The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

 

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Episode Guide

version 16.0 June 2009

(General Update)

compiled

by

The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:

Greg Oese (ep Aladdin)

Albert Moreno ep 3.3

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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DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH

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CBS

US dramatic anthology series 1957-1961   35  episodes x  90 minutes

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Ep 1.01 DuPont Show of the Month:  CRESCENDO

29-Sep-1957 CBS

starring

Rex Harrison

Ethel Merman

Summary:

Rex Harrison stars as himself in this musical tour of the United States.

During his tour he runs into Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Diahann Carroll,

Eddy Arnold, Mahalia Jackson, Sonny James, Dinah Washington, Stubby Kaye,

Stanley Holloway, Turk Murphy, Lizzie Miles, and The Norman Luboff Choir.

Songs
The Mary had a little Lamb Cha-Cha-Cha--Carol Channing
Go west, Young Man--Eddy Arnold
Shine On, Harvest Moon, Baby Bumblebee, Silvery Moon--singers, dancers;
Streets of Laredo--singers, dancers;
Basin Street Blues, Trouble I've Seen--Louis Armstrong;
Blues in the Night--Peggy Lee;
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat--Stubby Kaye;
Didn't it Rain--Mahalia Jackson;
Bill Bailey--Lizzie Miles, Turk Murphy;
The Birth of the Blues--Dinah Washington;
Blues sequence--Benny Goodman, Diahann Carroll;
Jazz sequence--Benny Goodmann, Louis Armstrong. [RF]

 

Ep 1.02 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

28-Oct-1957 CBS

Producer David Susskind
Written by Leslie Slote
Based on the Mark Twain classic
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Christopher Plummer ... Miles Hendon
Rosemary Harris ....... Lady Edith
Rex Thompson .......... Prince Edward
Johnny Washbrook ...... Tom Canty
John Carradine ........ John Canty
Sir Cedric Hardwicke .. Earl of Hertford
Hurd Hatfield ......... Sir Hugh Hendon
Arthur Malet .......... Hodge
Douglas Campbell ...... King Henry VIII
Peter Lazer ........... Humphrey Marlowe
Robert Goodier ........ Ruffler
John Milligan ......... Hugo
Patty Duke (?)
Synopsis 1:
This classic tells a fabled story of Prince Edward (later King Edward VI) and a

poor boy who is a dead ringer for the young royal. After the two children

trade places, the pauper finds himself confused by the goings-on at court while

 the prince happily traipses about in the guise of the little rogue.
Now all they have to do is find a way to switch back again. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The scene is the royal palace in London; the time, the first half of the 16th Century.

 A beggar boy has managed to make his way into the palace and eventually

reaches the room of the young prince. The two meet, make friends, then become

intrigued with the idea of exchanging roles. As a start, they exchange costumes,

and are startled to see how much they really look alike. Thereupon a guard discovers

 the prince in beggar's rags and throws him out. The play proceeds to recount the

 fortunes of the prince, as the pauper's father tries to show him the ways of a thief.

The royal youngster also becomes involved in the romantic adventures of

Sir Miles Hendon, back from the wars. Sir Miles' wicked brother,

Hugh has been paying court to Miles' sweetheart.  [RF]
 

Ep 1.03 DuPont Show of the Month:  BEYOND THIS PLACE

25-Nov-1957 CBS

Producer David Susskind

Written by Vance Bourjaily

Story by A.J. Cronin

Directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

Farley Granger ..... Paul Burgess
Peggy Ann Garner ... Lena Anderson
Shelley Winters .... Louisa Burt
Brian Donlevy ...... Constable Dale
Hurd Hatfield ...... Oswald
Torin Thatcher ..... Rees Mathry
Fritz Weaver ....... Charlie Castle
Max Adrian ......... Sir Matthew Sprott
Ruth White ......... Mrs. Burgess
Eduard Franz ....... Dunn

Farrell Pelly ...... Mr. Prusty

Summary:

On a visit to London, an American discovers that his father is very much alive,

serving a life sentence for murder. He inaugurates his own investigation,

retraces the trail of circumstantial evidence, and unearths the real culprit. [RF]

 

