The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

 

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CAVALCADE OF AMERICA

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Episode Guide

version 30.0 June 2009

(Ep)

compiled by

The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:

Hal Erickson

Steve Greenup (Ep 4.18)

Rina Fox

Jim Brent

 references:

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

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

UCLA Film and Television Archive

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CAVALCADE OF AMERICA

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(1952-55)(seasons 1-3 title)

NBC (010ct52-24Jun53) (Wednesdays 8:30-9:00pm EST) (season 1)

   (alternated with "Scott Music Hall")

ABC (1953-55) (Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm EST)(seasons 2-3)

Produced by Jack Chertok (some seasons 1-2)

Produced by Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley (some seasons 1-2-3)

Produced by Armand Schaefer (some season 2)

Produced by Jack Denove (some seasons 3-4)

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DuPONT  THEATRE (1955-57)(season 4-5 title)

a Four Star Films, Inc. Production

ABC (1955-57)(Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm EST)(seasons 4-5)

Executive Producer Don W. Sharpe /Produced by Warren Lewis (1955-57)

US Anthology Series 1952-57

Syndication airing in 1956/57 under the alternate title AMERICAN LEGEND.
(This is confirmed by TV GUIDE listings in both the Milwaukee

and Minneapolis editions.) Hal Erickson
 

###########  Cavalcade of America  ###########

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NBC 010ct52-24Jun53 Wednesdays 8:30-9:00pm EST 

   (alternated with "Scott Music Hall")

 

Ep 1.01 Cavalcade of America: POOR RICHARD

01-Oct-1952 NBC Wed (Network Rerun 05Jan54)

producer Gil Ralston

written by Frederick Jackson & Arthur Ripley

directed by Peter Godfrey

starring

Cecil Kellaway

Dabbs Greer

Alan Napier

Leo Britt

Henry Brandon

Synopsis 1:

Dramatized incidents are used to show how Benjamin Franklin delayed a

conference between Lord Howe and John Adams until the spring rainy

season commenced, thereby allowing General Washington to extricate his

troops from Long Island under the cover of a storm. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

This drama sent the "old and obstinate" Franklin to delay American

surrender talks with the British, thereby allowing General George

Washington to escape capture to fight another day. (JB)

 

Ep 1.02 Cavalcade of America: ALL'S WELL WITH LYDIA

15-Oct-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 22Mar55)

starring

Ruth Warrick ...... Lydia Darragh
Reginald Denny ...... Col. Patterson
John Dodsworth ..... Lt. Allen
Esther Dale ..... Aunt Tabitha
Synopsis 1:

 The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and

Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information

instrumental in an American victory. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A Philadelphia matron makes friends with the British

officers who are occupying that city during the revolution.

Her friendship is of great value to the American forces. [JB]

 

Ep 1.03 Cavalcade of America: THE MAN WHO TOOK A CHANCE

29-Oct-1952 NBC Wed  (Network rerun 10Nov53)

starring

Richard Denning

Rhys Williams

Lewis Martin

Harry Cheshire

Synopsis 1:

The story of an 19th century genius who adapted 20th century methods to

solve an American problem. (JB)

Synopsis 2:

Eli Whitney first begins to manufacture muskets. [JB]

 

Ep 1.04 Cavalcade of America: A ROMANCE TO REMEMBER

12-Nov-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 11Jan55)

starring

Dan O'Herlihy ..... Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fay Baker

Helen Westcott
Synopsis:

The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the

love of Nathaniel Hawthorne. (JB)

 

Ep 1.05 Cavalcade of America: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT

26-Nov-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 02Feb54)

starring

Eduard Franz ..... Samuel Morse

Tom Henry

The story of how Samuel F.B.  Morse, after many hardships, gained

recognition for the first telegraph. (JB)

 

Ep 1.06 Cavalcade of America: NO GREATER LOVE

10-Dec-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 05Apr55)

producer Jack Chertok

written by Tom Seller

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Mary Anderson ..... Clara Louise Maas

Arthur Franz ..... Dr. William Gorgas

Reed Hadley

David Bond

Synopsis 1:

A story about Clara Louise Maas, a Spanish-American War nurse who

allowed herself to be bitten by a Stegomyia mosquito in order to

further the experiments which were being conducted in the Las Animas

Hospital in Havana under the direction of Dr. William C. Gorgas during

a yellow fever epidemic at the turn of the century. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Nurse Clara Maas volunteers to be bitten by a dreaded mosquito

so that the research on yellow fever can go on. [RF]

 

Ep 1.07 Cavalcade of America: IN THIS CRISIS

24-Dec-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 23Feb54)

Written by Robert Stevenson

starring

Tom Tully ..... John Honeyman

Ann Doran

John Hoyt
Richard Gaines

Synopsis:

John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain

information that will mean Washington's victory over the Hessians. (JB)

 

Ep 1.08 Cavalcade of America: THE ARROW AND THE BOW

07-Jan-1953 NBC Wed

starring

Elena Verdugo

Sean McClory

Booth Colman

O.Z. Whitehead

Synopsis:

The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the

17th President. [RF]

 

Ep 1.09 Cavalcade of America: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

21-Jan-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun  01Mar55)

starring

Ross Ford ..... Jefferson Davis

Nancy Hale ..... Sarah Taylor
Synopsis 1:

The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and

Sarah Knox Taylor. (JB)

Synopsis 2:

The story of Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy,

and Sarah Taylor, daughter of the future president of the United States.

Their love was fated to end in tragedy. [RF]

 

Ep 1.10 Cavalcade of America: NEW SALEM STORY

04-Feb-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 08Feb55)

starring

Jeff Donnell ..... Ann Rutledge

James Griffith ..... Abraham Lincoln
Lloyd Corrigan ..... Bowling Green
Synopsis:
The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge [RF]

 

Ep 1.11 Cavalcade of America: A MATTER OF HONOR

18-Feb-1953 NBC Wed (Network Rerun 15Jun54)

producer Gil Ralston

written by Van Norcross

directed by Arthur Hilton

starring

Onslow Stevens ....... Sam Houston

Randy Stuart

Jonathan Hale

Stanley Andrews

Pierre Watkins

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston

and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the

governorship of Tennessee. [RF]

Synopsis  2:

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Alamo, who gave the woman he

loved a locket engraved with one word, "integrity," but had she earned

the right to wear it? (JB)

 

Ep 1.12 Cavalcade of America: EXPERIMENT AT MONTICELLO

04-Mar-1953 NBC Wed  (Network rerun 17May55)

starring

Brandon Rhodes ...... Thomas Jefferson

Raymond Greenleaf

Barbara Woodell

Synopsis:

Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, uses himself as a

guinea pig and is inoculated with the germs of small pox in a heroic

effort to establish control of the disease. [RF]

 

Ep 1.13 Cavalcade of America: MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

18-March-1953 NBC Wed

producer Jack Chertok

written by Tom Seller

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Douglas Kennedy

Eduard Franz

Adele Longmire

Robert Rockwell

Hayden Rorke

Synopsis 1:

A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld

through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York

newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about

corruption of the British administration. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established

American freedom of the press. [JB]

 

Ep 1.14 Cavalcade of America: THE INDOMITABLE BLACKSMITH

01-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 19Apr55)

producer Jack Chertok

written by Warner Law

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Whitfield Connor ....... Thomas Davenport

Peggy Weber

Synopsis 1:

A story about Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, and his long struggle to

invent and perfect the electric motor. Setting: Brandon, Vt., in the

1830's. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of how Thomas Davenport neglected his blacksmith trade and

failed in business, but won immortality in science by inventing the

first electric motor. (JB)

 

Ep 1.15 Cavalcade of America: THE GINGERBREAD MAN

15-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun  21Dec54)

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Robert Stevenson

directed Robert Stevenson

starring

Otto Waldis ...... Christopher Ludwick

Edith Angold ...... Katie

John Wengraf ...... German Colonel

William Yetter ...... Schultz

Richard Gaines ...... George Washington
John Hamilton ...... Col. Norton
Synopsis 1:

A true story about Christopher Ludwick, the baker, who came to America

in 1776 from Germany. He made a most unusual gingerbread man which

later became famous in America. He lived with his wife in Philadelphia. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian

soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution. (JB)

 

Ep 1.16 Cavalcade of America: NIGHT STRIKE (Nite Strike)

29-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 19Oct54)

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

director of photography Stuart Thompson

starring

Glenn Langan ......Captain John Paul Jones

Richard Garrick ....... Benjamin Franklin

James Best

Russell Simpson ..... Quartermaster

Maurice Marsac ...... DeSartine

Robert Edward Osterloh ..... Simpson

Dayton Lummis

Dorothea Walbert

Norman DuPont

John Fraser

Kenneth Donald Murray

Synopsis:

Dramatizes an incident in the career of Captain John Paul Jones.

Describes a raid made by Americans under Jones' leadership on the

English coast at Whitehaven in 1778 and the unexpected outcome of the

action. [RF]

 

Ep 1.17 Cavalcade of America: SLATER'S DREAM

13-May-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 31May55)

producer Jack Chertok

written by John Thiele

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Terrence Kilburn ..... Samuel Slater

Howard Wendell

Robert Foulk

Mary Ellen Kay

Synopsis:

Dramatizes the story of Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, who came to

America in 1790 and struggled to construct from memory the cotton

spinner, the plan of which England jealously guarded to insure a

monopoly on the machine. [RF]

 

Ep 1.18 Cavalcade of America: THE PIRATE'S CHOICE

27-May-1953 NBC Wed

producer Jack Chertok

written by Curtis Kenyon

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

William Bishop ..... Jean LaFitte

Morris Ankrum

Mario Siletti

Sig Arno

Donna Martell

Rhys Williams

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean

Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against

the English forces in 1814. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of Jean LaFitte. (JB)

 

Ep 1.19 Cavalcade of America: JOHN YANKEE

10-Jun-1953 NBC Wed

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Whitfield Connor ..... John Adams

Helen Parrish

Lowell Gilmore

Robert Neil

Patrick O'Moore

John Alderson

Raymond Greenleaf

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight

English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the

Revolution. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

John Adams defends eight British soldiers charged with murder. (JB)

 

Ep 1.20 Cavalcade of America: THE TENDERFOOT

24-Jun-1953 NBC Wed

producer Jack Chertok

written by Tom Seller

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Tom Brown

Edgar Buchanan

John Kellogg

Ludwig Stossel

Lee Van Cleef

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a

blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands.

