Boer war

at the turn of the century, and ends thirty years later, with the

now-aged principal characters coping with the Depression.

A British woman struggles to hold her family together during

the bleak days following Queen Victoria's death. [RF]
*Note: Actual film footage was used of Queen Victoria's funeral.

 

  (12Oct55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Obsession)

 

1.02 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: LAURA

19Oct55 CBS (rerun 21Mar56)

(Syndication title "A Portrait of Murder")

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1944 film 'Laura'

which starred Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price)

           (c)1955 by TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Otto Lang

Screenplay by Mel Dinelli  

from the book by Vera Caspary

Directed by John Brahm

Host: Joseph Cotton

Cast:

George Sanders .......... Waldo Lydecker

Dana Wynter ............. Laura Howe

Robert Stack ............ Mark MacPherson

Scott Forbes ............ Shelby Carpenter

With:

Johnny Washbrook ........ Danny Morgan

Gloria Clark ............ Bessie Clary

Gordon Wynne ............ MacAvity

Robert Williams ......... Fred Callahan

Harry Carter ............ Policeman

*

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Director, Lyle R. Wheeler, Herman Blumenthal

Film Editor, Robert Simpson, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Hal Herman

Sound Recording, Steve Bass

Set Decorator, Ray Moyer

Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire, Richard James, Adele Balkan

Makeup, Mel Berns

Hair Styles, Marsha Masa

*

Synopsis: 

   A detective is assigned to a case of murder of the wrong victim.

    During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than

    professional interest in the intended victim, the mysterious Laura. [RF]

      Behind the Scenes:

     Following the production, a behind-the-scenes visit to the set of

     "Hilda Crane" with Cotten and the film's star, Jean Simmons.

      This portion was produced and directed by Joe Parker.

  Contents:  Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]

 

  (26Oct55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Shoot It Again)

 

1.03 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE OX BOW INCIDENT

02Nov55 CBS

( Syndication title "The Lynch Mob")

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1943 film "The Ox Bow Incident"

   which starred Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn)

          (c)1955 by TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Jules Bricken

Teleplay by David Dortort

Based on the Screenplay by Lamar Trotti

From the Novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Directed by Gerd Oswald

*

Cast:

Robert Wagner ......... Gil Carter

Cameron Mitchell ...... Donald Martin

E.G. Marshall ......... Mr. Davies

Raymond Burr .......... Major Tetley

Wallace Ford .......... Monty Smith

Hope Emerson .......... Jenny 'Ma' Greer

*

James Westerfield ..... Deputy Mapes

Walter Sande .......... Moore

Ray Teal .............. Bartlett

Tyler MacDuff ......... Gerald Tetley

Eddie Firestone ....... Art Croft

Michael Ansara ........ Jeff Farnley

Rodolfo Hoyos ......... Gonsalez

Taylor Holmes ......... Judge Tyler

Russell Simpson ....... Old Man

Robert Adler .......... Mark

Jay Brooks ............ Sparks

*

Associate Producer, Peter Packer

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Dialogue Direction, Herman Rotsten

Art Direction, Theobold Holsopple

Supervising Editor, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Dave Silver

Sound Recording, Bernard Freericks

Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Frank Wade

Properties, Max Goldman

Men's wardrobe, Richard James

Script Supervisor, Rose Steinberg

Synopsis:

While the sheriff is away the Major takes control over a rustling and a

murder. Forming a posse the makeshift lynch mob is out for a hanging. [RF]

 

  (09Nov55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Outcast)

 

1.04 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE LATE GEORGE APLEY

16Nov55 CBS

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1946 film "The Late George Apley" which starred Ronald Colman)

(Syndication title "Back Bay Romance")

TCF Television Productions, Inc

Produced and Directed by Jules Bricken

Teleplay by Edward Hope

Based on the Screenplay by Philip Dunne

From the Play by John P. Marquand and George S. Kaufman,

Based on the Novel by John P. Marquand

Host: Joseph Cotten

       Cast:

Raymond Massey .......... George Apley

Joanne Woodward ......... Eleanor Apley 

Ann Harding ............. Catherine Apley

Arthur Franz ............ Howard Boulder

Torin Thatcher .......... Roger Newcombe

Carl Benton Reid ........ Mr. Dole

Barry Coe ............... John Apley

       Katharine Warren ........ Amelia Newcombe

       Gerald Oliver Smith ..... Wilson

       Dee Carroll ............. Ethel

       Jimmy Hayes ............. Bradford

       Philip Tonge ............ Buzzy Loring

       Steven Hayes ............ Heywood

       Grandon Rhodes .......... Dean Ringwood

      *

       Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

       Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal

       Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

       Assistant Director, Hal Herman

       Sound Recording, E.C. Ward

       Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock

       Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire

       Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

       Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

       Makeup, Ben Nye & Stanley Orr

       Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

       Script Supervisor, Pat Lamb

 Synopsis:

     The daughter of a socially prominent family rebels against her father's

     snobbery. He opposes the marriage of his daughter to a young man from

     the wrong side of the tracks. [RF]

     Behind the Scenes:

    Following the production, a behind-the-scenes look at a screen test being

     made. The test, in which Joseph Cotten performs, is for 15-year-old

     Susan Luckey, who happily is given a contract by the studio.

     Also appearing is Fox casting director W.L. Gordon. Following that, a

     look at scenes from the forthcoming Fox feature

      "Good morning, Miss Dove" starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack.

      The behind-the-scenes portion of the program was written by

      Henry Taylor and directed by Joe Parker.

  Contents:  Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]

 

   (23Nov55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Incident In An Alley)

 

1.05 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CHRISTOPHER BEAN

 30Nov55 CBS  

          (Syndication title "Death Paints a Legacy")

             Produced by Otto Lang

          Screenplay by Mel Dinelli

          From the play by Sidney Howard

          Based upon the Comedy by René Fauchois

          Directed by Lewis Allen

          Cast:

          Thelma Ritter ........ Abby

          Gene Lockhart ........ Dr. Milton Hagget

          Mildred Natwick ...... Mrs. Milton Hagget

          Allyn Joslyn ......... Mr. Tallant

          Les Tremayne ......... Mr. Duprez

          Philip Ober .......... Maxwell Davenport

          Kipp Hamilton ........ Susie Hagget

          Craig Hill ........... Warren Creamer

          *

          Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

       Art Direction, Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal

       Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

       Assistant Director, Eddie Bernoudy

       Sound Recording, E.C. Ward

       Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock

       Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire

       Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

       Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

       Makeup, Mel Berns

       Hair Styles, Marsha Masa

       Synopsis 1:

   Valuable paintings owned by a New England woman are discovered

   forcing her to the center of attention. [RF]

  Synopsis 2:

   A mercenary New England country doctor learns his servant woman is in

  possession of a valuable painting given to her by an artist she

  befriended. The doctor attempts to get the picture away from her. [JB]

 

   (07Dec55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Edward My Son)

 

1.06 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

 14Dec55 CBS

(Syndication title "Meet Mr. Kringle")

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street"

which starred Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara)

(c) 1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Jules Bricken

Teleplay by John Monks, Jr.

Based on the Screenplay by Geroge Seaton

From the Story by Valentine Davies

Directed by Robert Stevenson

Cast:

MacDonald Carey ..... Fred Gaily

Teresa Wright ..... Doris Walker

Thomas Mitchell ..... Kris Kringle

Sandy Descher ...... Susan Walker

Hans Conried ...... Mr. Shellhammer

Ray Collins ....... Judge Harper

Dick Foran ........ Thomas Mara

John Abbott ...... Psychiatrist

Don Beddoe ........ R.H. Macy

Whit Bissell ...... Dr. Pierce

Sara Berner ........ Woman Shopper

Herbert Vigran ....... Postal Clerk

Maudie Prickett ..... Miss Prossy

Paul Smith ........ Store Clerk

Herbert Hayes ...... Mr. Gimbal

Louis Towers .... Peter

Earl Robie ..... Tommy Mara, Jr.

         *

         Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

         Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal

         Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

         Assistant Director, Ed Bernoudy

         Sound Recording, E.C. Ward

         Set Decoration, Walter Scott & Ray Moyer

         Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire

         Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

         Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

         Makeup, Ben Nye & Stanley Orr

         Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

         Script Supervisor, Pat Lamb

Synopsis:

One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a

commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases.

But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not

merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real McCoy. [RF] 

  Behind the Scenes:

 Following the production, is a preview of scenes from the Fox feature film,

  The rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray,

  and Michael Rennie. This behind-the-scenes portion was produced and directed

  by Joe Parker.