Ep 1.04 DuPont Show of the Month:  JUNIOR MISS

20-Dec-1957 CBS

adapted by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman

stage play by Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov

directed by Ralph Nelson

producer Richard P. Levine

music by Burton Lane
lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Paul Weston conducts

starring

Carol Lynley ....... Judy Graves

Don Ameche ....... Harry Graves

Paul Ford ....... J.B. Curtis

Jill St. John ....... Lois Graves

Joan Bennett ....... Grace Graves

David Wayne ...... Willis Reynolds

Diana Lynn ....... Ellen Curtis

Susanne Sydney ........ Fuffy Adams

Synopsis 1:

A troublesome teenager means well, but can't help meddling in the affairs of her widowed father

and other unsuspecting grownups. Her matchmaking habits drive everyone crazy and she

pairs up her uncle with the daughter of her father's employer, which nearly loses dad his job.

The mess sorts itself out, when she promises to mind her own business...until next time. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Imaginative teenager Judy Graves sees her father talking intimately with his secretary

 - there must be a romance there! A long-absent uncle turns up pale and wan

- he must have been in jail! She confides these discoveries to her dear friend Fuffy,

and even Judy's behavior toward her family is affected. But her mother and father are

accustomed to being mystified by Judy, and older sister Lois regards Judy with the usual scorn.
*

Songs

A Man Is An Animal (Carol Lynley and Suzanne Sydney)

Have Feet Will Dance (Chorus)

Let's Make It Christmas All Year 'Round (Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Carol Lynley,

Jill St. John)

I'll Buy It (David Wayne and Diana Lynn)

Happy Heart (Chorus)

Junior Miss (Don Ameche)  [RF]

 

Ep 1.05 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

21-Jan-1958 CBS

written by Ludi Claire

story by Thornton Wilder

directed by Robert Mulligan

starring

Judith Anderson .......... Marquesa de Montemayor

Hume Cronyn

Steven Hill

Viveca Lindfors

Kurt Kasznar

Theodore Bikel

Rita Gam

Peter Cookson

Eva LeGallienne

Clifford David

Sandra Whiteside

William Marshall

Miko Oscard

Summary:

On July 20, 1714, "the finest bridge in all Peru" collapses and five people die. Brother Juniper, a

Franciscan missionary, happens to witness the tragedy, and as a result, he asks the central

question: "Why did this happen to those five?" He sets out to explore the lives of the

 five victims, and to understand why they died. [RF]

Pulitzer prize winning fiction novel by Thornton Wilder in 1927.

*Note: Emmy nominated for Best Special Dramatic Program,

Emmy Nominated for Best Single Performance by an Actress- Judith Anderson

and Emmy nominated for Best Live Camera Work.

 

Ep 1.06 DuPont Show of the Month:  ALADDIN

21-Feb-1958 CBS

story by S.J. Perelman

directed by Ralph Nelson

costumes by Irene Sharaff

produced by Richard Lewine

starring

Sal Mineo ......... Aladdin

Basil Rathbone ....... Emperor

Anna Maria Alberghetti ....... Princess

Cyril Ritchard ........ Magician

Dennis King ....... Astrologer

Una Merkel ....... Aladdin's mother

George Hall ....... Chamberlain

Akim Tamiroff ....... Wu Fang

Alec Clarke ....... Prime Minister

Summary:

The story of Aladdin and his love for the Princess Jasmine.

Musical Numbers (Cole Porter lyrics & music)

    * Overture - Orchestra

    * "Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking" - Magician and Male Chorus

    * "Make Way for the Emperor" - Chamberlain and Male Chorus

    * "Trust Your Destiny to Your Star" - Astrologer

    * "Opportunity Knocks But Once" - Magician and Chorus

    * "Aladdin" - Princess and Chorus

    * "I Adore You" - Aladdin and Chorus

    * "No Wonder Taxes are High" - Magician and Chorus

    * "I Adore You" (reprise) - Aladdin and Princess 

* "Wouldn't It Be Fun" - Emperor (Basil Rathbone)  [GO]

 

Ep 1.07 DuPont Show of the Month:  A TALE OF TWO CITIES  (Live)