Time: 1886. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Theodore Roosevelt in Dakota's "badlands" captures three outlaws. (JB)

 

 

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        ABC Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm EST

 

Ep 2.01 Cavalcade of America: SAM AND THE WHALE

29-Sep-1953 ABC Tue

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by George H. Faulkner

directed by Tim Whelan

starring

Cecil Kellaway ..... Sam Mulford

Doris Lloyd ...... Lady Montagu

Rex Evans

Evelyn Ankers

Charles Nolte

John Dodsworth

Synopsis :

Sam Mulford, a famous American whale hunter who resents the English tax on

 whales and the methods employed by the King's tax collectors along the

coast of Long Island goes to England, where, with the help of Lady Montagu,

 he takes his complaint to the royal court. Time: 1712. [RF]

 

Ep 2.02 Cavalcade of America: THE STOLEN GENERAL

06-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 24Apr56)

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Arthur Ripley

directed by Robert Stevenson

photography Stuart Thompson

starring

Barbara Billingsley ...... Dorothea Meadows

Reginald Denny ...... General Prescott

John Abbott ...... Colonel Barton

Rex Evans

Ben Wright

Walter Kingsford

Synopsis :

A Revolutionary War drama. When romance-seeking British General Prescott

arranges to meet Dorothea Meadows in an unprotected house in Rhode Island,

he is captured by Miss Meadows' co-conspirator, Colonel Barton. [RF]

 

Ep 2.03 Cavalcade of America: BREAKFAST AT NANCY'S

13-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 13Mar56)

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by George H. Faulkner

directed by Sidney Salkow

starring

Amanda Blake ...... Nancy Hart

Charles McGraw ...... Wilkie Bowman

Frank Christie ....... Sam

Norene Corcoran

Bonny Hyatt

Bill Phipps

Synopsis 1:

In Georgia during the American Revolution, a beautiful girl and a gleaming

rifle bring aid to the cause of freedom. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

A Revolutionary War drama. Messengers vital to the cause of the Colonies

 are hidden by Nancy Hart beneath the floor of her cabin in the Georgia

hills. When the safety of one messenger is threatened, she uses cunning

and force to protect him. [RF]

 

Ep 2.04 Cavalcade of America: SUNSET AT APPOMATTOX

20-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 10Jul56)

producer Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

photography Stuart Thompson

starring

William Johnstone

Henry Morgan

Dan White

Robert Cornthwaite

Ian Wolfe

John Kellogg

Glenn Langan

Vernon Rich

Ralph Reed

Robert Easton

Kenny Delmar

Harlan Wade

Synopsis :

A dramatization of the meeting of General Lee and General Grant at Appomattox

based on detailed accounts of fourteen eye-witnesses to the surrender.

The surrender of Robert E. Lee's army to the Union Army headed by U.S. Grant

in 1865 ends the four years of war between the Union and the Confederacy. [RF]

 

Ep 2.05 Cavalcade of America: AND TO FAME UNKNOWN

27-Oct-1953 ABC Tue

producer John M. Barnwell Jr

written by E.R. Murkland

directed by John M. Barnwell Jr.

Synopsis 1:

Shows how a high school science teacher is helping to develop a better

America for younger generations through his efforts in the field of science

education. Explains that educators can alleviate the manpower shortage in

scientific fields by stimulating the interest of exceptional high school

students and encouraging them to pursue scientific careers. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of a science professor. [JB]

 

Ep 2.06 Cavalcade of America: A TIME TO GROW

03-Nov-1953 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Bill Bruckner

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Raymond Greenleaf

Stacy Keach

William Bishop

John Wengraf

Booth Colman

Synopsis :

A historical drama showing the events which led to the purchase of the

Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. [RF]

 

 [--] 10Nov53 rerun of "Man Who Took a Chance" (first aired 29Oct52)

 

Ep 2.07 Cavalcade of America: TIGER'S TAIL

17-Nov-1953 ABC Tue

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by N. Richard Nash

directed by Robert Stevenson

photography Stuart Thompson

starring: [JB]

Robert Cornthwaite ....... Nast

Judy Osborne ...... Sarah Nast

Howard Freeman ...... Tweed

William Hade ....... Connolly

Paul Harvey ...... Mayor

Robert Warwick ...... Harper

Ray Teal ...... Howard

Earl Lee ..... Bowen

Synopsis:

Becoming aware of corruption in politics in New York, Thomas Nast, known

for his drawings of Santa Claus, initiates a series of cartoons in which

Boss Tweed is symbolized as a snarling tiger. In spite of threats and

slander the cartoonist continues his work and inflames the public to the

overthrow of the corrupt Tweed political machine. Time: 1870's. [RF]

 

Ep 2.08 Cavalcade of America: THE LAST WILL OF DANIEL WEBSTER

24-Nov-1953 ABC Tue

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by N. Richard Nash

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring: [JB]

Ray Collins ...... Daniel Webster

Ann Doran .... Caroline

John Hamilton ..... Porter

Carl Benton Reid ...... Manning

Paul Harvey

Richard Gaines

Everett Glass

Synopsis:

Daniel Webster, tormented by memories of selfish deeds, is comforted as he

nears the end of his life by friends who point out that his constructive

acts will be remembered. [RF]

 

Ep 2.09 Cavalcade of America: MAJOR PAULINE

01-Dec-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 14Feb56)

producer Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Gertrude Michael

Robert Paige

Dayton Lummis

Fred Beir

Michael Hall

Trevor Bardette

Richard Bauman

Robert Foulk

William Grueneberg

John Holland

Harry Chesire

Hank Mann

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama. Distressed by the outbreak of  war between the States,

Pauline Cushman, famous actress, offers her services as a Union espionage

agent behind the Confederate lines. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A beautiful, gifted actress serves as a spy for the Union during

the Civil War. [JB]

 

Ep 2.10 Cavalcade of America: BETRAYAL

08-Dec-1953 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Curtis Kenyon

directed by William J. Thiele

Guest Cast:

Dan O'Herlihy ...... Benedict Arnold

Betty Lynn

Robert Clarke

Kirby Grant

Crandon Rhodes

Synopsis 1:

A drama depicting the evolution of Benedict Arnold's plan to surrender

West Point to the British and his subsequent flight to England when papers

incriminating him were intercepted. Time: 1777-1780. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Benedict Arnold attempts to deliver West Point to His Majesty's forces. [JB]

 

Ep 2.11 Cavalcade of America: THE RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS

15-Dec-1953 ABC Tue

producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

photography by Stuart Thompson

starring: [JB]

Lewis Martin ....... Russell

Ralph Reed ...... Applicant

Trevor Bardette ....... Benedict Gwinn

Jonathan Hole ...... Postmaster Brown

Robert Warwick ....... Alexander Majors

Robert Cornthwaite ....... Young Mark Twain

Howard Negley

Synopsis:

A historical drama. The pony express era is initiated by Alexander Majors,

 one of the owners of a transport firm, who, in searching for methods of

 transporting mail and packages across the West, delves into history and

 adapts the relay courier system as used by Genghis Khan. [RF]

 

Ep 2.12 Cavalcade of America: ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE

22-Dec-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Warner Law

directed by William J. Thiele

Guest Cast:

Edgar Buchanan ....... Horace Greeley

Lyle Talbot

Fay Wray

Raymond Greenleaf

Frank Ferguson

Synopsis 1:

The editor of the Tribune, Horace Greeley, influenced by a conversation

with President Lincoln, changes his views regarding Jefferson Davis and

proceeds, with some risk to his career, to conduct a successful crusade

to free the ex-Confederate president from prison. Time: latter half of

nineteenth century. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Horace Greeley, America's Titan of the Press, keeps a vow to Abraham

Lincoln for leniency toward Jefferson Davis and the South. [JB]

 

Ep 2.13 Cavalcade of America: MR. PEALE'S DINOSAUR

29-Dec-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Bill Buckner

directed by William J. Thiele

Guest Cast:

Lowell Gilmore ........ Charles Peale

Lurene Tuttle ....... Betsy Peale

John Lupton ....... Rembrandt Peale

Louis Jean Heydt ...... James Madison

Hayden Rorke

Ann O'Neal

Synopsis 1:

A drama relating the events which led to Charles Willson Peale's conception

of the idea of establishing in Philadelphia a national museum of natural

history and his efforts to provide the museum with noteworthy exhibits.

Time: 1794. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Painter Charles Wilson Peale risks his career and possessions to excavate

and reconstruct a fossilized mastadon, the greatest skeleton ever seen

in his day. [JB]

 

05-Jan-1954 ABC Tue rerun of "Poor Richard" (first aired 01Oct52)

 

Ep 2.14 Cavalcade of America: G FOR GOLDBERGER

12-Jan-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 24July56)

producer Jack Chertok

written by Warner Law

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Walter Coy ....... Dr. Joseph Goldberger
Emlen Davies ...... Mary Goldberger
William Forrest ....... Dr. Sam Halleck
Susan Seaforth ....... Sarah
Patrick O'Neal
Rhys Williams
Louis Jean Heydt

Synopsis 1:

A drama showing how Dr. Joseph Goldberger, after a tour of stricken areas

in the South, conceives and attempts to prove his theory that pellagra is

the result of a dietary deficiency. Time: 1915. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Dr. Joseph Goldberger fights disbelief and prejudice to lick the dreaded

 disease pellagra. [JB]

 

Ep 2.15 Cavalcade of America: SMYRNA INCIDENT

19-Jan-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 28Feb56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Carl Benton Reid ....... Commander Ingraham

Robert Cornthwaite ....... Kazta

John Wengraf ....... Von Schwarz

Konstantin Shayne

Donald Murphy

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama. The captain of an American ship, anchored in the

Turkish port of Smyrna, risks of a battle with three Austrian ships when

he demands the release of an Austrian-born prisoner who has applied for

American citizenship. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of U.S. Navy Commander Ingraham, who defies the armed might of

the Austrian empire. By threatening to open fire on units of that nation's

fleet, he singlehandedly protests Austria's refusal to release an American

being held prisoner on one of their ships. [JB]

 

Ep 2.16 Cavalcade of America: MAN OF GLASS 

   26Jan-54 [JB]   (Network Rerun 17Jul56)

      (airdate clash with "Cat with the Crimson Eyes")

producer Jack Chertok

written by Tom Seller

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Robert Strauss (as Baron Von Stiegel)

