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Episode Guide
version 5.0 November 2007
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
 

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CELANESE THEATRE

Oct 3, 1951 to Dec 26, 1951 ABC Wed 10:00-11:00 (one hour format)

Jan 9, 1952 to Jun 25, 1952 ABC Wed 10:00-10:30 (half hour format)

ALTERNATE WEEKS

Produced/directed by Alex Segal

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Ep 1.01 [--] Celanese Theatre: AH, WILDERNESS

03-Oct-1951 ABC Wed

story by Eugene O'Neill

directed by Alex Segal

starring

Thomas Mitchell

Dorothy Peterson

Roddy McDowall

Howard St. John

Ep 1.02 [--] Celanese Theatre: SUSAN AND GOD

17-Oct-1951

written by Rachel Crothers

starring

Wendell Corey

Pamela Brown

Albert Dekker

Helen Craig

Ep 1.03 [--] Celanese Theatre: WINTERSET

31-Oct-1951

story by Maxwell Anderson

directed by Alex Segal

starring

Eduardo Cianelli

Royal Dano

Ralph Morgan

Joan Chandler

Ludwig Donath

Richard Carlyle

Synopsis:

The story of three losers who meet on a dead end street.

Ep 1.04 [--] Celanese Theatre: OLD ACQUAINTANCE

14-Nov-1951

written by John Van Druten

starrinf

Ruth Chatterton

Edna Best

Ep 1.05 [--] Celanese Theatre: COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW

28-Nov-1951

written by Elmer Rice

starring

Ruth Hussey

Alfred Drake

Ep 1.06 [--] Celanese Theatre: NO TIME FOR COMEDY

12-Dec-1951

story by S.N. Behrman

starring

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Sarah Churchill

Ronald Howard

Synopsis:

An unassuming young playwright who travels to New York for some last revisions

to his successful play, where he falls in love and marries the leading actress. After a

string of four successful comedies, he becomes the toast of the town and a snobby

sophisticate. His wife's rival convinces him he is wasting his time on "light material" and

should take on more serious drama. But after the failure of his "serious play," the

playwright realizes his true callings in both genre and in love. [RF]

Ep 1.07 [--] Celanese Theatre: THE JOYOUS SEASON

26-Dec-1951

written by Philip Barry

starring

Lillian Gish

Wesley Addy

Ep 1.08 [--] Celanese Theatre: REUNION IN VIENNA

09-Jan-1952

written by Robert E. Sherwood

starring

Melvyn Douglas

Ernest Truex

Signe Hasso

Ep 1.09 [--] Celanese Theatre: ANNA CHRISTIE

23-Jan-1952

story by Eugene O'Neill

starring

Richard Burton

June Havoc

John Qualen

Ep 1.10 [--] Celanese Theatre: BRIEF MOMENT

06-Feb-1952

story by S.N. Behrman

starring

Veronica Lake

Burgess Meredith

Robert Sterling

Anthony Ross

Ep 1.11 [--] Celanese Theatre: THE PETRIFIED FOREST

20-Feb-1952

written by Robert E. Sherwood

starring

David Niven

Kim Hunter

Ep 1.12 [--] Celanese Theatre: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

05-Mar-1952

written by Philip Barry

starring

Wendell Corey

Meg Mundy

Ep 1.13 [--] Celanese Theatre: SATURDAY'S CHILDREN

19-Mar-1952

written by Maxwell Anderson

starring

Mickey Rooney

Ep 1.14 [--] Celanese Theatre: STREET SCENE

02-Apr-1952

written by Elmer Rice

starring

Coleen Gray

Paul Kelly

Ann Dvorak

Michael Wager

Ep 1.15 [--] Celanese Theatre: MORNING'S AT SEVEN

16-Apr-1952

written by Paul Osborn

starring

Aline MacMahon

Patricia Collinge

Ep 1.16 [--] Celanese Theatre: THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED

30-Apr-1952

starring

Robert Stack

Betty Field

Frank Puglia

Ep 1.17 [--] Celanese Theatre: THE DISTAFF SIDE

14-May-1952

written by John Van Druten

starring

John Merivale

Celia Johnson

Eileen Peel

Ep 1.18 [--] Celanese Theatre: YELLOW JACK

28-May-1952

written by Sidney Howard

directed by Alex Segal

starring

Macdonald Carey (TV debut)

Richard Kiley

Jack Klugman

Walter Reed

Walter Abel

Synopsis:

The life of Dr. Walter Reed, who worked in the Latin American jungles of

 the 1900s to discover a cure for yellow fever. [RF]

Ep 1.19 [--] Celanese Theatre: WHEN LADIES MEET

11-Jun-1952

written by Rachel Crothers

starring

Claudia Morgan

Patricia Morison

Richard Carlson

Ep 1.20 [--] Celanese Theatre: ON BORROWED TIME

25-Jun-1952

written by Paul Osborn

directed by Alex Segal

starring

Ralph Morgan

Billy Chapin

Melville Cooper

Mildred Dunnock

Synopsis 1:

When a boy's parents are killed, his grandparents try to raise him, fearing that

 their own death is fast approaching. "Mr. Brink," an ominous messenger from beyond,

drops in to pay them a visit and gets entangled in their apple tree. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
An elderly couple struggle to raise their orphaned grandson. When death appears

 in the form of a polite gentleman named Mr. Brink, they fool the dark

apparition and trap it in their apple tree. [RF]

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