  Contents:  Commercials: General Electric Appliances. [UCLA]

 

   (21Dec55 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. White Gloves)

 

1.07 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MAN ON THE LEDGE

28Dec55 CBS

( Syndication title "Fourteen Hours")

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1951 film "Fourteen Hours"

which starred Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas and Barbara Bel Geddes)

Produced by Otto Lang

Written by Steve Fisher

Based Upon the Screenplay by John Paxton

From the Story by Joel Sayre

Directed by Lewis Allen

Cast:

Cameron Mitchell .... Robert Cosick

William Gargan ...... Officer Bragan

Sylvia Sidney ...... Mrs. Cosick

Vera Miles ...... Virginia

Eduard Franz ...... Dr. Benson

James Bell ........ Mr. Cosick

Willis Bouchey ....... Capt. Kane

Alan Hale (Jr.) ..... Boyle

Barbara Woodell ...... Mrs. Bragan

Paul Wexler ...... Parkinson

Howard Wendell ..... Hotel Manager

Doug Evans ...... Asst. Hotel Manager

Clark Howat ....... Farley

Than Wyenn ..... Max

Frank Sully ..... Sergeant

Richard Collier ..... Waiter

Joey Ray ...... Reporter "Tribune"

Jess Kirkpatrick .... Reporter "Mirror"

Ralph Peters ..... Cabbie

*

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Sidney Smith

Sound Recording, Eugene Grossman

Set Decoration, Walter Scott & Ray Moyer

Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire

Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

Makeup, Ben Nye & Mel Merns (film error should be Berns)

Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

Synopsis:

Sure and it's a fine St. Paddy's dawn in New York City, and beat cop

Bragan is finishing up his all-night midtown shift and heading back to

his family. Mrs. Bragan is making waffles today, and there's no school

for young Mike, and they're all looking forward to the big parade. It's

Bragan's day. He's got his buttons already polished.
But he won't make it home after all. A scream pierces the daybreak, and

Bragan looks up and gasps: Way up high, near the top of one of the

avenue's fine hotels, there's a guy standing on a ledge, clinging to a

cornice, looking down, teetering.
Jumper. Bragan breaks into a run, straightaway gets up to the hotel's

15th floor, collides with the manager who's fretting that his suicidal

guest is going to bring unwelcome publicity. "This is the worst possible

thing that can happen to a hotel!" the manager moans. Bragan

disgustedly shoos him out, and now he's alone with the man on the ledge, the

first cop on the scene, and he leans out the window, high over the dizzying

canyons.
The jumper is a nice-looking young man, nervous, distraught, sweating.

"Hey," Bragan says easily. "That's kind of a dangerous thing you're

doing there, kid! You might fall off and hurt somebody!"
They seem to make a connection, the two of them. It's clear to Bragan

that the kid probably doesn't want to jump at all. He's just at some

breaking point, needs to talk to somebody he can trust. "I'd hate to see

you make a bad mistake," Bragan says. But now the brass hats have

arrived, and they know how to handle situations like this, they don't need

Bragan. "Back to your traffic," a captain barks at him, and Bragan

reluctantly follows orders, going downstairs to help handle the crowds of

gawkers and gogglers who are quickly filling the streets along with the

radio reporters and the newsreel crews. He's a grand public spectacle,

the man on the ledge, and suddenly half the town is here, clucking,

standing vigil, snickering, making bets, waiting for him to decide if he's

going to jump or not, whatever his problem is.
The guy's name is Robert Cosick. He's got family issues: His

overbearing mother has made it plain all his life that she never wanted him, and

his old man is a hopeless lush, and he blames himself for everything.

"I'm no good to anybody," he sobs.
But he won't talk to anybody but Bragan, who struck him as a decent

guy. Get Bragan back up here, the brass hats decide. And now it's just the

two of them again, the cop and the jumper, on the ledge, talking things

over, as all New York watches the unfolding drama on live TV.
*

 One difference between the tense 1955 CBS television production "Man

on the Ledge" and the real-life 1938 incident it was based on was that,

while live TV crews did, in fact, broadcast the riveting episode,

nobody but the engineers saw it because in 1938 nobody at home had a TV yet.

But the story of John Warde was all over the radio that July day when

Warde, a 26-year-old former mental patient who had halfheartedly tried

to kill himself twice before, climbed out a 17th-floor window of the

Hotel Gotham, on 55th St. at Fifth Ave., and perched for 10 hours and 48

minutes, chain-smoking, trying to make up his mind what he was going to do. [RF]

 

  (04Jan56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Bring Me A Dream) 

 

1.08 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: YACHT ON THE HIGH SEA

         11Jan56 CBS

         (TV adaptation of early 1940's movie - not known)

         Produced by Jules Bricken

         Teleplay by Whitfield Cook & Lenore Coffee

         Story by Eugene Vale 

         Directed by Ted Post

         Cast:

         Gary Merrill .....lan Byrnes

         Nina Foch ..... Joan Byrnes

         Torin Thatcher ..... Captain McCrea

         *

         Abraham Sofaer .... Hernandez

         Casey Adams ..... Barry

         Jerry Paris ..... Ferguson

         Noel Drayton ..... Hedges

         Myron Healey ..... Winslow

         Argentina Brunetti ..... Mrs. Hernandez

         *

         Kathleen Rooney .... Manuela

         Robert Kendall .... Juan

         Jospeh Sanchez ..... Pepito

         Dean Cromer ..... Keswick

         John Macchai ..... Pilot

         Kent Odell ...... Navigator

         Bill Monohan ..... Pilot

         Don C. Harvey ..... Bellini

         *

         Tim Sullivan ..... Weather Officer

         Herbert Anderson .... Bob Perkins

         Michael Garrett ..... Jackson (Co-Pilot)

         Robert Roark ..... Co-Pilot

         Robert Forrest ..... McKeever

         Anna Maria Fontes .... Maria  

         *

         Director of Photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

         Art Director ... Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

         Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.

         Assistant Director ... Lew Borzage

         Sound Recording ... E.C. Ward

         Set Decoration ... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

         Properties ... Max Goldman

         Sound Editor ..., Gene Editor, M.P.S.E.

         Wardrobe Direction ... Charles LeMaire

         Women's Wardrobe ... Adele Balkan

         Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James

         Makeup ... Ben Nye & Mel Berns

         Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa

         Script Supervisor ... Sam Freedle

*

Synopsis:

The wife of a selfish domineering man has just about decided to

leave her husband.  She makes up her mind when, ignoring

hurricane warnings, he sails on through a storm to keep a business

appointment in Nassau. [JB]

 

  (18Jan56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Great Adventure) 

 

1.09 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: ONE LIFE

          25Jan56 CBS

          Produced by Michel Kraike

          Teleplay by Frank & Doris Hursley, and Peter Packer

          Directed by Peter Godfrey

          Cast:

          Nina Foch ............. Susan Harland

          Dane Clark ............ Tom Benson

          Audrey Totter ......... Ellen Benson

          William Hopper ........ Phil Harland

          Norma Varden .......... Mrs. Sylvester

          Robert G. Anderson .... Police Officer

          Katharine Warren ...... Susan's Mother

          Eve McVeagh ........... Nurse

          Julie Gibson .......... Secretary

          [ NO SCREEN CREDIT Grandon Rhodes as Liggett ???]

          *

          Director of Photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

          Art Director ... Lyle R. Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

          Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.

          Film Editor ... Otto Meyer, A.C.E.

          Assistant Director ... George Templeton

          Sound Recording ... Stephen Bass

          Set Decoration ... Walter M. Scott & Fay Babcock

          Properties ... Max Goldman

          Sound Editor ... Gene Editor, M.P.S.E.

          Wardrobe Direction, Charles LeMaire

          Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

          Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James

          Makeup ... Mel Berns

          Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa

          Script Supervisor ... Hazel W. Hall

*

Synopsis:

The wife of a college professor feels her proper and dull way of life is far

from satisfactory. She becomes involved in a romance with a married man. [JB]

 

  (01Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Fair Shake)  

 

1.10 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CRACK UP

08Feb56 CBS

 (TV Adaptation of TCF's 1952 film  "Phone Call from a Stranger,"

    which starred Bette Davis and Gary Merrill) 

teleplay by Peter Packer
from a Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson
based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie
directed by Ted Post
produced by Jules Bricken
starring
Bette Davis ...... Marie Hoke
Gary Merrill ...... David Trask
Virginia Grey ...... Jane Trask
Barbara Ruick ...... Julie Morrison
Jesse White ...... Eddie Hoke
Carl Benton Reid ...... Dr. Merriam
Raymond Bailey ...... John Claffey
Clark Howat ...... Herbert Shreve
Tom Powers ...... Dr. Fernwood
Lilian Bond ...... Hostess
Marilyn Saris ...... Receptionist
Kesse Kirkpatrick ...... Draftsman No. 1
John Bryant ...... Draftsman No. 2
Herbert C. Lytton ...... Ticket Agent
Leslye Banning ...... Stewardess
John Pickard ...... Pilot
William Swan ...... Co-Pilot
Harry Carter ...... 1st Guest
Rodney Bell ...... 2nd Guest
Robert Carson ...... 3rd Guest
Gail Bonney ...... Woman Guest
Steve Conte ...... Announcer
Robert Crosson ...... Bellhop
David Bair ...... Messenger
Jack Gargan ...... Agent
*
Director of Photography .... Eddie Dupar, A.S.C.
Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director .... Arthur Marks
Sound Recording .... Stephen Bass
Set Decoration .... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs
Properties .... Max Goldman
Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Wardrobe Direction .... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe .... Adele Balkan
Men's Wardrobe .... Richard James
Makeup .... Irving Berns
Hair Styling .... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor .... Violet McComas

*

    Synopsis 1:

   This is the story of a brilliant industrial designer who feels his

  creative ability is being stifled by office routine. On a business trip

 to Los Angeles he buys only a one-way ticket, intending to leave home,

   wife and job.  But en route, the plane crashes and he pays an eventful

 call on the invalid widow of one of the crash victims.

