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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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### BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATRE ####
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Episode Guide
version 28.0 November 2007
(General Update)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger
George Orphanidys <Yorgo2@aol.com> [GO]
Jim Brent
Philip Malmuth
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)
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BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATRE
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aka 'Crisis' (international title) (70's)
aka 'Universal Star Time' (syndication title)
aka 'Theatre Of Stars' (UK title)
Hovue productions (78 eps. copyrighted) (mainly Dramatic segments)
Morpics productions (14 eps. copyrighted) (mainly Comedy segments)
Unknowns productions (15 eps.)
Universal City Studios, Inc
for
NBC (Fridays 8:30 pm EST, seasons 1-2, 1963-65)
NBC (Wednesdays 9:00 pm EST, seasons 3-4, 1965-67)
Produced by Dick Berg (many season 1 eps)
Produced by Richard Collins (many season 2 eps)
US Anthology series 1963-67 114 episodes x 60 min bw
(108 episodes listed here)
Hosted
by
Bob Hope
'The Chrysler Theatre' theme music by Johnny Williams
The title 'Crisis' had previously been used for syndicated versions
of 'Kraft Mystery Theatre', in the fifties.
### Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ###
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NBC Fridays 8:30 pm
1.01 [001] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A KILLING AT SUNDIAL
Hovue production #24003
04Oct63 NBC Wed
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Alex Segal
guest stars
Stuart Whitman ....... Billy Cole
Angie Dickinson ....... Susan Konke
Melvyn Douglas ....... Pat Konke
Joseph Calleia ....... Cagewa
Robert Emhardt ....... Thomas
Bryan O'Byrne ........ Joe
Malcolm Atterbury .... Simpson
Synopsis:
A Native American has acquired riches seeks revenge on
the man he holds responsible for his father's lynching. [RF]
1.02 [002] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SOMETHING ABOUT LEE WILEY
Hovue production
11Oct63 NBC Fri
Written by David Rayfiel
Directed by Sidney Pollack (Emmy nominated)
Scored by Jazz composer Benny Carter
guest stars
Piper Laurie ....... Lee Wiley
Claude Rains ....... Mr. Fare
Steven Hill ....... Ruben Fare
Alfred Ryder ....... Paul Eastlake
Lyle Talbot .......... Taylor
Barbara Stuart ....... Janice
Ruth White ....... Mama
Synopsis:
The story of jazz singer Lee Wiley, her failed marriage
to bandleader Jess Stacy. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Thirties blues singer Lee Wiley finds adjustments rough going
after being blinded in an auto accident. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A factual story about the 1930s blues singer who was temporarily blinded. [RF]
1.03 [003] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SEVEN MILES OF BAD ROAD
Hovue production
18Oct63 NBC Fri
Produced by Dick Berg
Written by Douglas Heyes
Directed by Douglas Heyes
Director of photography Lionel Lindon
Music by Bernard Herrmann
guest stars
Jeffrey Hunter ....... Gabe Flanders
Eleanor Parker ....... Fern Selman
Neville Brand ....... Sheriff Rufus Selman
James Anderson ....... Bert
Bernie Hamilton
...... Joe
Duane Grey ........... Harry
Robert Cornthwaite
Mildred Von Hollen
Kathleen O'Malley
Judd Foster
Ken Hooker
Barry Brooks
Daniel White
Synopsis:
In a small southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to handsome
Gabe Flanders, who is hitchhiking to California. Trouble ensues. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In a Southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to a loner who's
hitchhiking to Hollywood. [RF]
1.04 [004]
Bob Hope Chrysler Special: BOB HOPE VARIETY SPECIAL
25Oct63
guest stars
Andy Griffith
Martha Raye
Jane Russell
