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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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Episode Guide
version 22.0 February 2008
(Season 7 updated)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
contributions by:
Rina Fox
Tom Alger
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
TIME magazine
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KRAFT TELEVISION THEATRE
a Talent Associates production in association
with NBC Television
Executive producer, David Susskind
"Kraft Mystery Theatre" (1958) (new title)
"Kraft Theatre" (1958) (new title)
US anthology series 1947-58
release date 7May47
Notes on Kraft Television Theatre
-- This hour program was one TV's earliest and most prestigious drama
anthology series, running on NBC from 1947 to 1958.
In 11 1/2 years Kraft had presented 650 plays from over
18,845 scripts, starred and/or featured 3,955 actors and actresses
in 6,750 roles.
The first episode (Double Door) cost $3,000. to $165,000. by 1958.
Ed Rice was the script editor for the entire Kraft program run.
Theme song: "Music From Manhattan" by Norman Cloudier
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1.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DOUBLE DOOR
07May1947
Based on a play
by Elizabeth McFadden
guest stars
John Baragrey
Synopsis:
A woman locks another woman in the family burial vault
to prevent her from marrying her brother.
1.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MERTON OF THE MOVIES
14May1947
Teleplay by George Simon Kaufman and Marc Connelly
from the novel by Harry Leon Wilson
Synopsis:
A young man with grandiose dreams of becoming a serious actor
unintentionally becomes a comedian.
1.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PAYMENT DEFERRED
01Oct1947
Based on the play by Jeffrey Dell
Synopsis:
A bank clerk who handles foreign exchange, is in debt and fears that he
might lose his position at the bank. When an investor approaches him about
a
quick fortune to be made and he decides to take matters into his own hands.
1.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JANUARY THAW
08Oct1947
written by Edmund C. Rise & William Roos
story by Bellamy Partridge
Synopsis:
After buying an old farmhouse a couple discover that the
late
owner's heirs have a right to live in the house.
1.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ALTERNATING CURRENT
14Jan1948
Written by Jack Roche
Synopsis:
A man sentenced to death, gets a reprieve when there is a power outage.
1.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONLY THE HEART
21Jan1948
written by Horton Foote
(Based on his 1943 play and Broadway debut)
Synopsis:
Albert and Julia's marriage is failing miserably, although he loves her,
he is unhappy. Together they try to work things out.
1.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ALISON'S HOUSE
25Feb1948
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1931 play by Susan Glaspell
Synopsis:
Alison Stanhope, a poet has been dead for eighteen years.
Her spirit lives on in the hearts of her family and friends
who discover a portfolio filled with poems never
before released.
1.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WIND IS NINETY
10Mar1948
Written by Ralph Nelson
Synopsis:
An Air Force captain is shot down over Germany during World War II,
his spirit returns to comfort his grieving family.
*Note Remade on June 28, 1950.
1.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NO WAY OUT
17Mar1948
Adapted from a play by Owen Davis
guest stars
Eleanor Wilson
Muriel Hutchison
Paul Marlin
Synopsis:
Suffering from dementia a family must place their
beloved
one in a special medical facility.
1.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CAPTAIN APPLEJACK
24Mar1948
Adapted from the play by Walter Hackett
guest stars
Wilma Drake
Leonard Elliott
Peggy Sanford
Synopsis:
Michael dreams he is a pirate sailing the Spanish Main and awake
his filled with boredom until he decides to bring his dreams to life.
Calling the butler "Lush" with poor Aunt Agatha thinking he's lost his mind.
*Note: First appeared in "Everybody's Magazine" on September 1922.
1.48 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
31Mar1948
Based on a
story by Oliver Goldsmith
guest stars
Ralph Nelson ........ Charles
Margaret Phillips ... Kate
Mercer McLeod ....... Hardcastle
Synopsis:
Mr. Hardcastle wants his daughter to marry Sir Charles Marlowe,
a fellow who is fondest of girls who are less genteel. The romance
blossoms
when Marlowe is deceived into thinking that Kate is a barmaid.
1.50 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BARCHESTER TOWERS
14Apr1948
Adapted by Thomas Job
From the work by Anthony Trollope
Synopsis:
After the death of the much-beloved Bishop, expectations are high
that his son Archdeacon Grantly will take his place.
1.51 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SILVER CORD
21Apr1948
Adapted from a play by Sidney Howard
guest stars
Nicolas Saunders
Grace Keddy
Linda Carlton Reid
Synopsis:
An obsessive mother cannot bear another woman
to
come between her and her sons.
1.53 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ROYAL FAMILY
05May1948
story by George S. Kaufman
directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Ethel Owen
Bess Winburn
Hildy Parks
Synopsis:
A family of actors living under one roof make for an entertaining story.
1.55 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MINICK
19May1948
Based on the 1924 play by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber
Short story by Edna Ferber
Directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Ralph Bunker ....... Fred Minick
Robert Allen
Flora Campbell
Synopsis:
A old man moves to Chicago to live with his son and daughter-in-law,
although his intentions are well meant, the couple find him an irritation.
He befriends a young orphan boy and the two soon bond which
is not to the liking of the boy's step-father. [RF]
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2.01 [72] Kraft Television Theatre: HER HUSBAND'S WIFE
22Sep1948
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Synopsis:
A woman leaves her husband and their six-year old daughter
for a Parisian sculptor.
2.02 [073] Kraft Television Theatre: GREAT DAY
29Sep1948
guest stars
Philippa Bevans
Maury Hill
Katherine Meskill
Anna Minot
2.03 [074] Kraft Television Theatre: SUPPRESSED DESIRES
06Oct1948
06Oct1948 (25Jul48 copyright)
Written by Susan Glaspell
Directed by Edward Padula
guest stars
Joan Roberts ..... Mable
Tom Ewell ..... Stephen Brewster
Roberta Jonay ..... Jeanette Brewster
Synopsis:
Henrietta Brewster is obsessed with psychoanalysis and is driving
her husband Stephen crazy. She wakes him up at night to interpret his
dreams and hounds him to consult Dr. Russell, her mentor. Mabel,
Henrietta's sister, tells them of a dream in which she battles a hen
while some creature yells at her "Step, Hen! Step, Hen!" Two weeks
later, Stephen tells Henrietta that he has been seeing Dr. Russell and
he has interpreted his dreams as a desire to leave her. She is appalled
but insists that he leave her. Mabel returns from a session with Dr. Russell,
who has interpreted her dream as a suppressed desire for Stephen.
He and Mabel are astounded by their desires but concede to the insight
of the science which Henrietta defends. Henrietta then repudiates
psychoanalysis and she and Stephen are reconciled. [LOC]
2.04 [075] Kraft Television Theatre: THE TRUTH GAME
13Oct1948
Story by Ivor Novello
guest stars
Joyce Hayward
2.05 [076] Kraft Television Theatre: CRIMINAL AT LARGE
20Oct1948
Story by Edgar Wallace
guest stars
Tom Palmer
Olive Reeves-Smith
2.06 [077] Kraft Television Theatre: BIOGRAPHY
27Oct1948
Story by Nathaniel Behrman
guest stars
John Forsythe
Virginia Gilmore
2.07 [078] Kraft Television Theatre: OLD LADY ROBBINS
03Nov1948
Written by Albert G. Miller
guest stars
Grace Kelly
Ethel Owen
2.08 [079] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DETOUR
10Nov1948
Story by Owen Davis
guest stars
Curtis Cooksey
Isobel Price
James Cootes
Joan Stanley
Isabelle Robbins
2.09 [080] Kraft Television Theatre: THE IVORY DOOR
17Nov1948
Based on a story by A.A. Milne
guest stars
Jackie Cooper
Edith Hayman
2.10 [081] Kraft Television Theatre: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
24Nov1948
Adapted by Randolph Carter
Based on the book by Emily Bronte
guest stars
John Forsythe
Ethel Griffes
Louisa Horton
Synopsis:
The star-crossed love story of Cathy & Heathcliffe.
2.11 [082] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DOVER ROAD
01Dec1948
Adapted by Robert Howard Lindsey
Based on a story by A.A. Milne
guest stars
Geoffrey Lumb
Synopsis:
A wealthy man who lives on the Dover Road, traditional path of elopers.
His practice of forcing such couples to see one another in the sober light
of home life in his house, leads to a personal involvement for him.
[JB]
2.12 [083] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FLASHING STREAM
08Dec1948
Based on a story by Charles Morgan
guest stars
Gwen Anderson
Richard Kirkland
Lorna Kent
2.13 [084] Kraft Television Theatre: THE OLD SOAK
15Dec1948
Story by Harry Beresford
guest stars
Guy Kibbee
2.14
[085] Kraft Television Theatre: HANSEL AND GRETEL
22Dec1948
Story by Engelbert Humperdinck I
*Note: This was an Operetta of the
children's fairy tale.
2.15 [086] Kraft Television Theatre: MEET THE PRINCE
29Dec1948
Based on the story by A.A. Milne
2.16 [087] Kraft Television Theatre: TO CATCH THE WIND
05Jan1949
guest stars
Audrey Ridgewell
Mark Roberts
John Conway
2.17 [088] Kraft Television Theatre: MIRANDA
12Jan1949
guest stars
Richard Kendrick
Beverly Roberts
Betty Ann Nyman
2.18 [089] Kraft Television Theatre: DUET FOR TWO HANDS
19Jan1949
Story by Mary Hayley Bell
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Louisa Horton
Guy Spaull
Rhod Walker
2.19 [090] Kraft Television Theatre: THERE'S ALWAYS JULIET
26Jan1949
Story by John Van Druten
guest stars
Gwen Anderson
Margery Maude
Lex Richards
Huntington Watts
2.20 [091] Kraft Television Theatre: HER MASTER'S VOICE
02Feb1949
Story by Clare Kummer
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Augusta Dabney
Ethel Owen
Philip Truex
2.21
[092] Kraft Television Theatre: GRAMERCY GHOST
09Feb1949
Adapted by Robert Howard Lindsey
Based on the story by John Cecil Holm
Synopsis:
When a young woman inherits a house,
she finds a ghostly soldier living there as well.
2.22 [093] Kraft Television Theatre: ROOM SERVICE
16Feb1949
Adapted by Allen Boretz
Based on a story by John Murray
guest stars
Gage Clark
Warren Parker
Dudley Sadler
2.23 [094] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FLYING GERARDOS
23Feb1949
Written by Charles Robinson & Kenyon Nicholson
guest stars
Lucille Fenton
Winifield Hoeny
Barbara Meyer
Hugh Reilly
William Thunkhurst
2.24 [095] Kraft Television Theatre: A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT
02Mar1949
Based on a story by Clemence Dane
2.25 [096] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ARRIVAL OF KITTY
09Mar1949
guest stars
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Dort Clark
Gage Clarke
Patricia Kirkland
2.26 [097] Kraft Television Theatre: CONSIDER LILY
16Mar1949
guest stars
Ann Donaldson
Margaret Phillips
Ron Randell
2.27 [098] Kraft Television Theatre: VILLAGE GREEN
23Mar1949
Written by Carl Allensworth
guest stars
Jean Gillespie
Carl Benton Reid
Mark Roberts
2.28 [099] Kraft Television Theatre: WICKED IS THE VINE
30Mar1949
written by Sumner Locke-Elliott
guest stars
Margaret Phillips ....... Sarah
Joan Stanley ....... Ellie
Michael Everett ....... Joe
Ron Randell ....... Howard
John Hamilton
Margery Maude
Janet Fox
2.29 [100] Kraft Television Theatre: AS HUSBANDS GO
06Apr1949
Story by Rachel Crothers
guest stars
Lawrence Fletcher
Ruth Matteson
Tonio Stewart
Betty Ann Nyman
2.30 [101] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MIRACLE AT CHICKERSTON
13Apr1949
written by Peter Barry
guest stars
William Lee
Natalie Schafer
Gage Clark
2.31 [102] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING
20Apr1949
Story by John Emerson & Anita Loos
guest stars
Valeria Cossart
Lawrence Fletcher
Andrea Wallace
Timothy Lynn Kearse
2.32 [103] Kraft Television Theatre: GREEN STOCKINGS
27Apr1949
guest stars
Ruth Matteson
Joseph Allen Jr.
