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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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Episode Guide
version 7.0 November 2007
(General Update)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jack McKillop
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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Campbell Playhouse
aka Campbell Soundstage
aka TV Soundstage
June 6, 1952 to May 28, 1954
NBC Friday 9:30 - 10:00
filmed dramas
Producer Martin Horrell
Director Garry Simpson
*On June 4, 1954 the title became Campbell Summer Soundstage and the presentations
reverted to film, many of these were reruns of episodes previously aired on Ford Theatre.
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Season 1 (as Campbell Playhouse)
Jun 1952 - Aug 1952 Fri 9:30-10:00
1.xx [--] Campbell Playhouse: THE CAVORTING STATUE
1952 NBC
starring
Cesar Romero
Ann Rutherford
1.xx [--] Campbell Playhouse: RETURN TO VIENNA
1952 NBC
starring
Ruth Warrick
Cameron Mitchell
1.xx [--] Campbell Playhouse: THIS LITTLE PIG CRIED
1952 NBC
starring
Frances Rafferty
Robert Rockwell
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Jul 1953 - May 1954
2.01 [--] Campbell Soundstage: INNOCENT 'TIL PROVEN GUILTY
10-Jul-1953 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Leora Dana
Paul McGrath
Kristine Miller
Synopsis:
A wife jumps to unfair conclusions despite the philosophy of reasonable
doubt expounded by her lawyer husband. [RF]
2.02 [--] Campbell Soundstage: SOMETHING FOR AN EMPTY BRIEFCASE
17-Jul-1953 NBC
written by S. Lee Pogostin
directed by Don Medford
produced by Martin Horrell
starring
James Dean ....... Joe Adams
Susan Douglas
Don Hanmer
Robert Middleton
Frank Maxwell
Pete Gumery
2.03 [--] Campbell Playhouse: NO SCAR
24Jul53
written by Floyd Miller
starring
Warren Stevens
Betsy von Furstenberg [JM]
2.04 [--] Campbell Playhouse: ONE SWELL GUY
31Jul53
starring
Jack Lemmon [JM]
2.05 [--] Campbell Soundstage: RUN AWAY
07-Aug-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Cliff Hall
Ralph Robertson
2.06 [--] Campbell Soundstage: DECEPTION
14-Aug-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Howard Freeman
Martin Brooks
2.07 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE DARK ROOM
21-Aug-1953 NBC
written by Ellis St. Joseph
starring
James Gregory
Charles Nolte
Hildy Parks
2.08 [--] Campbell Soundstage: WONDER IN YOUR EYES
28-Aug-1953 NBC
written by S. Lee Pogostin
starring
Walter Matthau
Nancy Coleman
Clifford Sales [JM]
2.09 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE SQUARE HOLE
04-Sep-1953 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Art Carney
2.10 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE PROMISE
11-Sep-1953 NBC
starring
Jack Warden
Janet Ward
2.11 [--] Campbell Soundstage: EXIT LAUGHING
18-Sep-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Patricia Breslin
Arnold Moss
2.12 [--] Campbell Soundstage: BELIEVE
25-Sep-1953 NBC
starring
Joan Copeland
2.13 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE LAST SPRING
02-Oct-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Claudia Morgan
2.14 [--] Campbell Soundstage: DARLING, COME HOME
09-Oct-1953 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Allen Nourse
Alice Frost
2.15 [--] Campbell Soundstage: LIFE SENTENCE
16-Oct-1953 NBC
adapted by S. Lee Pogostin
story by Margaret Kleckner
directed by Garry Simpson
producer Martin Horrell
starring
James Dean as Hank Bradon
Georgann Johnson
Charles Mendick
Nicholas Saunders
Matt Crowley
2.16 [--] Campbell Soundstage: JOHNNY NO-NAME
23-Oct-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Patricia Jenkins
Wolfe Barzell
Mickey Knox
2.17 [--] Campbell Soundstage: NEMESIS
30-Oct-1953 NBC
written by S. Lee Pogostin
starring
E.G. Marshall
Harry Townes [JM]
2.18 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE MEANING OF TRUTH
06-Nov-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Margaret Hayes
John Beal
2.19 [--] Campbell Soundstage: TEN LITTLE WORDS
13-Nov-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Melville Ruick
Carol Goodner
2.20 [--] Campbell Soundstage: SOLITAIRE
20-Nov-1953 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
James Gregory
Margaret Field
William Podmore
Synopsis:
A young actress finds a strange woman playing solitaire in her apartment. [RF]
2.21 [--] Campbell Soundstage: HOME IS WHERE LOVE
IS
27-Nov-1953
starring
Elliott Reid
Joan Potter
2.22 [--] Campbell Soundstage: WE WANNA GET MARRIED
04-Dec-1953
starring
James Holden
2.23 [--] Campbell Soundstage: TOO LITTLE A KISS
11-Dec-1953 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Betsy Palmer
Katherine Emmet [JM]
2.24 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE MAN WHO KNEW O. HENRY
18-Dec-1953 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Wallace Ford
Dorothy Peterson
2.25 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE HAPPY HEADLINE
25-Dec-1953 NBC
written by Rod Serling (adapted by Jesse Sandler?)