Connie Haines
Beryl Davis and and Los Angeles Dodger stars Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and
Tommy Davis. [JB]
1.05 [005] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: FOUR KINGS
Hovue production
01Nov63 NBC Fri
Written by Mark Rodgers
Story by Clifford Irving
guest stars
Peter Falk
........... Bert Graumann
Susan Strasberg ...... Gabriella
John Van Dreelen ..... Colonel Naumann
Simon Oakland ........ Major Stern
Paul Lukas ........... Dr. Krug
Vito Scotti .......... Harry
Than Wyenn ........... Leonard
Eric Braeden ......... Kurt Krug (as Hans Gudegast)
John Banner .......... General
Robert Strauss ....... Erwin
Synopsis:
Four Kings is a World War II drama where four prisoners are serving
life sentences. They are pulled out of jail by the US military and
given an opportunity for a pardon. The "brass" isn't asking for much:
all the four lifers are expected to do is sneak into Germany and steal
the secret plans for the V2 missile. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
During World War II, intelligence pulls four "lifers" out of prison and
sends them to steal top-secret rocket plans. [RF]
1.06 [006] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre:
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
Hovue production
08Nov63 NBC Fri
Produced by Dick Berg
Written by Mark Rodgers
Based on the novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Directed by Dan Petrie
Director of photography by Lionel Lindon
Music by Johnny Williams
guest stars
Albert Paulsen ....... Lt. Volkovoi (Emmy supporting actor)
Jason Robards Jr
..... Ivan Denisovich
Harold J Stone ....... Turin
Hurd Hatfield ........ Tsezar
Torin Thatcher ....... Buinovsky
Mike Kellin .......... Kilgas
Curt Conway .......... Fetukov
Peter Votrian ........ Gopchik
George Kennedy ....... Der
Andy Albin ........... Senko
John Abbott .......... Panteleev
Rodolfo Acosta ....... Tartar
with
John Fiedler
Henry Corden
Peter Mamakos
Anthony Jochim
Synopsis:
Under Stalin, it was inconceivable that anyone could publish a book
attacking Soviet injustice. But under Khrushchev, a limited but
distinct thaw has taken place. Prime evidence of this change was open
publication of One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, an exposé of
Stalin's labor camps where the author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, himself
did time. Tonight's adaptation of the novel is set in 1951 in Siberia.
A group of prisoners persuade the authorities to transfer them to
warmer work by promising to top the previous work record on the first
day. But if they fail, it's back to laying barbed wire in the snow.
One officer, Lieutenant Volkovoi, would like nothing better. [RF]
1.07 [007] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR
(Chrysler presents A Bob Hope comedy special)
Hovue production
15Nov63 NBC Fri (Network rerun 27Apr66)
Written by Albert E. Lewin & Burt Styler
Directed by Jack Arnold
Guest Cast:
Bing Crosby
.......... George Warren
Kathryn Grant Crosby.. Ginny
Frank Albertson ...... Morgan
Jill St John ......... Bunky
Harold J. Stone ...... Ernie Santee
Jesse White .......... Marvin
Jimmy Boyd ........... Jerry
Leo Gordon ........... Biggie
Jerome Cowan ......... Mr. Bryant
Doris Singleton ...... Mrs. Bryant
Clegg Hoyt ........... Furniture Mover
Synopsis:
Easterner George Warren thinks he has made quite a steal when he purchases
a home in fashionable Waverly Hills, Cal. George is unaware that his
next-door neighbor is mobster Ernie Santee. Bing Crosby makes a cameo
appearance in this comedy which co-stars his wife Kathryn. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
An Easterner buys an expensive home in California unaware
that his neighbor is a gangster. [RF]
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Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SQUARE PEG
22Nov63 NBC Fri
(Preempted due to assassination of US President John F. Kennedy)