June Whitley

Carl Benton Reid

Charles Meredith

John Eldredge

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the life of Henry William Stiegel, who came to America from

Germany and rose from a worker in an iron foundry to be head of a large

glass factory. Describes Stiegel's realization, following his financial

ruin, that material success did not make him superior to other men, but

that his greatness lay in the beauty of the glassware which he created. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

 Robert Strauss stars as Baron Von Stiegel, the 18th century glass maker

of Pennsylvania who built a church and received as rent-one red rose. [JB]

 

  [--] 02Feb54 rerun of "What Hath God Wrought" (first aired 26Nov52)

 

Ep 2.17 Cavalcade of America: THE PLUME OF HONOR

09-Feb-1954 ABC Tue

producer Armand Schaefer

written by Paul Gangelin

directed by George Archainbaud

starring

Maurice Marsac ....... Marquis De Lafayette

Richard Bauman ....... Francis Huger

Larry Winger [JB] .... Erich Bollman

Larry Winter [RF] (this one more likely)

John Banner

Gabor Curtiz

Henry Rowland

Synopsis:

A historical drama about Francis Huger, an American medical student, and

Erich Bollman, a young German physician, who attempt to rescue Lafayette

from an Austrian prison in 1794. [RF]

 

Ep 2.18 Cavalcade of America: MARGIN OF VICTORY [JB]

         MARGIN FOR VICTORY [RF]

16-Feb-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Arthur Ripley

directed by Arthur Ripley

starring

Francis L. Sullivan

Edward Ashley

John Hoyt

Myrna Fahey

John Patrick

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama about an American spy, posing as a loyal Tory, who is

responsible for the strategic landing of French troops in America while

 British forces are being concentrated in New York City to withstand a

supposed attack by General Washington. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The Culpers, famous spies, enable reinforcements to land in Rhode Island

during the American Revolution. [JB]

 

 [--] 23Feb54 rerun of "In This Crisis" (first aired 24Dec52)

 

Ep 2.19 Cavalcade of America: THE ABSENT HOST

02-Mar-1954 ABC Tue

Producer Armand Schaefer

Written by Russell Hughes

Directed by Sidney Salkow

Guest Cast:

Don Kennedy ....... Jack Louett

Leo Britt ..... Lord Cornwallis

Robin Hughes ...... Lt. Col. Carleton

John Patrick

Howard Negley

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama about Jack Jouett, a patriotic Virginian who risks his

life to warn Thomas Jefferson that British soldiers are planning to capture

 him in a surprise attack on Monticello. (Year 1781) [RF]

Synopsis 2:

British forces raid Monticello in an attempt to capture Thomas Jefferson.

 [JB]

 

Ep 2.20 Cavalcade of America: DUEL AT THE OK CORRAL

09-Mar-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Bill Bruckner

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Lee Van Cleef

Kenneth Tobey

Henry Morgan

Keith Richards

Lyle Talbot

Peter Hanson

Synopsis:

A dramatization of the efforts of Wyatt Earp to free the West of dangerous

 armed gunmen. Earp's activities in Dodge City, Kan., in Deadwood, S. D.,

and in Tombstone, Ariz., are highlighted. [RF]

 

Ep 2.21 Cavalcade of America: THE SPLENDID DREAM

16-Mar-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Leo G. Carroll ....... William Penn

Richard Stapley

Mark Dana

John Dodsworth

Leonard Nudie

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the life of William Penn from his early interest in the Society

of Friends, which led to his imprisonment under the Conventicle act, to his

ultimate success in founding in the New World a colony where religious

freedom became a reality. Time: latter half of seventeenth century. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

William Penn signs a historic Pennsylvania Constitution of 1701. [JB]

 

Ep 2.22 Cavalcade of America: YOUNG ANDY JACKSON

23-Mar-1954 ABC Tue  (Network Rerun 10Apr56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

photography Harold Stine

starring

Billy Gray ......... Andy Jackson

(Bill Gray later in 1954 became Bud on "Father Knows Best")

Orley Lindgren ..... Robert Jackson
Fiona Hale ......... Mrs. Betty Jackson
Douglas Dumbrille .. Lord Rawdon

Robin Hughes

Mabel Paige

Russell Simpson

Richard Reeves

Tom McKee

Frank Krieg

William Haade

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama about thirteen-year-old Andrew Jackson, who, with his

 older brother Robert, joins the militia and engages in guerrilla fighting

against the British. [LOC]

Synopsis 2:

Dramatized biography of the youth of Andrew Jackson in the South Carolina

of the American Revolution. [UCLA]

Synopsis 3:

Young Andy Jackson, at the age of Fourteen, begins his life-long fight

for freedom. [JB]

 

Ep 2.23 Cavalcade of America: ESCAPE

30-Mar-1954 ABC Tue

producer Armand Schaefer

written by Paul Gangelin

directed by George Archainbaud

Guest Cast:

David R. Alpert (as Carl Shurz)

Lawrence Ryle

Ashley Cowan

Frances Morris

Robert A. Paquin

Dabbs Greer as Johanna

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama. After taking part in an unsuccessful revolt against

the King of  Prussia and his army, Carl Schurz and two compatriots,

 refusing  to surrender to the army, escape from soldiers guarding the town

  of Rastatt,  Germany, in 1849. [RF]

Synopsis 2

Carl Shurz escapes a Prussian firing squad and comes to America to

continue his fight for freedom.  [JB]

 

Ep 2.24 Cavalcade of America: RIDDLE OF THE SEAS

06-Apr-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by William Bruckner

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

John Hoyt ......... Com. Smedley
Lamont Johnson .... Lt. Matt Maury

Laura Elliot

Roy Roberts

John Stephenson

Synopsis 1:

Relates the story of the life work of Matthew Fontaine Maury, founder of

the United States Weather Bureau, who advanced and proved his revolutionary

theory that the paths of the sea--winds, currents, and temperature--could

 be accurately predicted and charted. Time: mid-nineteenth century. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Matthew Fontaine Maury suggests scientific charting of ocean and wind

currents. [JB]

 

Ep 2.25 Cavalcade of America: CRAZY JUDAH

13-Apr-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Lewis Foster

directed by Lewis Foster

Guest Cast:

Ross Elliott ...... Theodore Judah

Frances Rafferty ...... Anna Judah

Forrest Taylor ..... Mark Hopkins

Beverly Washburn .... Elizabeth

Gene Foley ..... Elizabeth's Mother

Robert Carson ..... Leland Stanford

Frank Wilcox ...... Preacher

Synopsis 1:

Dramatized incidents from the life of Theodore Judah portray his attempts

to realize his dream of  unifying the country with a railroad system.

Portrays his trips from California to Washington by boat and burro, his

initial failure in 1859 to secure help from Congress and from California

businessmen, his work in surveying a route through the Sierra Mountains,

the encouragement of Leland Stanford and Charles Crocker, the formation

of a company to start work, and Judah's death before the fulfillment of

his dream. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

"Crazy Judah" is the name Theodore Judah gets when he tries to sell his

idea of a transcontinental railroad to the politicians of 19th century

Americans. [JB]

 

Ep 2.26 Cavalcade of America: A STRANGE JOURNEY

20-Apr-1954 ABC Tue

written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
producer Jack Denove
starring
Robert Easton as George Merchant
Will Wright
Walter Kingsford
Walter Coy
Richard Gaines
Synopsis:
A historical drama about the adventures of George Merchant,

an American rifleman from the Virginia backwoods who is

captured by the British at Quebec, sent to England as

a prisoner, and released early in 1776 by colonial

sympathizers to deliver to Hancock several letters

which affect the decision of the Continental Congress

to declare independence for the Colonies. [RF]

 

Ep 2.27 Cavalcade of America: THE PAPER SWORD

27-Apr-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

Guest Cast:

Patrick O'Neal ...... James King

Margaret Field ...... Mrs. James king

Stuart Randall ..... Charles Cora

Hugh Beaumont ...... Lewis Graham

Barry Kelly ..... Reporter

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the story of James King, a fearless newspaper editor, whose

murder because of his crusade against corrupt officials in the San Francisco

 government set into motion one of the most sweeping reform movements in

American history. Time: 1855. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Newspaper editor James King crusades for clean government during San

 Francisco's lawless days. [JB]

 

Ep 2.28 Cavalcade of America: SATURDAY STORY

04-May-1954 ABC Tue

written by Joel Murcott & Merwin Gerard
directed by Francis D. Lyon
producer Warren Lewis
starring
Dabbs Greer
Otto Graham
Synopsis:
Dramatizes the career of Mark Wilson, a high school football coach who taught

principles of living as well as football fundamentals to his players, one of

whom was Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns. Frank Leahy, former

Notre-Dame coach, introduces the story and participates in a closing

interview with Mark Wilson and Otto Graham. [RF]

 

Ep 2.29 Cavalcade of America: SPINDLETOP

11-May-1954 ABC Tue

Producer Armand Schaefer

Written by Winston Miller

Directed by Robert G. Walker

Guest Cast:

William Bishop ...... Captain Lucas

Nancy Hale ....... Mrs. Lucas

Richard Eyer ..... Tony Lucas

Richard Gaines ..... Dr. Hayes

Stanley Andrews

Burt Mustin

Synopsis 1:

Dramatized incidents tell the story of the efforts of Captain Anthony Lucas,

an Austrian mining engineer, to prove his theory regarding the feasibility

of drilling for oil in the salt-dome formations of  the Beaumont area.