 Synopsis 2:

Bed ridden invalid Marie is visited by Trask, the sole survivor of a plane

 crash that killed her husband. [RF]

 

 (15Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Command) 

 

1.11 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: IN TIMES LIKE THESE

     22Feb56 CBS

teleplay by Harry Segall
from a screenplay by Kathryn Scola and Julien Josephson

 based on the book "The Happy Land" by MacKinlay Kantor.

directed by William Seiter

producer Samuel Marx

starring

Macdonald Carey .... Lew Marsh

Fay Wray .... Agnes Marsh

James Drury .... Anton Cavrek

Johnny Washbrook .... Rusty (age 12)

Mark Damon .... Rusty (age 17)

Todd Farrell .... Rusty (age 6)

Pamela Beaird .... Lenore (age 12)

Lili Gentile .... Lenore (age 17)

Susan Luckey .... Gretchen

George Eldredge .... Bill Beecher

with
Raymond Greenleaf ..... Toastmaster
Tommy Ivo ....... Everett Moore
Dan Riss ........ Mr. Watson
Harry Harvey ........ Telegraph Operator
Dan Mummert ..... Messenger Boy
Louis Towers ........ Jackie
Charles Herbert ........ Tod
Tristram Coffin ....... Scoutmaster
Patsy Weil ....... Sally
Irene Seidner ........ Mrs. Schneider
Fred Myrow and the Beverly Hills High School Choir
*
Director of photography ... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction ... Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne
Editorial Supervision ... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor ... Otto Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director ... Dink Templeton
Sound Recording ... Stephen Bass
Sound Editor ... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Set Decoration ... Stanley Detlie
Properties ... Max Goldman
Wardrobe Direction ... Charles LeMaire
Women's Wardrobe ... Veda Carroll
Men's Wardrobe ... Richard James
Makeup ... Mel Berns
Hair Styling ... Marsha Masa
Script Supervisor ... Sam Freedle
*

Synopsis:

   A man learns of his only son's death while attending a dinner in

     his honor.  He finds it difficult to carry on. [JB]

*Note: Macdonald Carey plays the harmonica in this episode

and the song he plays is "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing".

 

 (29Feb56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Moment of Courage)  

 

1.12 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: DECEPTION

        07Mar56 CBS  

Teleplay by William Spier

From a Story by Alec Waugh

    Directed by Jules Bricken

Produced by Samuel Marx

  starring

Linda Darnell .... Lily Martyn

Trevor Howard .... Doug Elliott

John Williams .... Sir Thomas

Arthur Gould-Porter .... Hodges

Gavin Muir .... Harry

Jester Hairston .... Jacob

Alan Napier .... Governor

Noel Drayton .... Wilkins

Doris Lloyd .... Mrs. Allmost

Eleanor Audley .... Governor's Wife

Harold Dyrenforth .... German Officer

George Dee .... French Double Agent

Chester Jones .... Bellhop

*

Director of Photography ....Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Herman A. Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.S.C.

Assistant Director .... Arthur Marks

Sound Recording .... Stephen J. Bass

Set Decoration .... Jack Stubbs

Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Properties .... Max Goldman

Wardrobe Direction .... Charles Le Maire

Women's Wardrobe .... Adele Balkan

Men's Wardrobe .... Richard James

Makeup .... Mel Berns

Hair Styling .... Annabelle

Script Supervisor .... Violet McComas

TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Irving Asher Executive in Charge of TV Productions.

Synopsis:

   A concert pianist serving in British Intelligence during the war is

   captured and forced to divulge the information he carries.  After the

  war, he buries himself in shame in the West Indies. [JB]

 

 (14Mar56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Candidate) 

 

[--] 21Mar56 rerun of "Laura"   (original air date 19Oct55)

 

 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: HEROES OF THE DEEP       

          (TV Adaptation of 1943 TCF's 1943 film "Crash Dive"

        which starred Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews)

        Story by W.R. Burnett

          Directed by NOT KNOWN

          (NO DETAILS OF TV VERSION)

 

 (28Mar56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Thirty Year Man) 

 

1.13 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: GUN IN HIS HAND

      04Apr56 CBS

      (c)1956 TCF Television Productions, Inc.

      Produced by Otto Lang

      Teleplay by Steve Fisher 

      Based on Screenplay by Leo Townsend.  

      Directed by Lewis Allen 

      Cast: 

      Robert Wagner ............ Wade Connors

      Debra Paget .............. Mary

      Charles Drake ............ Macauley

      Royal Dano ............... Jed 

      Ray Collins .............. Callicott

      *

      Trevor Bardette .......... Willis 

      Stuart Randall ........... Will Connors

      Charles Meredith ......... Judge Blanton

      Mort Mills ............... Kirby

      Mark Hanna ............... Matty

      John Cliff ............... Jackson

      Richard Crane ............ Johnson

      George E. Stone .......... Postal Clerk

      Paul Stader .............. Indio 

      Paul Baxley .............. Whitey

      Charles Cane ............. Big Red

      Herbert C. Lytton ........ Court Clerk

       *

       Director of Photography: Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

       Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne

       Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

       Assistant Director, Joe Rickards

       Sound Recording, Bernard Freericks

       Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

       Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

       Properties, Max Goldman

       Wardrobe Direction, Charles Le Maire

       Men's Wardrobe, Richard James

       Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

       Makeup, Mel Berns

       Hair Styling, Alma Johnson

       Script Supervisor, Violet McComas

       Synopsis:

     An outlaw's son is torn between affection for his father and his own

     belief in law and order. While riding with the outlaw band, he is

     captured and imprisoned, and then learns the gang abandoned his wife

     to die, leaving his newborn son homeless. Furious, he turns against

     the gang and joins forces with the law. [RF]

     Behind the Scenes:

     Following the drama, scenes from the forthcoming film "The man in the

      grey flannel suit" are introduced by Fredric March, who also talks

     with Joseph Cotten. 

       Behind the scenes segment produced and directed by Joe Parker. 

  Contents:  Commercials:   General Electric Appliances--Refrigerator,

 Television, Vacuum Cleaner,  Washer-Dryer. [UCLA]

 

 (11Apr56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Funny Heart) 

 

1.14 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MR. BELVEDERE

 18Apr56 CBS

(Syndication title "The Genius")

       (c)1955 TCF Television Productions, Inc.  

     (TV Adaptation of TCF's 1948 feature film "Sitting Pretty"

  which starred  Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere,

      Robert Young as Harry King, & Maureen O'Hara as Tacey King)

Produced by Samuel Marx

Teleplay by John L. Greene & Peggy Chantler

From a Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert

Based on a novel by Gwen Davenport

Directed by James V. Kern

Cast:

Reginald Gardiner ....... Mr. Lynn Belvedere

Eddie Bracken ........... Harry King

Margaret Hayes .......... Tacey King

Zasu Pitts .............. Miss Appleton

With:

Joyce Holden ............ Edna

Howard Wendell .......... Mr. Hammond

Eleanor Audley .......... Mrs. Hammond

Todd Ferrell ............ Todd

Ray Ferrell ............. Ray

Kim Tyler ............... Kim

Robert Foulk ............ McPherson

Don Beddoe .............. Mr. Taylor

*

Director of Photography, Ed Dupar A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Otto Meyer. A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Arthur Marks

Sound Recording, Alfred Bruzlin

Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Chester Bayhi

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Properties, Duke Abrahams

Wardrobe Direction, Charles Le Maire

Man's Wardrobe, Richard James

Women's Wardrobe, Adele Balkan

Makeup, Mel Berns

Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

Script Supervisor, Hazell Hall

Synopsis 1:

Comedy about an incorrigible sophisticate who accepts a position in a

 home to act as baby sitter to three youngsters. Mr. Belvedere's addition

  to the household at once makes the young husband suspicious, and gives

 the neighborhood gossip a chance to use her bird watching binoculars. [JB] 

Synopsis 2:

The story about self-proclaimed genius Mr. Belvedere, who takes on the task

of looking after three bratty kids. Comedy about an incorrigible sophisticate

 who accepts a position in a home to act as baby sitter to three youngsters.