2.33 [104] Kraft Television Theatre: ADAM AND EVA
04May1949
Story by Guy Bolton
guest stars
Carl Benton Reid
Patricia Barry
Mark Roberts
2.34 [105] Kraft Television Theatre: THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
11May1949
written by M.V. Heberden
guest stars
Guy Spaull
Dean Harens
Felicia Montealegre ..... Hygieia
2.35 [106] Kraft Television Theatre: BIG HEARTED HERBERT
18May1949
Story by A.S. Richardson & Sophia Kerr
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Kirk Brown
2.36 [107] Kraft Television Theatre: AUTUMN FIRE
25May1949
Story by Thomas C. Murray
guest stars
Frank Baxter
Andrea Wallace
Martin Lewis
Helen Stenborg
2.37 [108] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ELEPHANT SHEPHERD
01Jun1949
guest stars
Neil Hamilton
Madelaine Smith
Vernon Smith
2.38 [109] Kraft Television Theatre: PAYMENT DEFERRED
08Jun1949 (Restaged from October 1, 1947)
Story by Jeffrey Dell
guest stars
Grace Carney
Richard Deane
Vilma Kurer
Cloris Leachman
Mercer McLeod
2.39 [110] Kraft Television Theatre: LITTLE BROWN JUG
15Jun1949
Story by Marie Baumer
guest stars
Gwen Anderson
Katherine Anderson
Malcolm Lee Beggs
John Harvey
John Stephen
Vaughn Taylor
2.40 [111] Kraft Television Theatre: PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX
22Jun1949
Adapted from the Roland Pertwee play
guest stars
Leslie Barrie
Cloris Leachman
Peter Fernandez
Jean Gillespie
Viola Frayne
2.41 [112] Kraft Television Theatre: BABY MINE
29Jun1949
guest stars
Kyle MacDonnell
Warren Parker
2.42 [113] Kraft Television Theatre: WITHIN THE LAW
06Jul1949
Story by Bayard Veiller
guest stars
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Jack Orrison
John Stephen
Polly Coe
Patricia Jenkins
2.43 [114] Kraft Television Theatre: A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY
13Jul1949
Story by Harry Thurschwell & Alfred Golden
guest stars
Walter Butterworth
Lee Carney
Joan Shepard
Richard Leone
2.44 [115] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CURTAIN RISES
20Jul1949
guest stars
Nancy Coleman
Lex Richards
Peggy French
Guy Spaull
2.45 [116] Kraft Television Theatre: TIME FOR ELIZABETH
27Jul1949
adapted from the Norman Krasna
and Groucho Marx play
guest stars
Maurice Manson
Nancy Sheridan
John Seymour
2.46 [117] Kraft Television Theatre: HEAVEN AND CHARING CROSS
03Aug1949
guest stars
Louis Beachner
Una O'Connor
Rex O'Malley
Elizabeth Ross
Treva Frazee
2.47 [118] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MISLEADING LADY
10Aug1949
guest stars
Mark Roberts
Patricia Jenkins
Vaughn Taylor
2.48 [119] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. PIM PASSES BY
17Aug1949
Story by A.A. Milne
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Geoffrey Lumb
Rex O'Malley
2.49 [120] Kraft Television Theatre:
WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY
24Aug1949
Story by John William Rogers
guest stars
Helene Hatch
Edith Meiser
Joyce Van Patten
Mary Young
Gage Clarke
Charles Nolte
Ruth Hammond
Jay Presson Allen
Helen Hatch
Emory Richardson
Elizabeth Eustis
Hunter Gardner
2.50 [121] Kraft Television Theatre: BEDELIA
31Aug1949
Story by Vera Caspary
guest stars
Julie Haydon
Sally Chamberlin
Edwin Jerome
John Newland
Helen Warren
Jim Davidson
Velma Royton
Grace Carney
Frances Tannenhill
2.51 [122] Kraft Television Theatre: RESPECTFULLY YOURS
07Sep1949
Story by Peggy Lamson
guest stars
Flora Campbell
Chet Stratton
Gage Clarke
Mercer McLeod
Dorothy Francis
Michael Blair
Jay Presson Allen
Betty Ann Nyman
John Rodney
2.52 [123] Kraft Television Theatre: LITTLE DARLING
14Sep1949
Story by Eric Hatch
guest stars
Marlyn Monk
Patricia Pope
Nancy Ross
Jack Orrison
Gene Fuller
Frederic de Wilde
Tom Bickley
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3.01 [124] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET
21Sep1949
Adapted from the play by Barre Lyndon
guest stars
John Newland
Mercer McLeod
Anne Jackson
Lewis Martin
Will Hare
John McQuade
Anthony Rivers
Synopsis:
A group of medical students are performing highly questionable
experiments
in an attempt to find eternal youth.
3.02 [125] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CLIMAX
28Sep1949
Based on the story by Jacques Deval
guest stars
Jack Arthur
Felicia Montealegre
Oliver Thorndike
Synopsis:
A married couple encounter problems when a third party enters the scene.
3.03 [126] Kraft Television Theatre: APPLE OF HIS EYE
prod. no. 49-1673
05Oct1949
Written by Kenyon Nicholson & Charles Robinson
guest stars
Lawrence Fletcher ....... Sam
Pamela Rivers ....... Lily
Vaughn Taylor ....... Tude
Helen Stenborg ......... Nina
Dorrit Kelton ....... Nettie
Myrtle Ferguson ....... Stella
Richard Shankland ........ Ott
Norma Jane Marlowe ........ Carol Ann
Synopsis:
The story of an elderly man in love with a young girl. He discovers
that too many people are interested in his romance. The love affair is
the immediate concern of the middle-aged widower's daughter-in-law,
his housekeeper, and the neighbors. Their interference almost deprives
him of years of happiness. [RF]
3.04 [127] Kraft Television Theatre: YOUR FRIENDLY NABORS
12Oct1949
Story by Joseph Bates Smith
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Lawrence Fletcher
Enid Markey
Warren Parker
Gene Fuller
Philip Sterling
Nancy Ross
3.05 [128] Kraft Television Theatre: ACCIDENTALLY YOURS
19Oct1949
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Cloris Leachman
Mercer McLeod
Synopsis:
A young wife with her child-like behavior frustrates her family.
3.06 [129] Kraft Television Theatre: TO DREAM AGAIN
26Oct1949
guest stars
Janet De Gore
Lauren Gilbert
Robert Craven
Leon Shaw
Velma Royton
3.07 [130] Kraft Television Theatre: WHISTLING IN THE DARK
02Nov1949
Based on the 1949 play by E.C. Carpenter & Lawrence Gross
guest stars
Donald Briggs
Jack Lemmon
Rosemary Rice
3.08 [131] Kraft Television Theatre: HAPPY ENDING
09Nov1949
guest stars
June Dayton
Isobel Price
Jim Davidson
Florence Robinson
Synopsis:
A man learns that success begins at home as he deals with his failing career.
3.09 [132] Kraft Television Theatre: THE HAPPIEST YEARS
16Nov1949
Based on the play written by William Roerick
& Thomas Coley
guest stars
James Daly
Lewis Martin
Ethel Owen
Hildy Parks
Alan Bunce
Synopsis:
The Graves home in a small mid-western college town becomes
the best time for a young man with ideas of grandeur.
3.10 [133] Kraft Television Theatre: IN LOVE WITH LOVE
23Nov1949
guest stars
Anne Francis
Maury Hill
3.11 [134] Kraft Television Theatre: SEEN BUT NOT HEARD
30Nov1949
Based on a play by Marie Baumer & Martin Berkeley
guest stars
Jackie Collins
Kathleen Maguire
Warren Parker
George Reeves
Tommy Rettig
Lawrence Fletcher
Tony Halloran
Synopsis:
One after the other the parents try to squelch the children every
time they are in a position to reveal important evidence as to
who killed Aunt Helen and Uncle John.
3.12 [135] Kraft Television Theatre: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
07Dec1949
Based on a play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Stanley Quinn
guest stars
James Daly
Stewart Bradley
Harry Townes
Kurt Richards
Synopsis:
A man searches for his twin children when he is almost ready to give up on
life.
3.13 [136] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NANTUCKET LEGEND
14Dec1949
Written by George Lefferts
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor
Philip Faversham
Edith Gresnam
Myrtle Ferguson
3.14 [137] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GLOVE
21Dec1949
guest stars
Dennis Harrison
Margaret Phillips
3.15 [138] Kraft Television Theatre: NEW BROOMS
28Dec1949
Based on the play by Frank Craven
guest stars
June Dayton
Will Hare
Frances Waller
William Lee
Synopsis:
Thomas Bates Sr. tries to get his idle son Tom Jr. interested in his broom
manufacturing
business and puts him in charge of the business for one year.
3.16 [139] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NABORLY FEELING
04Jan1950
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Enid Markey
Warren Parker
Note: This episode is the sequel to the
episode "Your Friendly Nabors" from October 12, 1949.
3.17 [140] Kraft Television Theatre: AS HUSBANDS GO
11Jan1950 (restaged from 06Apr49)
Based on the play by Rachel Crothers
guest stars
Donald Briggs
Mary Alice Moore
Synopsis:
Lucile Lingard has found romance with a young English poet while visiting
Europe.
The problem is her husband and Miss Crothers. But when Lucile, and later the poet,
return to the solidarity of the homeland, and when Lucile's husband so patently
demonstrates his "great, selfless love," the
affair subsides.
3.18 [141] Kraft Television Theatre: THE VINEGAR TREE
18Jan1950
Based on a play by Paul Osborn
guest stars
Raymond Bramley
Edmon Ryan
Bess Winburn
Synopsis:
An unhappily married couple are distraught when their daughter throws
herself at an older man after being rejected by her true love for
being unsophisticated and inexperienced.
3.19 [142] Kraft Television Theatre: KELLY
25Jan1950
written by Eric Hatch
guest stars
Anne Francis
E.G. Marshall
George Reeves ..... Sergeant Stivers
Olive Deering
Mark Roberts
Yvonne Rudie
Manuel Aparicio
Treva Frazee
Lawrence Fletcher
Lilyan Chauvin
Katherine Crozier
Marilyn Miller, Evelyn Rosselli
Phyllis Cambell, Jack Ewing
Cliff Dunstan, Tommy Gillen
William Skilling
Synopsis:
Story of a G.I. who went overseas in World War II and fell in love with
a French girl, then returned to Kansas and a job at a filling station,
all the while never forgetting his French love. When he learns that she
is coming to New York, he and his pals go to meet her. In New York,
he and the French girl are suspected of illegal activities concerning
some jewels picked up in the war and the story of their romance
in France is told in flashback. [RF]
*Note This episode was restaged several times throughout the series.
3.20 [143] Kraft Television Theatre: THE OLD LADIES
01Feb1950
Based on a play by Rodney Ackland
Adapted from a novel by Hugh Walpole
guest stars
Katherine Meskill
Mildred Natwick
Doris Rich
Synopsis:
The newest tenant of the Polchester residence is May Beringer who is befriended
by another resident Lucy Amorest, together they meet the strange and mysterious
gypsy
woman Agatha, who says she can help them for a price.
3.21 [144] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DARK TOWER
08Feb1950
Based on the play by George S. Kaufman & Alexander Woollcott
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Flora Campbell
John Newland
Synopsis:
When theatrical manager Dawson Wells fails to buy off Stanley Vance
who has an unholy hold over his beloved sister Jessica, he plots revenge.
*The play was made into the 1934 motion picture "The Man With Two Faces"
starring Edward G. Robinson as theatrical
manager Dawson Wells.
3.22 [145] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SILENT ROOM
15Feb1950
guest stars
Thomas Nello
Neva Patterson
3.23 [146] Kraft Television Theatre: VALLEY FORGE
22Feb1950
Based on a play by Maxwell Anderson
guest stars
Judson Laire
E.G. Marshall
Vaughn Taylor
Synopsis:
Historical story of George Washington's winter with the Continental Army.
3.24 [147] Kraft Television Theatre: MRS. MOONLIGHT
01Mar1950
Based on a play by Benn W. Levy
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Mary Sinclair
Ethel Remey
Synopsis:
Mrs. Moonlight's perpetual youthful appearance has
people talking until the truth is
revealed.
3.25 [148] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NINETEENTH HOLE
08Mar1950
Based on a short story by Frank Craven
guest stars
Enid Markey
Alan Stevenson
Hildy Parks
Synopsis:
A wife is fed up with her husbands obsession
with golf.
3.26 [149] Kraft Television Theatre: LADIES IN RETIREMENT
15Mar1950
Story by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham
guest stars
Marga Ann Deighton
Mildred Natwick
Richard Newton
Synopsis:
Leonora Fiske a former actress lives with her companion
Ellen Green on a remote marsh. When Ellen's two eccentric sisters
visit, mysterious events take place.