27-Mar-1958 CBS Thurs original airdate

adapted by Michael Dyne

based on the story by Charles Dickens

directed by Robert Mulligan

starring

Rosemary Harris ..... Lucie Manette
Gracie Fields ....... Miss Pross
Eric Portman ........ Dr. Manette
Agnes Moorehead ..... Madame Defarge
George C. Scott ..... Jacques
Walter Fitzgerald ... Jarvis Lorry
James Donald ........ Sydney Carton
Denholm Elliott ..... Charles Darnay
Fritz Weaver ........ Barsad
Bruce Gordon ........ Defarge
Max Adrian .......... Marquis St. Evremonde
Alfred Ryder ........ Gaspard
Francis Compton ..... Gabelle
Bill Duell .......... Jerry Cruncher
David Hurst ......... Mr. Stryver

Synopsis:
The scene is Paris on the eve of the French Revolution. Lucie Manette has come

from her home in England to be taken to her aged father, recently escaped

from the Bastille. He is being harbored in the wine shop of Defarge and his wife,

a woman who pursues her knitting with sinister purpose. Another visitor from England

is Charles Darnay, summoned by his uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde, a nobleman

despised alike by his nephew and the suffering people of Paris. Before long all these

figures are caught up together in this tale of love, intrigue and political terror. [RF]
 

Ep 1.08 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE RED MILL

19-Apr-1958 CBS (color)

written by Robert Alan Aurthur

based on the musical by Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom

directed by Delbert Mann

producer Fred Coe

musical director Don Walker
Choreographer Eugene Loring
Narrated by Harpo Marx & Evelyn Rudie
starring
Shirley Jones ........ Gretchen Van Damm
Donald O'Connor ....... Johnny Shaw
Elaine Stritch ....... Aunt Bertha
Edward Andrews ....... Mayor Jan Van Borkem
Elaine May ....... Candy Carter
Mike Nichols ......... Rod Carter
Synopsis 1:
Musical comedy about a small Dutch town's legend of "The Red Mill," and its effect

on the local inn-keepers and the American actors passing through the town. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In the small Dutch village of Kattwyk-am-Zee, Mayor Van Borkem bemoans the fate

of the town. Once a mecca for tourists because of the Red Mill, a landmark, the

town now is neglected. The mayor informs Bertha, who operates the local inn, and her

pretty niece Gretchen, that he has an offer from the Brussels World's Fair to buy the mill.

But three Americans arrive in town by accident, and take an interest in the mill.  [RF]
Songs:
"Every Day Is Ladies Day" ....... Andrews, Stritch
"Dream Love" ........... Jones
"When You're Pretty" ........ O'Connor
"We'll Walk" ............ O'Connor, May, Nichols
"Moonbeams" ............. Jones
"In A Little World For Two" ......... Jones, Nichols, May
"Because You're You" ...... Nichols, May
"In Old New York" ........... O'Connor
"I'm Ready" .......... Stritch   [RF]
 

Ep 1.09 DuPont Show of the Month:  WUTHERING HEIGHTS

09-May-1958 CBS

written by James Costigan

story by Emily Bronte

directed by Daniel Petrie

starring

Richard Burton .......... Heathcliffe (Burton's US television debut)

Yvonne Furneaux ....... Cathy

Patty Duke ...... Young Cathy

Denholm Elliott ...... Edgar Norton

John Colicos ...... Hindley

Rosemary Harris

Robert Flemyng

Barry Jones ...... Mr. Earnshaw

Cathleen Nesbitt ...... Ellen

Bernard Miles

Angela Thornton

Michael Ray

Summary:

The foolishly headstrong aristocrat Cathy and her rough-hewn gypsy sweetheart Heathcliff,

choosing to marry the feckless Edgar Linton for wealth and prestige, Cathy cannot

control her love for Heathcliff. Nor can he satiate his thirst for revenge,

manifested through his own loveless marriage to Edgar's sister Isabella. [RF]

 

Ep 1.10 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING

12-Jun-1958 CBS

written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Geller

story by Carson McCullers

directed by Robert Mulligan

starring

Collin Wilcox ...... Frankie Addams

Claudia McNeil ..... Bernie

Dennis Kohler ...... John Henry

Larry Wilcox ..... Jarvis

Stanley Greene ..... T. J. Williams

Jo Hurt ..... Mrs. West

Claire Griswold ..... Janice

Catherine Ayers ..... Laura

Larry Hagman ..... Kyle

Crahan Denton ..... the Butler

Summary:

Frankie Addams, a bored twelve-year-old madly jealous of her brother's impending marriage.