 Mr. Belvedere's addition to the household at once makes the young husband

suspicious, and gives the neighborhood gossip a chance to use her bird-

watching binoculars. [RF]

 

  (25Apr56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Noon On Doomsday) 

 

1.15 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: BROKEN ARROW

(Syndication title. "Apache Uprising")

02May56 CBS

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1950 film "Broken Arrow"

which starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler)

(also pilot for the 1956-58 series "Broken Arrow")

Directed by Robert Stevenson

Teleplay by Clarke Reynolds

Based on the characters from "Blood Brother" by Elliott Arnold

Director of photography by Lloyd Ahern

Cast:

Ricardo Montalban .......... Cochise (pilot only)

 (Michael Ansara played Cochise in the series)

Rita Moreno ........... Sonseeahray (White Painted Lady in Apache ceremony)

John Lupton ............ Tom Jeffords (future series regular)

Robert F. Simon .......... Ben Slade

Robert Warwick .......... General Howard

Roy Roberts ........ Lowrie

Tony George ......... Nahilzay

Tommy Cook ........ Machogee

Anthony Caruso ......... Gokliya

Tom Fadden ......... Duffield (future series recurring)

Donald Randolph ......... Colonel Bernall

Ralph Moody .......... Nochalo

Ralph Reed .......... Chip Slade

Robert Griffin ......... Mule Driver

    Synopsis 1:

   TOM JEFFORDS, AN EX-MILITARY SCOUT, ACTS AS A GO-BETWEEN WITH THE

    ARMY AND THE APACHE. HE MARRIES AN APACHE MAIDEN NAMED, SONSEEAHRAY,

     WHO IS KILLED BY A WHITE MAN. JEFFORDS VOWS TO BRING PEACE, AT ANY

      COST, BETWEEN THE WHITE'S AND THE INDIANS. [SC]

Synopsis 2:

Jeffords talks to Cochise about letting the mail carriers thru the pass

without being attacked and work towards peace. After an attack both

sides are unwilling to agree until General Howard arranges for peace

talks. Jeffords falls in love with the ceremonial "White Painted Lady",

and marries her. [RF]

 

 (09May56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Honest In The Rain) 

 

1.16 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: OVERNIGHT HAUL

        16May56 CBS

        (TV adaptation of TCF's 1949 film "Thieves Highway"

          which starred Richard Conte)

 (c)1956 TCF Television Productions, Inc.  

  Produced by Peter Packer

Teleplay by Leonard Freeman 

Television Story by Peter Packer & Leonard Freeman

From a Motion Picture Story by Gabrielle Upton.

Directed by Jules Bricken

 Cast: 

 Richard Conte ......... Barney

 Lizabeth Scott ........ Frances

 Richard Eyer .......... Billy

 James Griffith ........ Sheriff

 Clarence Muse ......... Cousin Brown

 Forrest Lewis ......... Al

 Barney Phillips ....... Max

 Claire Carleton ....... May

*

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Richard W. Farrell 

Assistant Director, Art Marks

Sound Recording, E.C. Ward

Set Decoration, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

Properties, Max Goldman

Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire

Wardrobe, Richard James

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Makeup, Mel Berns

Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

Script Supervisor, Violet McComas

 Synopsis 1

       When his young stepson is accidentally pinned under a truck, the

        driver frantically tries to rouse help in a nearby town. But he is

        caught taking equipment from a closed service station and is unable

        to convince anyone the boy is in trouble. [RF]

      Synopsis 2:

      A flat tire on a lonely road at night brings a terrifying experience

      into the lives of a truck-driver Barney Fowler and his young stepson.

      (7Sep60 BBC UK Wed 8:50 pm) 

 

 (23May56 CBS - possibly  U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals) 

 

1.17 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE EMPTY ROOM

      30May56 CBS

Teleplay by Dale and Katherine Eunson

From the novel by Charles Morgan

Directed by Tim Whelan

Produced by Jules Bricken

Starring: 

Jeffrey Hunter ..... Dick Cannock

Audrey Dalton ..... Carey Rydal

Patric Knowles .... Henry Rydal

Virginia Field ..... Venetia

Evelyn Ankers ..... Millicent

Philip Tonge ..... Vicar

Alan Napier ..... Sir Edward

Gerald Oliver Smith ..... Bates

with

Antony Eustrel ..... Mr. Ogilvie

Wallis Clark ..... Mr. Morgan

Eleanor Audley ..... Mrs. Morgan

Lowell Gilmore ..... George

Queenie Leonard ..... Receptionist

Terence DeMarney ..... Bunny Bradshaw

G. Thomas Duggan ..... Bascomb

Victoria Ward ..... Ethel

Doris Lloyd ..... Lady Beatrice

Lily Kemble Cooper ..... Miss Privet

*

Director of Photography ..... Eddie DuPar, A.S.C.

Art Direction ..... Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision ..... Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor ..... Richard Farrell

Assistant Director ..... Arthur Marks

Sound Recording ...... E.C. Ward

Set Decoration ...... Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

Sound Editor ..... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Wardrobe Direction ..... Charles LeMaire

Women's Wardrobe ..... Adele Balkan

Men's Wardrobe ..... Richard James

Makeup ...... Mel Berns

Hair Styling ..... Louise Miehle

Script Supervisor ..... Sam Freedle

 Synopsis 1:

The romance of an American boy and an English lass is jeopardized by

the arrival of the girl's divorced mother.  The daughter wants to protect

 her father against himself when he decides he wants to remarry his

ex-wife. [JB]

 Synopsis 2:

A young Englishwoman and her American husband become entangled when Audrey's

divorced mother comes to visit, the girl's natural warning system begins

buzzing. Audrey endeavors to keep her scheming mother from being reunited

with her father, who has been perfectly happy since the split. [RF]

 

(06Jun56 CBS -  U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Boarding House) 

 

1.18 [--] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE HEFFERAN FAMILY

  13Jun56 CBS

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1949 film 'Chicken Every Sunday'

       which starred Dan Dailey & Celeste Holm)

Produced by Samuel Marx

Teleplay by Dorothy Cooper

Based on the Screenplay by George Seaton and Valentine Davies

From the Stage Play by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein

And the Book by Rosemary Taylor

Directed by Jules Bricken

Cast:

Paul Douglas ........... Jim Hefferan

Alexis Smith ........... Emily Hefferan

Mark Damon ............. Harold

Jesse White ............ George Kirby

Carolyn Jones .......... Rita Kirby

Eilene Janssen ......... Rosemary

Stephen Wooton ......... Oliver

Beverly Washburn ....... Ruthie

Nancy Kulp ............. Miss Gillis

Jack Rice .............. Mr. Robinson

         *

Director of Photography, Ed Dupar A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Otto Meyer. A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Art Marks

Sound Recording, William D. Edwards

Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

Properties, Max Goldman

Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire

Man's Wardrobe, Richard James

Makeup, Mel Berns

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Hair Styling, Marsha Masa

Script Supervisor, Dorothy Cummings

Synopsis:

 The long-suffering wife of a kindly but not very practical man has had

 just about enough of her husband's money-making schemes. In order to keep

  the family in food she takes in boarders. [JB]

  A well-meaning do-gooder spends so much time doing favors for others

that he falls behind in his personal obligations. [RF]

 

(20Jun56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Longboat) 

 

[--] 27Jun56 rerun of "The Ox-bow Incident" (original air date 19Oct55)

 

 (04Jul56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Operation Three R's) 

 

[-] 11Jul56 rerun of "Christopher Bean"  (original air date 30Nov55)

 

 (18Jul56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Partners) 

 

 [--] 25Jul56  rerun of "Deception"  (original air date 07Mar56)

 

 (01Aug56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Stopover at Sublimity) 

 

 [--] 08Aug56 rerun of "Crack-up"  (original air date 08Feb56)

 

(15Aug56 CBS -  U.S. Steel Hour ep. Sideshow) 

 

[--] 22Aug56 rerun of "Man on the Ledge"  (original air date 28Dec55)

 

 (29Aug56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Five Fathers of Pepi) 

 

  [--] 05Sep56 - no details

 

05Sep56 rerun of "Overnight Haul"  (original air date 16May56)

 

(12Sep56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. We Must Kill Toni) 

OR:

19Sep56 rerun of "Overnight Haul"  (original air date 16May56)

 

########## 20th Century-Fox Hour #############

############## season 2 1956-57 ##############

##############################################

        CBS Wednesdays 10:00 pm Eastern

 (alternated with season 4 of "U.S. Steel Hour")

          19 episodes (fortnightly)

 

(26Sep56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Bang The Drum Slowly) 

 

2.01 [19] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CHILD OF THE REGIMENT

03Oct56 CBS

Produced by Peter Packer

Teleplay by DeWitt Bodeen and James Edmiston,

From the Saturday Evening Post Story by Vern Sneider,

(author of "Teahouse of the August Moon.")