3.27 [150] Kraft Television Theatre: THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND
22Mar1950
Based on Robert Emmet Sherwood's story (1928)
guest stars
Mercer McLeod
Katherine Meskill
Richard Purdy
Synopsis:
A constitutional monarch outwitted a domineering wife and a dictatorial prime
minister by uniting with a Communist-Labor coalition. [RF]
*Note: Kraft Television Theater celebrated its 150th performance. [TIME
magazine 03Apr50]
3.28 [151] Kraft Television Theatre: THE COPPERHEAD
29Mar1950
guest stars
Flora Campbell
Doris Rich
3.29 [152] Kraft Television Theatre: A DOLL'S HOUSE
prod no. 50-563
05Apr1950
written by Edmund Rice
guest stars
Felicia Montealegre ....... Nora
Theodore Newton ....... Torvald
John Newland ....... Krogatad
Joan Wetmore ....... Christina
Geoffrey Lumb ....... Dr. Rank
Alice Yourman ....... Ellen
Synopsis:
The story of Nora, who is a wife and mother and rebels against being
treated as a mere plaything by her husband Torvald. She wants to be
a companion in the union of marriage rather than just someone to be
protected. When the crucial test of their marriage is brought about by
the expose of a bit of blackmailing, her husband thinks more of his
honor than of his wife. Nora leaves Torvald and her home to lead a
life as an individual rather than that of a wife. [RF]
3.30 [153] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LUCKY FINGER
12Apr1950
guest stars
Lois Holmes
Dan Morgan
Eleanor Wilson
Claude Horton
3.31 [154] Kraft Television Theatre: MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA
19Apr1950
guest stars
Geoffrey Lumb
3.32 [155] Kraft Television Theatre: BLACK SHEEP
26Apr1950
guest stars
Anne Francis
Eileen Heckart
Richard McMurray
3.33 [156] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FOURTH STEP
03May1950
guest stars
Leslie Nielsen
Augusta Dabney
3.34 [157] Kraft Television Theatre: MACBETH
10May1950
Based on the play by Shakespeare
Directed by Stanley Quinn
guest stars
E.G. Marshall ...... Macbeth
Uta Hagen .......... Lady Macbeth
Chester Stratton ... Macduff
Philip Huston ...... Banquo
Philip Faversham ... Marshall
Synopsis:
Macbeth is one of King Duncan's greatest war captains. Returning from
battle with his comrade-in-arms Banquo, Macbeth encounters
a
plot made by three witches who make a prophecy.
3.35 [158] Kraft Television Theatre: STORM IN A TEACUP
17May1950
guest stars
George Reeves
Andrea Wallace
Ivan Simpson
Doris Rich
3.36 [159] Kraft Television Theatre: THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
24May1950
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Warren Parker
Dudley Sadler
3.37 [160] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LUCK OF GULDEFORD
31May1950
guest stars
Leslie Nielsen
3.38 [161] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
07Jun1950
guest stars
Robert Chisholm
George Englund
Flora Campbell
3.39 [162] Kraft Television Theatre: GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
14Jun1950
guest stars
Anne Francis
Nelson Olmstead
3.40 [163] Kraft Television Theatre: NOAH
21Jun1950
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor
Doris Rich
Stewart Bradley
3.41 [164] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WIND IS NINETY
prod. no. 50-2046
28Jun1950
written by Ralph Nelson
guest stars
George Reeves ....... Don Richie
Kathleen Comegys ....... Nana
Nancy Coleman ......... Jean, Don's wife
Donald Duerr ....... Jimmy
Herbie Walsh ....... Bert
Keith Russell ....... Tommy
Richard Wigginton ....... Don at 8 yrs old
Harry Townes ....... the Unknown Soldier
Synopsis:
The story of Don Richie, an Air Force captain who is shot down over
Germany during World War II. Anxious to comfort his grieving family,
he "returns" in spirit form accompanied by the spirit of the Unknown
Soldier. Richie discovers that his wife, mother, father, and son remember
him in different ways. At first, he is unable to "get through" to them.
Although the Unknown Soldier explains to him that it will take time for
them to realize that his spirit will remain, Richie is ready to give up
when he receives a surprise. The family is led to believe that whenever
"the wind is ninety" or from the East, Don will be with them in spirit.
[RF]
3.42 [165] Kraft Television Theatre: JEANNINE
05Jul1950
guest stars
Mercer McLeod
Elizabeth Ross
3.43 [166] Kraft Television Theatre: MURDER ON THE NILE
12Jul1950
adapted from the Agatha Christie play
guest stars
Lex Richards
Patricia Wheel
Guy Spaull
3.44 [167] Kraft Television Theatre: ACCENT ON YOUTH
19Jul1950
guest stars
Marilyn Erskine
Melville Ruick
3.45 [168] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. BARRY'S ETCHINGS
26Jul1950
3.46 [169] Kraft Television Theatre: JANUARY THAW
prod. no. 50-2282
02Aug1950
written by William Roos
guest stars
Valerie Cossart ....... Marge
Nelson Olmstead ....... Herbert
Vaughn Taylor ...... Jonathan
Leona Powers ..... Mathilda
Robert Burr ...... Matt
Barbara Ruick ...... Barbara
Susan Harris ...... Sarah
Don Murray ...... George
John Stephen ...... Mr. Loomis
Synopsis:
The story of Herbert and Marge Gage and the confusion that results
when they buy an old-fashioned farmhouse in Connecticut and then
discover that two of the late owner's heirs have a legal right to live in
the house. Soon after the Gages and their two daughters move in, the
Jonathan Rockwoods arrive to take advantage of their relative's will.
The inevitable difficulties arise when two families live under one roof.
A message is received that a neighbor is expecting a child and has
no one to attend to her needs. Mathilda Rockwood and Barbara Gage
are the only available people, and they slip away and take over until
the following morning when a nurse arrives. This incident leads to all
the differences between the two families being ironed out.
[RF]
3.47 [170] Kraft Television Theatre: FEATHERS IN A GALE
09Aug1950
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
George Reeves
Kyle MacDonnell
3.48 [171] Kraft Television Theatre: SEPTEMBER TIDE
16Aug1950
adapted from the Daphne du Maurier story
guest stars
Patricia Breslin
Robert Pastene
Ruth Matteson
3.49 [172] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FIRST MRS. FRASER
23Aug1950
adapted from the John G. St. Ervine play.
guest stars
Lex Richards
Evan Thomas
Dorothy Peterson
E.G. Marshall
3.50 [173] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DETOUR
30Aug1950
guest stars
James Coates
Ethel Remey
Blair Davies
3.51 [174] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LAST TRUMP
06Sep1950
guest stars
Mercer McLeod
Richard Purdy
3.52 [175] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP
13Sep1950
guest stars
Florida Friebus
Robert Chisholm
Philip Tonge
3.53 [176] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LAST STOP
20Sep1950
story by Irving Kaye Davis
guest stars
Mildred Dunnock
Isobel Price
Vaughn Taylor
Enid Markey
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4.01 [177] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GREEN PACK
27Sep1950
guest stars
James Daly
Mercer McLeod
4.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: I LIKE IT HERE
04Oct1950
guest stars
Anne Francis
Carmen Mathews
Stefan Schnabel
Donald Buka
4.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GREAT BROXOPP
11Oct1950
guest stars
Chester Stratton
Rex O'Malley
Faith Brook
Philip Tonge
4.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: OLD LADY ROBBINS
18Oct1950
written by Albert G. Miller
guest stars
Herbert Nelson
Augusta Dabney
Enid Markey
4.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TRUANT IN PARK LANE
25Oct1950
guest stars
Dan Morgan
Blanche Yurka
4.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DOLPHIN'S REACH
01Nov1950
Written by R.H. Benson
guest stars
Mercer McLeod
Enid Pulver
Carmen Mathews
Stefan Schnabel
4.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SIXTEEN
08Nov1950
Adapted from the play by Aimee and Philip Stuart.
guest stars
Patricia Crowley
Anna Lee
Donald Curtis
4.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ROMANTIC AGE
15Nov1950
guest stars
Bethel Leslie
Dean Harens
4.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY
22Nov1950
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Betty Caulfield
Ethel Giffes
4.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WINDOWS
29Nov1950
adapted from the John Galsworthy play
guest stars
Valerie Cossart
Lex Richards
Mercer McLeod
4.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SHORT STORY
06Dec1950
guest stars
Bramwell Fletcher
Viola Keats
4.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MICHAEL AND MARY
13Dec1950
Based on a story by A.A. Milne
guest stars
Felicia Montealegre
Peter Fernandez
John Newland
4.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE VILLAGE GREEN
20Dec1950
guest stars
Raymond Van Sickle
Wendy Drew
Glenn Denning
4.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: RIP VAN WINKLE
27Dec1950
adapted by R.H. Lindsay
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Fletcher
Barbara Robbins
4.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PAPER MOON
03Jan1951
adapted by R. Howard Lindsay
guest stars
Frances Robinson
Richard Kiley
4.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: KELLY
10Jan1951 (restaged)
written by Eric Hatch
guest stars
Mark Roberts
Olive Deering
E.G. Marshall
George Reeves
Synopsis:
Story of average Kansas gas station attendant who remembers a
beautiful girl in his past, then seeks to find her. A missing fortune in
Nazi loot and an army detective
This story is about a man looking for a beautiful girl from his past.
4.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BEST YEARS
17Jan1951
adapted from Raymond Van Sickle play
guest stars
Leslie Nielsen
Dorothy Sands
Augusta Dabney
Bonnie Baken
4.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SPRING GREEN
24Jan1951
guest stars
Conrad Janis
Flora Campbell
Herbert Nelson
Helen Seamon
4.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SOUND OF HUNTING
31Jan1951
guest stars
Joseph Di Reda
Ralph Meeker
Biff Elliot
4.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
07Feb1951
guest stars
Robert Pastene
Patricia Wheel
Blanche Yurka
4.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ENRAGED
14Feb1951
guest stars
Lloyd Bochner
Jean Gillespie
Louis Edmonds
Elizabeth Ross
Pat Englund
Dan Morgan
4.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FORTUNE HUNTER
21Feb1951
adapted from a play by Winchell Smith
guest stars
Jack Lemmon
Margot Moser
Cameron Prud'homme
4.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JANE EYRE
28Feb1951
guest stars
John Baragrey
Kathleen Crowley
4.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DELICATE STORY
07Mar1951
guest stars
John Ericson
Nelson Olmsted
4.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ON STAGE
14Mar1951
written by Benjamin Kaye
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Vaughn Taylor
Barbara Joyce
Patricia Englund
4.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: OF FAMOUS MEMORY
21Mar1951
written by E.B. Ginty
guest stars
Nancy Marchand
Mercer McLeod
Leslie Nielsen
4.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SILENT ROOM
28Mar1951
guest stars
Meg Mundy
Dan Morgan
4.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: YOURS TRULY
04Apr1951
guest stars
John Randolph
Lisa Kirk
Judith Parrish
Richard Derr
4.29 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MRS. DANE'S DEFENSE
11Apr1951
adapted from Henry Arthur Jones play
guest stars
Madge Elliott
Faith Brook
Cyril Ritchard
4.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. MERGENTHWIRKER'S LOBBY
18Apr1951
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor
Vinton Hayworth
4.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BRIEF MUSIC
25Apr1951
guest stars
Pat Conway
Patricia Kirkland
Joyce Van Patten
4.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BRIEF CANDLE
02May1951
guest stars
Isobel Elsom
Douglass Watson
4.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
09May1951
guest stars
John Newland
Gwen Anderson
Charles Summers
4.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE INTIMATE STRANGERS
16May1951
guest stars
Peggy Conklin
Nelson Olmsted
4.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A PLAY FOR MARY
23May1951
guest stars
Cloris Leachman
James Daly
Bramwell Fletcher
4.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BEN FRANKLIN
30May1951
guest stars
Jocelyn Brando
Robert Emhardt
4.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A SEACOAST IN BOHEMIA
06Jun1951
written by Ben Radin
guest stars
Philip Coolidge
Stuart MacIntosh
Raymond Rizzo
Lili Darvas
Biff Elliot
Joyce Van Patten
Dan Morgan
4.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: STRANGEHOLD
13Jun1951
guest stars
Enid Markey
Gene Lyons
Marlyn Monk
4.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONLY THE HEART
20Jun1951
adapted by Horton Foote
directed by Stanley Quinn
guest stars
Jack Ewing
Isobel Price
Isobel Robins
Dorothy Sands
4.40 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MERRY MADNESS
27Jun1951
Adapted from the play by Sheridan Gibney.
guest stars
Cameron Prud'homme
Regina Wallace
4.41 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
04Jul1951
guest stars
Charles Taylor
Joey Walsh
4.42 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: VIENNA DATELINE
11Jul1951
guest stars
Natalie Core
John Stephen
Robert Dale Martin
Mary Jones
4.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ZONE FOUR
18Jul1951
written by James Fielder Cook
guest stars
Louisa Horton
Richard Kiley
4.44 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BRIGHT SHADOW
25Jul1951
guest stars
Raymond Evans
Valerie Cardew
Richard Aherne
Frederick Worlock
4.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HILDA MCKAY
01Aug1951
guest stars
Polly Rowles
Robert Pastene
John Baragrey
Wendy Drew
4.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: OLD DOC
08Aug1951
guest stars
Dorothy Sands
Judy Parrish
Vaughn Taylor
John Stephen
4.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JOHN WILKES BOOTH
15Aug1951
guest stars
John Baragrey
Oliver Thorndike
Raymond Bramley
4.48 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WITH RAYMOND RICE
22Aug1951
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor
Enid Markey
4.49 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ASHES IN THE WIND
29Aug1951
Written by Mac Shoub
Directed by Stanley Quinn
guest stars
Herbert Rudley ..... Oscar
Geraldine Wall ..... Edith
Hildy Parks ........ Van
Emily Lawrence ..... Helen
George Hill ........ Vic
Dorothy Sands ...... Mother
Jack Ewing ......... Willie
Mary James ......... Nurse
Synopsis:
An elderly woman's family is awaiting her death
and the insurmountable costs are taxing on the family.