Frankie was afraid of the dark and envious of the older girls. But as F. Jasmine, in a pink dress,

she looked sixteen. No longer a child, she accepted a date with a red-haired soldier

and purchased a sophisticated gown for the wedding.  [RF]

 

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Ep 2.01 DuPont Show of the Month:  HARVEY

22-Sep-1958 CBS

Adapted by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
Based on the play by Mary Chase

Music by Eddy L. Mason (Emmy nominated)

starring

Larry Blyden ...... Dr. Sanderson

Elizabeth Montgomery ...... Miss Kelly

Art Carney ...... Elwood P. Dowd

Fred Gwynne....... Wilson

Charlotte Rae ...... Veta

Jack Weston

Summary:

A local wealthy drunk whose sunny philosophy and inebriated antics are tolerated by most

of the citizens. That is, until Elwood begins claiming that he sees a "pooka,"

(a mischievous Irish spirit) which has taken the form of a man-sized bunny named Harvey.  [RF]

 

Ep 2.02 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

28-Oct-1958 CBS

Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas

Directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

Hurd Hatfield ......... Count Edmond Dantes
Douglas Campbell ...... Danglars

Colleen Dewhurst

John Colicos

Ina Balin

Torin Thatcher

Elizabeth Sellars

George Voskovec

Max Adrian

Michael Ebert

Summary:

When Count Edmond Dantes is stripped of his wealth and sent to prison for crimes he did not

commit, he swears to get revenge against those who wronged him. With the help of Abbe,

a fellow prisoner, the Count escapes and sets forth to see that justice is done.  [RF]

 

Ep 2.03 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE WINSLOW BOY

13-Nov-1958 CBS

Based on the play by Terence Rattigan

Directed by Alex Segal

starring

Frederic March ....... Arthur Winslow

Florence Eldridge ....... Grace Winslow

Siobhan McKenna ....... Catherine Winslow

Rex Thompson ....... Ronnie Winslow

Denholm Elliott ....... Sir Robert Morton

John Warner ...... Dickie

Norah Howard

Peter Bathurst

John Milligan

Noel Willman

Summary:

Based on the infamous Archer-Shee case of 1912, The Winslow Boy is a 14-year-old

accused of a petty theft, he is expelled from Naval College. His father, retired bank official,

is prevented by existing British law to clear his son's name.  [RF]

 

Ep 2.04 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE HASTY HEART

18-Dec-1958 CBS

Produced by Richard Lewine
Based on the play by John Patrick
Directed by Tom Donovan

starring

Barbara Bel Geddes

Don Murray

Fred Gwynne

Jackie Cooper

Summary:

An insufferable Scots soldier confined to a World War II military hospital,

and an American soldier patient befriends the headstrong Scotsman.

The compassionate nurse who tries gradually to get both patients friendly

to each other and when it is learned that he is suffering from a fatal illness,

everyone involved tries to keep his true condition a secret from him. [RF]

 

Ep 2.05 DuPont Show of the Month:  WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS

28-Jan-1959 CBS

Written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen

Adapted from the James M. Barrie play

Directed by Robert Mulligan
starring
Kim Hunter ....... Maggie Wylie
Synopsis:
Using her supposedly frail feminine wiles, she maneuvers her fatuous husband into

a successful political career. He rises to a parliamentary seat, never quite

realizing that he hasn't done it alone. [RF]

 

Ep 2.06 DuPont Show of the Month:  HAMLET

24-Feb-1959 CBS

Adapted by Michael Benthall & Ralph Nelson

Based on the play by William Shakespeare

Directed by Ralph Nelson

Hosted by Frederic March
starring

John Neville ....... Hamlet

Barbara Jefford ...... Ophelia

Oliver Neville ....... Claudius

Joseph O'Connor ....... Polonius

Margaret Courtney ....... Gertrude

Richard Wordsworth ....... Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Summary:

Hamlet is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the

sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of

his mother, Queen Gertrude to his uncle, Claudius. Informed by the

ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes

to take revenge.  [RF]

 

Ep 2.07 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE HUMAN COMEDY

28-Mar-1959 CBS

Adapted by Howard Estabrook & S. Lee Pogostin
Based on the story by William Saroyan
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Narrated by Burgess Meredith
starring
Macdonald Carey
Jo Van Fleet
Russell Collins
Michael J. Pollard
R.G. Armstrong
Thomas Chalmers
David Francis

Summary:

The delivery boy for the local telegraph office, keeps in close contact

with virtually every family in town. His older brother is in uniform, off

fighting World War II, his sister is the erstwhile sweetheart of telegraph-office

supervisor. When his brother dies in battle, his best friend, parentless

is more or less adopted by his family. [RF]

 

Ep 2.08 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE BROWNING VERSION

23-Apr-1959 CBS

Adapted by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen

Based on the story by Carson Woods

From the play by Terence Rattigan

Directed by John Frankenheimer

starring

Sir John Gielgud ....... Andrew Crocker-Harris

Margaret Leighton ....... Millie Crocker-Harris

Cecil Parker ........ Frobisher
Rhoden Streeter ..... Taplow

Donald Moffat

Robert Stephens

Carson Woods

Iola Lynn

John Clark

James Valentine

Summary:

Poor health forces Crocker-Harris to give up his teaching position

after years of thankless service and scorn from his students and colleagues.

His marriage to Millie is also in freefall, as his wife is openly having an affair

 with the school's chemistry teacher, Hunter.  [RF]

 

Ep 2.09 DuPont Show of the Month:  BILLY BUDD

25-May-1959 CBS

written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen

story by Herman Melville

directed by Robert Mulligan

produced by David Susskind

starring

Don Murray ....... Billy Budd

James Donald ....... Captain Vere

Roddy McDowall ....... Squeak

Alfred Ryder ....... Claggart (an eleventh-hour replacement for Jason Robards who was ill)

George Ebeling ....... Dansker

James Valentine ....... Lt. Wyatt

Thayer David

John McLiam

Tim O'Connor

Eric Berry

Tom Clancy

Robert Gerringer

Summary:

Billy Budd, the tale of a guileless, exuberant young sailor and the malevolent

master-at-arms who deliberately sets out to bring about Budd’s ruin. [RF]

 

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Ep 3.01 DuPont Show of the Month:  BODY AND SOUL

28-Sep-1959 CBS

Written by Eliot Asinoff

Story by Abraham Polonsky

Directed by Daniel Petrie

starring

Martin Balsam ....... Charlie Davis

Franchot Tone
Ben Gazzara
Neville Brand
Ellen Madison

Summary:

A former pugilist who looks back on his life in and out of the ring

and realizes that self-respect is a more important prize than winning.

Eager to take on all contenders, Davis eventually defeats the world

champion, but winning has cost him more than he bargained for,

he falls in with the mob and takes to a life of easy women and plentiful

booze, winning easy bouts with second-rate opponents.

It takes the tragic death of his best friend, indirectly caused by a beating

from a mobster, for Davis to realize the error of his ways

and try to make amends, returning to his mother and the artist girlfriend

he left behind. [RF]

* Based on the 1947 boxing movie (some say the greatest boxing movie of all time)

"Body and Soul" starring John Garfield. This movie was Oscar nominated and won

a few Oscars. Rocky and Raging Bull have similarities to this great classic.