Describes the equipment and methods which he used in drilling, his

unsuccessful attempts, and his ultimate success when the first big gusher

in the Southwest came in at Spindletop, Tex. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Drama about the historic gusher that opened one of Texas' biggest

oil fields in 1901. [JB]

 

Ep 2.30 Cavalcade of America: MOONLIGHT SCHOOL

   (not to be confused with "Moonlight Witness" 02Nov54)

18-May-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Louella MacFarlane

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Lon Chaney, Jr. ..... Old Jeff Harris

Emlen Davies ...... Cora Wilson Stewart

Gloria Talbot ........ Mary Scott

Mary Field ...... Martha Beauford

Pitt Herbert ....... Mr. Beauford

George Nader

Harry Shannon

Synopsis:

Dramatizes the experiences of Cora Wilson Stewart, a county superintendent

and a teacher in a one-room school who succeeds in establishing a night

class for adults in a backward section of Kentucky which is unsympathetic

to book learning. Time: 1911. [RF]

 

Cavalcade of America: 01-Jun-1954 ABC Tue

Preempted for Boxing Championship Special Carter vs Smith

Ep 2.32 Cavalcade of America: THE SKIPPER'S LADY

08-Jun-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by William Sackheim

directed by William J. Thiele

Guest Cast:

Paul Langton ..... Captain Joshua Patten

Sally Brophy ..... Mary Patten

Harvey Stephens ...... Mr. Comstock

Lee Van Cleef

Harry Bartel

Synopsis 1:

Dramatized incidents portray the courage and skill of a captain's wife who

 was forced to assume command of a clipper ship sailing from New York to

San Francisco with the annual allotment of supplies for the Indians of

California and Oregon. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A woman in command of a ship races with it to California in an effort

to prevent an Indian uprising. [JB]

 

 [--] 15Jun54 rerun of "A Matter of Honor" (first aired 18Feb53)

 

Ep 2.33 Cavalcade of America: COURAGE IN CONNECTICUT

22-June-1954 ABC Tue

starring

Booth Colman

 

###########  Cavalcade of America  ###########

############## season 3 1954-55 ##############

##############################################

       ABC Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm EST

     24 new episodes

 

Ep 3.01  Cavalcade of America: THE GREAT GAMBLE

12-Oct-1954 ABC Tue

written by Warner Law

directed by William J. Thiele

producer Jack Chertok

starring

Whitfield Connor ...... Cyrus Field

Marjorie Lord ...... Mrs. Field

Susan Odin ...... Mary Field

Harry Shannon ...... Samuel Morse

Florenz Ames ....... Peter Morse

Robert Middleton ........ William Harper

Synopsis 1:

A dramatization about Cyrus Field, who after several unsuccessful

attempts, realized his dream of laying a cable across the Atlantic from

Newfoundland to Ireland. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of the great faith and fortitude of Cyrus Field in his

attempt to lay the first telegraphy cable beneath the Atlantic Ocean. 

Field was labeled a swindler when his first try failed, but he continued

his work. [JB]

 

 [--] 19Oct54 rerun of "Night Strike"  (first aired 29Apr53)

 

Ep 3.02 Cavalcade of America: THE FORGE

26-Oct-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 07Aug56)

written by Warner Law

directed by William J. Thiele

producer Jack Chertok

starring

George Nader ........ Eliphalet Remington II

Kathleen Crowley ......... Abigail Paddock

Walter Sande ........ Eliphalet Remington

Madge Meredith ....... Lavina Paddock

James Seay ....... William Joslin

Russell Simpson ........ Judge Grant

Roland Varna ........ Captain Von Holst

Synopsis 1:

The events in the life of Eliphalet Remington leading to the

development of his famous rifle which played an important part in American

history because it gave to the pioneers a cheap and superior substitute for

European-made weapons. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Eliphalet Remington builds his own rifle on his father’s forge. He then

enters a shooting match in an attempt to prove that American-made goods

offer worthy competition for the more expensive European-made items. [JB]

 

Ep 3.03 Cavalcade of America: MOONLIGHT WITNESS

02-Nov-1954 ABC Tue

 (not to be confused with "Moonlight School "18May54)

producer Armand Schaefer

written by Maurice Geraghty

directed by Maurice Geraghty

starring

Bruce Bennett ....... Abe Lincoln

Rhys Williams ......... William Armstrong

Claire Du Brey

Walter Reed

Michael Hall

Synopsis 1:

In the midst of preparations for his political debates with Douglas,

Lincoln successfully defends William Armstrong, a benefactor's son who is

charged with murder. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Abraham Lincoln interrupts his campaign for the U.S. Senate to defend

the son of a boyhood friend who has been charged with murder. [JB]

 

 Ep 3.04 Cavalcade of America: THE GENTLE CONQUEROR

 09-Nov-1954

written by Tom Seller
story by William Sackheim
directed by William J. Thiele
producer Jack Chertok
starring
Wilton Graff
Lamont Johnson
Ted de Corsia
Pitt Herbert
Richard Beymer
Synopsis:
A drama about Father Junipero Serra, an 18th century Spanish

missionary who devoted his life to establishing missions up and

down the coast of California. Depicts incidents connected with the

Portola Expedition to San Diego in 1769 and portrays the role of

Father Serra in civilizing the Indians there. [RF]

 

Ep 3.05 Cavalcade of America:  MOUNTAIN MAN

 16-Nov-1954

written by Paul Franklin
directed by Robert G. Walker
producer Armand Schaefer
starring
Paul Picerni  ....... James Ohio Pattie
Gregory Walcott
Guy Prescott
Eugenia Paul
Keith Richards
Synopsis:
Relates the story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write

an account of a visit to California. Reenacts his arrival in San Diego,

the Mexican provincial capital, in 1828, and portrays his role in averting

 a smallpox epidemic, thus winning the friendship of the Mexicans and

freedom for the Americans whom they held in captivity. [RF]

 

Ep 3.06 Cavalcade of America: AMERICAN THANKSGIVING

23-Nov-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 22Nov55)

written by George Faulkner & Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Regis Toomey

Ann Doran

Stephen Woottan

Marlyn Carroll

John McGovern

Doris Kemper

Richard Gaines

The history of Thanksgiving Day is presented by dramatizations of the

holiday as it was in Washington's time and Lincoln's time. [JB]

 

Ep 3.07 Cavalcade of America: ORDEAL IN BURMA

30-Nov-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Toni Gerry

Donald Murphy

Richard Loo

Keye Luke

Kam Tong

Synopsis 1:

The story of Ann and Adoniram Judson, American missionaries, whose

determination to return love and understanding for hatred not only saved

their own lives but also helped end the war between Great Britain and

Burma in 1824. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The scene is Burma and the date is 1824, during the British-Burmese

war.  Medical missionary Adoniram Judson is caught between the two

opposing armies, and finally is imprisoned by the Burmese forces. [JB]

 

Ep 3.08 Cavalcade of America: NIGHT CALL

07-Dec-1954 ABC Tue [JB] (Network Rerun 10Jan56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Larry Marcus

directed by Robert Stevenson

director of photography Harold E. Stine

starring

Dean Jagger

Donald Murphy

Sheila Bromley

Nancy Hale

Doris Kemper

Synopsis:

A dramatization of a typical twenty-four-hour period in a doctor's

life. Follows his activities during his night calls, his work at a

hospital, his office appointments, and his efforts to save the life of

a young stranger who is the victim of a rare disease. [RF]

 

Ep 3.09 Cavalcade of America: A MEDAL FOR MISS WALKER

14-Dec-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by William Sackheim

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Maura Murphy ....... Dr. Mary Walker

Frank Ferguson

DeForest Kelley

Roy Roberts

Hugh Sanders

Walter Reed

Synopsis:

A biographical account of the wartime medical service of Dr. Mary

Walker, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for her courageous

work as a civilian surgeon among Federal troops during the Civil War. [RF]

 

 [--] 21Dec54 rerun of "The Gingerbread Man"  (Repeat from 15Apr53)

 

Ep 3.10 Cavalcade of America: A MAN'S HOME

28-Dec-1954 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Eugene Vale

directed by Harry Horner

starring

Ross Elliott ....... James Otis

Emerson Treacy

Hillary Brooke

Lumsden Hare

Dorothy Green

Synopsis 1:

A dramatization of some of the events leading up to the American

Revolution. Shows the part played by James Otis in defending the right of

citizens to be protected against unreasonable search and seizure of home

and property. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Otis, a Boston lawyer serving as advocate-general to the British crown

just prior to the Revolution, resigned his post in protest against

illegal invasion of American homes. [JB]

 

Ep 3.11 Cavalcade of America: THE MARINE WHO WAS 200 YEARS OLD

04-Jan-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 31Jan56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Robert Mason Pollock

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Ward Bond ....... Lou Diamond

Gregg Palmer

John Clift

Norma Varden

James Flavin

Synopsis:

A story about Lou Diamond, a marine gunnery sergeant who refused to let

old age and sickness keep him from his post with the Fifth Marine

Regiment during World War II. [RF]

 

 [--] 11Jan55 rerun of "A Romance to Remember" (first aired 12Nov52)

 

Ep 3.12 Cavalcade of America: A MESSAGE FROM GARCIA

18-Jan-1955 ABC Tue [JB]

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Murvyn Vye ....... Ruiz

Donald Murphy ....... Lt. Andrew Rowan

Peter Mamakos ....... Sabio

James Todd ........ Col. Wagner

Salvador Baguez ......... General Garcia

Synopsis 1:

An account of the heroic mission of  Lt. Andrew Rowan, who braved the

Cuban jungles, risking capture and execution by Spanish troops in order

to obtain information to aid the United States in the Spanish-American

War. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Lt. Andrew Rowan is commissioned by the U.S. Government to take his

country’s pledge of aid to the commander of the Cuban forces in case of

war with Spain.  He goes and returns with a strange message from Garcia.