4.50 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE EASY MARK
05Sep1951
Script based on the production of The Easy Mark by Jack Larric.
guest stars
Jack Lemmon
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5.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE TALE OF THE WOLF
12Sep1951
Adapted by Hans Barstch
From the work by Ferenc Molnar
guest stars
Donald Curtis
Katharine Bard
5.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WREN
19Sep1951
guest stars
Alan Shayne
Janet De Gore
Howard Wierum
5.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CLIMAX
26Sep1951
guest stars
Olive Deering
Oliver Thorndike
Jack Arthur
5.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: IRISH EYES
03Oct1951
guest stars
Andrea Wallace
Paul Langton
Dick Foran
5.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SEEN BUT NOT HEARD
10Oct1951
guest stars
Jean Gillespie
Eleanor Wilson
Lawrence Fletcher
5.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MOON OVER MULBERRY STREET
19Oct1951
guest stars
Tige Andrews
Dolores Sutton
William Edmunds
5.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: INTOLERANCE
24Oct1951
guest stars
John Stephen
Margaret Phillips
Bramwell Fletcher
5.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HOUR OF CRISIS
31Oct1951
guest stars
Cliff Hall
Hazel Dawn
Billy Lynn
5.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JUSTICE
07Nov1951
guest stars
Fred Stewart
Alan Shayne
Malcolm Keen
5.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NEVER BE THE SAME
14Nov1951
guest stars
Jean Adair
Dan Morgan
Kristine Miller
Howard Freeman
5.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DEAR BRUTUS
21Nov1951
adapted from the James M. Barrie play
guest stars
Donald Curtis
Joseph Anthony
Tom McElhany
Joan Wetmore
5.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FAIR HAIRED BOY
28Nov1951
guest stars
Dick Foran
Nelson Olmsted
Frances Helm
Richard Carlyle
5.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: LOYALTIES
05Dec1951
guest stars
Lloyd Bochner
Philip Friend
Toby Robins
5.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GOLDEN STATE
12Dec1951
written by Sam Spewack
guest stars
Dorothy Malone
J. Pat O'Malley
Jane Rose
Edgar Stehli
Logan Ramsey
George Roy Hill
5.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: INCIDENT ON FIFTH AVENUE
19Dec1951
guest stars
Hildy Parks
Joseph Sweeney
Gene Lee
5.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NANTUCKET LEGEND
26Dec1951
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor
Myrtle Ferguson
Pat O'Malley
Brook Byron
5.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NEW GOSSOON
02Jan1952
adapted from G. Shiels play
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Carmen Mathews
5.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PHILIP GOES FORTH
09Jan1952
adapted from the George Kelly play
guest stars
Roddy McDowall
Blanche Yurka
William Harrigan
5.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ROUND TABLE
16Jan1952
written by Lennox Robinson
guest stars
Katherine Bard
Gene Lyons
Christine White
5.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR
23Jan1952
guest stars
Dick Foran
Nancy Marchand
Nita Talbot
Melville Cooper
5.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MRS. O'BRIEN ENTERTAINS
30Jan1952
guest stars
Patrick O'Neal
John McGiver
Peg Hillias as Mrs. O'Brien
5.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FOLLOW THE DREAM
06Feb1952
guest stars
Vivian Ferrer
5.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SKIN GAME
13Feb1952
guest stars
Tom Helmore
5.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MOLLUSC
20Feb1952
guest stars
John Newland
Ernest Truex
Dortha Duckworth
5.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SEPTEMBER TIDE
27Feb1952
adapted from the Daphne du Maurier story
guest stars
Robert Pastene
Esther Ralston
5.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WHAT ANNE BROUGHT HOME
05Mar1952
written by Larry E. Johnson
guest stars
Beverly Dennis
William Redfield
Tom Shirley
Michael Dreyfuss
5.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE THIEF
12Mar1952
guest stars
Lauren Gilbert
Vaughn Taylor
Robert Shackleton
Beverly Whitney
5.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON
19Mar1952
guest stars
Cloris Leachman
John Newland
5.29 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ON THE RUGGED PATH
26Mar1952
written by George Shiels
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Carmen Mathews
Philip Kenneally
Mildred Clinton
Dan Morgan
5.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THAT RYAN GIRL
02Apr1952
guest stars
Audrey Christie
Una O'Connor
Edmon Ryan
5.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LAST MILE
09Apr1952
guest stars
John Newland
Robert Keith
Ben Gazzara
5.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: GREEN CARS GO EAST
16Apr1952
guest stars
James Dayton
William Harrigan
5.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SUMMIT
23Apr1952
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Carmen Mathews
5.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET
30Apr1952
guest stars
Anne Jackson
John Newland
5.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
07May1952
guest stars
John Baragrey
Kate Hardcastle
Stella Andrew
5.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE INN
14May1952
guest stars
Rod Steiger
Margaret Hayes
Warner Anderson
5.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PROLOGUE TO GLORY
21May1952
story by E.P. Conkle
guest stars
Patricia Breslin
James Dean
Una O'Connor
Thomas Coley
William Lee
Butch Clavell
5.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE THIRD VISITOR
28May1952
guest stars
Berry Kroeger
Glenn Anders
5.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: AT MRS. BEAM'S
04Jun1952
guest stars
Lisa Ferraday
Phoebe Mackay
5.40 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
11Jun1952
guest stars
Grace Kelly
Russell Hardie
Synopsis:
A cricket prevents a murder. [RF]
5.41 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DEATH OF KID SLAWSON
18Jun1952
guest stars
Walter Matthau
5.42 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THORN IN THE FLESH
25Jun1952
guest stars
Peter Cookson
Beatrice Straight
5.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A TIME FOR TURNING
02Jul1952
guest stars
Gaby Rodgers
5.44 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP
16Jul1952
prod. no. 52-3048
Script based on the production of The Great Big Doorstep by Frances Goodrich &
Albert Hackett
guest stars
E.G. Marshall ....... Commodore Crochet
Florida Friebus ....... Mrs. Crochet
Enid Pulver
Florence Lurien
Humphrey Davis
Bill Penn
Susan Hallaran
Ellen Barrie
Louis Edmonds
Nancy R. Pollock
Myrtle Garfuson
Synopsis:
The story of the Crochets, a Cajun family, who live in a Louisiana bayou.
They are proud of the steps which they have salvaged from the river
for their two-room shack, which houses a family of eight. "The Commodore"
is a lazy man, who presumably earns his living as a ditchdigger.
Mrs. Crochet raises lilies in the swamp, hoping she will someday be
able to sell them. They learn of the possibility of getting a larger home,
one that will match their steps, if they can raise $60. They are sure of
getting the money, but at the last minute their hopes are dashed when
their sources prove unreliable. Then a florist from New Orleans appears
and buys all of Mrs. Crochet's lilies, 7,000 at 2 cents each, saving the day. [RF]
5.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MUSIC MASTER
30Jul1952
guest stars
Don Murray
Roland Winters
Stefan Schnabel
[--] Kraft Television Theatre: no details
06Aug1952
5.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: LACE ON HER PETTICOAT
13Aug1952
guest stars
Denise Alexander
Valerie Cossart
Una O'Connor
Herbert Rudley
5.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: INDIAN SUMMER
20Aug1952
guest stars
Jayne Meadows
Anna Lee
Russell Hardie
Edmon Ryan
5.48 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SMALL HOURS
27Aug1952
guest stars
Katherine Meskill
Lauren Gilbert
Grace Kelly
5.49 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. BARRY'S ETCHINGS
03Sep1952
guest stars
Geoffrey Lumb
5.50 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: LETTER TO LUCERNE
10Sep1952
guest stars
Bethel Leslie
5.51 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GRASS HARP
17Sep1952
guest stars
Mildred Natwick
Russell Collins
5.52 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BACKGROUND
24Sep1952
guest stars
Donald Briggs
Joseph Anthony
Katharine Bard
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6.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MICHAEL AND MARY
01Oct1952
adapted from the A.A. Milne play
restaged from show telecast on 13Dec1950
guest stars
Scott Forbes ....... Michael
Maria Riva ....... Mary
6.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NEW TENANT
08Oct1952
guest stars
Katherine Meskill
Alan Bunce
Blanche Yurka
6.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A KISS FOR CINDERELLA
15Oct1952
guest stars
Mary Kay Stearns ....... Cinderella
Leslie Nielsen ....... Prince Charming
Melville Cooper
6.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A LONG NIGHT IN FORTY MILES
22Oct1952
guest stars
John Baragrey
Hildy Parks
Fred Stewart
6.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DIVINE DRUDGE
29Oct1952
guest stars
Harry Townes
Robert Pastene
6.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MELODY JONES
05Nov1952
guest stars
Patsy Bruder
6.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HILDA MCKAY
12Nov1952
guest stars
Shepperd Strudwick
Haila Stoddard
6.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE QUIET WEDDING
19Nov1952
guest stars
Alan Haines
6.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. LAZARUS
26Nov1952
story by Harvey O'Higgins & Harriet Ford
guest stars
E.G. Marshall ....... Mr. Lazarus
Don Murray ....... Booth
Dorotha Duckworth ....... Mrs. Sylvester
Joan Gray ....... Pat Molloy
Barry Kroeger ....... Dr. Sylvester
Synopsis:
The story of Mr. Lazarus, who appears at the boardinghouse of the Sylvesters.
He claims that he knew Mrs. Sylvester years ago and then claims he is
John Molloy, her first husband. He proves Dr. Sylvester to be a fraud and
helps Pat, Mrs. Sylvester's daughter, and Booth, her fiance, on the road
to the altar. Mr. Lazarus suddenly leaves, but the family is undecided
as to whether he is John Molloy or John Lazarus. [RF]
6.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE IRON GATE
03Dec1952
guest stars
Beatrice Straight
Henry Daniell
Patricia Breslin
Margaret Phillips
6.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE INTIMATE STRANGERS
10Dec1952
guest stars
Nelson Olmsted
Peggy Conklin
Isabel Price
6.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GUEST
17Dec1952
guest stars
Judy Parrish
Ethel Remey
Gene Lyons
6.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
24Dec1952
guest stars
Malcolm Keen
Harry Townes
6.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PAPER MOON
31Dec1952
adapted by R. Howard Lindsay
guest stars
Ruth Matteson
Richard Kiley
Amy Douglass
Caren Preiss
Ruth Chatterton
*Restaging of the episode of 03Jan1951
6.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
THE FIRE BELOW AND THE DEVIL ABOVE
07Jan1953
written by Carey Wilber
prod. no. 53-80
guest stars
Tom Coley ....... Eben Stone
Bethel Leslie ....... Tabby
Richard Newton ....... Bluey
William A. Lee ....... Capt. Brewster
James Gregory ....... Bos'un
Whit Bissell ....... Chips
Vaughn Taylor
....... Rev. Obadiah Harkness
Synopsis:
The story of Eben Stone, mate on the brig Ellen B. He takes over as
master after the first mate is murdered and Captain Brewster dies.