(rescheduled to 06Mar64)
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1.08 [008] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE FIFTH PASSENGER
Hovue production
29Nov63 NBC Fri
Written by John Gay
Based on the novel by Edward Young
Guest Cast:
Dana Wynter
.......... Jane Day
Mel Ferrer ........... Peter Carrington
Eric Berry ........... Captain William Howard
Jacques Aubuchon ..... Captain Gustavesen
Leo Genn ............. Commander Tony Gardner
Alan Napier .......... Sherwood
Arthur Malet ......... Simmons
Alan Caillou ......... Ruden
Marjorie Eaton ....... Old Woman
John Mylong
Synopsis:
A British Intelligence Officer suspects a Naval War Hero
of giving secret information to the Soviets. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Cdr. Tony Gardner of British Intelligence suspects that a naval hero
has been leaking top secret information to the Soviets. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
Cdr. Tony Gardner of British Intelligence suspects that a naval hero
has been leaking top secret information to the
Soviets. [RF]
1.09 [009] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE CANDIDATE
Hovue production
06Dec63 NBC Fri
Produced by Dick Berg
Written by Karl Miller
Based on the story by Eugene Burdick
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Director of photography by Robert Tobey
Music by Johnny Williams
guest stars
Milton Berle
......... Parker Hite
Ruth Roman ........... Mrs. Hite
Dina Merrill ......... Joan Cowley
Robert Webber ........ Stuart Landsman
Hope Holiday ......... Carol
J.D. Cannon .......... Paul Carrington
Simon Scott
John McLiam
James Flavin
Blair Davies
Isabelle Cooley
Bernard Fein
Jay Adler
Charles J. Conrad
Davis Roberts
Peter Hobbs
John Francis
Synopsis:
Things seem to be closing in on campaign manager Parker Hite--
he can't get any supporters for his candidate, and his marriage
is beginning to collapse. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Campaign manager Parker Hite is at his wits end, he can't get support
for his candidate and his marriage is falling apart. [RF]
[---] 13Dec63 - no details
1.10 [010] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: IT'S MENTAL WORK
Hovue production
20Dec63 NBC Fri (rerun 11Sep64)
Produced by Dick Berg
Written by Rod Serling (Emmy received for this episode)
Adapted from a story by John O'Hara
Directed by Alex North
Director of photography Bud Thackerey
Music by Lennie Hayton
guest stars
Lee J Cobb
........... Ernie Wigman
Harry Guardino ....... Rich
Gena Rowlands ........ June
Archie Moore ......... Buddy
Stanley Adams ........ Vito Conte
Mary Wickes .......... Nurse
Larry Blake .......... Metcalf
George N. Neise ...... John
Barry Brooks
Charles Cirillo
Synopsis
1:
Ernie Wigman, who is tired of the bar he owns and wants
to get rid of it. Rich, his bartender, might be a good customer for it,
only Rich doesn't seem to have the cash. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Longtime bar owner Ernie Wigman wants to sell out, preferably to his bartender
Rich,
who has a yen to own a bar but lacks the cash. [RF]
1.11 [011] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CORRIDOR 400
Hovue production
27Dec63 NBC Fri
(pilot for an unsold Suzanne Pleshette weekly series)
Written by Mark Roberts
Hosted by Ed McMahon
Guest Cast:
Suzanne Pleshette .... Anita King
Andrew Duggan ........ Donald Guthrie
Theodore Bikel ....... Ralph Traven
Joseph Campanella .... Det. Frank Mancini
Frank Overton ........ Gene Farrell
Myron Healey ......... Hanley
Synopsis:
Anita King, an undercover FBI agent. Posing as a nightclub singer,
Anita gets a job in a nightclub owned by Traven. He takes
quite a fancy to her; she wants to prove that he's a kingpin in a
narcotics ring. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A club owner falls in love with his new singer unaware that
she's out to prove him a key figure in a dope ring. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 24Jul71.