     [JB]

 

Ep 3.13 Cavalcade of America: PETTICOAT DOCTOR

25-Jan-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Jack Bennett

story by William Sackheim, Charles Larson & Jack Bennett

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Paula Raymond ........ Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell

Edgar Buchanan

Betty Caulfield

Willis Bouchey

Minerva Urecal

Synopsis 1:

A biographical account of the career of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first

woman doctor to practice in America, who, with the assistance of her

younger sister, managed the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Dr.Elizabeth Blackwell is befriended by New York newspaperman Horace

Greeley in her struggle to obtain recognition and respect for

professional women.  Dr. Blackwell was the nation’s first woman doctor. [JB]

Ep 3.14 Cavalcade of America: TAKE OFF ZERO

01-Feb-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 06Dec55)

producer Jack Denove

written by Harold Shumate

directed by Charles Bennett

starring

Lamont Johnson ........ Lt. Col. "Skeets" Coleman

Marjorie Lord ........ Lee Powell Coleman

Edgar Dearing ....... Fitz

Steve Pendleton ....... Beecher

James Seay ........ Lt. Wells

Nelson Leigh

James Flavin

Synopsis 1

The development of the XFY-1 jet airplane is dramatized in a story about

a test pilot and his difficulties in combining marriage with his career. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of the Navy’s first plane to take off vertically and of the

man, Lt. Col. “Skeets” Coleman, who made the first take-off. [JB]

 

 [--] 08Feb55 rerun of "New Salem Story"  (first aired 04Feb53)

 

Ep 3.15 Cavalcade of America: DECISION FOR JUSTICE

15-Feb-1955 ABC Tue (Network rerun 20Sep55)

producer Jack Chertok

written by Charles Larson

story by Samuel Rice

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Jeff Morrow ....... Chief Justice John Marshall

Robert Foulk

Hayden Rorke

Marjorie Lord

Dayton Lummis

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes an episode in the life of Chief Justice John Marshall,

showing how his decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison resulted in

the recognition of the Supreme Court as the final authority in the

interpretation of the Constitution. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of John Marshall, first Chief Justice of the United States

Supreme Court, and his influence on the American judicial system. [JB]

 

Ep 3.16 Cavalcade of America: THE HOSTAGE

22-Feb-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Harold Shumate

directed by Charles Bennett

starring

Glenn Langan ....... Captain Stobo

Peter Adams ....... Lt. Von Brahm

Liam Sullivan ....... George Washington

Abel Fernandez

Maurice Marsac

Synopsis 1:

A dramatization of the heroic activities of Captain Robert Stobo, who,

as a prisoner of the French during the French and Indian War, procured

for the British the plans of Forts Duquesne and Quebec and made

possible an important British victory. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Captain Richard Stobo, of the Virginia Militia, is given as a hostage

in the surrender of Fort Necessity [JB]

 

 [--] 01Mar55 rerun of "What Might Have Been" (first aired 21Jan53)

 

Ep 3.17 Cavalcade of America: THAT THEY MIGHT LIVE

             (a.k.a. "That They May Live")

8-Mar-1955 ABC Tue [JB]

produced by Jack Denove

 written by Gwen Bagni

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Booth Colman

Norbert Schiller

Emlen Davies

Paul Hurvey

Louis Jean Heydt

Claire Du Brey

Synopsis 1:

A biographical drama about Doctor Abraham Jacobi and his wife, Doctor

Mary Putnam Jacobi, whose theories about prenatal and child care brought

about the recognition of pediatrics as a separate branch of medicine. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Dr. Abraham Jacobi and his doctor-wife wage a battle against prejudice

in an attempt to gain special treatment for sick children. [JB] 

 

Ep 3.18 Cavalcade of America: MAN ON THE BEAT

15-Mar-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 27Mar56)

written by Charles Larson

directed by William J. Thiele

producer Jack Chertok

starring

William Campbell .... Officer Clyde Bannon
Constance Ford ...... Mrs. Bannon
Harry Lauter ........ Ray Marshall
Hal Baylor .......... Lumberjack
Vincent Padula ...... Counterman
Joe McTurk .......... Newstand Operator

Richard Crane

Synopsis:

Typical incidents in the daily life of a city patrolman are used

in explaining the role of the police force in protecting citizens and

maintaining order in the community. [RF]

 

[--] 22Mar55 rerun of "All’s Well With Lydia" (first aired 15Oct52)

 

Ep 3.19 Cavalcade of America: THE SHIP THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

29-Mar-1955 ABC Tue  (Network Rerun 31Jun56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Robert Stevenson

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

John Ericson

Carl Benton Reid

Alex Gerry

Robert Warwick

Lumsden Hare

Archer MacDonald

Synopsis 1:

A dramatization of events leading to the construction of the Monitor,

the ironclad ship built by the Federal Government during the Civil War

to oppose the Merrimac. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The time is the Civil War and the place is the Atlantic Ocean.  The

ship Merrimac threatens to break the blockade of Southern ports.  A former

Swedish army officer saves the union by building the ironclad Monitor. [RF]

 

 [--] 05Apr55 - rerun of "No Greater Love"  (first aired 10Dec52)

 

Ep 3.20 Cavalcade of America: THE GIFT OF DR. MINOT

12-Apr-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Larry Marcus

directed by Charles Bennett

starring

Walter Coy ....... Dr. George Minot

Richard Erdman ....... Harry Jordan

Aline Towne ...... Marion Minot

Phyllis Coates ....... Barbara Leland

Noel Toy ........ Mrs. Nomura

Don Shelton

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the career of Dr. George Minot, and Nobel prize winner who

disregarded his own diabetic condition and successfully continued his

experiments to effect a cure for pernicious anemia. Time: 1922. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of a Boston physician who neglected his own health in an

effort to find a cure for the dreaded pernicious anemia. [JB]

 

 [--] 19Apr55 rerun of "The Indomitable Blacksmith" (first aired 01Apr53)

 

Ep 3.21  Cavalcade of America: HOW TO RAISE A BOY

26-Apr-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 26Jun56)

producer Jack Denove

written by Edith Sommer & Robert Soderberg

directed by Lewis Foster

photography by Clark Ramsey

starring

Paul Kelly

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Gordon Gebert

Tommy Ivo

Brad Morrow

Tyler McVey

George Marshall

Ferris Taylor

Synopsis:

Shows how the influences of a farm environment, the necessity of

assuming responsibility, and the receiving of faith and trust from a loving

family contribute toward the rehabilitation of an unhappy city orphan. [RF]

 

Ep 3.22 Cavalcade of America: STAY ON, STRANGER!

03-May-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 12Jun56)

producer Jack Chertok

written by Jack Bennett

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Peggy Converse ....... Mrs. Alice Lloyd

Lon Chaney ....... Zeke Wells

Sallie Brophy ....... Alice Sloane

Edgar Buchanan ....... Doc Mathew

Adrienne Marden ....... Mrs. Sloane

Louise Lorimer ........ Mrs. Bacon

James Griffin ........ Clay Doggett

Synopsis 1:

Tells how Mrs. Alice Lloyd, a forty-year-old Bostonian, started a

school in the mountain town of  Caney, Ky., in 1916 and gradually overcame

local opposition to education by showing that her students could use

their education to help their own community. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A courageous woman brings the light of education to the dark,

prejudiced hills of Carney Creek [JB]

 

Ep 3.23 Cavalcade of America: SUNRISE ON A DIRTY FACE

10-May-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Jack Laird

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Jack Kelly ....... James E. West

Lois Collier ....... Marion

Peter Reynolds ....... Jeremy

James Seay ....... Theodore Dreiser

Raymond Greenleaf ........ Judge DeLacy

Patrick O'Moore ........ Attorney

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the campaign waged by James E. West and Theodore Dreiser to

establish the first juvenile court in the District of Columbia. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Half a century ago a young attorney named James E. West became interested

in juvenile delinquents.  His fight for more humane treatment of mistreated

 youngster led to a great improvement in the laws. [JB]

 

[--] 17May55 rerun of "Experiment at Monticello"  (first aired 04Mar53)

 

Ep 3.24 Cavalcade of America: SIX HOURS TO DEADLINE

24-May-1955 ABC Tue (Network rerun 11Oct55)

 producer Jack Denove

written by Larry Marcus

directed by Jack Denove

starring

John McIntire

Synopsis:

A drama about a newspaper editor's reluctant decision to print a story

which will bring sorrow to a man whom he deeply respects. [RF]

 

[--] 31May55 rerun of "Slater’s Dream"  (first aired 13May53)

 

Ep 3.25 Cavalcade of America: THE PALMETTO CONSPIRACY

07-Jun-1955 ABC Tue

written by Charles Bennett

directed by Charles Bennett

producer Jack Denove

starring

Pierre Watkin ........ Allan Pinkerton

Richard Hale ........ Lincoln

Byron Palmer ........ Joseph Howard

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes the part played by Allan Pinkerton and his National

Detective Agency in thwarting a Southern plot to assassinate Lincoln as he

passed through Baltimore in 1861 on his way to his first inauguration. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Det. Allan Pinkerton thwarts a plot to kill President-elect Abraham

Lincoln in 1861. [JB]

 

 [--] 14-Jun-1955 - Unknown

 

Ep 3.26  Cavalcade of America: THE RESCUE OF DR. BEANES

21-Jun-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 03Jul56)

written by Harold Shumate

directed by Sobey Martin

photography by Frederick Gateley

producer Jack Denove

starring

Donald Murphy ........ Francis Scott Key

Paula Raymond ........ Polly Key

Christopher Dark ........ Richard West

Griff Barnett ........ Dr. Beanes

Byron Palmer

Anthony Eustral

Barry Bernard

Synopsis 1:

Dramatizes events in the life of Francis Scott Key which led him to

write The Star-Spangled Banner. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

During the War of 1812 a Baltimore attorney goes on a rescue mission

behind the British lines.  His name is Francis Scott Key and the trip

inspires him to write our present national anthem, “The Star Spangled

Banner.” [JB]

 

 

########## DuPont Cavalcade Theatre ##########

############## season 4 1955-56 ##############

##############################################

       ABC Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm EST

       26 new episodes

 

Ep 4.01 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: A TIME FOR COURAGE

13-Sept-1955 ABC Tue

starring

Hugh Beaumont ....... Coach [RF]

Gloria Talbott ....... Nancy Merki [JB]

Synopsis:

The story of "Nancy Merki and the swimming coach who led her to victory

over polio and to Olympic stardom. [RF]

 

 [--] 20Sep55 rerun of "Decision for Justice" (first aired 15Feb55)

 

Ep 4.02 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE TEXAS RANGER

          (imdb have title "Texas Pioneers")

27-September-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun  09Apr57)

producer Jack Denove

written by Larry Marcus

directed by Alvin Ganzer

starring: [JB]

Jim Davis ....... J.L. Armstrong

William Talman ....... Wes Hardin

Malcolm Atterbury .......... Conductor

Gary Gray ........ Butcher Boy  / (imdb have character Apple Knocker)

Synopsis:

A phase of the work of the Texas Rangers in the late nineteenth century is

 described in a dramatization about J. L. Armstrong, the ranger who captured

 John Wesley Hardin on a train in Florida and thwarted the prisoner's efforts

 to escape during the long train journey from Florida to Texas. [RF]

 

Ep 4.03 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: TOWARD TOMORROW

04-Oct-1955 ABC Tue

starring:

James Edwards ........ Ralph Bunche

McHenry Norman ........ the Young Ralph

Maidie Norman
Ruby Goodwin

Synopsis:

A tribute to Dr. Ralph Bunche, undersecretary of the United Nations. 

