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 ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE

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Episode Guide

version 26.0 February 2008

(Ep 4.27)

compiled

by

The Classic TV Archive

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:

Tom Alger

Sal Crisanti

Rina Fox

references:

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

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

UCLA Film and Television Archive

TIME Magazine

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ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE

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Broadcast "live" from New York (later episodes filmed)

for

NBC (Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm)(1950-55)(30min)(seasons 1-6) (weekly)

*

NBC (Tuesdays 9:30-10:30pm)(1955-56)(60min)(season 7) (fortnightly)

  (alternated with "Playwrights '56")

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NBC (Tuesdays 9:30-10:30pm)(1956-57)(60min)(season 8) (fortnightly)

  (alternated with "Kaiser Aluminium Hour")

*

CBS (Wednesdays 10:00-11:00pm)(1957-63)(60 min)(seasons 9-14)(fortnightly) 

      alternated with "The US Steel Hour" (1957-63)

*

seasons 1-5: (1950-54):

  Produced by Hudson Fausett (to be verified) 

seasons 6,7,8: (1954-57):

 Talent Associates production for NBC

     Executive Producer, David Susskind

     Produced by Robert Costello

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US anthology series  1950-63  episodes x 30/60 min bw

      (06Jan50-25Jun57) NBC    (02Oct57-28Aug63) CBS 

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 host/narrator

Nelson Case  (1950-51)

Joe Ripley  (1952-53) 

Bob Sherry  (1953-54)

Sandy Becker (1954-55)

John Cameron Swayze (1955-57)

Douglas Edwards (1957-61)

  Ron Cochran (1961-62)

 Henry Hamilton (1962-63)

 

Premise: After starting as a straight dramatic show in TV's infancy,

 Armstrong Circle Theater developed its semi-documentary format six years ago,

 has since covered every sort of theme. from Lizzie Borden to Hurricane Diane.

Sometimes hinged to news events; the sinking of the Andrea Doria, the 1959 discovery

 of the B-24 that was lost in the Libyan desert during World War II; the program

has also treated myriad socio-psychological problems, from parole to suicide, gambling,

divorce, and legal and illegal adoption of babies. But most of all, it fingers every

sort of crook; stock market swindlers, antique swindlers, smugglers, moonshiners,

 forgers; and tells how they operate, in fascinating documented detail.

 

########## Armstrong Circle Theatre ##########

############ season 1 June 1950 #############

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Ep 1.01 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE MAGNIFICENT GESTURE

06Jun1950
starring:
Brian Aherne

Synopsis:
A woman is awarded $500 after appearing in court. The Judge's wife becomes

suspicious and riles up the town concerning the matter.

 

Ep 1.02 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  JACKPOT
13Jun1950
starring:
Stuart Erwin

 

Ep 1.03 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  ONLY THIS NIGHT
20Jun1950
starring:
Nina Foch

 

Ep 1.04 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE CHAIR
27Jun1950
starring:
Vaughn Taylor

 

Ep 1.05 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE SKY ROCKET
04Jul1950
starring:
Ed Begley
Jane Seymour II

 

Ep 1.06 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  LOCAL STOP
11Jul1950
starring:
Jimmy Sommer
Vaughn Taylor

 

18Jul1950/25Jul1950 no details

 

Ep 1.07 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE BIG DAY
01Aug1950
starring:
Neil Hamilton
Louise Larabee

 

Ep 1.08 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  MAN OF ACTION
08Aug1950
starring:
Daniel Reed

 

########## Armstrong Circle Theatre ##########

############## season 2 1950-51 ##############

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  NBC Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm (weekly)(30min)

 

Ep 2.01 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  REMEMBER, REMEMBER?
22Aug1950
starring:
Valerie Cossart
Donald McClelland
Barbara Townsend

 

Ep 2.02 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  BLAZE OF GLORY
29Aug1950
starring:
Judson Pratt
Dort Clark
Mary Patton
Reed Brown Jr.

Synopsis:
A football player past his prime in the sport tries to reclaim his past.

 

Ep 2.03 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE FIRST FORMAL
05Sep1950
starring:
Ruth Matteson

 

12Sep1950 no details

 

Ep 2.04 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE OTHER WOMAN
19Sep1950
starring:
Louise Allbritton
Glenn Langan

 

Ep 2.05 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  THE ELOPEMENT
26Sep1950
starring:
Betty Caulfield
Robert Allen

Synopsis:

A woman has second thoughts about eloping.