Directed by Lewis Allen

Host is Robert Sterling

Cast:

Robert Preston ......... Capt. Bob Walner

Teresa Wright .......... Janice Walner

Everett Sloane ......... Major Carsten

Candace Lee ............ Mari

Grandon Rhodes ......... Colonel Jamison

Katharine Warren ....... Mrs. Jamison

Louise Arthur .......... Mrs. Carsten

Paul Birch ............. Provost Marshall

Grace Lem .............. Mrs. Yamoto

Reba Waters ............ Alicia Carsten

Gary Hunley ............ Tommy Carsten

John Close ............. First MP

*

       Director of Photography, Karl Struss, A.S.C.

       Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal

       Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

       Film Editor, Richard W. Farrell

       Assistant Director, Art Marks

       Sound Recording, William Edwards

       Set Decoration, Walter M Scott, Chet Bayhi

       Properties, Jack Stubbs

       Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire

       Men's Wardrobe, Dick James

       Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

       Makeup, Mel Berns

       Hair Styling, Ida McGaugh

       Script Supervisor, Gloria Morgan   

Synopsis 1:

An American military couple adopt a Japanese girl, and this doesnt sit

well with his racist superior. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A U.S. Army captain and his wife adopt a Japanese orphan. The captain is

transferred to a new post, where the tolerance of one of his commanding

officers poses a threat to the man's Army career. [JB]

 

(10Oct56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Sauce For The Goose) 

 

2.02 [20] 20th Century-Fox Hour: STRANGER IN THE NIGHT

17Oct56 CBS

      (TV Adaptation of TCF's 1948 film  "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir")

             based on the novel "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," by R.A. Dick. 

       (c)1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Coporation  

       Produced by Peter Packer

       Teleplay by DeWitt Bodeen

       Based on a Screenplay by Philip Dunne

       From a Novel by R.A. Dick

       Directed by Lewis Allen

       Cast:

       Joan Fontaine ........ Lynne Abbott

       Michael Wilding  ..... Captain Robert Wilton

       Elsa Lanchester ...... Ida Perkins

       Tom Conway ........... Craig Eaton

       *

       Jack Raine ........... Royce

       Philip Tonge ......... Smythe

       Ashley Cowan ......... Enquiries

       Mary Flynn ........... Mrs. Eaton

       Queenie Leonard ...... The Maid

       Keith Hitchcock ...... The Commuter

       *

       Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

       Art Direction, Lewis Creber

       Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

       Assistant Director, Art Marks

       Sound Recording, Virgil Printy

       Set Decoration, Chet Bayhi

       Properties, Jack Stubbs

       Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire

       Men's Wardrobe, Dick James

       Women's Wardrobe, Adene Henderson  

       Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

       Makeup, Mel Berns

       Hair Styling, Ruby Felker

       Script Supervisor, Meta Rebner   

Synopsis 1:

      When Lynn Abbott (Joan Fontaine) rents a house on the English

      coast she meets the former owner, a sea captain with a mysterious past.      

      (24Jun60 BBC UK, Fri 8:30 pm)

 Synopsis 2:

An attractive widow and her housekeeper take a cottage by the sea only

to find it is haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a sea captain. [JB]

 

(24Oct56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Wetback Run) 

 

2.03 [21] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE MONEYMAKER

 31Oct56 CBS

(TV adaptation of TCF's 1950 film "Mr. 880,"

   which starred Edmund Gwenn as a male counterfeiter)

teleplay by Charles O'Neal
based on a screenplay by Robert Riskin
from the "New Yorker" article by St. Clair McKelway
directed by Jerry Thorpe
produced by Peter Packer

  Directed by Jerry Thorpe ("Radio Times" BBC UK)

Cast:

Robert Sterling ........ Steve Buchanan
Terry Moore .......... Ann Winslow
Spring Byington ........... Mrs. Miller
James Rusty Lane ......... Mitchell
Judson Pratt ........... "Mac" MacIntyre
Ainslie Pryor .......... James Lee
Will Wright ........ Judge O'Neill
Irene Seidner .......... Rosie
James Burke .......... Mr. Tuttle
Albert Carrier .......... Carlos Mansini
Mario Siletti ......... Joe the Junkman
Rachel Stephens .............. Secretary
Carleton Young ........... Assistant U.S. Attorney
Marilyn Hare ........... Miss Gallagher
*
Director of Photography Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Director ........ Lyle Wheeler & Lewis Creber
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor .......... Otto W. Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director ... Art Marks
Sound Recording ....... Virgil Printy
Set Decorator ........ Walter M. Scott & Chet Bayhi
Properties ........ Jack Stubbs
Executive Wardrobe Designer .... Charles LeMaire
Men's Wardrobe ....... Dick James
Women's Wardrobe ..... Pat Page
Sound Editor ........ Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Makeup ........ Mel Berns
Hair Styling ...... Ida McGaugh
Script Supervisor ...... Gloria Morgan
*

Synopsis 1:

Our heroine is a kindly old lady with no money, so she turns down a pension.

 Instead she ekes out a modest living by counterfeiting one-dollar bills. 

She never makes more than she absolutely needs (actually less than a

government pension would pay) and her only extravagance is a yearly party

 for the neighborhood children. The U. S. Secret Service considers the

 counterfeiter more of a nuisance than a crook, and all but one persistent

investigator have finally given up the chase. [JB]

Synopsis 2:
An eccentric widow turns to her printing whenever she is in need of cash and

for years her blithe counterfeiting has been the bane of the Secret Service. [RF]

*Note: Aired in syndication on TV Hour of Stars as "Quick Millions".
 

(07Nov56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Survival) 

 

2.04 [22] 20th Century-Fox Hour: SMOKE JUMPERS

14Nov56 CBS

 (TV Adaptation of the 1952 TCF feature film "Red Skies of Montana".

   which starred Richard Widmark & Jeffrey Hunter)

        (c)1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Coporation  

               Produced by Samuel Marx

        Associate Producer Jacques Surmagne

        Teleplay by Clark Reynolds

        Based on the Screenplay by Harry Kleiner

        From a Story by Art Cohn

        Directed by Albert S. Rogell

        Starring:

        Dan Duryea ............ Cliff Mason

        Dean Jagger ........... Fred Anderson

        Richard Jaeckel ....... Ed Miller

        Joan Leslie ........... Peg

        *

        Robert Bray .......... Mike

        Robert Armstrong ..... Pop

        Lawrence Dobkin ...... Sparks

        Don Kennedy .......... Peterson

        Bobs Watson .......... Farnum

        *

        Director of Photography, Charles Van Enger, A.S.C.

        Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Herman Blumenthal

        Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

        Assistant Director, Bert Chervin 

        Sound Recording, Alfred Bruzlin

        Set Decorator, Walter M. Scott, Chet Bayhi

        Properties, Max Goldman

        Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles LeMaire

        Men's Wardrobe, Dick James

        Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

        Script Supervisor, Gloria Morgan

        *

Narration at the beginning (Narrator unknown):

"This story deals with the Paratroop Unit of the United States Forest

Rangers, a few years ago when the service was new."

*

Dean Jagger narration:

"It is in all these vast areas that the United States Forest Service

stands guard against Man's carelessness and Nature's destroyer fire.

Thunderstorms like this carry life and death. Rain to build giant trees

and fire to destroy them. Fire that burns so hot it races across tree

tops, its called a Crowning Fire, that desolates hundreds of miles. But

no matter where the smoke rises our trained firefighters hit the trail.

On foot, packing on horses or by truck. Where there is no road, they

hit the silk for man regardless of the deadly person on this, always jumps

in to defend his birthright, the land and its product. The Paratroop Core

has earned its right to existence, but it takes a lot of hard training

and steel nerves to develop a Smoke Jumper." [RF]
Synopsis 1:

Only the leader of a firefighter unit survives a forest fire and is accused

of saving himself at his men's expense. A group of death defying firefighters

combat forest fires by parachuting into it when they become trapped one of

 the men accuses him of being a coward. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

 The brother of a man who died battling a fierce forest fire, accuses the

 forest ranger foreman of cowardly leadership. The foreman was the only

man of the group to escape death. [JB]

 

(21Nov56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Tom Sawyer)

 

2.05 [23] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE LAST PATRIARCH

28Nov56 CBS

(TV adaptation of TCF's 1949 film "House of Strangers"

which starred Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte)

(c)1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

NOT - TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Peter Packer

Teleplay by Maurice Zimm

From a Screenplay by Philip Yordan

Based on a Novel by Jerome Weidman

Directed by Lewis Allen

*

Cast:

 Walter Slezak .......... Emil Markheim

John Cassavetes ........ Max Markheim

Virginia Leith ......... Irene Bennett

Vince Edwards .......... Carl Markheim

Alexander Scourby ...... Joe Markheim

Marilyn Saris .......... Maria

With:

Angela Greene .......... Elaine Markheim

Ruth Storey ............ Woman Juror

Walter Coy ............. Prosecutor

John Bleifer ........... Lappin

Howard Hoffman ......... Judge

Lisa Golm .............. Woman

Lyle Latell ............ Prison Guard

Leonard Bremen ......... Waiter

*

Director of Photography, Charles Van Enger, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Otto W. Meyer, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Art Marks