directed by Gary Simpson & Don Appell
starring
James Costigan
Richard Bishop
2.26 [--] Campbell Soundstage: REVEILLE FOR TWO ANGELS
01-Jan-1954 NBC (copyright date 03-Jul-1953)
written by S. Lee Pogostin
starring
Robert Brown
Jo Van Fleet
2.27 [--] Campbell Soundstage: MARKED MONEY
08-Jan-1954 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Joseph Sweeney
Kate McComb
Dean Harris
2.28 [--] Campbell Soundstage: I REMEMBER, I
REMEMBER
15-Jan-1954 NBC
starring
Patty McCormack
Richard Waring
2.29 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE SHY ONE
22-Jan-1954 NBC
starring
Roddy McDowall
Patricia Collinge
2.30 [--] Campbell Playhouse: A TIME FOR HOPE
29Jan54
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Carmen Mathews
Malcolm Lee Beggs [JM]
2.31 [--] Campbell Soundstage: LOST ONE FRIDAY
05-Feb-1954 NBC
starring
Dennis Harrison
Mary Alice Moore
2.32 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE GOLDEN BOX
12-Feb-1954 NBC
written by Jesse Sandler
starring
Patty McCormack
John Stephen
Dorothy Donahue
Parker Fennelly
Pauline Hahn
Synopsis:
A child, unhappy over her broken home, finds her own resources. [RF]
2.33 [--] Campbell Soundstage: JOURNEY TO JAVA
19-Feb-1954 NBC
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Brian Keith
Patricia Kirkland
Synopsis:
An encounter in a restaurant brings a man adventure and a close brush with
death. [RF]
2.34 [--] Campbell Soundstage: BREAK THE MIRROR
26-Feb-1954
starring
Zachary Scott
Ruth Ford
2.35 [--] Campbell Soundstage: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
05-Mar-1954
starring
Dean Harens
Margaret Hamilton
Parker Fennelly
2.36 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE MAGNIFICENT LIE
12-Mar-1954
starring
Kevin McCarthy
Kathleen McLean
Synopsis:
A young author seeks advice from his former English professor. [RF]
2.37 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE GREEN CONVERTIBLE
19-Mar-1954
starring
John Baragrey
Georgann Johnson
Synopsis:
The unfaithful wife of an alcoholic is haunted by the belief that she is being
followed. [RF]
2.38 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE TEST CASE
26-Mar-1954
starring
Robert Cummings
Gene Lockhart
Henry Hull
2.39 [--] Campbell Soundstage: GOD'S CHILDREN
02-Apr-1954 NBC
written by James Truex
starring
Jean Gillespie
Eddie Brian
2.40 [--] Campbell Soundstage: XXXX ISN'T EVERYTHING
09-Apr-1954 NBC
written by Max Wilk
starring
Darren McGavin
Barbara Bel Geddes
Elliott Reid
Maurice Sehrong
2.41 [--] Campbell Soundstage: A KISS TO CONQUER
16-Apr-1954 NBC
starring
Carl Reiner
Janice Rule
2.42 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
23-Apr-1954 NBC
written by Greer Johnson
starring
Mildred Natwick
Henry Hull
Parker Fennelly
2.43 [--] Campbell Soundstage: AL TOOLUM AND HIS BUDDY LEO
30-Apr-1954 NBC
written by Robert Alan Aurthur
starring
Robert Preston
Van Dyke Parks
Leo Durocher
2.44 [--] Campbell Soundstage: EMMA'S ANTENNA
07-May-1954 NBC
written by Hamilton Benz
starring
Hugh Reilly
Lydia Reed
Chris White
2.45 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE MAN OF THE HOUSE
14-May-1954 NBC
written by David Davidson
starring
Barbara Baxley
Don Hanmer
2.46 [--] Campbell Soundstage: A LITTLE CHILD SHALL
LEAD THEM
21-May-1954 NBC
Adapted from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" novel.
starring
Eileen Heckart ....... Aunt Polly
Mort Stevens ......... Judge
Joe Sweeney .......... School Superintendent
Synopsis:
The scene is Hannibal, Missouri. Time: 1860. Tom knows only one quote from the
Bible.
Yet, with a bit of his usual know-how, he tries to win the prize in the Bible-memorizing contest. [RF]
2.47 [--] Campbell Soundstage: CORNER DRUGGIST
28-May-1954 NBC (final show of the series)
written by Turner Bullock
Based on the novel by Robert Nixon
producer-director, Marc Daniels
starring
Richard Kiley
Lillian Gish
Fred Herrick
Mary Long
Peggy Cass
Philippa Bevins
Ginger McManus
Van Dyke Parks
Joseph Foley
Maxine Stewart
Synopsis:
Set in a small Pennsylvania town of the turn of the century.
An independent and sympathetic druggist operates a haven for all the town characters.
He comes to the aid of old Miss Harrington, who is trying to convince the community that
she recently had a successful European concert career. [RF]
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