 

Ep 2.06 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  ROUND-UP
03Oct1950
starring:
Zachary Scott
Jeanne Sheppard

James Maloney
Klock Ryder
Dudley Sadler
J.Y. Yen

 

Ep 2.07 Armstrong Circle Theatre: GIVE AND TAKE

       10Oct50 NBC Tue

       Operation no. 50-2797

       NBC Television

       Produced by Hudson Faussett

       Directed by Hal Keith

       Written by Lawrence and Virginia Dugan

       Host: Nelson Case

     starring:

       Frank Albertson

       Richard S. Bishop

       Jack Sheehan

       Harriet E. MacGibbon

       Johanna Douglas

       Synopsis:

       This is a story of two families, the Stones and the Martins, who

       have been good neighbors for 15 years until an argument over

       boundary lines causes a rift. A surveyor solves the problem and

       both families become reunited. [RF]

 

Ep 2.08 Armstrong Circle Theatre: IT'S ONLY A GAME
17Oct1950
starring:
Donald Woods

Synopsis:
A College professor has a dilemma with one of his students who is failing in math.

The student is the star of the School's Football team and their captain.

 

24Oct1950 no details

 

Ep 2.09 Armstrong Circle Theatre: MAN AND WIFE
31Oct1950
starring:
Paul McGrath

Virginia Smith
Tonio Selwart
Tony Bickley
Geraldine Dvorak

 

Ep 2.10 Armstrong Circle Theatre: PERSON TO PERSON
07Nov1950
starring:
Gloria Stroock
Laurence Hugo

 

Ep 2.11 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BEST TRIP EVER
14Nov1950
starring:
Enid Markey
Elizabeth Patterson
Alexander Campbell

 

Ep 2.12 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE PERFECT TYPE
21Nov1950
starring:
Romney Brent
Augusta Dabney
Richard Derr
Ruth Ford

Barbara White
Synopsis:
A local theater group causes problems with a couple when show business

 brings out the ham in the husband, the wife gets jealous.
 

Ep 2.13 Armstrong Circle Theatre: ANYTHING BUT LOVE
28Nov1950
starring:
Jean Casto
Julie Haydon
Karl Malden
Charles Mendick

 

Ep 2.14 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE HAPPY ENDING
05Dec1950:
starring
Cathleen Cordell
Otto Kruger

 

Ep 2.15 Armstrong Circle Theatre: GREEN EYES
12Dec1950
starring:
Judith Evelyn
Tom Helmore
Joyce Mathews
Lili Valenty

 

Ep 2.16 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE DIET
19Dec1950
starring:
Lawrence Fletcher
Lois Wilson

 

Ep 2.17 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CHRISTOPHER BEACH
26Dec1950
starring:
Barbara Britton

Tyler Carpenter
Nydia Westman
Huntington Watts
Frances Greet

 

Ep 2.18 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THAT MAN IS MINE
02Jan1951
starring:
Margaret Lindsay
Philip Reed

 

Ep 2.19 Armstrong Circle Theatre: ROOFTOP
09Jan1951
starring:
Biff McGuire

 

Ep 2.20 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE YOUNGER GENERATION

16Jan1951
starring:
Loring Smith

 

Ep 2.21 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SILVER SERVICE
23Jan1951
starring:
John Archer
Geraldine Brooks

 

Ep 2.22 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
30Jan1951
starring:
Peter Fernandez
Bess Johnson

James Van Dyk

 

Ep 2.23 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SUPER HIGHWAY
06Feb1951
starring:
Ed Begley
John Hamilton

 

Ep 2.24 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A DIFFERENT WORLD
13Feb1951
starring:
Tom Avera
Joan Chandler

Jonathan Harris
Harry Mehaffey
Vilma Kurer
Edwin Jerome

 

Ep 2.25 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THAT'S SIMON'S GIRL
20Feb1951
starring:
Bonita Granville
Robert Pastene

 

Ep 2.26 Armstrong Circle Theatre: TWENTY-ONE DAYS
27Feb1951
starring:
Lola Albright
Skip Homeier
Joan Morgan

 

Ep 2.27 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE PARTNERSHIP
06Mar1951
starring:
John Newland
Lucile Watson

 