 

Ep 3.02 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE FALLEN IDOL

14-Oct-1959 CBS

written by Audrey Gellen & Jacqueline Babbin

story by Graham Greene

directed by Silvio Narizzano

starring

Dina Merrill ....... Julie

Barry Morse ....... Inspector Crowe

Jessica Tandy ....... Mrs. Baines

Jack Hawkins ....... Baines

Tim O'Connor ....... Ames

Christopher Hewett

Myra Carter ....... Rose

Thayer David ....... Dr. Fenton

Jacques Hirschler ....... Philippe

Anthony Kemble-Cooper ....... Hart

James Valentine ....... Harry

Peter Von Zerneck ....... Ambassador

Summary:

The hero-worship of a young boy for the kindly butler, in whose care he has been left,

is damaged when he stumbles on the servant's adulterous affair. In spite of his disillusionment,

he tries to protect the butler during a police investigation. The world looks very large to little

 Philippe, the son of an ambassador to England. The boy is being cared for in the embassy

by his idol, Baines the butler, and Mrs. Baines. Philippe is suddenly caught up in Baines's

affair with a young girl and the machinations of Mrs. Baines. [RF]

*Note Graham Greene's suspense story was made into a movie in 1950.

 

Ep 3.03 DuPont Show of the Month:  I, DON QUIXOTE

09-Nov-1959 CBS

Written by Dale Wasserman

Based on the story by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

Directed by Karl Genus

starring

Lee J. Cobb ........ Don Quixote de la Mancha/Miguel de Cervantes/Alonso Quijana

Eli Wallach ........ Sancho Panza - Cervantes' Manservant

Colleen Dewhurst ....... Aldonza/Dulcinea/Escalante

Hurd Hatfield ....... the Duke/Dr. Sanson Carrasco

Al Mancini ............. Nicolas
Boris Tumarin .......... Padre
Eva Reis-Merrin ........ Maria
Gerald Price ........... Lobillo
Jack Bittner ........... Jailer
James Ambandoes ........ Barber
James Patterson ........ Anselmo
Jeremiah Morris ........ Tenorio
Joanne Linville ........ Antonia
Josip Elic ............. Centipede (as Joseph Elic)
Leonardo Cimino ........ Monipodio
Louis Guss ............. El Scorpio
Louis Zorich ........... Innkeeper
Mark Lenard ............ Pedro
Peter Donat ............ Luke
Renato Cibelli ......... Doctor
Sam Raskyn ............. Judas Macabeo
Summary:

Driven by the vision of Dulcinea, the tarnished, yet inspired, Don Quixote

begins his adventures with his trusty squire Sancho Panza in tow. His story

becomes an inspiration to pursue our personal quests with unfailing dedication,

unbridled optimism, unwavering courage, and unparalleled chivalry. [RF]

NOTE: * This original TV play evolved into the hit musical "Man of La Mancha".

*

Comments by Albert Sanchez Moreno

I have read the script, which has been published in Wasserman's book

"The Impossible Musical". It has almost the exact same basic plotline as

"Man of La Mancha".  Miguel de Cervantes and his servant are thrown into

a dungeon for a supposed offense against the Church. They are to be tried by the

Spanish Inquisition. The other prisoners conduct a mock trial in order to steal

 Cervantes' possessions, but one of them is a manuscript that he desperately

 wants to save. He begins telling the other prisoners the story of

Don Quixote,  and he, the servant, and all the prisoners play the characters

in the story. (The one difference is that in "Man of La Mancha", he actually

 states his intention to perform the story as a play inside the prison,

and in front of all the prisoners, puts on the Don Quixote makeup. 

In the TV play, apparently, we don't see him do this.)

 

Ep 3.04 DuPont Show of the Month:  OLIVER TWIST

04-Dec-1959 CBS

written by Michael Dyne

directed by Daniel Petrie

starring

Eric Portman as Fagin

Robert Morley as Mr. Brownlow

Inga Swenson as Rose

John McGiver as Bumble

Nancy Wickwire as Nancy Sykes

John Colicos as Monks

Michael Hordern as Mr. Sowerberry

George Rose as Magistrate Fang

Tom Clancy as Bill Sykes

Frederick Clark as Oliver Twist

William Hickey as Artful Dodger

Kathy Willard as Nancy

James Valentine as Noah Claypool

Ronald Long as Mr. Grimwig

George Turner as Bookseller

Margaretta Warwick

Beulah Garrick as Mrs. Sowerberry

Lucy Landau as Mrs. Corney

Dick O'Neill as Policeman

Anne Meara

Rex O'Malley

Richard E. Thomas

Taugh O'Faillon

Summary:

Oliver Twist spends his early childhood in an orphanage, then is apprenticed to

a coffin maker. Discontented with his lot in life, the naive youngster sets out for London to

 make his fortune. Oliver is unaware that a sinister man named Monks is willing to pay

a large sum of money to find him. [RF]

 

Ep 3.05 DuPont Show of the Month:  ARROWSMITH

17-Jan-1960 CBS

written by Phil Reisman Jr.
story by Sinclair Lewis (pulitzer prize winning novel)

starring

Diane Baker

Farley Granger

Oscar Homolka

Ivan Dixon

Summary:

Martin Arrowsmith, an idealistic young doctor, who, after graduating from

medical school, must forego a research position with Dr. Max Gottlieb

due to his marriage to nurse Leora Tozer. He returns to her rural hometown

 and establishes a small practice, and in his spare time eventually

develops a serum for a deadly cow disease.

 

Ep 3.06 DuPont Show of the Month:  ETHAN FROME (taped)

18-Feb-1960 CBS Thur 9:30pm 90min.

adapted by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen

story by Edith Wharton

directed by Alex Segal

Narrated by Arthur Hill

starring

Sterling Hayden as Ethan Frome

Julie Harris as Mattie Silver (nominated for an Emmy)

Clarice Blackburn as Zeena Frome

Charles Tyner  as Jotham Powell

Roy Fant as Simon

Jack Betts as Denis Eady

Philip Coolidge as Ed Varnum

Heywood Hale Broun  as Postmaster
Synopsis 1:
Through flashbacks, a stranger in a snowbound New England village is told

the grim story of Ethan Frome. Some years earlier, Ethan's cheerless life was

brightened by the arrival of pretty Mattie Silver. His nagging wife Zeena had

sent for her cousin Mattie to come live with them and do the housework.  [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Two tragic lovers who bungle their suicide, wind up as scarred wrecks. [RF]

 

Ep 3.07 DuPont Show of the Month:  TREASURE ISLAND

05-Mar-1960 CBS

Adapted by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Daniel Petrie

starring

Boris Karloff  ....... Billy Bones
Hugh Griffith ....... Long John Silver
George Rose ......... Ben Gunn
Richard O'Sullivan .. Jim Hawkins
Barry Morse ......... Captain Smollett
John Colicos ........ Mr. Arrow
Tom Clancy .......... Israel Hands
George Mathews ...... Black Dog
Tim O'Connor ........ Morgan
Betty Sinclair ...... Mrs. Hawkins
Woodrow Parfrey ..... Bryan
Douglas Campbell .... Squire Trelawny
Michael Gough ....... Dr. Livesey
Max Adrian .......... Blind Man
Summary:

The adventures of a boy named Jim Hawkins after he discovers

a map showing the way to buried treasure. His father is the landlord

of the "Admiral Benbow" an inn where Billy Bones, a mysterious old

seaman who once served under the pirate Captain Flint takes up lodgings.

During their journey to recover the treasure, Long John Silver has plans for a mutiny. [RF]

 

Ep 3.08 DuPont Show of the Month:  YEARS AGO

21-Apr-1960 CBS 

written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
story by Ruth Gordon
directed by Alex Segal
starring
Robert Preston
Sandra Church
Peggy Conklin
Synopsis:
Recreation of an actresses declining years and her infamity as a performer. [RF]

 

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Ep 4.01 DuPont Show of the Month: MEN IN WHITE

30-Sep-1960 CBS

story by Sidney Kingsley (Pulitzer prize winning novel)
producer Jacqueline Babbin

starring

Richard Basehart ....... Conway

Dina Merrill
Lee J. Cobb
Lois Smith

Summary:

A dynamic intern with plans to study in Vienna and is slated for

a socially prestigious marriage to a socialite ends when his dedication

to his work and affair with a nurse.  [RF]

 

Ep 4.02 DuPont Show of the Month: THOSE RAGTIME YEARS

18-Oct-60

Producer William Nichols

Written by William Nichols

Directed by William A. Graham

Narrator: Hoagy Carmichael

starring

Ralph Sutton

Dick Wellstood

Eubie Blake

Hoagy Carmichael

Mae Barnes
Summary:

Features Hoagy Carmichael with Mae Barnes, Eubie Blake, Minns and

James, Robin Roberts, Ralph Sutton, Dick Wellstood, Dorothy Loudon,

the Billy B. Quartet, the Wilbur de Paris Band, and the Clara Ward Singers.