The Rev. Obadiah Harkness and his daughter Tabby are passengers,
and Eben falls in love with her, and she with him. The cred led by
Bluey mutiny, and Eben says he must deal with a fire below and the
Devil above. A fire breaks out in the hold, and he goes into the hold
to save the ship. Bluey tries to gain control of the ship, but the
Reverend Harkness and Tabby with the faithful Chips, the ship's
carpenter, save both Eben and the ship.
6.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ZONE FOUR
14Jan1953
guest stars
Richard Kiley
Mary Fickett
John Newland
Lauren Gilbert
6.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A SQUARE PEG
21Jan1953
guest stars
Evelyn Varden
Lois Bolton
Irene Vernon
Frank M. Thomas
6.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DUET
28Jan1953
written by Robert Noah
guest stars
Jack Lemmon
Ray Rizzo
Sallie Brophy
Anatole Winogradoff
6.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CHESS GAME
04Feb1953
written by Robert Howard Lindsay
directed by Maurice Holland
prod. no. 53-494
guest stars
Russell Collins ....... Graham
Joey Walsh ....... Johnny
Robert Carroll ....... Glen Polk
Sally Chamberlin ....... Helen Polk
Nana Bryant ....... Mrs. Lucas
Gene O'Donnell ....... Lt. Finney
Nell Harrison
....... Miss Spinner
Synopsis:
John Green, a young delinquent fearing he is suspected of murder,
takes refuge in the home of John Graham, a cynical, atheistic drunk.
Graham, with the help of the theological student Glen Polk, his wife,
and mother-in-law, create a new identity for John Green as Johnny
Graham. In the mental chess game of trying to evade the law,
Johnny is helped by John Graham, who confesses to the crime in
order to save the young man's life. Graham's good deed is rewarded
when Lt. Finney reveals that the murderer has been found. [RF]
6.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: RIGHT YOU ARE!
11Feb1953
guest stars
Tom Helmore
Olive Blakeney
6.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SNOOKSIE
18Feb1953
adapted by Carey Wilbur
guest stars
Jack Lemmon
J. Pat O'Malley
Andree Wallace
Jack Warden
Vinton Hayworth
6.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: STAR BRIGHT
25Feb1953
guest stars
William Roerick
Georgann Johnson
6.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
04Mar1953
written by George Roy Hill
guest stars
Rod Steiger
James Gregory
George Roy Hill
John Connell
6.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SO VERY YOUNG
11Mar1953
guest stars
Henry Jones
6.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: AUTUMN STORY
18Mar1953
guest stars
Alan Bruce
Perry Wilson
6.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MISS MABEL
25Mar1953
guest stars
Estelle Winwood
Frederic Worlock
Malcolm Keen
6.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SUMMER PLACE
01Apr1953
guest stars
John Newland
Blanche Yurka
6.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NEXT OF KIN
08Apr1953
written by Rod Serling
directed by Stanley Quinn
guest stars
Frederic Tozere
Patricia Ferris
Jack Arthur
Gene Lyons
James Daly
6.29 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: RAIN NO MORE
15Apr1953
written by James Costigan
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
James Costigan
Edward Binns
Murray Hamilton
Penny Santon
Una O'Connor
6.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NEW SERVANT
22Apr1953
guest stars
Wright King
John Seymour
Katherine Meskill
6.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HOODLUMS WITH A HALO
29Apr1953
guest stars
Frank Albertson
Constance Ford
Joe Maross
6.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
06May1953
guest stars
Nancy Marchand
Leslie Nielsen
Rod Steiger
George Roy Hill
John Baragrey
*Note Features excerpts from past Kraft programs:
Of Famous Memory (first aired 3/21/51) -- January Thaw (first aired 10/47)
-- Wuthering Heights (first aired 11/17/48) -- My Brother's Keeper (first aired 3/4/53).
6.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FINAL EDITION
13May1953
guest stars
Chester Morris
6.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONE LEFT OVER
20May1953
guest stars
Harry Townes
Patricia Wheel
Isobel Price
6.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE TWILIGHT ROUNDS
27May1953
written by Rod Serling
guest stars
Frank Maxwell
Pat O'Malley
Barbara Baxley
Tony Canzoneri
[--] Kraft Television Theatre: no details
03Jun1953
6.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ASCENT OF P.J. O'HARA
10Jun1953
guest stars
Florida Friebus
Cliff Hall
6.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BOY OF MINE
17Jun1953
written by Dana Thomas
guest stars
Henry Jones
Grace Keddy
Martin Newman
Synopsis:
Story concerns the grief of a couple who are afraid of losing their
adopted teenage son to his heartless mother. [JB]
*Note: Not Grace Kelly but Grace Keddy according to TVGuide 1953 issue.
6.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE RAINY DAY
24Jun1953
guest stars
Joe Maross
Ernest Truex
Joey Walsh
Sylvia Fields
Synopsis:
A father is willing to sacrifice his lifetime's savings in order to assure
a brighter future for his son. [RF]
6.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DIEHARD
01Jul1953
guest stars
Jackie Cooper
6.40 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
08Jul1953
guest stars
Harry Townes
Beverly Whitney
Perry Wilson
Synopsis:
A house is kept beautiful by the spirit of the people in it rather than
by the interior decorator. [JB]
6.41 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE BLIND SPOT
15Jul1953
guest stars
John Baragrey
Ruth Matteson
Richard Waring
6.42 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
THE ADVENTURES OF THE KIND MR. SMITH
22Jul1953
written by Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay
guest stars
Rene Paul
Martyn Green
Marcel Hillaire
6.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE INTRUDER
29Jul1953
guest stars
John Beal
Patsy Bruder
Kathleen Comegys
Valerie Cossart
6.44 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: OLD MACDONALD HAD A CURVE
05Aug1953
written by Rod Serling
directed by Harry Hermann
guest stars
Olin Howlin
Jack Warden
Cameron Prud'homme
Synopsis:
The story of a 67-year-old ex-major leaguer rejoining his former team
after developing a freakish curve ball. [RF]
6.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DAY OF THE VISION
12Aug1953
guest stars
Ilka Chase
Harry Townes
John McGovern
6.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: IN ALBERT'S ROOM
19Aug1953
guest stars
Joe Maross
Tony Randall
6.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE BLUES FOR JOEY MENOTTI
26Aug1953
written by Rod Serling
guest stars
Dan Morgan
Constance Ford
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7.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: QUITE A GUY
02Sep1953
guest stars
Patricia McCormack
Nancy Devlin
Richard Carlyle
Barry McGuire
Allen Nourse
Synopsis:
An athlete's coach tries to bend the rules to allow his star to play in the big
game.
7.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DOUBLE IN IVORY
09Sep1953
Written by Michelle Cousin
guest stars
Lee Remick
Robert Pastene
Beverly Whitney
Synopsis:
A child prodigy finds it difficult to adjust to adulthood.
7.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HER FATHER'S BUTLER
16Sep1953
Written by Dana Thomas
guest stars
Constance Ford
Richard Kiley
Cameron Prud'homme
Chester Stratton
Synopsis:
A millionaire's mischievous daughter hires an outsider
after all the household help has quit.
7.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CORINTH HOUSE
23Sep1953
guest stars
Kathleen Comegys
Edgar Stehli
Margaret Phillips
Synopsis:
A boarding house is run by a former teacher and when one
of her students shows up for revenge, her guests lives are jeopardized.
7.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: LOBBLIES NEVER LIE
30Sep1953
Written by Nelson S. Bond
Based on the novel Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies and
Other Fantastic Tales.
guest stars
Vaughn Taylor ..... Mr. Mergenthwirker
Leora Dana
Synopsis:
A small town reporter is assisted by invisible pixies
who help him solve a murder.
7.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CAP'N JONAS
07Oct1953
Written by Robert H. Lindsay
guest stars
Mark Roberts
Fred Stewart
Paul Flannagan
Synopsis:
An ill boy befriends an old sea captain named Jonas and
each vow to help the other if misfortune befalls them.
7.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: KEEP OUR HONOR BRIGHT
14Oct1953
Written by George Roy Hill
Directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Michael Higgins
Joan Potter
James Dean ....... Jim
Addison Richards
Bradford Dillman
George Roy Hill
Larry Fletcher
Synopsis:
A student faces expulsion after being caught cheating on an exam.
7.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE PICKET FENCE
21Oct1953
Written by George Lowther
guest stars
Lee Remick
Lois Bolton
Synopsis:
A family faces economic disaster unless they unite.
7.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE THRESHOLD
28Oct1953
guest stars
Edward Binns
Joey Walsh
Marian Seldes
Synopsis:
An expectant mother worries that her husband already overloaded
with the car and house payments may feel like a failure.
7.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DREAM HOUSE
04Nov1953
Written by Arthur Cavanaugh
guest stars
Rod Steiger
Doris Rich
Kenny Delmar
Jack Warden
Synopsis:
A lonely couple get married only to find out that isn't what they were looking
for.
7.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A LONG TIME TILL DAWN
11Nov1953
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
James Dean ....... Joe Harris
Naomi Riordan
Rudolph Weiss
Ted Osborn
Robert F. Simon
Synopsis:
Joe Harris, a young ex-con, out of jail only a few hours, visits kindly
Papa Goldens delicatessen and beats the old man into a coma and
eventually; a coffin. His pretty wife has moved to New Jersey and is
living with Joes father. Angry at first at the direction Joes life has been
taking, the older Harris warms to the idea of the return of the prodigal
son. Describing the youth as a "poet and a gangster," wife and father
provide an untrue alibi for Joe when a world-weary cop with a son of
his own comes to make the pinch. [RF]
7.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GATE
18Nov1953
Written by Kathleen Lindsay
guest stars
Margaret Wycherly
Audra Lindley
Addison Richards
Dortha Duckworth
Synopsis:
After marrying into a wealthy Southern family,
a man discovers that it is she who is in control.
7.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: GAVIN
25Nov1953
Written by John Howard Lindsay
Based on the short story by John Van Druten
Directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Jane Seymour II
Richard Kendrick
Beatrice Straight
Synopsis:
A man has a difficult time with his second wife when he tells
conflicting stories of the son from his first marriage.
7.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ROSE GARDEN
02Dec1953
Based on the play by Meade Roberts
guest stars
Enid Markey
Synopsis:
An actress tries to reclaim her spotlight without success, so
she decides to return to her hometown and open an acting school.
7.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A ROOM AND A HALF
09Dec1953
Written by George Lowther
guest stars
Joe Maross
Patricia Smith
Jack Pearl
Synopsis:
On the eve of their first wedding anniversary, a couple find
their marriage is jeopardized by their families.
7.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TO LIVE IN PEACE
16Dec1953
Written by George (George H.) Faulkner
Based on the play by Victor Rietti
guest stars
Anne Bancroft
Florenz Ames
Arnold Moss
Doro Merande
Synopsis:
When a relative of Napoleon Bonaparte's is contacted to take
a position in Paris, the small town is in an uproar.
7.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: RIP VAN WINKLE
23Dec1953 (restaging)
Adapted by Robert Howard Lindsay
Based on the story by Washington Irving
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Ray Bramley
June Dayton
James Young
Synopsis:
Rip Van Winkle goes on a walk to escape his nagging wife
and lies down for a nice long nap.
7.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A CUP OF KINDNESS
30Dec1953
Adapted for television by James Costigan
From the work by Aleen Leslie
guest stars
Lilia Skala
Mark Roberts
Elaine Stritch
Constance Ford
James Costigan
Synopsis:
A boardinghouse owner looks for male boarders to marry her granddaughter.
7.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE THANKFUL HEART
06Jan1954
Adapted by Jack Roche
Based on a story by Herbert A. Francis
guest stars
Grace Kelly
John Stephen
Florenz Ames
Leora Thatcher
Synopsis:
A successful surgeon urges his father, a country doctor to retire.