Ep 2.28 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE PATCHER-UPPER
13Mar1951
starring:
Vinton Hayworth
Judy Parrish
Neva Patterson

 

Ep 2.29 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE HERO
20Mar1951
starring:
Kathleen Crowley

 

Ep 2.30 Armstrong Circle Theatre: DOUBLE EXPOSURE
27Mar1951
starring:
Ruth Matteson
Edmon Ryan

 

Ep 2.31 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MOMENT OF DECISION
03Apr1951
starring:
Bruce Cabot
Will Hare

 

Ep 2.32 Armstrong Circle Theatre: GHOST TOWN
10Apr1951
starring:
Henry Hull

 

Ep 2.33 Armstrong Circle Theatre: HONOR STUDENT
17Apr1951
starring:
Donald Buka
Jean Gillespie

 

Ep 2.34 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BACKSTAGE
24Apr1951
starring:
William Prince
Patricia Wheel

 

Ep 2.35 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE BIG RAINBOW
01May1951
starring:
Lawrence Fletcher
June Walker

 

Ep 2.36 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE OPEN HEART
08May1951
starring:
Gaby Rodgers
Ivan F. Simpson

 

Ep 2.37 Armstrong Circle Theatre: JURY DUTY
15May1951
starring:
Howard Smith

 

Ep 2.38 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE VOTE GETTER
22May1951
starring:
Muriel Kirkland
Arthur Vinton

 

Ep 2.39 Armstrong Circle Theatre: OVER THE FENCE
29May1951
starring:
Barbara Britton
Dick Foran

 

Ep 2.40 Armstrong Circle Theatre: LOVER'S LEAP
05Jun1951
starring:

Grace Kelly

Leslie Nielsen
Alan Abel
Larry Buchanan
Michael Keith
Charles Mendick
Donald Murphy

 

Ep 2.41 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE ROOKIE
12Jun1951
starring:
Naomi Riordan
Douglass Watson

 

Ep 2.42 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CLOSE HARMONY
19Jun1951
starring:
Romney Brent
Madeline Clive
Lawrence Tibbett

 

Ep 2.43 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BUCKAROO
26Jun1951
starring:
Cloris Leachman

 

Ep 2.44 Armstrong Circle Theatre: LEAVE IT TO MOTHER
03Jul1951
starring:
Enid Markey

 

Ep 2.45 Armstrong Circle Theatre: TABLE FOR TWO
10Jul1951
starring:
Henry Daniell
Hazel Dawn
Ruth Matteson

 

Ep 2.46 Armstrong Circle Theatre: LAST CHANCE
17Jul1951
starring:
Sidney Blackmer
Isobel Elsom
Jack Lemmon

 

Ep 2.47 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
24Jul1951
starring:
Sheila Bromley
Jerome Cowan

 

Ep 2.48 Armstrong Circle Theatre: MOUNTAIN SONG
31Jul1951
starring:
Marcia Henderson
James Lipton

 

Ep 2.49 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MISTAKE
07Aug1951
starring:
Frances Reid

 

Ep 2.50 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MAN IN THE BOOKSHOP
14Aug1951
starring:
William Prince

 

Ep 2.51 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BONE OF CONTENTION
21Aug1951
starring:
Richard Derr
Coleen Gray

 

Ep 2.52 Armstrong Circle Theatre: JOHNNY PICKUP

28Aug1951 NBC Tue

written by

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Anne Jackson

Arthur Keegan

Esther Minciotti

Doug Rutherford

 

Ep 2.53 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BY THE BOOK
04Sep1951
starring:
Ernest Graves
Beverly Whitney

 

Ep 2.54 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SLEIGHT OF HAND
11Sep1951
starring:
Hildy Parks

Richard Kollmar

 

########## Armstrong Circle Theatre ##########

############## season 3 1951-52 ##############

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  NBC Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm (weekly)(30min)

 

Ep 3.01 Armstrong Circle Theatre: FLAME-OUT
18Sep1951
starring:
Leslie Nielsen

Anne Bancroft (as Anne Marno)
Synopsis:
After witnessing the plane crash of a fellow jet pilot,

a pilot must overcome his fear of dying in a crash.