The drama is based on the early life of the statesman, who was orphaned

at the age of  8 and was guided from then on by his aged grandmother. [JB]

 

[--] 11Oct55 rerun of "Six Hours to Deadline" (first aired 24May55)

 

Ep 4.04 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DISASTER PATROL

18-Oct-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Charles Bennett

directed by Charles Bennett

Starring [JB]

Steve Brodie

Jean Ruth

Robert Anderson

Synopsis 1:

The work, organization, and purpose of the Civil Air Patrol is described in

 a dramatization about a CAP pilot in California who risks his life to fly

doctors and emergency supplies into a canyon community seriously damaged

by an earthquake. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A tale of the Civil Air Patrol. A wartime flier has promised his wife

he'd never fly again.  But he is needed for a mercy mission. [JB]

 

Ep 4.05 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE SWAMP MUTINY (a.k.a. "The Swamp Fox")

25-Oct-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Frederic M. Frank

directed by William J. Thiele

starring

Hans Conried ....... General Francis Marion

Nancy Hadley

Ron Randell

Paul Brinegar

Synopsis 1:

A historical drama showing how General Francis Marion, a colonial officer

 during the American Revolution, won the admiration and eventually the

support of a young British officer who witnessed the general's tactical

suppression of a mutiny among colonial volunteer soldiers.

Setting: Georgetown S. C., in 1780. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

General Francis Marion must hold back the British Army and at the same

time fight mutiny in his own Revolutionary troops. [JB]

 

Ep 4.06 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: CHAIN OF HEARTS

01-Nov-1955 ABC Tue

starring:

Charles Bronson ......... John Staniszewski

Joyce McCluskey ........ Dolly Staniszewski

Synopsis:

The story of John Staniszewski, a polish seaman who tried to gain American

citizenship after World War II. [JB]

 

 [--] 08Nov55 - No information available [JB]

 

Ep 4.07 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: ONE DAY AT A TIME

15-Nov-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 12Mar57)

starring

James Daly ........ Bill
James Bell ........ Dr. Bob
John Litel ......... Dr. Silkworth
Eve March ......... Ann
Barbara Eiler ......... Lois
James Best ......... Harry
Hugh Sanders ......... Burton
Herbert Lytton ......... Jack

Synopsis:

This is the true story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. The

principals in the organization were two alcoholics, one a financial genius,

the other a doctor.  Both men's lives and careers were threatened by their

drinking problem, until they found that by working together they could

cure each other and other victims. [JB]

 

[--] 22Nov55 rerun of "American Thanksgiving" (first aired 23Nov54)

 

Ep 4.08 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: CRISIS IN PARIS

29-Nov-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Jack Laird

directed by William J. Thiele

Starring

Howard St.John.

Synopsis 1:

A drama showing how Benjamin Franklin, an inexperienced diplomat and member

of the American Commission to France, negotiated a treaty providing for

French aid to the Colonies in their war with England.

Setting: Paris, during the American Revolution. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

As American's emissary in Paris, Benjamin Franklin has two problems: to

negotiate a treaty with the French, and to bring two lovers together. [JB]

 

[--] 06Dec55 rerun of "Take off Zero (first aired 01Feb55)

 

Ep 4.09 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DOCTOR ON WHEELS

13-Dec-1955 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 28Aug56)

starring: [JB]

Lamont Johnson ....... Paul Shearer

Betty Lynn ......... Beth Shearer

John Deere ....... Bobbie Jeffers

Synopsis:

A true story of a Saskatchewan farm boy who finished medical school in a

wheel chair after he became paralyzed by polio. [JB]

 

Ep 4.10 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: BARBED WIRE CHRISTMAS

20-Dec-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Denove

written by Larry Marcus

directed by Robert Stevenson

starring

Chuck Connors ....... Harry

Strother Martin ....... Wilkins

John Bryant ....... Fred

Alan Aric ....... Human Wreck

Norbert Schiller

Synopsis:

A documentary drama about life in a German prison camp. When a group of

 GIs in a German prison camp in 1944 pool their resources in order to hold

a Christmas Mass, the prison commandant not only permits the service to

 continue but, with the guards, joins the prisoners in their worship. [RF]

 

Ep 4.11 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: POSTMARK: DANGER

27-Dec-1955 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Jack Laird

directed by William J. Thiele

starring: [JB]

Barry Atwater ....... Chet McCleary

Scott Forbes ....... Agent Gorson Willis

Stacy Keach ....... Warren Andrews

Russell Johnson ....... Karl Nader

Synopsis 1:

The work of a postal inspector is described in a dramatization about two

postal inspectors who expose the civilian supervisor of a prison mail room

as an extortionist who has been using the mails to defraud the parents of

servicemen reported missing during the Korean War. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Swindlers have been approaching parents of boys missing in Korea. They

claim to be able to return the boys to their homes in exchange for a fee.

A postal agent is on the racketeers' trail. [JB]

 

Ep 4.12 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE BOY WHO WALKED TO AMERICA

03-Jan-1956 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 04Sep56)

starring

Hugh Beaumont

John Dennis

Synopsis:

Based on a true story of a Korean youngster who to give up his dream.

With the assistance of sympathetic soldiers and a Catholic priest, the

boy managed to achieve his dream of going to America. [JB]

 

 [--] 10Jan56 rerun of "Night Call" (first aired 07Dec54)

 

Ep 4.13 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE PRISON WITHIN

17-Jan-1956 ABC Tue (Network rerun 11Sep56)

starring

Gloria Talbott ....... Mary

Claire Carleton ....... Mrs. Carlson

Joi Lansing ....... Florence

Mark Damon ....... Bill

Ed Platt ....... Dr. Banner

Synopsis 1:

A convicted forger is paroled, but her parole officer is troubled by her

inexplicable behavior. [JB]

Synopsis 2: (from rerun 11Sep56)

A girl is overcome with remorse when the soldier she refused to marry

is killed in Korea.  Her unusual guilt complex leads her to commit a

series of crimes, for which she is imprisoned. [JB]

 

Ep 4.14 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: STAR AND THE SHIELD

        24-Jan-1956 ABC Tue

producer Jack Chertok

written by Merwin Gerard

directed by William J. Thiele

starring: [JB]

Walter Sande ....... William Campbell

Cheryl Callaway ....... Margaret Couche

Gordon Jones ....... Lt. Treusch

Elizabeth Patterson ....... Mrs. Couche

Harry Harvey, Sr. ....... Mayor Thorout

Harry Lauter ....... Harry Grant

Joyce Holden ....... Helen Grant

Synopsis 1:

A story about a warmhearted police officer in Union City, N. J., who

attempts to secure an apartment in a low-cost housing project for an

embittered old woman and her five-year-old grand-daughter. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The true story of a Union City, N.J., policeman who came to the rescue

of an old woman and her young granddaughter who were being evicted. [JB]

 

[--] 31Jan56 rerun of "The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old (first aired 04Jan55)

 

Ep 4.15 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE SECRET LIFE OF JOE SWEDIE

07-Feb-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Chick Chandler ....... Joe Swedie

Ed Platt

Linda Stirling.

The story of Joe Swedie, a child-therapist who helps bedridden children

in hospitals to retain an interest in life. [JB]

 

 [--] 14Feb56 rerun of "Major Pauline" (first aired 01Dec53)

 

Ep 4.16 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: CALL HOME FROM THE HEART

21-Feb-1956 ABC Tue

Starring

Keye Luke

Kristine Miller
Teru Shimada

Synopsis:

The true story of the Japanese gardener who, under the sponsorship of a

pioneer civic leader, beautified Miami Beach area with his imaginative

planting of lush greenery. He eventually became one of the city's honored

citizens. [JB]

 

 [--] 28Feb56 rerun of "Smyrna Incident" (first aired 19Jan54)

 

Ep 4.17 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE LISTENING HAND

06-Mar-1956 ABC Tue

Starring

Barbara Eiler and John Craven as the Hathaways.

Edith Evanson as Mrs. Pipes
Ruth Lee as Nurse Edwards
Synopsis:

The Hathaways are a deaf and blind couple who fight for their right to

keep and care for their newborn baby. [JB]

 

[--] 13Mar56 rerun of "Breakfast at Nancy's" (first aired 13Oct53)

 

Ep 4.18 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: A LIFE TO LIVE BY

a Four Star Films, Inc. Production

20-Mar-1956 ABC Tue

Executive Producer Don W. Sharpe [SG]
Produced by Warren Lewis
Screenplay by Laszlo Gorog
From an article by Melvin Durslag
Editorial Supervisor, Bernard Burton

starring:

John Ericson ........ Leon Patterson

  Sally Frazer ........ Dixie Patterson

Russ Conway ........ Coach O'Brien

Chris Warfield ........ Joe Wilson

Alexander Campbell ... Doctor
Shirley Bernard ...... Betty Wilson

Synopsis 1:

The story of a California schoolboy who, in spite of the knowledge that

he has an inaccurate disease, sets the world's record for the high school

shot-put and leads a full life before death overtakes him. [JB]

Synopsis 2:
The story of a boy who knew he was doomed by disease but won sports

and scholastic honors and a full life before death came. [RF]

*Note: True story from Taft, California.
**This episode aired in syndication on Celebrity Playhouse (date unknown).
 