7.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ATHERTON BOY
13Jan1954
written by Reginald Lawrence
guest stars
Grant Sullivan
Louise Allbritton
Margaret Barker
Synopsis:
The lifeguard at a wealthy resort exerts a powerful attraction
upon the visitors. [RF]
7.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONE MAN IN A MILLION
20Jan1954
guest stars
Ed Begley
James Barton
Doro Merande
Raymond Bramley
Dorothy Hart
Synopsis:
A Vermont farmer applies for a loan from the U.S. government
and gets a check for a million dollars.
7.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE ANTIQUE TOUCH
27Jan1954
Written by William Iversen
guest stars
Tony Randall
Dorothy Donahue
Pud Flanagan
Synopsis:
A schoolteacher who buys an ancient dwelling in a New England town,
under the impression that the house is of great historic importance.
7.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MISSING YEARS
03Feb1954
Based on the novel by Patricia McGerr
guest stars
Anthony Perkins
Mary Astor
Ted Brenner
Synopsis:
A man returns after deserting his family years ago.
7.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE BARN
10Feb1954
Written by George Lowther
guest stars
Felicia Montealegre
Edward Binns
Audra Lindley
Vaughn Taylor
Synopsis:
A string of terrible events causes a man to lose his faith in God.
7.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CUCKOO CLOCK
17Feb1954
Written by Gerald Savory
guest stars
Edgar Stehli
Gaby Rodgers
Hans Schumm
Synopsis:
A man adjusting to life in America finds it difficult to break with
old traditions and becomes upset with his daughter's new beau.
7.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
GALLIN, ALL-AMERICAN
24Feb1954
Written by Nicholas Baehr
guest stars
Judson Pratt
Don Dubbins
Joanna Roos
Synopsis:
A father and son, both "All Americans", have a major adjustment to
make when the father loses his sight. [RF]
7.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TWO WEEKS IN THE COUNTRY
03Mar1954
Written by Robert Howard Lindsey & Kathleen Lindsey
guest stars
Paul Langton
Frances Reid
Charles Saari
Synopsis:
A couple decide to adopt, with no idea how to raise children,
they take in a couple of unruly boys which almost makes
them change their mind about adopting.
7.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE PICTURE WINDOW
10Mar1954
Written by Charles Mergendahl
guest stars
Raymond Bramley
Arthur Franz
Kathleen Maguire
Leora Thatcher
Synopsis:
A man plans on saving enough money to open a sporting goods store in the
country.
7.29 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: YOU TOUCHED ME
17Mar1954
Adapted by Arthur Cavanaugh
Based on the story by Tennessee Williams
guest stars
Cynthia Latham
Martyn Green
Terence Kilburn
Katherine Willard
Deirdre Owens
Synopsis:
A father tries to cope with his spinster sister's influence over his daughter. [RF]
7.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PARDON MY PRISONER
24Mar1954
guest stars
Helen Gallagher
Dennis James
Cliff Hall
Parker Fennelly
Kathleen Comegys
Warren Parker
Synopsis:
A woman is arrested for reckless driving in a small town.
Minor offenses are to be worked off and this places the young
woman in the home of a bachelor with a jealous fiance.
7.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A HAT FOR WINTER
31Mar1954
Written by Mel Goldberg
guest stars
Mary Fickett
Bart Burns
Bert Thorn
Synopsis:
A newly married man gives up his music for a real career,
the problem is that his music still calls to him.
7.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MR. CANDIDO
07Apr1954
Written by Walt Anderson
guest stars
Jose Perez ........ Mr. Candido
Carlos Montalban .. Jesue Gomer
Muriel Berkson .... Adelita
Kimetha Auerbacher. Chea
Patrick McVey
Synopsis:
Homeless little boy is offered one home after another. [RF]
7.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR
14Apr1954
Written by Mary Chamberlin
guest stars
Charles Drake
Louisa Horton
Audrey Christie
Anne Mary Tallon
Synopsis:
A very private family falls under scrutiny from the townspeople.
7.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LITTLE GOD SELLS TAMALES
21Apr1954
Written by Walt Anderson
guest stars
Henry Lascoe
Leon Belasco
Don Dubbins
Luis Van Rooten
Synopsis:
A poverty stricken restaurant owner has dreams of sending his son to college.
7.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DR. RAINWATER GOES A-COURTIN'
28Apr1954
Written by Dale Wasserman
Adapted from the short story by William Brandon
guest stars
Jack Warden
Pat Smith
Heywood Hale Broun
Peter Kelley
Synopsis:
A medicine show man is jailed in a small town for a
minor offense and agrees to court a girl.
7.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ALICE IN WONDERLAND
05May1954
Adapted by Jack Roche
Based on the novel by Lewis Carroll
Directed by Maury Holland
Narrators Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
guest stars
Robin Morgan ........ Alice
Art Carney .......... Mad Hatter
Grant Williams ...... White Knight
Arnold Moss ......... Red Knight
Arthur Treacher ..... Cheshire Cat
Blanche Yurka ....... Queen of Hearts
Bobby Clark ......... King of Hearts
Ernest Truex ........ Dormouse
Cliff Hall .......... Duchess
James Barton
Joey Walsh
Una O'Connor
Joe E. Marks
Fredd Wayne
Chandler Cowles
Synopsis:
Classic children's story of Alice's adventures.
*Note: This was a Seventh Anniversary presentation.
7.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE STAKE
12May1954
Written by George Lefferts
guest stars
Walter Klavun
Louise Horton
John Baragrey
Joe Maross
Leon Belasco
Synopsis:
An affair with the wife of a corporal during the Indian battles of 1871,
leave the troops abandoning the lieutenant in order to save their corporal.
7.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A TOUCH OF SUMMER
19May1954
guest stars
Jerome Cowan
Cora Witherspoon
Ruth Matteson
William Duell
Synopsis:
An actor finally gets his break on stage in the production of "Henry V".
7.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SCARLET LETTER
26May1954
Adapted by George H. Faulkner
Classic story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
guest stars
Kim Stanley .......... Hester Prnne
Leslie Nielsen ....... Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Bramwell Fletcher .... Roger Chillingworth
Margaret Wycherly .... Mistress Hibbin
Jack Livesey
Barbara Meyer
Logan Ramsey
Synopsis:
Young Hester Prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet "A" as a sign that she is an
adultress.
Her elderly husband becomes the physician to the minister he believes to be her lover. [RF]
7.40 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CITIZEN MILLER
02Jun1954
guest stars
Edgar Stehli
Vaughn Taylor
Enid Markey
Marie Carroll
Bruno Wick
Stuart MacIntosh
Leona Powers
Synopsis:
Residing at an old age rest home, a man is unexpectedly called for jury duty.
7.41 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ROMEO AND JULIET
09Jun1954
Based on the William Shakespeare classic
Directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Liam Sullivan ........ Romeo
Susan Strasberg ..... Juliet
Carroll McComas ...... Nurse
Noel Leslie ...... Friar Laurence
Eric Sinclair ..... Benvolio
Felix Deebank ...... Mercutio
Marc Breaux .......... Tybalt
Jack Livesey ......... Lord Capulet
Madeleine Clive ...... Lady Capulet
Synopsis:
Shakespeare's tragic drama of two youngsters who fall in love and plan
to marry secretly because their families are engaged in a bitter feud. [RF]
7.42 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MAN WHO TOOK TO HIS BED
16Jun1954
guest stars
Jack Hartley
Pat Smith
Perry Fiske
Roy Bromley
Synopsis:
A man is frustrated by his wife's spending that he suggests
she get a job and see how hard it is to make a living.
7.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LONG ROAD HOME
23Jun1954
Written by Marc Brandel
guest stars
James Gregory
Peggy Conklin
Sara Haden
Denise Alexander
John Cunnaughton
Synopsis:
After serving his time for embezzlement a man finds that
no one is willing to hire him and give him another chance.
7.44 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MAN MOST LIKELY
30Jun1954
Written by Raphael Hayes
Directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Rod Steiger
Wright King
Zina Provendie
Eli Mintz
Anna Appel
Mikhail Rasumny
Synopsis:
A businessman goes bankrupt after carelessly relying on luck to achieve
success.
7.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WISH TONIGHT
07Jul1954
Written by A.B. Shiffrin (Abraham B.)
guest stars
Patrick McVey
Susan Hallaran
Beverly Roberts
Synopsis:
A child tries hard to get her father to grow up and start facing reality.
7.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: AN AMERICAN LYRIC
14Jul1954
Written by Robert E. Carson
guest stars
Joe Verdi
Maureen Stapleton
Felice Orlandi
Carlo D'Angelo
Gloria Marlowe
Synopsis:
An immigrant wants to return to his homeland after a long struggle.
7.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: KNIGHT IN A BUSINESS SUIT
21Jul1954
Written by George Lowther
guest stars
Arthur O'Connell
Valerie Cossart
Toni Hallaran
Synopsis:
A bank employee needs a raise for his family
of five and finds it difficult to ask his boss for it.
*Note: Title copyrighted as Knight in a Baseball Suit.
7.48 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: EDIE AND THE PRINCESS
28Jul1954
Written by Ben Radin
guest stars
William Smithers
Susan Hallaran
Pat Smith
Dortha Duckworth
Patricia Wheel
Joseph Foley
Synopsis:
An eight year old meddles with her older sister's love life.
7.49 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE HAPPY TOUCH
04Aug1954
Written by Kathleen Lindsay & Robert H. Lindsay
Story by Edmund Beloin & Henry Garson
guest stars
Chester Stratton ..... Reverend Sam Thurber
Zasu Pitts
Margaret Hamilton
Doro Merande
Synopsis:
The poor Reverend Thurber has no idea that his relative is a
criminal when she tries to help him with the recent land swindle.
7.50 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CHARM BRACELET
11Aug1954
Written by Helen Cotton
guest stars
Una O'Connor
Frank Overton
Joanna Roos
Synopsis:
A widow moves out of her son's house after his wife gives him an ultimatum.
7.51 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WORRIED MAN'S BLUES
18Aug1954
Adapted from the play by George H. Faulkner
guest stars
Edgar Stehli
Joe Maross
Bill Dillard
John Shellie
Synopsis:
A veteran is implicated in a murder and the small townspeople are ready to
lynch him.
7.52 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SHORT STORY
25Aug1954
Adapted from the play by Robert Morley
guest stars
Carmen Mathews
Murray Matheson
Gaby Rodgers
Nicholas Joy
Synopsis:
An author on a cruise becomes infatuated with a woman and writes a story to
entice her.
7.53 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: KIDNAPPED
01Sep1954
Adapted by George H. Faulkner
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Kidnapped".
Directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Johnny Stewart .... Davie Balfour
Dick Foran
Dennis Patrick
Jerome Kilty
Jack Livesey
Frederick Worlock
Synopsis:
Davie Balfour is only fifteen years old and must triumph over adversity
to claim his inheritance as he journeys to the New World.
7.54 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PARTY FOR JONATHAN
08Sep1954
Written by Aurand Harris
guest stars
Betty Sinclair ...... Beulah
Carl Betz ........... Jonathan
Barbara Myers ....... Debbie
Patti Bosworth ...... Wilba
Joseph Foley
Synopsis:
A small-town spinster plans a party for a little girl's brother who is
returning
from Australia after an absence of 20 years. She and the little girl plan the
"welcome home" affair together. The spinster is faced with a stern
decision
when events take a strange turn. [RF]
7.55 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
THE WITCH CHILD
15Sep1954
Adapted by Lois Landauer
From a short story by Olive Burt
guest stars
Adele Newton
Stevie Briggs
Ethel Remey
Synopsis:
An old woman in a backwoods community is considered a witch. As a result, her
little granddaughter has her troubles with her schoolmates, with the exception
of one little boy. [RF]
7.56 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LIGHT IS COLD
22Sep1954
Written by Robert J. Shaw
guest stars
Elizabeth Montgomery
Don Dubbins
Lilia Skala
Russell Hardie
Jeff Harris
Synopsis:
A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor boy and her parents feel that
they are not suited to each other.