1.12 [012] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WAR OF NERVES
Hovue production
03Jan64 NBC Fri
Written by Mark Roberts
Based on the novel by Paul Brickhill
Guest Cast:
Louis Jourdan
........ Phillipe Tabor
Stephen Boyd ......... Robert MacKay
Emile Genest ......... Paul Favrel
Monique Le Marie ..... Simone Sumail
Maurice Marsac ....... Broussard
Bernie Hamilton ...... Workman
Dick Dial ............ Assassin
Synopsis:
In Paris, a student is pulled into intrigue when
he witnesses the assassination of a diplomat. [RF]
1.13 [013] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: RUNAWAY
Hovue production
10Jan64 NBC Fri
Written by Leonard Kantor
Based on a novel by Thomas B. Dewey
Directed by Paul Stewart
Director of photography Jack Marquette
Music by Johnny Williams
guest stars
Joey Heatherton ....... Cress
Hugh O'Brian ....... Mig Semple
Keenan Wynn ....... Harry Fellows
Berkeley Harris ....... Richie Darden
John Alderman
Ellen McRae (Ellen Burstyn)
Jeff Cooper
Nancy Ames
Donna Anderson
Synopsis:
When folksinger Richie Darden fails to show up for a performance,
his girlfriend Cress thinks club owner Mig Semple should put Richie's
expensive guitar in his safe. And Cress has the right idea--two customers
are planning to steal the instrument. [RF]
[---] 17Jan64 - no details
1.14 [014] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS
Morpics, Inc. Production
24Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 18Sep64)
Directed by Jack Laird
Guest Cast:
Eddie Foy Jr. ....... Eddie Foy
Mickey Rooney ....... George M. Cohan
The Osmond Brothers
Alan Osmond ....... Bryan Foy
Donny Osmond ....... Irving Foy
Jay Osmond ....... Eddie Foy Jr
Merrill Osmond ....... Richard Foy
Wayne Osmond ....... Charley Foy
Christy Jordan ....... Mary Foy
George Tobias ....... Barney Green
Naomi Stevens ....... Aunt Clara
Elaine Edwards .......... Miss Williams
Betty Bronson
Synopsis
1:
The story of vaudeville performer Eddie Foy, widowed father
of a brood of good-natured but exasperating children who are trying
to get an education while at the same time continuing to perform
with him on stage. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The plot finds the elder Foy breaking up the family vaudeville
act to send the youngsters to school. [RF]
*Note: Host/Narrator Bob Hope played Foy Senior in the
1955 movie of the same
name.
*Note: This was also a proposed television series.
1.15 [015] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TWO IS THE NUMBER
Hovue production
31Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 08May64)
Produced by Dick Berg
Directed by Sidney Pollack
Written by Franklin Barton
Hosted by Bob Hope
guest stars
Shelley Winters ...... Jenny Dworak (Emmy for her performance)
Martin Balsam
........ Dave Breslaw
David Opatoshu ....... Anton Dworak
George Voskovec ...... Dr. Bensinger
Mike Kellin .......... Mileski
Richard Bakalyan ..... Charlie
Connie Gilchrist ..... Mrs. Minderman
Rita Lynn ............ Phyllis
Jerry Hausner ........ Fetter
Olan Soule ........... Koppel
Joseph Mell .......... Joey Rome
Synopsis:
Hoodlum Joey Rome is electrocuted in his home, and police suspect
that middle-aged spinster Jenny Dworak is responsible. The murder
investigation brings together two lonely people: Jenny Dworak, who
runs a pawnshop, and a police investigator who is a widower. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A middle-aged woman is suspected of murdering a hoodlum. [RF]
1.16 [016] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A WIND OF HURRICANE FORCE
Hovue production
07Feb64 NBC Fri
Written by Mark Rodgers
Story by A.E. Hotchner
guest stars
Dana Andrews
......... Douglas Vinson
Joe De Santis ........ Albert Ortega
Marisa Pavan ......... Alva
Tony Musante ......... Major DeGuisado
John Marley .......... Gandez
Synopsis:
In Cuba, a manhunt is under way to recapture Douglas Vinson, an American
who was rescued moments before he was to face a firing squad. [RF]
[---] 14Feb64 - no details
1.17 [017] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WAKE UP DARLING
Morpics, Inc. Production
21Feb64 NBC Fri (rerun 28Aug64)
Play written by Alex Gottlieb
guest stars
Barry Nelson
......... Don Emerson
Janet Blair .......... Polly Emerson
Roddy McDowall ....... Deerfield Prescott
Ann B. Davis ......... Martha
Joyce Jameson ........ Gloria
Jack Albertson ....... Granville Prescott
Eleanor Audley ....... Mrs. Johnson
King Calder .......... Producer
Mary Grace Canfield .. Juliet
Sheila James ......... Penelope
Peter Leeds .......... Mahoney
Del Moore ............ Aiedlyndy Canf
Dick Wessel .......... Officer
Bill Dana ............ Jose Jimenez (cameo appearance)
Synopsis 1:
Polly Emerson, has aspirations to be an actress.
Her husband, Don, is a successful advertising man, who yearns
to be a playwright, and has a shelf of unproduced plays to his credit.