Sound Recording, Eugene Grossman

Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott, Chet Bayhi

Properties, Max Goldman

Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles Le Maire

Woman's Wardrobe, Willie Mae Neal

Men's Wardrobe, Dick James

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Makeup, Mel Berns

Script Supervisor, Gloria Morgan

Hair Stylist, Gladys Rasmussen

Synopsis:

A man employs the same ruthless authority in running the bank he founded

 that he imposes on his own family.  His sons hate him enough to want to

destroy him. [JB]

 

(05Dec56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Hunted)

 

2.06 [24] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MEN AGAINST SPEED

12Dec56 (31Oct56 copyright)

 (TV Adaptation of TCF's 1955 film "The Racers" which starred

            Kirk Douglas - UK title "Such Men Are Dangerous")

Teleplay is by John Robinson

Novel by Hans Ruesch "The Racers"

Directed by Albert S. Rogell

Cast:

 Farley Granger .... Steve Adams

Rick Jason ... Hank Adams

 Mona Freeman ..... Helen Archer

Regis Toomey ... Sam Adams

Denver Pyle ... Charley

Nico Minardos ...Pinelli

Frank Yaconelli ... Mario

Peter Marshall ..... Pit Crewman (uncredited)

*

Director of Photography... Charles Van Enger A.S.C.
Art Direction...Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision...Art Seid
Film Editor...Richard Farrell
Assistant Director...Art Marks
Sound Recording...W.D. Flick
Set Decoration...Walter M. Scott & Chet Bayhi
Properties...Max Goldman
Executive Wardrobe Designer...Charles LeMaire
Men's Wardrobe...Dick James
Makeup...Mel Berns
Sound Editor...Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Hair Styling...Annabel
Script Supervisor...Betty Levin

Synopsis 1:

A family auto-racing team, father and two sons, intent upon proving

that their American vehicle is the superior to any foreign job. The trio

enters an important Italian road competition.  A press agent upsets

things, when she can't choose between brothers. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A father and his two sons are determined to prove that their American

racing car is better than any of the competing cars in an important Italian

race. Prior to the event, a female press agent provides competition and

 conflict between the two sons, which threatens the outcome of the race. [JB]

Opening:

Brescia, Italy. This is the road on which the Mille Miglia Sports Car Race is run...

A thousand miles of the most grueling course in the world...where the

endurance of men and machines is tested to the utmost. It begins at...

(19Dec56 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Symbol of Authority) 

 

2.07 [25] 20th Century-Fox Hour: OPERATION CICERO

26Dec56 CBS

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1952 film "Five Fingers" which starred James Mason)

(a 17 ep. series followed in 1959-60 starring David Hedison & Paul Burke)

Producer Ben Feiner Jr.

Adapted by Ben Feiner, Jr.

  from the autobiographical book by L.C. Moyzisch.

Directed by Hubert Cornfield

Cast:

Ricardo Montalban ....... Cicero (a.k.a. Diego)

Maria Riva .............. Anna

Peter Lorre ............. Moyzisch

Eduard Franz ............ Von Richter

Alan Napier .......... Travers

Romney Brent ............ Sir Frederic

Gregory Gay .......... Kaltenbrunner

Leon Askin .......... Siebert

Gavin Muir .......... MacFadden

Ivan Triesault ........ Steuben

Beppy de Vries ......... Turkish Charwoman

Walter Kingsford .......... Under Secretary

*

Director of Photography, Charles Van Enger, A.S.C

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Bert Chervin

Sound Recording, W.D. Flick

Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs

Properties, Frank Sullivan

Executive Wardrobe Designer, Charles Le Maire

Men's Wardrobe, Dick James

Women's Wardrobe, Mary Tate

Makeup, Mel Berns

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Hair Styling, Gladys Rasmussen

Script Supervisor, Betty Levin

 Synopsis 1:

 A handsome employee of the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, sells

   information to the Nazis. His plans for amassing a fortune are given

  impetus by the beautiful Countess Staviska. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

Based on the true story of a World War II spy with access to top secret

information in the British embassy in Turkey, this episode follows the

brief but bright career of an English valet, code-named Cicero, who

seized his chance to sell expensive secrets to the Germans, including

details about D-Day's Operation Overlord. The Nazi government, the

British ambassador, and a Polish countess all dance on strings even as

British counteragents close in. [RF]
*

Director-writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was nominated for Oscars for Best

Director and Best Screenplay for his handiwork. FIVE FINGERS was based

on the book OPERATION CICERO, by L.C. Moyzisch, the military attaché at

the German embassy in Ankara, Turkey, who had dealings with the infamous spy.

*

The five fingers stand for lust, greed, passion, desire, and sin.

In the finest tradition of war intrigue films such as CASABLANCA, FIVE

FINGERS is woven with patriotism, passion, war weariness, and greed,

spearheaded by a magnificent performance by Mason as the tightly

controlled valet who maintains his cool and ambition even in the face

of his deteriorating plans. [RF]

 

(02Jan57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Human Pattern) 

 

 2.08 [26] 20th Century-Fox Hour: END OF A GUN

09Jan57 CBS

     (TV adaptation of TCF's 1950 film "The Gunfighter" which

        starred Gregory Peck)

           copyright 1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Produced by Ben Feiner, Jr.

Teleplay by Sam Peckinpah

Based on a Screenplay by William Bowers & William Selllers

From a Story by William Bowers & Andre de Toth

Directed by Lewis Allen

Cast:

Richard Conte ......... Jimmy Ringo

Lyle Bettger .......... Mark

Marilyn Erskine ....... Peggy

John Barrymore, Jr. ... Hunt

 *

Carl Benton Reid ...... Marlowe

Alix Talton ........... Molly

Frank Ferguson ........ Gus

Jim Hayward ........... Charlie

Jimmy Baird ........... Jimmy

Mort Mills ............ 1st Brother

Johnny Cliff .......... 2nd Brother

Richard Crane ......... Clark

*

Jameel Farrah* ........ Pablo  (aka Jamie Farr)

Michael Landon ........ Eddie

Frank Sully ........... Jake

Maudie Prickett ....... Mrs. Pennyfeather

Richard Collier ....... Todd

Peter Brocco .......... 1st Bartender

Percy Helton  ......... Barber (not credited)

*

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Ben Hayne

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Otto Meyer, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Bert Chervin

Sound Recording, Bert Fredericks

Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vassar

Properties, Frank Sullivan

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E

Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

Makeup, Mel Berns

Hair Styling, Hazel Thompson

Script Supervisor, Betty Fancher

Synopsis:

A gunfighter finds himself estranged from his wife, home and family in the

perpetual defense of his legendary prowess. He longs to settle down to a

peaceful existence, but is challenged once more by a gun-happy kid. [JB]

 

(16Jan57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. To Die Alone) 

 

2.09 [27] 20th Century-Fox Hour: FALSE WITNESS

          23Jan57 CBS

          (TV Adaptation of TCF's 1948 film "Northside 777"

           which starred James Stewart)

           (c)1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Coporation

           NOT - TCF Television Productions, Inc.   

           Produced by Bob Feiner, Jr.

           Teleplay by Bob Feiner, Jr.

           Based on a Screenplay by Jerome Cady and Jay Dratler

           Directed by Bernard Girard

           Cast:

           Fred MacMurray ........ Peterson

           Joe Mantell ........... Leo Vardosch

           With:

           Robert H. Harris ...... Barney Davis

           Natalie Norwick ....... Gloria Vardosch

           Lisa Golm ............. Tessie Vardosch

           Claude Akins .......... Anton Budenieff

           Ian MacDonald ......... Mike Dukovnik

           Dennis McCarthy ....... Prosecutor

           Barry Macollum ........ Brannigan

           Mack Williams ......... Warden

           Arthur Farlee ......... Arthur Farlee (as himself)

           Morris Ankrum ......... Henry

           Gage Clarke ........... Elwood Allen

           Grant Richards ........ John  Clayton

           Paul Birch ............ John Albertson

           Jean  Carson .......... Ethel Marzack 

           *

           Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

           Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Lewis Creber

           Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

Film Editor, Otto W. Meyer

Assistant Director, Art Marks

           Sound Recording, Bernard Fredericks

           Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vasser

           Properties, Max Goldman

Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

Makeup, Mel Berns

           Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Hair Styling, Annabell

Script Supervisor, Betty Fancher

Synopsis:

  A reporter follows up an ad placed by a convicted man's mother. She claims

  her son is innocent.  Arthur Farlee is a detective in the Pasadena,

   California Police Department, and plays himself in the drama. [JB]

End Narration:

"Leo Vardosch walked into the outside world almost exactly 11 years

after he had been convicted.

On his back he wore a new suit, in his pants pocket was a ten dollar

bill almost a dollar a year for time served.