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8.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A SIMPLE MATTER
29Sep1954
guest stars
Harry Townes
Joey Walsh
8.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE OFFICE DANCE
06Oct1954
guest stars
Sammy Kaye
Nancy Marchand
Phyllis Love
Doris Rich
8.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PAPA WAS A SPORT
13Oct1954
written by Helen Cotton
guest stars
Richard Jaeckel
Lilia Skala
Barnard Hughes
8.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LUCK OF THE ROARING CAMP
20Oct1954
written by Dale Wasserman
guest stars
Joe Maross
Mary Sinclair
Cliff Hall
William Harrigan
J. Pat O'Malley
Jared Reed
8.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SPLIT LEVEL
27Oct1954
written by Charles Mergendahl
guest stars
Biff McGuire
Nydia Westman
Pat Smith
8.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FULL OF THE OLD HARRY
03Nov1954
guest stars
Leora Dana
Fritz Lieber
Douglass Montgomery
8.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WORLD AND THE WERNERS
10Nov1954
guest stars
Mikhail Rasumny
8.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE INDEPENDENT
17Nov1954
guest stars
Jeffrey Lynn
Joe Fallon
Frances Robinson
8.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: EMMA
24Nov1954
Adapted from Jane Austen's classic
guest stars
Felicia Montealegre ....... Emma Woodhouse
Roddy McDowall ....... Mr. Elton
Peter Cookson ....... Mr. Knightley
Martine Bartlett ....... Mrs. Elton
Stafford Dickens ....... Mr. Woodhouse
Sarah Marshall ....... Harriet Smith
Nydia Westman ....... Mrs. Weston
Robinson Stone ....... Mr. Weston
Nancie Hobbs ....... Mrs. Goddard
Peter Donat ....... William Larkins
McLean Savage ....... Searle
8.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CAMILLE
01Dec1954
Adapted from Alexandre Dumas classic
guest stars
Signe Hasso ....... Camille
Jacques Bergerac ........ Armand
Charles Andre ........... Monsieur Duval
Lilia Skala ....... Prudence
Synopsis:
The tragic love affair of a prostitute and her soldier.
*Quote from the Times review: "Jacques Bergerac (currently Ginger Rogers' husband)
had scarcely as much animation as a wooden Indian and spoke
his lines as if he had learned them phonetically."
8.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: CAREER
08Dec1954
written by William Chapman White
guest stars
Nancy Marchand
J. Pat O'Malley
Byron Sanders
E.A. Krumschmidt
8.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ACCOUNT RENDERED
15Dec1954
guest stars
Jessie Royce Landis
Craig Kelly
Richard Kendrick
8.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LITTLE STONE OF GOD
22Dec1954
guest stars
Tom Helmore
8.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: STRANGERS IN HIDING
29Dec1954
written by Robert Thomson
guest stars
Doro Merande
Inger Stevens
Harold Lang
Bradford Dillman
8.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONE HILL, ONE RIVER
05Jan1955
guest stars
Conrad Janis
Lee Remick
Wright King
Crahan Denton
8.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PATTERNS
12Jan1955
written by Rod Serling
directed by Fielder Cook
guest stars
Everett Sloane ....... Mr. Ramsie
Ed Begley ......... Andy Sloane
Richard Kiley ....... Fred Staples
June Dayton ....... Fran Staples
Joanne Roos ........ Miss Lanier
Elizabeth Montgomery ........ Ann Evans
Elizabeth Wilson ....... Marge Fleming
Jack Arthur ....... Starter
Victoria Ward ....... Miss Stevens
Sybil Baker ....... Telephone Operator
Shirley Standlee ....... Miss Hill
Theodore Newton ....... Mr. Gordon
Jack Livesey ....... Mr. Jamieson
Ronnie Welsh ......... Paul Sloane
Tom Charles, Victor Harrison
Helen Ludlom, Joseph MacCauley
Al Morgen, Douglas Rutherford
Chuck Wallace
Synopsis:
Young Fred Staples is the new executive at Ramsie and Company
and the unwitting replacement for good natured vice president,
Andy Sloane. Ruthless Mr. Ramsie, president of the company, is
determined to oust Sloane whose humanitarian outlook Ramsie feels
is the enemy of big business.
Note: This drama of the power struggles amongst the executives of
a large company was so highly regarded at the time of it's first broadcast
that it was repeated, live, four weeks later (on February 9.)
8.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE WRITTEN WORD
19Jan1955
guest stars
Edward Binns
David Cole
J. Pat O'Malley
8.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BOYS WILL BE BOYS
26Jan1955
written by Dale Wasserman
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
James Barton
Ed Begley
Mary Howard
Heywood Hale Broun
8.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SKIN GAME
02Feb1955
written by Robert Howard
guest stars
Richard Newton
Jack Livesey
J. Pat O'Malley
Frederic Tozere
[--] Kraft Television Theatre: PATTERNS
09Feb1955
(repeat performance of highly acclaimed
showing of the 12Jan1955.)
8.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DEPARTURE
16Feb1955
written by Steven Gethers
guest stars
Neva Patterson ....... Lisa
Mikhail Rasumny ....... Pop
Anna Appel ....... Mom
Mike Kellin ....... Seymour
Synopsis:
In their apartment overlooking the Hudson River, two sisters daydream
of boarding one of the ships to Europe. Their dreams form an escape
from family quarrels. [RF]
8.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE EMPEROR JONES
23Feb1955
Adapted from the play by Eugene O'Neill
guest stars
Ossie Davis ....... Emperor Jones
Everett Sloane
Rex Ingram
8.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HALF THE WORLD'S A BRIDE
02Mar1955
written by Betty Jeffries
guest stars
Loretta Leversee
Carmen Mathews
George Voskovec
8.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NIGHT WATCHER
09Mar1955
guest stars
Edward Binns
Constance Ford
Mark Roberts
8.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JEANNIE
16Mar1955
written by Aimee Stuart
guest stars
James Daly
Elizabeth Ross
Dan Morgan
8.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE STORY OF MARY SURRATT
23Mar1955
directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Doreen Lang ........ Mary Surratt
Alexander Scourby
Anne Pearson
Bruce Gordon
Synopsis:
Mary Surratt, hanged in 1865 for complicity in the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln,
and, like most historians, found her innocent. The quality of a woman too pure-minded
to know or guess at the plot that was hatched in her own house; the military court that
condemned her to death had that toplofty disregard for the evidence that seems to
identify all judges who hear cases with their minds already made up.
8.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
30Mar1955
adapted by John Cecil Holm
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Eva Le Gallienne
Enid Markey
Parker Fennelly
8.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WHIM OF IRON
06Apr1955
guest stars
Anthony Franciosa
Claudia Morgan
8.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NOW, WHERE WAS I?
13Apr1955
written by Robert Emmett
story by Morton Braun
guest stars
June Dayton
Robert Webber
Gisele MacKenzie
Vincent Sardi Jr.
Synopsis:
A divorced lawyer turned composer has changed wives as well as
professions, and now his second marriage seems headed for the
rocks. He conveniently becomes a victim of amnesia and loses track
of both women and careers. [RF]
8.29 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: GRAMERCY GHOST
20Apr1955
adapted by Robert Howard Lindsay
guest stars
Pat Carroll
Conrad Janis
James Broderick
Synopsis:
A young lady who inherits a ghost when the owner of an apartment
house dies. It's the spirit of Nathaniel Coombes, a soldier of the
American Revolution, fated to walk the earth till he completes a mission. [RF]
8.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A SEACOAST IN BOHEMIA
27Apr1955
written by Ben Radin
guest stars
Theodore Bikel
George Macready
Lilia Skala
Ray Rhodes
Synopsis:
A seacoast in Bohemia looks into the mind and the university career of
a young writing genius and the difficulties he has with his teachers and
fellow students. [RF]
8.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FLOWERS FOR 2-B
04May1955
written by Edward de Blasio
guest stars
Benny Baker
Virginia Vincent
8.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: JUDGE CONTAIN'S HOTEL
11May1955
written by William Mowne
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
John Cassavetes
....... Danny
Charles Dingle ....... Judge Contain
Elizabeth Fraser ....... Phyllis
Synopsis:
The hotel is the reform school to which a rigid judge is accustomed to send
the wayward youngsters who appear before him. But life has an ironic twist in store. [RF]
8.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
THE BRAVENESS OF CHRISTY FALLON
18May1955
written by Arthur Cavanaugh
guest stars
P.J. Kelly
....... Christy Fallon
Frances Starr ....... Nora
Cliff Hall ....... Dan Considine
Arthur Shields
Synopsis:
Since his retirement, about a month ago, Christy Fallon has taken to
visiting with a night watchman friend of his. But tonight a new element
is added, a robber appears and is captured by Christy Fallon himself. [RF]
8.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MILLION DOLLAR ROOKIE
25May1955
written by Mel Goldberg
guest stars
Dick York
Buster Crabbe
Synopsis:
A rookie pitcher's father was once a pitcher, and his career was ruined
when he beaned a player. Now he is afraid his son will do the same thing,
and his fear leads to a serious conflict among father, mother and son. [RF]
8.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TONY HER SON
01Jun1955
(aka A Woman for Tony)
written by Richard Wendley
guest stars
James Daly
Marian Seldes
Catherine McLeod
Zolya Talma
Synopsis:
A widow dreads the thought of losing her son to his prospective bride. [RF]
8.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SOMEONE TO HANG
08Jun1955
written by Roger Garis
guest stars
Philip Abbott
Russell Hardie
Kathleen Maguire
George Mitchell
8.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MY AUNT DAISY
15Jun1955
written by Albert Halper
guest stars
June Lockhart
Richard Davalos
Dortha Duckworth
Jamie Smith
8.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DROP ON THE DEVIL
22Jun1955
written by Dale Wasserman & Terrence Kilpatrick
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Robert Preston
Everett Chambers
Dick York
Ford Rainey
8.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE MOB
29Jun1955
story by John Galsworthy
directed by William Graham
guest stars
Michael Clark Laurence
Claudia Morgan
Jack Livesey
J. Pat O'Malley
Frederic Worlock
8.40 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: IMPASSE
06Jul1955
written by Julian Maxwell
guest stars
William Gideon
Joseph Foley
Royal Beal
Josephine Brown
Georgann Johnson
Larry Weber
8.41 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE STRAW
13Jul1955
based on a play by Eugene O'Neill
guest stars
Kathleen Maguire
Lin McCarthy
Cliff Hall
Murray Hamilton
8.42 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: IN THE LA BANZA
20Jul1955
written by Samuel Elkin
guest stars
Larry Gates
Joe Maross
Hildy Parks
Dennis Patrick
Synopsis:
An ambitious small-towner exploits his brother's boxing talents,
and by overmatching him, causes him to be so gravely
injured that he can never fight again. [RF]
8.43 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MEET A BODY
27Jul1955
written by Carl Allensworth
guest stars
James Broderick
Guy Raymond
Joyce Smight
Lee Goodman
Raymond Bramley
8.44 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SPUR OF THE MOMENT
03Aug1955
guest stars
Jane Seymour
Robert F. Simon
Michael Tolan
Arthur Franz
8.45 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TWO TIMES TWO
10Aug1955
written by Paul Crabtree
story by David Stern
guest stars
Larry Gates
June Dayton
Marcel Hillaire
Jack Klugman
Joe Maross
8.46 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FAILURE
17Aug1955
written by George Lowther
guest stars
Henry Jones
David White
Judith Evelyn
Mary Lee Dearring
Warren Berlinger
8.47 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HAUNTED
24Aug1955
Written by Richard Carlson
guest stars
James Gregory
John Baragrey
Synopsis:
Two men having nothing in common except for the love of
a dead woman find themselves haunted by her. [RF]
8.48 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE CHESS GAME
31Aug1955
Written by Robert Howard Lindsay
Directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Melvyn Douglas
Richard Morse
Lin McCarthy
Constance Wilson
Synopsis:
A cynical old reprobate adopts a delinquent boy headed for crime imparts
to him the insight that there is "no loneliness greater than not belonging to anyone".