Don, understandably, isn't too happy when Polly comes home with
Deerfield Prescott, a very young man who has written Broadway's
next musical hit - or so he tells Polly and Don. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Advertising executive Don Emerson wants his wife to forget
about show business - so he's far from happy when she lands
the lead in a new Broadway musical. [RF]
1.18 [018] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE MEAL TICKET
Hovue production
28Feb64 NBC Fri
(rerun 03Jul64)
Adapted by Harold Swanton
From a Budd Schulberg story.
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Guest Cast:
Cliff Robertson ....... Eddie Finneran
Janice Rule ........... Laura
Chris Robinson ........ Vin Finneran
Broderick Crawford .... Mike Finneran
Ned Glass ............. Manny
Harvey Lembeck ........ Leo
Synopsis 1:
Eddie a fly by night kind of guy, finds romance with a wealthy woman.
Synopsis 2:
Mike Finneran wants his son Vin to make boxing's bigtime, and they're
both sure that Vin is ready for it. But Vin's brother Ed, a broken-down
ex-fighter and the family black sheep, doesn't think Vin has a chance
- and he wants to make sure Vin knows it. [TA]
1.19 [019] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SQUARE PEG
Hovue production
06Mar64 NBC Fri (rescheduled from 22Nov63 JFK assassination)
Written by Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx
guest stars
Stanley Adams ......... Jake Gozzo
Joanna Moore .......... Mabel
Burgess Meredith ...... Tumblers Fuller
Sue Ane Langdon ....... Millie
Bob Cummings .......... Harvey Hines
Ray Montgomery ........ MacIntosh
Leo Gordon ............ Jolly Boy
Joe Devlin ............ Zakaris
Charles Cantor ........ Gino
Phil Arnold ........... Porky
Allyn Joslyn .......... Keegan
Synopsis:
Comedy about a gangster who hires a "personnel
psychologist" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An underworld kingpin hires his own psychologist
to place the right crook in the right job. [RF]
1.20 [020] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WHITE SNOW, RED ICE
Hovue production
13Mar64 NBC Fri
Written by Richard Fielder
guest stars
Senta Berger
.......... Mia
Jack Kelly ............ Fredrick Piper
Walter Matthau ........ Tom Gregory
Grace Lee Whitney ..... Mona
Chris Hughes .......... Peter
George Petrie ......... The Director
Francine York ......... Actress
Synopsis:
Secret agent Piper finds beauty and brains intriguing
and
disruptive to his assignment. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In Yugoslavia, a Czech girl tries to get a
private detective to help her defect. [RF]
1.21 [021] Bob Hope Comedy Special: HER SCHOOL FOR BACHELORS
20Mar64 NBC Fri
Guest Cast
Bob Hope
.............. Monte Collins
Eva Marie Saint ....... Diane Wescott
Louis Nye ............. Jack Roberts
Cass Daley ............ Patsy Willis
Paula Lane ............ Maggie
Doris Singleton ....... Ellen
Linda Hope ............ Bachelor Magazine's Miss November
Jackie Coogan ......... Customer
Francine York ......... Model
Synopsis:
A girlie-magazine publisher who is denounced
by the candidate he is secretly supporting. [GO]
1.22 [022] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A SLOW FADE TO BLACK
Hovue production #24040
27Mar64 NBC Fri
Written by Rod Sterling
Directed by Roy Winston
guest stars
Rod Steiger ........ Mike Kirsch
Robert Culp
......... Peter Furgatch
Sally Kellerman ........... Jerrie
James Dunn ........... Russ Landers
Anna Lee ............ Paula Kirsch
Dabney Coleman .......... Stanley Rivkin
Simon Scott ....... Henderson
Sharon Farrell ........ Melissa
Michael Pataki ......... Young Mike Kirsch
Synopsis:
Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now,
four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate
takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his waning authority
on a temperamental movie star, browbeats his alcoholic wife,
rebellious daughter and longtime yes-man associate Landers, and
vainly attempts to push through an outdated pet movie project.
Finally he is wrenched off his throne by a former assistant, who
is now in cahoots with the conglomerate buying the studio. Kirsch
is left alone to weep in his projection room as one of his past
hits plays upon the screen.