Sometime later Anton Budenieff was also pardoned and so because of a

mother's faith and one reporter's refusal to admit defeat another small

battle was won on behalf of Human Decency." [RF]

 

(30Jan57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. They Never Forget) 

 

2.10 [28] 20th Century-Fox Hour: SPRINGFIELD INCIDENT

  06Feb57 CBS

             (a.k.a "Young Man from Kentucky")

         (TV adaptation of TCF's 1939 film "Young Mr. Lincoln"

          which starred Henry Fonda)

        (c)1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Coporation

          NOT - TCF Television Productions, Inc.   

                Produced by Peter Packer

         Teleplay by Maurice Zimm

         From a Screenplay by Lamar Trotti

         Directed by Lewis Allen

         Cast:

         Tom Tryon ............... Abe Lincoln

         Ann Harding ............. Abigail Clay

         Marshall Thompson ....... Matt Clay

         Carl Benton Reid ........ Prosecutor

         *

         Alan Hale Jr ......... Palmer Cass

         Lloyd Corrigan .......... Judge

         Helen Westcott .......... Mary Todd

         Ray Teal ................ Sheriff

         Walter Coy .............. Stephen Douglas

         Kathleen Case ........... Sarah

         Craig Hill .............. Adam Clay

         Alex Gerry ............... John T. Stuart

         Frank Sully .............. Scrub White

         *

         Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

         Art Director, Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

         Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

         Assistant Director, Art Marks

         Sound Recording, Stephen Bass

         Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vasser

         Properties, Max Goldman

         Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

         Makeup, Mel Berns

         Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

         Hair Styling, Kay Shea

         Music Supervision, Alec Compinsky

         Script Supervisor, Betty Fancher 

         Synopsis:

        Young Abe Lincoln takes on the case of two sons who are accused

        of homicide. Supposedly the only witness to the crime is their

         mother. [JB]

 

(13Feb57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Inspired Alibi) 

 

2.11 [29] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MAN OF THE LAW

          20Feb57 CBS  

          Produced by Peter Packer

          Teleplay by David Lang

           Based on a Story by Frank Fenton and Joseph Petracca.

   Directed by Lewis Allen

          Cast:

          Wendell Corey .......... Sam Land

          Marsha Hunt ............ Mary

          Ron Randell ............ Earl

          Johnny Washbrook ....... George

          Constance Ford ......... Lily

          Sean McClory ........... Shawn

          Trevor Bardette ........ Aikens

          Denver Pyle ............ Lester

          Robert Foulk ........... Clovis

          Clancy Cooper .......... Blacksmith

          Robert Griffin ......... Bartender

          William Challee ........ Malatta

          Mike Ragan ............. Wilkes

          *

         Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

         Art Director, Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

         Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

         Film Editor, Richard Cahoon, A.C.E.

         Assistant Director, Art Marks

         Sound Recording, Al Bruzlin

         Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott, Stuart Reiss

         Properties, Frank Sullivan
         Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

         Makeup, Mel Berns

         Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

         Hair Styling, Rae Foreman

         Script Supervisor, Marshall Wolins 

         Music Supervision, Alec Compinsky

Synopsis:

   A western sheriff is faced with a difficult decision after his young

 stepson witnesses Wells Fargo holdup. The sheriff must either protect the

 boy and lose his admiration, or risk the youngster's life to win his faith. [JB]

 

(27Feb57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Shadow of Evil) 

 

2.12 [30] 20th Century-Fox Hour: CITY IN FLAMES

06Mar57 CBS

(TV Adaptation of TCF's 1937 film 'In Old Chicago'

       which starred Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, & Alice Faye )

TV adaptation by Kitty Buhler
based on a screenplay by Lamar Trotti and Sonya Levien
from a story by Niven Busch

Directed by Albert S. Rogell

Produced by Samuel Marx

Cast:

Anne Jeffreys .... Belle

 Jeff Morrow .... Liam O'Leary

 Kevin McCarthy .... Jack O'Leary

Lurene Tuttle .... Molly O'Leary

Roland Winters .... Gil Warren

Jack Albertson .... Rod Mathews

Frank Wilcox .... Chairman

*

Director of Photography....Frank Redman A.S.C.
Art Direction....Lyle Wheeler & Lewis Creber
Editorial Supervision....Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor....Otto Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director....Wilbur McGaugh
Sound Recording....Gene Grossman
Set Decorations....Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vassar
Properties....Ray Thompson
Wardrobe Supervision....Dick James
Makeup....Mel Berns
Sound Editor....Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Hair Styling....Hazel Thompson
Script Supervision....Hazel Hall
Music Supervision....Alec Compinsky
Synopsis 1:

During the time of the great Chicago fire, the two O'Leary brothers

become bitter political and romantic rivals for the beautiful stage

actress, one brother is a notorious gambler and the other a pious

reformer.

After Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocks over the fabled lantern, we are treated

to generous stock footage from In Old Chicago's climatic conclusion. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Two brothers disagree violently over the future of the Patch, a run-down

section of Chicago. One, an architect, wants the buildings to be

condemned because they constitute a fire hazard; the other brother,

 a political boss, opposes this plan because the Patch represents his

 political stronghold.  The two men are also in conflict over a girl who

 is unable to decide which of them she wants to marry. The great

Chicago fire changes the lives of all three. [JB]

 

(13Mar57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Bottle Imp) 

 

2.13 [31] 20th Century-Fox Hour: DEADLINE DECISION

20Mar57 CBS

          (a.k.a "The Man Who Couldn't Wait") 

                      Executive in Charge of Production: Irving Asher                     

Produced by Peter Packer

Directed by Lewis Allen

Story by Leo Lieberman

Director of Photography: Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C

Cast:

Charles Bickford .... John Macready

Jay C. Flippen .... Chief Swanson

Arthur Franz .... Ben McCready

With:

Josephine Hutchinson .... Mildred

Whit Bissell .... George Elgin

Willis Bouchey .... Alderson

Vivi Janiss ....Margaret

Henry Slate .... TV Announcer

Sydney Smith .... Harry Brent

John Eldredge .... Bill Smythe

Barbara Woodell .... Mary Elgin

Robert Osterloh .... Tom Robinson

Harry Harvey, Sr. .... Al Neavins

Herb Vigran .... Joe

Thomas B. Henry.... Bill Hilliard

George E. Stone .... Angelo

Barney Phillips .... Parkman

John Doucette .... Voice

David Bond .... Reverend Hammond

Synopsis 1:

An eager news editor endangers a child's life when he has the boy's

kidnapping reported in the newspaper. [RF]

        Synopsis 2:  

  When the story of a kidnapping breaks, the owner of a small-town

newspaper  will not deviate from printing stories that make the news.

 His son wants   to withhold running the story so that the life of the

 child will not be endangered. [JB] 

 

(27Mar57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Hidden Fury) 

 

2.14 [32] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE STILL TRUMPET

03Apr57 CBS

     (TV adaptation of TCF's 1950 film "Two Flags West"

  which starred Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell,

Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde)  

teleplay by Curtis Kenyon
based on a screenplay by Casey Robinson
from a story by Frank S. Nugent & Curtis Kenyon
directed by Lewis Allen
produced by Peter Packer
starring
Dale Robertson .... Tucker
Victor Jory .... Major Kenniston
Carol Ohmart .... Nancy
Regis Toomey .... Ephriam Strong
Grandon Rhodes .... Captain Stanley
Douglas Dick .... Bradford
Patrick McVey .... Sergeant Duffy
James Griffith .... Sergeant Pickens
Ed Kemmer ..... Lt. Adams
Dan Riss .... Doc MacGowen
*
Director of Photography .... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor .... Richard Cahoon, A.C.E.
Assistant Director .... Art Marks
Sound Recording .... Earl Snyder
Set Decorations .... Walter M. Scott & Chet Bayhi
Properties .... Max Goldman
Wardrobe Supervision .... Dick James
Makeup .... Mel Berns
Hair Styling .... Gladys Rasmussen
Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Script Supervisor .... Marshall Wolins
Music Supervision .... Alec Compinsky
Synopsis: 1
During the Civil War, imprisoned Confederate soldiers are paroled to help

protect pioneers from Indians.
Synopsis 2:
The head of an isolated Union Army post is faced with a two-fold danger during the Civil War.