To save the boy from an old murder charge, the unbeliever tries to take the rap himself,
and the divinity student, having, in effect, lied for the boy, tells the reprobate: "I'll have
an easier time explaining to my God than you'll have explaining to yourself why
you'd give your life for another". [RF]
8.49 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: WOMAN OF PRINCIPLE
07Sep1955
written by Will Lorin
guest stars
Mary Fickett
Richard Kendrick
Helen Shields
Larry Weber
8.50 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: IT'S ONLY MONEY
14Sep1955
guest stars
Henry Jones
Lois Bolton
John McGiver
Peter Turgeon
8.51 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE KING'S BOUNTY
21Sep1955
written by Michael Dyne
guest stars
Christopher Plummer ....... Robert Carr
Lilia Skala ....... Queen Ann of Denmark
Everett Sloane ....... King James I
Hurd Hatfield ....... Lord Overbury
Betsy Von Furstenberg ....... Lady Essex
Carol Goodner
Romney Brent
Synopsis:
Escaping from a loveless marriage to King James I of England,
Lady Essex falls madly in love with the King's favorite Carr, the
Lord Rochester. The romance touches off deception and violence. [RF]
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9.01 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ
28Sep1955
written by William Hodapp
directed by Norman Morgan
guest stars
Lee Remick
Richard Franchot
Elizabeth Montgomery
George Macready
Signe Hasso
Mario Alcade
9.02 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE BEAUTIFUL TIME
05Oct1955
written by Arnold Shulman
guest stars
Lili Darvas
Claudia Morgan
George Voskovec
Edward Andrews
Kimetha Laurie
9.03 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TRUCKS WELCOME
12Oct1955
guest stars
James Gregory
Rita Gam
Joe Maross
Una Merkel
9.04 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: I, MRS. BIBB
19Oct1955
written by Paul Crabtree
directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Lillian Gish as Mrs. Bibb
Richard Kiley
Patricia Smith
Richard Ney
9.05 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONE
26Oct1955
written by David Karp
guest stars
Harry Townes
Laurence Hugo
Helen Shields
Barry Jones
9.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NUMBER 4 WITH FLOWERS
02Nov1955
story by Louis Pelletier
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Jack Klugman
Parker McCormick
Jack Weston
John McGiver
Lois Bolton
Synopsis:
The bullet-riddled body of a gangster is brought to the morgue.
Since no one appears interested in arranging a funeral for him, plans
are made to bury him in Potter's Field. Then, out of the blue, there
steps a young waitress to claim the dead man's remains.
9.06 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE TICKET AND THE TEMPEST
09Nov1955
written by Frank Kulla
guest stars
J. Pat O'Malley as Liam
Arthur Shields as Sean
Alice Pearce as Kate
Cameron Prud'homme as Father Duffy
Synopsis:
An Irishman places his friend's name on a sweepstake ticket.
9.07 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A SUMMER'S END
16Nov1955
(aka End of Summer)
written by Seymour Vall
guest stars
Ian Turner
James Barton
Synopsis:
Set in a summer place that's been shut down now that summer's over.
The central figure is a small boy who begins to suspect that his best
friend, a handyman, is a murderer.
9.08 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DAY OF JUDGEMENT
23Nov1955
written by Harry Julian Fink
guest stars
Lorne Greene
Lydia St Clair
Dino DiLuca
Synopsis:
A French village woman's day of judgement comes after the village
is liberated from the Nazis. She was a collaborator and now the
collective contempt of the populace comes down upon her.
9.09 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ONCE A GENIUS
30Nov1955
written by Dick Berg
guest stars
Eva Gabor
Herbert Berghof
Lilia Skala as Frieda
Laurence Hugo
Martin Rudy
Synopsis:
Though he hasn't made a film in years, an aging Viennese director,
living in the U.S., is fiercely proud of the great movie he made
decades ago. He convinces himself that the ideal way to regain his
vanished glory would be to remake that film, and even to have his
wife play the role she created in it.
9.10 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: LADY RUTH
07Dec1955
guest stars
Barbara Barrie
Jo Van Fleet
Ruth Attaway
9.11 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A NUGGET FROM THE SUNRISE
14Dec1955
written by Jess Gregg
guest stars
Henry Jones
John McGiver
Jane Rose
Harry Townes
Elizabeth Ross
9.12 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A CHRISTMAS DINNER
21Dec1955
written by Harold Flender
prod. no. 512
guest stars
Ian Turner
James Barton
9.13 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: ELEVEN O'CLOCK FLIGHT
28Dec1955
written by Jerry Debono
directed by George Roy Hill
guest stars
David Hedison (as Al Hedison)
Cavada Humphrey
Joanne Woodward
Richard Shepard
9.14 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE THIEVING MAGPIE
04Jan1956
written by Leo Lieberman
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
James Gregory
Millette Alexander
Jo Van Fleet
9.15 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE SEARS GIRLS
11Jan1956
written by Victor Wolfson
directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Fay Bainter
....... Mrs. Sears
Leora Dana ........ Louise
Louise Platt ...... Esther
Margaret Hamilton.. Martha
Harry Bannister ... Mr. Sears
Felice Orlandi .... Bruno
Synopsis:
A beautiful girl who comes from a Boston society family meets family
opposition to her romance with a musician. [RF]
9.16 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE DEVIL AS A ROARING LION
18Jan1956
written by John Gay
directed by George Roy Hill
guest stars
James Whitmore
E.G. Marshall
Van Dyke Parks
Loretta Leversee
Dennis Patrick
Synopsis:
A New England codfishing family is in dire straits. The father's brother offers
to help out with a loan, but only on one condition. The young boy of the family
must attend an expensive boarding school. [RF]
9.17 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: HOME IS THE HERO
25Jan1956
Play written by Walter Macken
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Brian Donlevy ..... Paddo
Anthony Perkins ... Willie
Ann Thomas ........ Bid
Loretta Leversee .. Josie
J. Pat O'Malley ... Dovetail
Glenda Farrell (?)
Synopsis:
It's the drama of a quarrelsome man who has spent five years in jail
for manslaughter. Though his friends and family are prepared to welcome
him
home, his guilty mentality makes the reunion difficult. [RF]
9.18 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE
01Feb1956
(aka Five Minutes to Choose)
written by Palmer Thompson
directed by Norman Morgan
guest stars
Dennis O'Keefe
Basil Rathbone
Felicia Montealegre
Neil Hamilton
Richard Shepard
Gloria Holly
9.19 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: GOOD OLD CHARLEY FAYE
08Feb1956
written by David Karp
directed by George Roy Hill
guest stars
Lee Tracy
James Daly
Paul Hartman
Gene Raymond
9.20 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: MAN ON ROLLERSKATES
15Feb1956
written by Louis Pelletier
directed by Maury Holland
guest stars
Steve Allen .......... Leonard Barnaby
Glenda Farrell ....... Alma Wilkes
Polly Rowles ......... Daisy
Henry Jones .......... Stanley
Brenda Forbes ............. Miss Dobson
Murray Matheson ........... Gordon
Vinton Hayworth Sr. ....... Tom
Synopsis:
A daring commuter gets the idea that skating to the train every day would be a
fine idea. [RF]
9.21 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: SNAPFINGER CREEK
22Feb1956
written by William Noble
directed by Fielder Cook
guest stars
Jo Van Fleet
Hope Lange
Clay Hall
John Shellie
Richard Shepard
9.22 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BOBBIE
29Feb1956
written by Narda Stokes
directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Nancy Malone
Joe Maross
Paula Trueman
Neil Harrison
Pat Englund
9.23 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE FOOL KILLER
07Mar1956
written by Dale Wasserman
based on Helen Eustis' novel
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Lee Marvin
....... Milo Bogardus
Audra Lindley ...... Mrs. Galt
Larry Gates ...... Dirty Jim
Malcolm Brodrick ...... George Melish
Jane Rose
Synopsis:
The story of a boy living in the Midwest in post-Civil War times.
As a runaway from his foster parents' home, he is initiated into the
truths of good and evil. [RF]
9.24 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LOST WEEKEND
21Mar1956
written by Will Lorin
adapted from the novel by Charles Jackson
directed by Fielder Cook
prod no. 56-745
guest stars
Joe Maross ......... Don Birnham
Mary Fickett ......... Helen
Synopsis:
The story of the nightmarish experiences of an alcoholic, Don Birnam,
a man who lies, steals, and sacrifices personal dignity to fulfill his
craving for alcohol. His sweetheart, Helen, persists in what appears
to be a losing battle in trying to rescue him from the moral degradation
and mental corrosion into which he is rapidly sinking. Despite Helen's
every effort and feeble efforts of his own, the story ends with Don stealing
Helen's fur coat to get enough money to buy a bottle of whiskey. [RF]
9.25 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
28Mar1956
Adapted by John Whedon
Based on a book by Walter Lord
Directed by George Roy Hill
Music by Vladimir Selinsky
guest stars
Claude Rains ........... Narrator
Milette Alexander ...... Mrs. Astor
Patrick Macnee ......... Mr. Andrews
Frederic Tozere ........ Captain Lord
Valerie Cossart ........ Mrs. Ryerson
Larry Gates ............ Colonel Gracie
Peter Turgeon .......... Woolner
Anthony Kemble-Cooper .. Harper
Edgar Stehli ........... Mr. Straus
Marcel Hillaire ........ Maitre d'Hotel
Bradford Dillman
Clarence Derwent
Synopsis:
The ship Titanic sailed from Southampton, England at 12 Noon April 10, 1912.
Publicized as virtually unsinkable, the fastest ship afloat was on her maiden voyage,
and carried many notables aboard. Four days later, a little after 11:30 in the evening,
the ship was speeding through the North Atlantic when a lookout reported
an iceberg ahead. Thirty-seven seconds later the ship struck the berg;
three hours later the ship was on the ocean floor.
Aboard the ship had been 2200 souls; 700 survived.
*Note: This episode was the biggest production in the show's history,
there were 107 in the cast members, seven cameras and 31 sets. [RF]
**This episode was replayed 02May1956.
*Note: Syndication airing on International Theater 13Sep57.
9.26 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: PAPER FOXHOLE
04Apr1956
written by James Elward
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Hal March
Joe Mantell
Kenny Delmar
9.27 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LAST SHOWDOWN
11Apr1956
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Fielder Cook
Art director, Duane McKinney.
guest stars
Edward Arnold .......... Ben Harvey
Elizabeth Montgomery ... Marilyn Shard
Glenda Farrell ......... Stella Harvey
Gerald Parker .......... Richard Shard
Victor Jory ............ Everett
Louise Platt ........... Murial
Synopsis:
A businessman whose involved in some crooked operations, and is planning
to
get out of the country. But some family emergencies detain him. [RF]
9.28 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: NO RIDERS
18Apr1956
written by Wendell Mayes
guest stars
James Daly
Audra Lindley
Jose Perez
Jack Arthur
9.29[--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE GENTLE GRAFTER
25Apr1956
written by Dale Wasserman
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Kenny Delmar
Jack Weston
Charles Coburn
Kaye Ballard
Louis Nye
[--] Kraft Television Theatre: A Night to Remember
05/02/1956 same as 03/28/1956
9.30 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: DEATH IS A SPANISH DANCER
09May1956
written by Wendell Mayes
directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Kim Stanley
Luis Olivares
Bert Freed
James Daly
David J. Stewart
9.31 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: A PROFILE IN COURAGE
16May1956
written by Wendell Mayes
directed by Fielder Cook
intro by Senator John F. Kennedy
guest stars
James Whitmore
Victor Jory
Robert H. Harris
9.32 [--] Kraft Television Theatre:
BEDROOM TWELVE ON THE APPALACHIAN WATERFALL
23May1956
written by Harry Muheim
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
Elliott Nugent
Larry Blyden
June Dayton
9.33 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BOX 704
30May1956
written by James Leo Herlihy
directed by Richard Dunlap
guest stars
Paul Carr
Betsy Meade
9.34 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE NIGHT OF MAY 3RD
06Jun1956
written by Robert J. Shaw
directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Phyllis Thaxter
Laurence Hugo
Kenny Delmar
9.35 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: BOY IN A CAGE
13Jun1956
written by Paul Monash
directed by William A. Graham
guest stars
James Gregory
Alexander Scourby
Paul Mazursky
Burt Brinckerhoff
9.36 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: FLYING OBJECT AT 3 O'CLOCK HIGH
20Jun1956
written by DeWitt Copp
directed by Alan Anderson
guest stars
Everett Sloane
Biff McGuire
Robert F. Simon
George Peppard
9.37 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: STARFISH
27Jun1956
written by William Noble
directed by Marc Daniels
guest stars
Farley Granger
Joanne Woodward
Evelyn Varden
Arlene McQuade
9.38 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: TEAR OPEN THE SKIES
04Jul1956 NBC Wed
written by Francis Wilson
directed by Harry Herrmann
guest stars
Richard Carlson
Geoffrey Lumb
Nancy Marchand
Bruce Gordon
Synopsis:
The career of a man from private industry plunged into the Washington
maelstrom.
It's his former boss and good friend who brings him into the government in
connection
with an intercontinental missile program. Before long he finds himself subject
to
multiple pressures, personal, political and interdepartmental. [RF]
9.39 [--] Kraft Television Theatre: THE LONG ARM
11Jul1956
written by Marjorie & George Faulkner
directed by George Weber
guest stars
Elizabeth Montgomery ....... Sally O'Brien
Phyllis Love ....... Mary Helen
John Ericson ....... Matt Wilson