*Note: Additional film footage was added to this episode and was
released theatrically as "The Movie Maker" To pad the running time
to two hours, Universal filmed a series of flashback sequences set
in the 1920s. [RF]
1.23 [023] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A CASE OF ARMED ROBBERY
Hovue production
03Apr64 NBC Fri
Produced by John Houseman
Written by Franklin Barton
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Director of photography Lionel Lindon
Music by Johnny Williams
Guest Stars:
Anthony Franciosa
..... Jack Montrose
Pat O'Brien ........... Otto Mead
Bethel Leslie ......... Jean Rice
Paul Stewart .......... Alfred Montrose
Lisabeth Hush ......... Carol Montrose
Russell Thorsen ....... Ganoulian
Kevin Tate ............ Danny
Ed Asner .............. Sergeant Slade
Steve Ihnat ........... Steve Cortel
Quinn O'Hara .......... Office Girl
Blair Davies
Eleanor Audley
Synopsis:
Jack Montrose is an angry young man whose bitterness
alienates him from his father, Alfred, his girlfriend,
Jean Rice, and his work foreman. He blames his ex-wife,
Carol, for their Marriage failure and clumsily attempts
to show love for his son Danny. In his resentment, he plans
to rob a filling station. A vague underworld character,
Ganoulian, persuades him to hire Otto Mead, an aged
safe-cracker with 'know-how'. [RF]
[---] 10Apr64 no details
1.24 [024] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL
17Apr64
Written by Lester White, John Rapp, Mort Lachman and Bill Larkin
Directed by Jack Shea
starring
Tony Randall
Martha Raye
Jack Jones
Summary:
The first 45 minutes is all entertainment, opening with a Hope monolog.
Martha and Bob team up for a spoof of the movie Tom Jones,
and Tony and Jack join in to present a new act--The Japanese Beatles.
In the awards portion, TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk and Bob
make the presentations in Hollywood. [JB]
1.25 [025] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TIME FOR ELIZABETH
Morpics, Inc. Production
24Apr64 NBC Fri
Produced by Harry Tugend
Written by Groucho Marx & Norman Krasna
Directed by Ezra Stone
guest stars
Groucho Marx
.......... Ed Davis
Kathryn Eames ......... Kay Davis
Carole Wells .......... Anne
John Considine ........ Richard Coburn
Roland Winters ........ Walter Schaeffer
Eden Marx ............. Vivian Morgan
Eleanor Audley ........ Lil Schaeffer
Madge Blake ........... Amy Zwiling
George Chandler ....... Mr. Zwiling
Cyril Delevanti ....... McPherson
J. Frank Lucas ........ Horace Jasper
Margaret Sheridan ..... Miss Green
Lyle Talbot ........... Gibralter
*
Music Composed and Conducted by Joseph J. Lilley
Director of Photography -- Walter Strenge, ASC
Art Director -- John J. Lloyd
Film Editor -- Bud S. Isaacs
Assistant Director -- Edward K. Dodds
Set Decorators -- John McCarthy and James M. Waters
Sound -- Lyle Cain
Color Coordinator -- Robert Brower
Color by Pathe
Assistant to the Producer -- James Tugend
Editorial Department Head -- David J. O'Connell
Musical Supervision -- Stanley Wilson
Costume Supervision -- Vincent dee
Makeup -- Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist -- Larry Germain
A Morpics, Inc. Production
Synopsis:
After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed
Davis has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to
retire to Florida with his wife. [PM]
Synopsis 2:
Groucho Marx in "Time for Elizabeth," an adaptation of his 1948 play. A
fter 28 years, Ed Davis flees his tyrannical boss and retires to Florida. [RF]
1.26 [026] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE GAME WITH GLASS PIECES
Hovue production
01May64 NBC Fri
Written by Howard Rodman
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest stars
Darren McGavin
........... Buddy Wren
Darren McGavin ........... Franklin Carson
Madlyn Rhue .............. Lillian
Arte Johnson ............. Chip Broadwater
Don Gordon ............... Seymour Hythe
Diane Ladd ............... Cissy
Marvin Kaplan ............ Alvin
Malachi Throne ........... Phil Campbell
Virginia Vincent ......... Miss Clutha
Bert Freed ............... Mr. S
Seymour Cassel ........... Somebody
Synopsis:
An unemployed actor's personal life is as frustrating as his career. [RF]
08May64 rerun of Two Is the Number aired originally 31Jan64
[--] 15May64 - no details
1.27 [027] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE COMMAND
Hovue production #24049
22May64 NBC
Written by Rod Serling
(from the previous teleplay "The Strike".)