 [--] 27Mar56 rerun of "The Man on the Beat" (first aired 15Mar55)

 

Ep 4.19 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE DOLL WHO FOUND A MOTHER

03-Apr-1956 ABC Tue

Starring

Cheryl Callaway

Peggy Webber

Mort Mills

Synopsis:

A judge introduces the parents of an unhappy child to a toy loan library.    [JB]

 

 [--] 10Apr56 rerun of "Young Andy Jackson" (first aired 23Mar54)

 

Ep 4.20 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE JACKIE JENSEN STORY (verified on video)

     17-Apr-1956 ABC Tuesday (Network Rerun 16Apr57)

    (in Europe featured in the 1992 compilation series "Serie Noire")

      Copyright 1956

      Four Star Films, Inc

      Executive Producer Don W. Sharpe/ Produced by Warren Lewis

      Directed by Alvin Ganzer

      Screenplay by Lou Rusoff

      Editorial Supervisor Bernard Burton

      Director of Photography  George E. Diskant

      Cast: (verified on video)

      Jackie Jensen (in person)..... Jackie Jensen (adult)

      Ross Elliott ................. Ralph Kerchum

      B.G. Norman ...............Jackie (age 13)

      Gary Gray .................. Jackie (age 16)

      Vivi Janniss ............Mrs. Jensen

      Lorna Thayer ............Miss Holmes

      Stafford Repp ...... Thompson

      Skip Torgeson ...........Young Tough

      John Close ..........Instructor

      Rickey Murray ....Timmy

      Jeff Froner .............School boy

Synopsis:

True story of Red Sox star outfielder Jackie Jensen and Ralph Kerchum,

the high school teacher whose guidance and friendship made the difference

 between greatness or oblivion. [RF]

 

 [--] 24Apr56 rerun of "The Stolen General" (first aired 06Oct53)

 

Ep 4.21 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DIPLOMATIC OUTPOST

01-May-1956 ABC Tue

starring: [JB]

John Hudson ........ Ed Connors

Cynthia Stone ........ Pat Connors

Willis Bouchey ........ Carver

Richard Loo ........ Ho Chung

Bob Karnes ........ Saunders

Synopsis:

In the Far East, a young American diplomat and his wife cope with a polio

epidemic and the threat of civil war. [JB]

 

Ep 4.22 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DANGER ON (AT) CLOVER RIDGE

08-May-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Robert Horton

 

15-May-56 rerun of "The Gift of Dr. Minot" (first aired 12Apr55)

 

Ep 4.23 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: WHO IS BYINGTON?

22-May-56 ABC Tue [JB]

starring

Harry Morgan ........ Byington

Dan Tobin ....... Graffan

Tom Powers ........ Wilkeson

George Chandler ....... Proprietor

Anthony Joachim ...... Trone

Synopsis:

A quick-thinking reporter becomes an important factor in the rescue of

hundreds of Union troops during the Civil War. [JB]

 

Ep 4.24 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE BOY NOBODY WANTED

   29-May-1956 ABC Tue (Network Reruns 02Oct56/26Feb57)

produced by Warren Lewis

written by Laszlo Gorog

from an article by Winifred L. Van Atta & Gwendolen Sherman

directed by Richard Kinon

starring

Johnny Crawford ........ Billy Brandon the boy

Ron Hagerthy ........ Billy Brandon the man

Virginia Gregg ........ Mrs. Sherman

Jean Janess ........ Martha Wheelock

Roy Barcroft ........ Herbert Wheelock

James Nolan ........ Nick Brandon

Milton Frome ....... Mr. Reynolds

Mike Winkelman ........ Tommy Reynolds

Don Ross as Reporter

Synopsis 1:

Billy Brandon's father is a good man, but also a professional

gambler who doesn't have much time for his son. Left alone

one day, he gets into a fight with a neighbor's boy who taunts

him about his father being a gambler. The boy is accidently killed

when he falls and hits his head. The boy's father, editor of the local

newspaper, takes revenge by smearing Billy's dad in his paper.

 As a result, Nick Brandon is soon imprisoned and Billy is sent

to an adoption agency. Luckily, he is adopted by an older couple

and his life becomes filled with love. He grows to be an A student

and a war hero. When his father is finally released from prison,

Billy must make a hard decision. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
After he accidentally caused a playmate's death, an eight-year-old youngster's future

doesn't look very bright. His father has been put in jail for gambling, and the only person

who has any interest in the boy is a social worker. [JB]

 

Ep 4.25 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS

05-June-1956 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 04Jun57)

Executive producer Don W. Sharpe/ producer Warren Lewis

written by Al C. Ward

story by Cornelius Ryan

directed by Lewis R. Foster

starring

Peter Graves ...... Major Thomas D. Howie

Nick Dennis ....... Sgt. Chiaco

Morris Ankrum ....... Major General C.H. Gerhardt

Frank Gerstle ........ Brigadier General N.D. Cota

Robert Crosson ........ Lt. Eldon Monk Morgan

Stuart Whitman ........ Captain W.H. Putenney

James Dobson ........ 1st G.I.

Ed Kemmer ........ Major S.V. Bingham Jr.

Synopsis 1

Major Thomas D. Howie of the 3rd Battallion, 116th Infantry, 29th Division.

 He lies at rest between a Private and a General in the American Cemetery

in Normandy, overlooking Omaha Beach. He was loved by his men, though an

enigma to some, and loved reading verses from Edgar Lee Masters "Spoon

River Anthology", "These are the ghosts from the desolate coasts...would

you go to them...only pursue them...whatever enshrined is within you ..is

you." [RF]

* Based on Cornelius Ryan's article "The Major of St. Lo" in Collier's

June 8, 1956.

Synopsis  2:

Presented in observance of the 12th anniversary of D-Day, it's the story

of the role played by Major Tom Howie in the Normandy campaign. [JB]

 

Note:  Last show of the season, repeats aired until 18Sep56

 

--------------------------------------

Summer Reruns on ABC (12Jun56-18Sep56)

--------------------------------------

 [--] 12Jun56 rerun of "Stay On, Stranger" (Repeat from 03May55)

[--] 19Jun56 - No information available

 [--] 26Jun56 rerun of "How to Raise a Boy" (Repeat from 26Apr55)

 [--] 03Jul56 rerun of "The Rescue of Dr. Beanes" (Repeat from 21Jun55)

 [--] 10Jul56 rerun of "Sunset at Appomattox" (Repeat from 20Oct53)

 [--] 17Jul56 rerun of "Man of Glass" (Repeat from 26Jan54)

 [--] 24Jul56 rerun of "G for Goldberger" (Repeat from 12Jan54)

 [--] 31Jul56 rerun of "The Ship that Shook the World" (Repeat from 29Mar55)

 [--] 07Aug56 The Forge (Repeat from 26Oct54)

[--] 14Aug56  - Preempted for the Democratic Convention

[--] 21Aug56  - Preempted for the Republican Convention

 [--] 28Aug56 rerun of "Doctor on Wheels" (Repeat from 03Dec55)

 [--] 04Sep56 rerun of "The Boy Who Walked to America (Repeat from 03Jan56)

 [--] 11Sep56 rerun of "The Prison Within" (Repeat from 17Jan56)

 

 

########## DuPont Cavalcade Theatre ##########

############## season 5 1956-57 ##############

################ (final season) ################

        ABC Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm EST 

 

Ep 5.01 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: MONUMENT TO A YOUNG MAN

18-Sep-1956 ABC Tue  

Starring:

Miguel Landa ....... Armando Castro

John Beradino ....... Julio Gonzales

Perry Lopez ....... Pete Salavedo

Michael Fox ........ George Wooley

Synopsis:

The factual story of the efforts of a Los Angeles police detective, school

 principal, and star athlete to help a juvenile delinquent. [JB]

Note:

Tonight the series begins its fall season, presenting documentary and

factual dramas instead of fictional dramas. [JB]

 

Ep 5.02 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: A BED OF ROSES

25-Sep-1956 ABC Tue

Executive producer Don W. Sharpe/ producer Warren Lewis

written by Ben Canfield

directed by John Meredyth Lewis

starring

Susan Kohner

Dick Foran

Greta Granstedt

James Lilburn

Kathryn Card

Arlen Stuart

Ottola Nesmith

Sam Flint

Synopsis:

An engaged girl disagrees with her parents about the kind of wedding

ceremony she should have. She wants an elaborate church wedding; her

parents insist on a simple home ceremony. (JB)

 

 [--] 02Oct56 rerun of "The Boy Nobody Wanted" (first aired 29May56)

 

Ep 5.03 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE PEOPLE AND GENERAL GLANCY

09-Oct-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Minor Watson

Synopsis:

The small community of Duluth, Ga., is desperately in need of a hospital,

but refuses to accept a wealthy industrialist's check. [JB]

 

Ep 5.04 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: WILD APRIL

16-Oct-1956 ABC Tue

starring

John McIntire
Jesse White
Robert Wilke
Willis Bouchey
Paul Newlan
Synopsis 1:
Portrays events in the later life of John Chapman better known

as Johnny Appleseed, showing his influence on the pioneers who

lived in a small community in the Ohio River Valley. [RF]
Synopsis 2:

The story of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. [JB]

 

Ep 5.05 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE HOBO KID

23-Oct-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Robert Foulk  ........ Dad Roberts
Reba Waters ......... Billie (child)
Caroline Craig ...... Billie (teenager)
Penny Carpenter ..... Vi (child)
Melinda Plowman ..... Vi (teenager)
Adrienne Marden ..... Ma Roberts
Synopsis 1:
A truant-officer tracks down a kid who's not in school because he's

watching his father drink himself to death. (possibly not this episode)
Synopsis 2:
The story of the daughter of migratory farm workers. Her parents don't believe

 in "schooling", so Billie has to fight stubbornly to get her education. [RF]

 

Ep 5.06 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DATE WITH A STRANGER

30-Oct-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Judith Braun ....... Julie

Arthur Franz ....... Casimir Pulaski

Madge Blake ....... Mrs. Morrissey

Jess Kirkpatrick

Synopsis:

An Austrian girl is desperate because she is about to be deported from

the U.S.  She prays to George Washington for help. This results in a

mysterious encounter with a man named Casimir Pulaski. [JB]

 

 [--] 06Nov56 Preempted for Presidential Election.

 

Ep 5.07 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER

13-Nov-1956 ABC Tue

starring

Don Taylor

Reba Tassell ....... Joan

Synopsis:

Don Taylor stars as a newspaper reporter that has lived his whole life

believing in the biblical maxim of "As Ye Sow, so Shall Ye Reap." When

he is seriously injured while investigating a juvenile gang fight, he

begins to lose his faith. [JB]

 

Ep 5.08 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: WOMAN'S WORK

20-Nov-1956 ABC Tue

Directed by William Seiter

starring

Walter Brennan

 Mary Murphy

James Best
Jane Darwell

Synopsis:

An elderly man lets his son and the boy's bride live in the family home.

His intentions are to turn the girl into a household slave, but she has

a different idea. [JB]

 

Ep 5.09 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: RETURN OF THE BOMBARDIER

27-Nov-1956 ABC Tue

Starring:

Skip Homeir

Sue Carlton

Synopsis:

During his imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp, an American flier finds

that religion gives him the strength he needs to withstand hardship. He

vows to return to Japan to preach the word of God if he is ever released.