 

Ep 3.02 Armstrong Circle Theatre: DANNY'S TUNE

25Sep1951

directed by Ted Post

starring:

George Hall

June Walker

Mary Kay Stearns

Rodney McLennan

Rolly Beck

Edmund Dorrey

Fred Hillibrand

Marjory Leach

Fredric Vonn

 

Ep 3.03 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE RUNAWAY HEART
02Oct1951
starring:
Judith Evelyn
Bunny Lewbel
John Newland
Mary Orr

 

Ep 3.04 Armstrong Circle Theatre: COMMANDANT'S CLOCK

09Oct1951

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Ben Cooper

Richard Cleary

Melville Ruick

Woody Morgan

Arthur Hutt

Donald Harris

Philip Rodd

Andy Milligan

 

Ep 3.05 Armstrong Circle Theatre: LOST AND FOUND
16Oct1951
starring:
Chester Stratton
Cara Williams

Lex Richards
Seth Arnold
Ann Thomas
Frank Mullen
Synopsis:
An Australian woman falls in love with an American serviceman during the War.

After the War she goes to America in search of her one true love.

 

Ep 3.06 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE LONG VIEW
23Oct1951
Written by Kay Arthur
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Thomas Mitchell
David Orrick
Mona Bruns
Biff McGuire
Leland Stanford Harris
John D. Seymour
Synopsis:
A professor passed over as head of the department learns to see

his life in relation to the entire college and to his students. [RF]
 

Ep 3.07 Armstrong Circle Theatre: NIGHT SONG
30Oct1951
starring:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Donald Woods

Synopsis:
A literary critic falls in love with a poet.

 

Ep 3.08 Armstrong Circle Theatre: FOG STATION

06Nov1951

directed by Ted Post

starring:

William Eythe

Constance Ford

Bob Patten

Frank Fenton

Kenneth Bowles

Synopsis:
A lighthouse keeper's wife is intent on leaving her husband

because of the loneliness on the island.

 

Ep 3.09 Armstrong Circle Theatre: DAY DREAMS
13Nov1951
starring:
Beatrice Pearson

Herbert Evers
Dorothy Sands
Marlo Dwyer

Synopsis:

A spinster day dreams about romance.

 

Ep 3.10 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE OLDSTER
20Nov1951
starring:
Butch (Marc) Cavell
Henry Hull

Jacqueline DeWitt
Allen Nourse
Joseph Bernard
Charles G. Martin
Synopsis:
An old railroad man is lost in his memories of the good old days

of Casey Jones. He just can't get used to modern-day innovations.

 

Ep 3.11 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BRAND FROM THE BURNING
27Nov1951
starring:
Thomas Coley

Grace Kelly
Joseph Sweeney
Lester Lonergan
Aileen Poe
Tom McElhaney
Morton L. Stevens
Synopsis:
A minister's superiors reassign him to a more impoverished

parish concerned that he is to materialistic.

 

Ep 3.12 Armstrong Circle Theatre: AIRTIGHT CASE

04Dec1951

starring:

Kent Smith

Barnard Hughes
John McGovern
Denny Bohan
Paul Parks

 

Ep 3.13 Armstrong Circle Theatre: MARIONETTES
11Dec1951
starring:
Henry Jones
Beatrice Pearson

The Bill Baird Marionettes
Synopsis:
A lonely girl seeks refuge in a theater showing Marionettes perform.

 

Ep 3.14 Armstrong Circle Theatre: DISASTER
18Dec1951
starring:
Jack Lambert
Gene Reynolds

Robert Webber
Bruno Wick
Jason Johnson

 

Ep 3.15 Armstrong Circle Theatre: ENTER ROSALIND
25Dec1951
starring:
Enid Markey

Synopsis:
An elderly drama coach tries to teach a group of temperamental students.

 

Ep 3.16 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE SNOW DEER

01Jan1952

Written by Elizabeth Hume

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Beverly Whitney

Charles Cooper

Richard Bishop

Dorothy Francis

Harrison Dowd

Synopsis:
A married couple going through a difficult time in their marriage,

 learn a lesson about love during a blizzard.

 

Ep 3.17 Armstrong Circle Theatre: PANDORA'S BOX
08Jan1952
starring:
John Boyd
Dorothy Stickney

Jack Diamond
Betty Lou Keim
Synopsis:
Risking their happiness jeopardizes a couple.