Directed by Fielder Cook
Guest Cast:
Robert Stack ............. Major Morgan
Andrew Duggan ............ Captain Franks
Ed Binns ................. Captain Sloane
Milton Selzer ............ Captain Chick Wasnik
Robert Walker ............ Lieutenant Jones
Synopsis:
Korea, 1951: members of a unit, ordered to hold
an untenable position, feel they are being left to die. [RF]
1.28 [028] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SOJOURNER
Hovue production
29May64 NBC
Produced by Dick Berg
Adapted by Stirling Silliphant
Based on Carson McCullers' story "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Music by Benny Carter
guest stars
Efrem Zimbalist Jr ......... John Ferris
Vera Miles .......... Beth
Herschel Bernardi ............ McCarthy
Howard Duff ........ Lou
Warren Stevens ............ Jesse
Mary Carver .......... Mae
Chana Eden ............... Jeannine
Torin Thatcher ........... Ferris
Ellen Corby
Brian Nash
John Anthony
Jack Bernardi
Synopsis:
Called home because of his father's failing health,
foreign correspondent John Ferris recalls the events that led
to the collapse of his marriage. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A foreign correspondent tries to piece together the evens that led to his
broken marriage. [RF]
*Note Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 19Aug71.
1.29 [029] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: ECHOES OF EVIL
Hovue production
05Jun64 NBC Fri
Written by Franklin Barton
Directed by Fielder Cook
guest stars
Barry Sullivan ............ Oscar Teckla
Nehemiah Persoff ........... Martin Vesper
Joan Hackett .......... Florence
John Saxon ....... Augie
Jane Wyatt .......... Sarah
Noah Keene ............... Gray
Alice Backes ............. Miss Reddy
John Hoyt ................ Town
Blair Davies ............. Harry
Synopsis:
Ex-crime boss Oscar Teckla, now out of the rackets and involved
with respectable enterprise, Teckla would like nothing more than
to bury the past. But the district attorney is anxious to break
up Teckla's old mob. To do this, he must get Teckla on the stand
--any way he can. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A retired and reformed gangster is hounded by the DA's office
to testify against the underworld dope ring he once ruled. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 14Aug71.
######## Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ##########
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NBC Fridays 8:30 pm
2.01 [030] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THINK PRETTY
Hovue production
02Oct64 NBC Fri
Written by Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall
Directed by Jack Arnold
guest stars
Fred Astaire
....... Fred Addams
Barrie Chase ....... Toni Franklin
Louis Nye .......... Mickey Marshall
Edward Mallory ..... Quinn Randall
Linda Foster ....... Laurie Addams
Roger Perry ........ Don Corbin
Eddie Ryder ........ Shelley
Reta Shaw .......... Head Nurse
Jack Bernardi ...... Patient
Synopsis:
A dancing record executive who is trying to sign up a star comedian. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Musical story about a tenacious record-company magnate and a beautiful talent
manager.
*Note: Dance numbers include "The Watusi". [RF]
2.02 [031] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MURDER IN THE FIRST
Hovue production
09Oct64 NBC Fri
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
From Barrett Prettyman Jr.'s "Death and the Supreme Court".
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Guest Cast:
Bobby Darin ....... Brad Kubec
Janet Leigh ....... Carol Hartley
Lloyd Bochner ..... Michael Hartley
Ivan Dixon ........ Eric Forest
Eduard Franz ...... Victor Seaton
Steve Ihnat ....... Lt. Malloy
Synopsis:
Brad Kubec, who was a first year law student went to work as a
live-in gardener for the the Hartley family, one of the richest
families in the state. Brad was shy, had a shuttering problem and
was a little unstable. He finds himself falling in love with Carol
Hartley. Carol was a spoiled housewife who seemed to have everything
but was desperate for Brad's attention. She led him on and let Brad
take her out on a date to the county fair while her husband was away
on business. This only fed Brad's obsession with her. When she broke
off the affair, something snapped in Brad and it was "Murder In The
First". [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Law student Brad Kubec takes a job as house boy for the wealthy Hartley
family and soon becomes romantically involved with Mrs. Hartley, a relationship
that ends in her death and his conviction for first-degree murder. Told in flashbacks,
the story focuses in part on Associate Supreme Court Justice Victor Seaton, who
must decide not whether Kubic is guilty or innocent, but rather, were his basic rights
violated and was he denied due process of law from the time of his arrest
to his subsequent confession. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 07Aug71.