     [JB]

 

Ep 5.10 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: PURSUIT OF A PRINCESS

04-Dec-1956 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 21May57)

Starring:

Brian Aherne ...... John Kirk
Fred Clark ........ Ollendorf
Ida Moore ......... Miss Liz
Paul Burns ........ Joseph
Dick Elliott ...... Williams

Synopsis 1:

Two collectors of historical American carvings compete to find the rarest

 and most valuable works. Their rivalry reaches its peak when both are

given the opportunity to obtain the works of Samuel Clayton, the famous

maker of cigar Indian sculpture. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

Long-time partners in an antique business break up when one of them marries

the other's former girl friend. Each opens an antique store, keeping a

wary eye on the other's activities. When the married partner starts

collecting cigar-store Indians, the other begins to thwart his every

effort. [JB]

 

Ep 5.11 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: ONCE A HERO

11-Dec-1956 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 14May57)

starring

Ward Bond

Ben Johnson

Richard Eyer

Synopsis:

An ex-rodeo champion who feels he has failed as a father tries to gain

respect in his son's eyes by going back to the rodeo where he was once

successful. [JB]

 

Ep 5.12 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE BLESSED MIDNIGHT

18-Dec-1956 ABC Tue

Starring:

Maureen O'Sullivan stars

Danny Richards, Jr. ....... Teddy

David Saber ....... Billy

Frances Bavier ....... Mrs. Hayes

Carole Wells ........ Marilyn Hayes

Virginia Gregg ........ Aunt Agnes

Synopsis:

A youngster steals a cake from a bakery to give his aunt. With the help

of a friend his own age, the boy tries to keep from being caught. [JB]

 

Ep 5.13 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THREE YOUNG KINGS

25-Dec-1956 ABC Tue

Starring:

Nestor Paiva,

Alma Beltram

Edward Colmans

Robert Hernandez
Tony Terry
Carlos Vera

Synopsis:

As part of the Christmas festivities in a Latin-American village, youngster

traditionally distribute gifts to other children whose parents purchased

the presents. The gift-givers almost start a revolt one year by giving

the gifts to the poor children instead. [JB]

 

Ep 5.14 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE TWO WORLD OF NICOLO

01-Jan-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Peter Reynolds ........ Nicolo

James Sealy ........ Mr. Watson

Sheila Bromley ........ Mrs. Watson

Joe Perry ....... William Dircks

Susan Odin ....... Martha Watson

Gary Gray ........ John Sargent

Synopsis:

A teenage Italian boy comes to this country to attend high school as an

exchange student. He is thrilled and happy with everything about his visit,

until he learns his family in Italy is in trouble. [JB]

 

Ep 5.15 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE HOUSE OF EMPTY ROOMS

08-Jan-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Ann Harding ........ Mrs. Milgrim

Helen Westcott ........ Christine

Ross Ford ........ Bill

Carol Veazie ........ Hattie

Robert Crosson ........ Ron

Beverly Long ....... Dilly

Judith Ames ....... Carol

Synopsis:

A widow worries about the years ahead. All the children are living far

away, and her house seems increasingly empty and lonely each day. [JB]

 

Ep 5.16 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: LEAP TO HEAVEN

15-Jan-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Bob Richards ....... Bob Richards (Adult)

Hal Stalmaster ....... Bob Richards (Child)

Richard Tyler ....... Bob Richards (Youth)

Synopsis 1:

Story of two-time Olympic champion Bob Richards in Polevaulting (1952-1956).

 [RF]

Synopsis 2:

The story of Bob Richards, young football halfback who became famous as an

 Olympic pole-vault champion, then moved on to the ministry. [JB]

 

Ep 5.17 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DOWRY FOR ILONA

22-Jan-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Dan Barton ....... Miklos

Caroline Craig ....... Ilona

Oscar Homolka ....... Jeno

Steven Geray ....... Bela

Synopsis:

A young Hungarian-American couple fall in love and plan to marry. They

announce their intentions to their parents, and immediately a family

rivalry emerges.  Both fathers want to present impressive marriage gifts.

[JB]

 

Ep 5.18 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE MAN FROM ST. PAUL

29-Jan-1957 ABC Tue

Producer Warren Lewis
Directed by William Thiele
starring
Paul Picerni ....... Principal John Norton

Synopsis:

Principal John Norton befriends a youngster who is accused of robbery, and

obtains a parole for the boy. He even gets him a job as cashier in the

school lunchroom. When money is stolen from the lunchroom, the boy becomes

the number-one suspect, and Norton again comes to his assistance. [JB]

 

Ep 5.19 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: ARE TREES PEOPLE?

05-Feb-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Ruth Donnelly ....... Ma Dolan

Jean Howell ....... Ann Dolan Malone

Marjorie Bennett ....... Birdie O'Connell

Ed Brophy ....... Moran

Percy Helton ....... Mr. Fuller

Synopsis:

An elderly Irishwoman is living alone in suburban home given to her by her

married daughter. On a trip back to the Bronx to visit old friends, she

discovers three orphan youngsters, and takes them home with her, without

notifying the proper authorities. [JB]

 

Ep 5.20 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DECISION FOR A HERO

12-Feb-1957 ABC Tue

starring

Guy Williams

John Ericson

Joan Evans.

Synopsis 1:

Joe Loring, a college football player, doesn't know it, but Dewey Elton,

a fellow student, has been writing letters home saying they are best

friends. When Dewey dies unexpectedly, his parents arrive on campus and

want to talk about him with Joe. [JB]

 

Ep 5.21 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE FRIGHTENED WITNESS

19-Feb-1957 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 28May57)

produced by Don W. Sharpe & Warren Lewis

written by Malvin Wald & Jack Jacobs

story by Mildred Cram

directed by Anton M. Leader

starring

Barbara Billingsley ....... Harriet Kohler

Dan Duryea ....... Joe Kohler

Herbert Rudley ........ Lt. Folson

Harold Stone ........ Craig

Philip Van Zandt ....... Mario

Lewis Charles ....... Hood

Synopsis:

Joe Kohler happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He witnesses

 a mob hit when a car deliberately runs over a pedestrian. When mob

lieutenant Craig tells Joe that he had best keep quiet and even stops home

with him to see his family, Joe gets the point. But Joe doesn't like being

intimidated and goes to the police to tell his story and do the right thing.

 [RF]

 

[--] 26Feb57 2nd rerun of "The Boy Nobody Wanted" (first aired 29May56)

Ep 5.22 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE MAN WHO ASKED NO FAVORS

05-Mar-1957 ABC Tue

Starring

Lew Ayers

Synopsis:

During a dry spell, members of a preacher's congregation demand that he

ask the Lord to send them rain.  He refuses, which enrages his followers. [JB]

 

[--] 12Mar57 rerun of "One Day at a Time" (first aired 15Nov55)

 

Ep 5.23 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: DON MARSHALL'S BRAT

19-Mar-1957 ABC Tue

Producer Warren Lewis
Written by Michael Fessier
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Director of photography Charles Straumer
Editor Marsh Hendry
starring
Patty McCormack ....... Trudy Marshall
Russell Johnson ....... Don Marshall
Paul Fix
Barbara Eiler
Kenneth MacDonald
William Challee
Francis McDonald
Betty Farrington
Charles Smith

Synopsis:

Young Trudy Marshall is an 11-year old who dreams of ending the feud

between her parents and maternal grandfather.  When she saves the life

of an elderly Mexican bandit, the Calaveras Kid, he decides to help her.

[JB]

 

Ep 5.24 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE WIDOW IS WILLING

26-Mar-1957 ABC Tue

Producer Warren Lewis
Teleplay by Dane Lussier
Story by Merle Constiner
Directed by Harry Horner
Director of photography Howard Schwartz
Editor Marsh Hendry
starring
Anne Jeffreys
Robert Sterling
Claire Carleton
Anthony Jochim
Paul Keast
Jean Inness
Dee Carroll
Pat O'Hara
Emmett Vogan
Synopsis:
A widow falls for the charming con who is after her land.
 

Ep 5.25 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE LAST SIGNER

02-Apr-1957 ABC Tue

starring
Kevin McCarthy ....... Frank O'Keefe
Vladimir Sokoloff ....... Jake Bartosh
Barbara Woodell ....... Miss Bronson
Brad Morrow ....... Jerry
Robert Osterloh ....... Sam Houghton
Lisa Montell ....... Frederica
Joe Quinn ....... Policeman
Otto Waldis

Synopsis:

Citizen's of an American town are infuriated when a Czech immigrant

signs his name to one of the historical copies of the Declaration of

Independence. [JB]

 

 [--] 09Apr57 rerun of "The Texas Ranger" (Repeat from 27Sep55)

 

 [--] 16Apr57 rerun of "The Jackie Jenson Story" (Repeat from 17Apr56)

 

Ep 5.26 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: THE SHARK ON THE MOUNTAIN

23-Apr-1957 ABC Tue

Starring:

Richard Eyer ....... Brian Beck

James Gleason ....... Noah Larkin

Jean Howell ....... Ruth Beck

Ross Elliott ....... Zack Garson

Ted Stanhope ....... Mr. Higby

Henry Kulky ....... Ernie

Synopsis:

Young Brian Beck is addicted to telling tall tales. After he sees a man

killed he tells his best friend Noah, that he is in danger. But the old

man thinks it's another of Brian's stories and ignores the boy's pleas

for help. With the killer getting closer, Brian decides to go after the

criminal himself. [JB]

 

Ep 5.27 DuPont Cavalcade Theatre: CHICAGO 2-1-2

30-Apr-1957 ABC Tue

30-Apr-1957
Don W. Sharpe-Warren Lewis Production
Screenplay by William P. Rousseau
Directed by Norman Foster
starring
Frank Lovejoy ......... Ed McCook
Roy Thinnes ........... Arsonist
Tomi Thurston ......... Girl
Curley Bradley
Franklyn MacCormack
Clifford Soubier
Fern Parsons
Synopsis:
A caller plays a cat and mouse game with his intended victim when the roles become reversed.
*Note: This was also an unsold pilot.
 

 [--] 07May57 rerun of "Dowry for Ilona" (Repeat from 22Jan57)

 [--] 14May57 rerun of "Once a Hero" (Repeat from 11Dec56)

 [--] 21May57 rerun of "Pursuit of a Princess" (Repeat from 04Dec56)

 [--] 28May57 rerun of "The Frightened Witness (Repeat from 19Feb57)

 [--] 04Jun57 rerun of "The Major of St. Lo" (Repeat from 05Jun56)

(Last show of the series)

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