The fort is in danger of an attack by Indians. The only way the settlers can be protected

is to release Confederate prisoners-of-war. [RF]

 

(10Apr57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Hill Wife) 

 

2.15 [33] 20th Century-Fox Hour: MEN IN HER LIFE

   (TV adaptation of  TCF's 1941 film "Remember the Day"

      which starred Claudette Colbert)

17Apr57 CBS [TV Guide_JB]  (12Dec56 copyright date)

teleplay by Kitty Buhler
based on a screenplay by Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis & Allan Scott
from a play by Philo Higley & Philip Dunning
directed by Lewis Allen
produced by Peter Packer
starring
Phyllis Kirk .... Barbara Sherwood
Kendall Scott .... Dan Hopkins
Malcolm Brodrick .... Dewey Roberts as a boy
Ann Doran .... Miss Cartwright
Beverly Washburn .... Kate as a girl
Richard Hale .... Mr. Steel
Gertrude Michael .... Kate as a woman
Sydney Smith .... Dewey Roberts as a man
Parley Baer .... Ralph Roberts
Sheila Bromley .... Helen Roberts
*
Director of Photography .... Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.
Art Direction .... Lyle Wheeler & Lewis Creber
Editorial Supervision .... Art Seid, A.C.E.
Assistant Director .... Art Marks
Sound Recording .... Tom Edwards
Set Decorations .... Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vassar
Properties .... Max Goldman
Wardrobe Supervision .... Dick James
Makeup .... Mel Berns
Sound Editor .... Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Hair Styling .... Hazel Thompson
Script Supervisor .... Gloria Morgan
Music Supervision .... Alec Compinsky
*
Synopsis:

 An elderly teacher pays a visit to the office of a former pupil, now a

 candidate for governor. She relives in her memory what a problem he was

  as a boy. Her attempts to help him interfered with her romance, and led

   to accusations concerning the man she loved. [JB]

 

(24Apr57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Matter of Pride) 

 

2.16 [34] 20th Century-Fox Hour: DEEP WATER

          (TV Adaptation of the 1951 TCF film "The Frogmen"

 which starred Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter

      and Robert Wagner)

     01May57 CBS

      Produced by Ben Feiner, Jr.

      Teleplay by Oscar Millard

      Based on a Screenplay by John Tucker Battle

      From a Story by Oscar Millard

      Directed by Roy Del Ruth

      Director of Photography, Frank Redman, A.S.C.

Cast:

 Ralph Meeker .......... Lawrence

 James Whitmore ......... Flannigan

 Richard Arlen ........... Vincent

 Barry Coe ........... Creighton

 Steve Mitchell ......... Canarsie

Steve McQueen ........... Kinsella

 Ken Clark .......... Sleepy

 Richard Gardner ........... Hodges

Michael Galloway ........... Coxswain

  Michael Sargent .......... Ferrino

      Charles Tannen ........... Doctor

    Opening Narration:

  "This is a true story based on incidents which occurred in the latter

    part of World War II. It deals with one of the most hazardous and

     unique branches of the Armed Forces --the Underwater Demolition Teams.

     This film could not have been produced without the active cooperation

     of the Department of Defense and the United States Navy."

   Synopsis:

   The head of an underwater demolition team, or frogmen, during World War 2,

  is unpopular with his men because of his harshness.  His personal feud

   with his chief petty officer comes to a head just as an enemy torpedo

    lodges, unexploded, in a section of the ship's sick bay. [JB]

 

      (08May57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Drum Is A Woman) 

 

2.17 [35] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE GREAT AMERICAN HOAX

     (TV adaptation of TCF's 1951 film  "As Young As You Feel"

        which starred Monty Woolley)

15May57 CBS

 TV Adaptation by Devery Freeman

    from a story by Paddy Chayefsky.

   Directed by Don Weis

Cast:

Ed Wynn ........ John Hodges

Walter Abel ........ McKinley

Kathleen Crowley ........ Alice

Conrad Nagel ........ William T. Stinson

Jesse White ........ George

Peg LaCentra ....... Della

Jerry Paris ........ Joe Elliot

 Richard Deacon ....... Paul Erickson

Harry Ruby ........ First Chess Player

Benny Rubin ....... Second Chess Player

*

Director of Photography....Frank Redman, A.S.C.
Art Direction....Lyle Wheeler & Lewis Creber
Editorial Supervision....Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor....Otto W. Meyer, A.C.E.
Assistant Director....Arthur Marks
Sound Recording....Stephen Bass
Set Decoration....Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vassar
Properties....Ray Thompson
Wardrobe Supervision....Dick James
Sound Editor....Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Makeup....Mel Berns
Hair Styling....Annabel
Script Supervisor....Cosmo Genovese
Music Supervision....Alec Compinsky
Synopsis:

John Hodges has been a printer devoted to his work.  Now, at 65, he is

automatically retired by his firm.  But Hodges isn't ready for retirement

-he feels he has many years of productive employment ahead.  Furthermore,

life without a job becomes tedious. He feels unwanted in the house and

finally flees to the park where he sits, contemplates the injustice of his

 retirement, and plots ways to be reinstated. Finally he hits on a daring

maneuver. Knowing that the president of the parent company is a mysteriously

 remote figure, Hodges decides to impersonate him, change some of the rules

 and get his job back. Excited, he starts to compose an interesting letter!

Note:

Comedian Ed Wynn adds another role to his new career as a dramatic actor. 

 

(22May57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Shadow In The Sky) 

 

2.18 [36] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THREAT TO A HAPPY ENDING 

29May57 CBS

(c)1956 by TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Produced by Samuel Marx

Teleplay by Kitty Buhler

From the "Saturday Evening Post" story by William Fay.

Directed by William (D.) Russell  

Cast:

William Bendix .......... Captain Devlin

Gene Barry .............. Lt. Eddie Pfeiffer

Lori Nelson ............. Cathy Devlin

With:

Mabel Albertson ......... Mae Devlin

Horace McMahon .......... Rick Vega

Dirk London ............. Joe Bryant

Kay Faylen .............. Janice

Carol Nugent ............ Anne

Janet Parker ............ Martha

 Susan Seaforth ......... Ellie

Rudy Lee ................ Chuck

Jean Byron .............. Wilma Standish

Than Wyenn .............. Freddie Ames

Alfred Linder ........... Herman Schlammer

Norm Alden .............. Frank Fallom

*

Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler & Herman Blumenthal

Editorial Supervision, Art Seid A.C.E.

Film Editor, Richard H. Cahoon, A.C.E.

Assistant Director, Wilbur McGaugh

Sound Recording, Bernard Freericks

Set Decorators, Walter M. Scott & Charles Q. Vasser

Properties, Ray Thompson

Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

Make-up, Mel Berns

Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

Music Supervision, Alec Compinsky

Synopsis:

The daughter of a New York police captain is planning to be married

   to a young officer on the force.  A dangerous gangster on parole vows

    he will see to it that the wedding never takes place.  His reason-the

    girl's father was responsible for sending him to prison. [JB] 

 

(05Jun57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Little Bullfight) 

 

2.19 [37] 20th Century-Fox Hour: THE MARRIAGE BROKER

  (TV adaptation of TCF's 1951 film "The Model and the Marriage Broker"

    which starred Thelma Ritter, Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady)

       (c)1957 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Coporation

        12Jun57 CBS 

        Produced by Peter Packer

       Teleplay by Joseph Calvelli

       Based on a Screenplay by

          Charles Bracket, Walter Reisch, and Richard Breen

       Directed by Lewis Allen

      Cast:

      Glenda Farrell ......... Mae Swasey

      William Bishop ......... Matt Hornbeck

      Kipp Hamilton .......... Christina Bradley

      Harry Morgan ........... Mike Feeney

      Jesse White ............ Doberman

      Helen Walker ........... Shirley Larkin

      Lee Patrick ............ Emmy Wasey

      Lloyd Corrigan ......... Captain Sam

       *

      Ellen Corby ............ Minerva Comstock

      Roy Roberts ............ Dan Chancellor

      Parley Baer ............ George Wixted

      Veda Ann Borg .......... Alice

      Liz Hunter ............. Hazel Gringas

      Joanna Lee ............. Salesgirl

       *       

      Director of Photography, Lloyd Ahern, A.S.C.

      Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler, Lewis Creber

      Editorial Supervision, Art Seid, A.C.E.

      Assistant Director, Bert Chervin

      Sound Recording, W.D. Flick

      Set Decorations, Walter M. Scott, Charles Q. Vassar

      Properties, Max Goldman

      Wardrobe Supervision, Dick James

      Makeup, Mel Berns

      Sound Editor, Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.

      Hair Styling, Annabel

      Script Supervisor, Gloria Morgan 

      Music Supervision, Alec Compinsky

       Synopsis:

  A woman whose husband was stolen by another woman, opens up an agency

   to bring couples together.  Object-matrimony. [JB]

 

(19Jun57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Upbeat)

 

--------------------

Summer Reruns on CBS

--------------------

 

26Jun57 rerun of "End of a Gun"  (original air date 09Jan57)

 

(03Jul57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Reunion) 

 

10Jul57 rerun of "Operation Cicero"  (original air date 26Dec56)

 

(17Jul57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Victim) 

 

24Jul57 rerun of "False Witness"  (original air date 23Jan57)

 

(31Jul57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. The Change In Chester) 

 

07Aug57 rerun of "Man of the Law"  (original air date 20Feb57)

 

(14Aug57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. A Loud Laugh) 

 

21Aug57 rerun of "The Men in Her Life"  (original air date 17Apr57)

 

(28Aug57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Up Above The World So High) 

 

04Sep57 rerun of "The Great American Hoax"  (original air date 15May57)

 

(11Sep57 CBS - U.S. Steel Hour ep. Windfall) 

 

18Sep57 rerun of  "Threat to a Happy Ending"  (original air date 29May57)

 

(This is the final show of the series)

 

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