2.03 [032] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: HAVE GIRLS, WILL TRAVEL
16Oct64 NBC Fri (rerun 07May65)
guest stars
Bob Hope
............. Horaito Lovelace
Lucille Ball ......... Hope
Jill St. John ........ Faith
Rod Cameron .......... Tiny
Rhonda Fleming ....... Purity
Aldo Ray ............. Moose
Marilyn Maxwell ...... Charity
Sonny Tufts .......... Monk
Bruce Cabot .......... Sheriff
Richard Deacon ....... Himself
Jack Benny ........... Himself
Synopsis:
Old west marriage broker Horatio Lovelace travels from
town to town matching lassies to prospective husbands. [GO]
2.04 [033] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE TURNCOAT
23Oct64 NBC Fri
Produced by Richard Collins
Written by Mark Rodgers & John Joseph
Directed by Ron Winston
Director of photography by Walter Strenge
Music by Benny Carter
guest stars
George Hamilton ....... Peter Thornton
Margaret O'Brien ....... Anne Lipscott
Carroll O'Connor ....... Lawson
Jack Weston ....... Hathaway
Rodolfo Acosta ....... Colonel Lu
Judy James ............. Mona
Jerry Douglas .......... Lieutenant
Buddy Lewis ............ Cab Driver
Don Marshall
Frank Evans
Dick Wilson
Peggy Ward
Fletcher Fist
Raymond Mayo
John Hale
Jack Littlefield
Synopsis 1:
The turncoat is young Peter Thornton, a defector to the Chinese during the
Korean War. Now, with forged credentials, he's en route to a missile plant
to do the job of espionage he was groomed for. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A GI who defected to the Red Chinese during the Korean War has now forged
credentials,
he's en route to a U.S. missile plant as an espionage agent. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 29Jul71.
2.05 [034] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE TIMOTHY HEIST
Hovue production
30Oct64 NBC Fri
Written by Philip Davis & David Davis
Based on the short story by John Haase
guest stars
Art Carney
........... Dr. E.J. Timothy
Spring Byington ...... Iris Fuchsia
Reginald Denny ....... Mr. Beauford
Marc Lawrence ........ Plato Atutle
Marian Moses ......... Patricia
Arte Johnson ......... Beatnik
John Willis .......... Himself
Ronny Dapo ........... Keith
Ted Cassidy
Synopsis:
An art-loving billionaire tries to persuade a museum curator
to help him steal one of the world's most valuable paintings. [RF]
2.06 [035] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: OUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
Hovue production
06Nov64 NBC Fri
Written by William Inge
Directed by Frank Corsaro
Guest Cast:
Anne Bancroft ........ Faye Benet Garret
Jack Warden .......... Manny Garret
Fay Bainter .......... Mrs. Benet
Lane Bradbury ........ Julia
Tom Fielding ......... Vic Burns
Paul Fix ............. Hap Collins
Meg Wylie ............ Mrs. Burns
William Inge ......... Doctor (also wrote the episode)
Synopsis:
The story of a stormy marriage between a socialite and an ex-baseball star. [RF]
[---] 13Nov64 no details
2.07 [036] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE VARIETY SPECIAL
20Nov64 NBC Fri
Guest cast:
Donald O'Connor
Richard Chamberlain
Trini Lopez
Annette Funicello
Stella Stevens
Les Brown Orchestra
*
Highlights
"The Clyde" ........ Annette
"Jezebel" .......... Trini
"Hello Dolly!" ..... Bob, Trini
Summary:
An hour of dance, skits and singing.
2.08 [037] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: PARTIES TO THE CRIME
Hovue production
27Nov64 NBC Fri
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