 

Ep 3.18 Armstrong Circle Theatre: IT TAKES ALL KINDS
15Jan1952
starring:
Hildy Parks
William Redfield

John Kane

 

Ep 3.19 Armstrong Circle Theatre: PRICE TAG
22Jan1952
starring:
Jack Grimes
Anne Jackson

 

Ep 3.20 Armstrong Circle Theatre: YESTERDAY'S MAGIC
29Jan1952

Written by Hobe Morris
starring:
Jerome Cowan
Frances Robinson

Synopsis:
A former actress receives a surprise visit from her famous former

co-star and is reminded of her time in the spotlight.

 

Ep 3.21 Armstrong Circle Theatre: IMAGE
05Feb1952
starring:
Edmon Ryan
Beatrice Straight

 

Ep 3.22 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE YARDS OF POETRY
12Feb1952
starring:
Michael Gorrin

 

Ep 3.23 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE HAT FROM HANGTOWN
19Feb1952
starring:
Marion Shockley
Paul Huber

Mabel Taliaferro

 

Ep 3.24 Armstrong Circle Theatre: MR. BEMISS TAKES A TRIP

26Feb1952

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Barbara Cook

E.G. Marshall

Dana Douglas

Edwin Cooper

Thom Conroy

Al Thayer

Martha Sherrill

Jack Howard

 

Ep 3.25 Armstrong Circle Theatre:  DOMENICO
04Mar1952
starring:
Henry Hull
Luis Van Rooten

Andrea Blayne
Joseph Boland
Alfred Hopson

 

Ep 3.26 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MAN IN 308
11Mar1952
starring:
Frances Helm
Leslie Nielsen

Synopsis:
A patient claiming to be an amnesia victim, comes under the scrutiny of the nurse,

who is convinced he is a dangerous criminal hiding out.

 

Ep 3.27 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE SHOES THAT LAUGHED
18Mar1952

starring:
Patricia Crowley
Paul Valentine

 

Ep 3.28 Armstrong Circle Theatre: HIGH GROUND

25Mar1952

written by

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Noel Leslie

Carol Wheeler

Grant Richards

Mark Allen

Lucille Benson

Oswald Marshall

Joe Maross

Gladys Clark

Donald Bain

 

Ep 3.29 Armstrong Circle Theatre: WAY OF COURAGE
01Apr1952
starring:
Douglass Montgomery
Martha Scott

Synopsis:
A man with three months to live decides to take care of family matters before he dies.

 

Ep 3.30 Armstrong Circle Theatre: TROUBLED SANDS

08Apr1952

written by Robert Mason Pollock

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Hildy Parks

Paul Langton

Joanna Roos

Larry Blyden

Jim Boles

Synopsis:
Struggling to hold on to her second husband, a woman holds

 the secret to the death of her first husband.

 

Ep 3.31 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE DARKROOM
15Apr1952
starring:
John Newland
Walter Matthau
Glenda Farrell
Louise Allbritton

 

Ep 3.32 Armstrong Circle Theatre: WEDDING DAY

22Apr52NBC

directed by Ted Post

starring

Edgar Stehli

Marie Kenney

Jon Dawson

Natalie Core

Harrison Dowd

Synopsis:
A New York photographer is engaged to columnist when

 he falls for his old girlfriend all over again.

 

Ep 3.33 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE SERGEANT

   29Apr52 NBC

      Operation no. 52-1972.

      NBC Television

      Produced by Hudson Fausett

      Original television play by Rod Serling

      Adapted by Roger Garis

      Directed by Garry Simpson       

      Host: Nelson Case

     starring:

      Anthony Ross

      Don Hanmer

      Robert Brown

      Lloyd Knight

      Tige Andrews

      Other Credits:

      Video, William DeLannoy

      Summary:

      Four men are in a hospital suffering with injuries sustained in the Korean War,

when their sergeant is brought in with head injuries. They blame him for wiping

out their platoon by screaming at the wrong time. The doctor, with the aid of two

nurses, proves to the four that the sergeant, a hero in earlier actions, gave

way to fear and that they are no better than him.  [RF]

 

Ep 3.34 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE LUCKY SUIT
06May1952
starring:
Stuart Erwin

 

Ep 3.35 Armstrong Circle Theatre: DISMAL SWAMP
13May1952
starring:
Oliver Thorndike

 

Ep 3.36 Armstrong Circle Theatre: PORTRAIT

20May1952

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Eli Wallach

Claudia Morgan

Lauren Gilbert

Patricia Barry

 

