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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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Episode Guide
version 16.0 December 2007
(Ep 1.3, 4.7)
compiled
by
The Classic TV Archive
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
Written by Vance Bourjaily
story by A.J. Cronin
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
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 as Judy Graves
Don Ameche as Harry Graves
Paul Ford as J.B. Curtis
Jill St. John as Lois Graves
Joan Bennett as Grace Graves
David Wayne as Willis Reynolds
Diana Lynn as Ellen Curtis
Susanne Sydney as 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.
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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 as 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 as Gretchen Van Damm
Donald O'Connor as Johnny Shaw
Elaine Stritch as Aunt Bertha
Edward Andrews as Mayor Jan Van Borkem
Elaine May as Candy Carter
Mike Nichols as 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 as Heathcliffe (Burton's US television debut)
Yvonne Furneaux as Cathy
Patty Duke as Young Cathy
Denholm Elliott as Edgar Norton
John Colicos as Hindley
Rosemary Harris
Robert Flemyng
Barry Jones as Mr. Earnshaw
Cathleen Nesbitt as 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 as Frankie Addams
Claudia McNeil as Bernie
Dennis Kohler as John Henry
Larry Wilcox as Jarvis
Stanley Greene as T. J. Williams
Jo Hurt as Mrs. West
Claire Griswold as Janice
Catherine Ayers as Laura
Larry Hagman as Kyle
Crahan Denton as 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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CBS
Ep 2.01 DuPont Show of the Month: HARVEY
22-Sep-1958 CBS
music by Eddy L. Mason (Emmy nominated)
starring
Larry Blyden as Dr. Sanderson
Elizabeth Montgomery as Miss Kelly
Art Carney as Elwood P. Dowd
Fred Gwynne
Charlotte Rae as 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
story by Alexandre Dumas
directed by Sidney Lumet
starring
Colleen Dewhurst
John Colicos
Ina Balin
Torin Thatcher
Hurd Hatfield
Douglas Campbell
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
play by Terence Rattigan
directed by Alex Segal
starring
Frederic March as Arthur Winslow
Florence Eldridge as Grace Winslow
Siobhan McKenna as Catherine Winslow
Rex Thompson as Ronnie Winslow
Denholm Elliott as Sir Robert Morton
John Warner as 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
play by John Patrick
directed by Tom Donovan
starring
Barbara Bel Geddes
Don Murray
Fred Gwynne
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
starring
Kim Hunter as 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
written by William Shakespeare
starring
John Neville as Hamlet
Barbara Jefford as Ophelia
Oliver Neville as Claudius
Joseph O'Connor as Polonius
Margaret Courtney as Gertrude
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
story by William Saroyan
Burgess Meredith Narrator
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
written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
story by Carson Woods
play by Terence Rattigan
directed by John Frankenheimer
starring
Sir John Gielgud as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Margaret Leighton as Millie Crocker-Harris
Cecil Parker
Donald Moffat
Robert Stephens
Carson Woods
Iola Lynn
John Clark
Rhoden Streeter
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 as Billy Budd
James Donald as Captain Vere
Roddy McDowall as Squeak
Alfred Ryder as Claggart (an eleventh-hour replacement for Jason Robards who was ill)
George Ebeling as Dansker
James Valentine as 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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CBS
Ep 3.01 DuPont Show of the Month: BODY AND SOUL
28-Sep-1959 CBS
written by Eliot Asinoff
story by Abraham Polonsky
starring
Martin Balsam as 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
written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen
story by Robert Louis Stevenson
directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Boris Karloff as Capt. Billy Bones
Hugh Griffith as Long John Silver
George Rose as Ben Gunn
Barry Morse
John Colicos
Tim O'Connor
Betty Sinclair
Woodrow Parfrey
Douglas Campbell
Max Adrian
Richard O'Sullivan
Michael Gough
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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CBS
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.