The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

 

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Episode Guide
version 8.0 June 2009

(General Update)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

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)

June 6, 1952 - Aug 1952 Fri 9:30-10:00

1.01 [--] Campbell Playhouse: THE CAVORTING STATUE

06Jun1952 NBC

starring

Cesar Romero

Ann Rutherford

Synopsis:
The wife of a lawyer schemes to make her husband a

success but ends up making a blunder. [RF]

 

1.02 [--] Campbell Playhouse: HIT AND RUN
13Jun1952 NBC
starring
Robert Hutton
Bonita Granville

 

1.03 [--] Campbell Playhouse: RETURN TO VIENNA

20Jun1952 NBC

starring

Ruth Warrick

Cameron Mitchell

Synopsis:
A man returns to Vienna looking for woman he fell in love with during the war. [RF]
 

1.04 [--] Campbell Playhouse: THIS LITTLE PIG CRIED

27Jun1952 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

starring

James Dean ....... Joe Adams

Don Hanmer ....... Mickey
Robert Middleton.. Sloan aka "Boss"
Susan Douglas
Frank Maxwell
Pete Gumery
Synopsis:
A dancer tries to save a small-time thief from a life of crime.

She falls for the young tough filled with rage and passion. [RF]
 

 

2.05 [--] Campbell Soundstage: RUN AWAY

07-Aug-1953 NBC

written by Jesse Sandler

starring
Cliff Hall
Ralph Robertson

Synopsis:
A bus driver drives off to Miami in a city bus and is apprehended by the police. [RF]
 

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

Synopsis:
A family man thinks his wife and child have

handcuffed him to job he hates. [RF]
 

2.10 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE PROMISE
11-Sep-1953 NBC
starring
Jack Warden
Janet Ward

Synopsis:
Brick Doyle is the kind o£ man who can't force himself to any sustained

endeavor but instead hopes to strike it rich by gambling, especially playing

the horses. When his young son becomes ill, Brick promises the boy not to

let him die and keeps his word for the first time in his careless life. [RF]
 

2.11 [--] Campbell Soundstage: EXIT LAUGHING

18-Sep-1953 NBC

written by Jesse Sandler

starring
Patricia Breslin
Arnold Moss

Synopsis:
A man disappears on his wife.

 

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

Producer Martin Horrell

Adapted by S. Lee Pogostin

Story by Margaret Kleckner

Directed by  Garry Simpson
starring

James Dean ...... Hank Bradon

Georgann Johnson

Charles Mendick

Nicholas Saunders
Matt Crowley

Synopsis:
An imprisoned felon escapes and he finds being on the

run is just a new form of imprisonment. [RF]

 

2.16 [--] Campbell Soundstage: JOHNNY NO-NAME

23-Oct-1953 NBC

written by Jesse Sandler

starring
Patricia Jenkins
Wolfe Barzell
Mickey Knox

Synopsis:
A man's struggle to prove himself a real "somebody" to his father-in-law

provides a conflict between his wife and her father. [RF]

 

2.17 [--] Campbell Soundstage: NEMESIS

30-Oct-1953 NBC

written by S. Lee Pogostin

starring

E.G. Marshall

Harry Townes

Synopsis:
A man just out of prison works out a strange form of revenge on his

former business partner. Raymond Steele's wife tries to turn his interest

toward starting life over, but Steele has dwelt too long with plans for revenge

on the man he considers responsible for his imprisonment to let Kirby Rice off easily. [RF]
 

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

Synopsis:
Bank clerk Sam Jennings has worked for years on a book

based on his one meeting with O. Henry in New York. [RF]

 

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

 

 

2.27 [--] Campbell Soundstage: MARKED MONEY

08-Jan-1954 NBC

written by Jesse Sandler

starring
Joseph Sweeney
Kate McComb
Dean Harris

Synopsis:
A sanctimonious old man who's convinced that his late son was a thief

learns some humility. The grandson sets out to clear his father's name. [RF]

 

2.28 [--] Campbell Soundstage: I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
15-Jan-1954 NBC
starring
Patty McCormack
Richard Waring

Margaret Hayes
Synopsis:
A young motherless girl learns that a new life is much

better than trying to live on memories. [RF]

 

2.29 [--] Campbell Soundstage: THE SHY ONE

22-Jan-1954 NBC

starring

Roddy McDowall

Patricia Collinge

Synopsis:
An elderly widow befriends a shy young man who faints

from hunger on her doorstep. [RF]

 

 

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

Synopsis:
A small child decides to settle his parents' problems by direct consultation with God. [RF]
 

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.

 

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