Ep 3.37 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BREAKAWAY
27May1952
starring:
Richard Kendrick
Joy Hodges

 

Ep 3.38 Armstrong Circle Theatre: FAIRY TALE

03Jun1952

directed by Ted Post

starring:

Patricia Crowley

Jack Manning

Richard Bishop

Richard Webb

Harry Sheppard

Vincent Barbi

Jeraldine Dvorak

Ethel Fenton

Douglas McLean

Robert Shafer

 

10Jun1952 no details

 

Ep 3.39 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SITUATION NORMAL
17Jun1952
starring:
Phillip Huston

 

Ep 3.40 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CAPPIE'S CANDLES
24Jun1952
starring:
Wesley Addy
Katharine Bard
John Hamilton

 

Ep 3.41 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CITY EDITOR
01Jul1952
starring:
Louise Allbritton
Grace Kelly
Shepperd Strudwick

 

08Jul1952 no details

 

Ep 3.42 Armstrong Circle Theatre: FOR WORSE
15Jul1952
starring:
Nancy Malone
Andy Milligan
Leslie Nielsen

 

Ep 3.43 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CHANGING DREAM
29Jul1952
starring:
Ben Cooper
Anne Seymour

 

Ep 3.44 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE VASE
05Aug1952
starring:
Dennis Hoey
Muriel Kirkland
E.G. Marshall

 

Ep 3.45 Armstrong Circle Theatre: RETURN THE FAVOR
12Aug1952
starring:
James Daly
Doris Dowling

 

Ep 3.46 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A MAN AND HIS CONSCIENCE 

19Aug1952
starring:
William Prince

Audra Lindley
Michael Stanley
Synopsis:
A man rescues a young girl and her recovery attracts the

attention from the town, something he doesn't want.

 

Ep 3.47 Armstrong Circle Theatre: ROUND ROBIN
26Aug1952
starring:
Marc Cramer
Susan Shaw

Synopsis:
A teenager meets his idol and then falls in love with his idol's wife.

 

Ep 3.48 Armstrong Circle Theatre: RECAPTURE
02Sep1952
starring:
Darren McGavin
Grace Kelly
Barbara Baxley
John Stephen

 

Ep 3.49 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CAPRICE
09Sep1952
starring:
Paul Lukas

 

Ep 3.50 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE THIRTEENTH
16Sep1952
starring:
Frederic Tozere
Evelyn Varden

Synopsis:
A girl's wealthy parents are against her marrying a struggling artist.

 

########## Armstrong Circle Theatre ##########

############## season 4 1952-53 ##############

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   NBC Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm (weekly)(30min)

 

Ep 4.01 Armstrong Circle Theatre: RED TAPE
30Sep1952
starring:
Peggy Conklin

Thomas Coley
Doro Merande
Synopsis:
A mother is on a crusade to get new tires for the school bus.

 

Ep 4.02 Armstrong Circle Theatre: REMEMBRANCE ISLAND
07Oct1952
starring:
Jamie Smith

Raimonda Orselli
Whit Bissell
John Compton
Royal Beal
Edith Fellows

Synopsis:
A devoted fiancee ensures his girl that she will not live

her mother's tragic life and death. [RF]

 

Ep 4.03 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BETRAYAL
14Oct1952
starring:
Judith Evelyn
Maria Riva

Edmon Ryan
Beatrice Straight
Synopsis:
A schoolteacher is suspicious of her former boyfriend and his new wife,

 she believes they are working as Communist agents.

 

21Oct1952 no details

 

Ep 4.04 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE GENTLE RAIN
28Oct1952
starring:
Whit Bissell
Edith Fellows
Frederic Tozere

 

04Nov1952 no details

 

Ep 4.05 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A GODMOTHER FOR AMY
11Nov1952
starring:
Bunny Lewbel

 

Ep 4.06 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A VOLCANO IS DANCING HERE 

18Nov1952
starring:
Barbara Baxley
William Prince
Edgar Stehli

 

Ep 4.07 Armstrong Circle Theatre: FABLE OF HONEST HARRY
25Nov1952
starring:
Robert Armstrong

 

02Dec52 no details

 

Ep 4.08 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT
09Dec1952
starring:
Walter Burke
James Little
Andy Milligan

 