Presents in song and story the rise of the ragtime craze which revolutionized

American popular music and paved the way for jazz. [RF]

 

 Ep 4.03 DuPont Show of the Month: HEAVEN CAN WAIT

16-Nov-1960 CBS

Written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
Based on the play by Leslie Bush-Fekete

starring

Anthony Franciosa
Arthur Malet
Robert Morley
Elizabeth Ashley
Joey Bishop
Frank McHugh
Wally Cox
Diana Van der Vlis

Summary:

On arrival in Hades, an elderly playboy reports his pecadillos to Satan,

who sends him upstairs. [RF]

 

Ep 4.04 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

-Dec-1960 CBS

novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

directed by Marc Daniels

produced by Jaqueline Babbin

starring

Michael Rennie as the Pimpernel

Maureen O'Hara as Lady Marguerite

Reginald Denny as Chauvelin

Liam Redmond

William Shatner

Suzanne Storrs

Zachary Scott

Laurie Main

Richard Easton

Eric Berry

Leonardo Cimino

James O'Hara

Summary:

Sir Percy, a British aristocrat who rescues innocent victims of the French Revolution

by disguising himself during the day as a foppish dandy.

 

Ep 4.05 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

18-Jan-1961 CBS

Directed by Alex March
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on the novel by Anthony Hope
starring
Christopher Plummer ... Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
Farley Granger ........ Rupert of Hentzau
Inger Stevens ......... Princess Flavia
John Williams ......... Colonel Sapt
Nancy Wickwire ........ Antoinette de Mauban
Philip Boscoe ......... Duke Michael
James Valentine ....... Fritz Von Tarlenheim
Roy Poole ............. Johann
Mark Lenard ........... Detchard
Roberts Blossom ....... Gustav
Rex O'Malley .......... Chancellor
Francis Compton ....... Sir Hubert Whittam
John Call ............. Customs Officer

Summary:

Rudolf Rassendyll is a British tourist visiting the nation of Ruritania in the Balkans.

A number of people comment upon Rassendyll's remarkable resemblance

to Prince Rudolph, who in a matter of days is to be crowned the nation's new king,

and the prince's staff even arranges a meeting between the two men. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Englishman, Rudolf Rassendyll is a distant relative of Rudolf, King of Ruritania,

and bears a remarkable resemblance to his royal cousin. So Rassendyll travels to

the little kingdom for Rudolf's coronation. Once there, he runs into the King first thing,

is wined and dined - and drawn into a wild series of royal intrigues. [RF]

 

Ep 4.06 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE LINCOLN MURDER CASE

18-Feb-1961 CBS

written by Dale Wasserman

starring

Drummond Erskine as Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Prine
Luther Adler
House Jameson
Alexander Scourby
Roger Evan Boxill

Summary:

Based on Lincoln's first famous case.

 

Ep 4.07 DuPont Show of the Month:  THE NIGHT OF THE STORM

21-Mar-1961 CBS

Produced by David Susskind

Written by Horton Foote (Roots in a Parched Ground)

Directed by Daniel Petrie
Associate Producer Audrey Gellen
starring
Julie Harris ......... Julia Robedaux
E.G. Marshall ........ Jim Howard
Mildred Dunnock ...... Grandma Robedaux
Marc Connelly ........ Mr. Davis
Fritz Weaver ......... Horace Sr.
Brad Herrman ......... Horace Jr.
Jo Van Fleet ......... Callie
Arthur Hughes ........ Mr. Ritter
Henderson Forsythe ... Terrence
Diane Ramey .......... Beth Ruth
Nydia Westman ........ Mrs. Pendleton
Barbara Winchester ... Miss Lucy
Burton Mallory ....... Mr. Verna
Charles White ........ Mr. Speed
Harrison Dowd ........ Mr. Charles
Humphrey Davis ....... Dr. Terry
Synopsis:
After being caught in a storm 5 people end up trapped in a diner along a deserted highway.

 

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