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####THE BIGELOW THEATRE####
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Episode Guide
version 10.0 December 2007
(Ep The Big Hello)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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The Bigelow Theatre
December 10, 1950 to December 27, 1951.
Dec 1950-Jun 1951 CBS Sun 6:00-6:30Sep 1951-Dec 1951 Dumont Thu 10:00-10:30
(2nd season known as Bigelow-Sanford Theater)
Jerry Fairbanks Inc. (season 1)
Syndicated titles: Hollywood Half Hour (1956-58)
Marquee Theater (1957-58)
############# The Bigelow Theatre #########
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The Bigelow Theatre: MECHANIC ON DUTY
1950 CBS Sun
starring
Gale Storm
Synopsis:
The story of a lady mechanic who doesn't know an awful lot about motors.
Syndication airing on Hollywood Half Hour 24Aug58.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: THE MAN WHO HAD NOTHING TO LOSE
1950 CBS Sun
written by Norman Jacob
directed by Frank Woodruff
director of photography Lester White
starring
Porter Hall
Neville Brand
Elisabeth Risdon
Alan Bridge
Synopsis:
A man who has escaped from jail breaks and enters an elderly couples' home.
The husband tries to make the convict see that he must turn himself in to the police. [RF]
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS
1950 CBS Sun
written by George Panetta
based on a play by William Saroyan
produced & directed by Frank Telford
director of photography Meredith Nicholson
starring
Howard Da Silva
Byron Foulger
Adeline de walt Reynolds
Art Smith
Ann Lovelady
Jeffrey Silver
Linda Hussey
Jay Barney
Harry Lewis
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: REWRITE FOR LOVE
14Jan1951 CBS Sun
starring
Wanda Hendrix
[--] The Bigelow Theatre:
AGENT FROM SCOTLAND YARD
11Feb51
starring
Lynn Bari
Patric Knowles
Synopsis:
A woman uses her beauty to make sure a missing man won't be found. [RF]
*Note Syndicated airdate 22Oct56 on Hollywood Half Hour.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: MAKE YOUR BED
04Mar1951 CBS Sun
starring
Jeff Donnell
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: LADY WITH IDEAS
15Apr1951 CBS Sun
written by True Boardman
produced & directed by Frank Woodruff
director of photography Meredith Nicholson
starring
Gig Young
Hugh Beaumont
Pam Britton
Patrick Aherne
Mikhail Rasumny
Irving Bacon
Frank Orth
A young woman fakes amnesia in order to become a public figure,
until her fiance straightens her out.
[RF]
* Rebroadcast of program originally broadcast on "Silver Theater," May 8, 1950.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: A LADY'S COMPANION
22Apr1951 CBS Sun
written by William Hampton
directed by Frank Woodruff
director of photography Harold Stine
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Robert Paige
William Bakewell
Paul Harvey
Harry Hayden
Synopsis:
A young woman about to marry the son of an overbearing
father falls in love with another man. [RF]
[--] The
Bigelow Theatre: THE BIG HELLO
29Apr1951 CBS Sun
starring
Raymond Burr
Jeanne Cagney
Cesar Romero
Synopsis:
A wrestler and his manager fall in love with the
same girl.
* Syndication airing on Hollywood Half-Hour
19Dec57.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre:
CHARMING BILLY
13May1951 CBS Sun
starring
Spring Byington
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: A MAN'S FIRST DEBT
20May1951 CBS Sun
starring
Lloyd Bridges
Synopsis:
The story details the conflict between an old man's
ambitions and a young man's ethics. [RF]
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: NEW YEAR FOR
MARGARET
27May1951 CBS Sun
starring
Wanda Hendrix
Barbara Whiting
William Campbell
Eddie Firestone
Selmer Jackson
Charles Smith
Dawn Busby
Synopsis:
A timid young woman comes out of her shell.
Synopsis 2:
A shy girl has difficulty believing she can be
attractive. [RF]
Syndication airing on Hollywood Half-Hour
04Feb58.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: THE HOT WELCOME
1951 CBS Sun
starring
Gale Storm
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now on DuMont Thursdays 10:00-10:30 EST
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: THE OTHER JESSIE GRANT
04Oct1951 DUM Thur
written by George Batson & Richard McCracken
directed by Frank Woodruff
director of photography Lester White
starring
Elisabeth Gladys George
Katherine Warren
Kenneth Patterson
Ted Osborn
Myra Marsh
Cecil Elliott
Synopsis:
An elderly woman becomes a renowned painter.
[RF]
[--] The Bigelow Theatre:
THE SUM OF SEVEN
11Oct1951 DUM
written by Robert Meade &
Sheldon Osborne
directed by Frank Woodruff
director of photography Thomas
Morris
starring
Victor Jory
Virginia Welles
Roland Morris
Ross Ford
Anabel Shaw
Robin Hughes
William Murphy
Synopsis:
A college professor who
suspects one of his students
of stealing the questions to
his final exam. [RF]
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: T.K.O.
29Oct1951 DUM Thur
written by Ted Thomas
produced & directed by Frank Woodruff
starring
James Dean ....... Hank
Martin Milner ....... TKO
Regis Toomey (TV Debut)
Jack Bernardi
Carey Loftin
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: PAPA ROMANI
15Nov1951
starring
Chico Marx
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: FLOWERS FOR JOHN
06Dec1951 DUM Thur
starring
Joan Leslie
Synopsis:
Love, hatred and
murder bring an
unhappy couple to
ends.
*Note: Syndication
airing on
Marquee Theater
30Mar57.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID
27Dec1951 DUM Thur
written by Muriel Roy Bolton & William Bolton
directed by Frank Woodruff
starring
Don De Fore
Audrey Long
Hillary Brooke
Clara Blandick
Luther Crockett
Bruce Payne
Synopsis:
The owner of a wedding planning service falls in love.
*Note:
This was
the last
show of
the
series.
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE
1951
starring
Don DeFore
[--] The Bigelow Theatre: CROSSROAD
1951
starring
Regis Toomey
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