Ep 4.09 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE NOTHING KID
16Dec1952
starring:
Bill Hayes
Jack Whiting

 

Ep 4.10 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE VISITOR
23Dec1952
starring:
Haila Stoddard
Shepperd Strudwick

 

Ep 4.11 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BILLY ADAMS, AMERICAN
30Dec1952
starring:
E.A. Krumschmidt
Richard Wigginton

 

Ep 4.12 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE THIRTY-EIGHTH PRESIDENT 

06Jan1953
starring:
Alan Bunce
Audrey Christie

 

Ep 4.13 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SKI STORY
13Jan1953
starring:
Nina Foch
Robert Shackleton

 

Ep 4.14 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BEFORE BREAKFAST
20Jan1953
starring:
Scotty Beckett
Ed Begley

 

Ep 4.15 Armstrong Circle Theatre: BLACK WEDDING
27Jan1953
starring:
Patricia Breslin
Lili Darvas
Florence Reed
Eric Sinclair

 

Ep 4.16 Armstrong Circle Theatre: PILGRIMAGE
03Feb1953
starring:
Fay Bainter
Jessie Royce Landis

 

Ep 4.17 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MARMALADE SCANDAL
10Feb1953
starring:
Melville Cooper
Mildred Natwick
J. Pat O'Malley

 

Ep 4.18 [134] Armstrong Circle Theatre: RECORDING DATE

    17Feb1953     

Prod. No. 134

written by Virginia Travers & Peter W. Cobb

starring:

Fritzi Scheff

 

Ep 4.19 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE ANCHORAGE
24Feb1953
starring:
Una O'Connor
Addison Richards
Ernest Truex

 

Ep 4.20 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE TWENTY-NINTH THEME
03Mar1953
starring:
Gene Lyons

 

Ep 4.21 Armstrong Circle Theatre: HOUSE OF TEARS

10Mar1953

written by Tom & Alice Fleming

starring:
Ruth Ford

 

Ep 4.22 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE CHECKERBOARD HEART

17Mar1953

written by Kay Arthur

starring:
Jack Lemmon
Betsy von Furstenberg

 

Ep 4.23 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE PARROT

24Mar1953

a new opera by Darrell Peter and Frank de Felitta.
starring:
Jane Seymour II

 

 Ep 4.24 Armstrong Circle Theatre: TRANSFUSION
31Mar1953
starring:
James Gregory
Murray Hamilton

 

Ep 4.25 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A SLIGHT CASE OF APRIL

07Apr1953

written by Milton Geiger

starring:
Hildy Parks

 

 Ep 4.26 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
14Apr1953
starring:
Staats Cotsworth
Glenda Farrell
Walter Matthau

 

Ep 4.27 Armstrong Circle Theatre: JUDY AND THE BRAIN
21Apr1953
written by Sylvia Weld

starring:
Richard Franchot
Lee Remick

 

Ep 4.28 Armstrong Circle Theatre: ON THE BEAT

28Apr1953

written by Hamilton Benz

starring:
Donald Richards
Dennis Harrison

 

Ep 4.29 Armstrong Circle Theatre: SUNDAY STORM

05May1953

written by Robert Noah

starring:
Mary Fickett
Russell Hicks
Edward Bryce

 

 Ep 4.30 Armstrong Circle Theatre: CANDLE IN A BOTTLE
12May1953
starring:
Phyllis Kirk
Leslie Nielsen

 

Ep 4.31 Armstrong Circle Theatre: A MATTER OF OPINION
19May1953
starring:
Bibi Osterwald

 

 Ep 4.32 Armstrong Circle Theatre: THE MIDDLE SON

      26May53 NBC

      Operation no. 53-2136.

      NBC Television

written by Nicholas E. Baehr

      directed by Garry Simpson

      produced by Hudson Fausett

      Video, William Little

      Host: Nelson Case

      starring:

      Jackie Cooper .......... Larry

      Hugh Reilly ......... Fred

      Olive Blakeney ....... Edna

      Dorothy Hart ...... Helen

      Frank Daly .......Burt

      Summary:

      Larry comes home from the Korean War determined to exert his

      independence, feeling his older brother, Fred, has overshadowed him

     all his life. Edna, their mother, finally awakens Larry to the truth,

     that Fred has given up his hopes and dreams to support the family

      and he hopes Larry would come into the family business with him.