The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

 

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Episode Guide
version 32.0 December 2007

(Ep 2.14, 2.22, 7.26)

compiled
by
Des Martin <desmartin@msn.com>
The Classic TV Archive

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

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

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THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW

 

Conne-Stephens Production for Proctor & Gamble   

Executive producer Tom Lewis

Dramatic Anthology

September 20, 1953 to September 10, 1961

Sep1953-Jun1958, NBC Sun 10:00-10:30

Oct1958-Sep1961, NBC Sun 10:00-10:30

 

NBC aired reruns of this show on weekday afternoons from February 1960

to December 1964 under the title of The Loretta Young Theatre.

First 20 episodes aired under the title

 "LETTER TO LORETTA"

 

######### The Loretta Young Show #############
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NBC Sundays

 

1.01  [--] Letter to Loretta: TRIAL RUN (Pilot episode)

20Sep53

produced by Sherman Harris

written by Willis Goldbeck & Dwight Taylor

directed by Robert Florey

director of photography Norbert Brodine

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ......... Carol Brown
George Nader .......... Keith Warren
Jorja Curtright ....... Barbara Parlow
Ellen Corby ........... Jennie
Katharine Warren ...... Mrs. Warren
Don Beddoe ............ Uncle Charles
Gail Bonney ........... Aunt Eleanor
Margaret Seddon ....... Aunt Grace
Stanley Andrews ....... Uncle Ben
Vince Townsend ........ Porter

 

1.02 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE MIRROR

27Sep53

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Wife

George Nader ........ Husband

Betty Lou Gerson ....... Neighbor

 

1.03 [--] Letter to Loretta: PRISONER AT ONE O'CLOCK

04Oct53

written by Gene Levitt

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young .......... May Ranson

Bruce Bennett ............ Seth Ranson

Frank Ferguson .......... Marc Thatcher

William Campbell .............. Will Gaines

Robert Foulk ............ Higgins

Jeffrey Silver ............ Newsboy

Ray Walker .......... Mailman

Synopsis:

An indecisive sheriff and his wife live in a town called One O'Clock.

The sheriff had helped a lynch mob against a helpless prisoner accused

of murder, who escaped with the aid of the woman. When the true murderer

is revealed the sheriff realizes his mistakes. [RF]

 

1.04 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE GIRL ON A FLAGPOLE

11Oct53

guest cast

Loretta Young  ......... Jenny
Craig Stevens ......... Marc Mercer
Paul Langton .......... Fred
Frances Brandt ........ Grandma
George McKenna ........ Al
Synopsis:
A schoolteacher wins a car on a quiz show but she refuses to accept it. [RF]
 

1.05 [--] Letter to Loretta: TURN OF THE CARD

18Oct53

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Nancy Hamilton

Anthony Caruso ........ Don Hubbard

Geraldine Carr ....... Sheila

Benny Rubin ........ Mr. Smith

 

1.06 [--] Letter to Loretta: EARTHQUAKE

25Oct53

written by Gabrielle Upton

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Emily Pierson

John Agar .......... Lloyd

Dorothy Adams ......... Gwen

Paul Langton ......... Roy

Robert Foulk ......... Department of Power Man

Virginia Eiler ........ Telephone Operator #2

Phil Chambers .......... Fireman

Diane Fortier ............. Telephone Operator #3

Elaine Williams ......... Telephone Operator #1

Synopsis:
Emily's husband is a victim of polio. She tries to give him the will to survive. [RF]

 

1.07 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

01Nov53

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Helen Talbot

Richard Travis ....... Stan Talbot

Mike Hathaway .......... Jerry Worth

Sandra Gould ........ Molly

Helen Morgan ......... Sally

Burt Mustin ......... Grandpa

 

1.08 [--] Letter to Loretta: KID STUFF

08Nov53

written by Ken Englund & Richard Morris

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Amanda Carrington

Lee Aaker ........... Myron Carrington

George Nader .......... Steve Baxter

Noreen Corcoran ........... Natalie

Mabel Albertson ......... Miss Jo

Marian Carr

Cecily Brown

Herb Butterfield

Nadine Ashton

 

1.09 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE BRONTE STORY

15Nov53

written by DeWitt Bodeen

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ......... Charlotte Bronte
Hugh Beaumont ......... Arthur Nicholls
Alan Napier ........... Mr. Bronte
Natalie Schafer ....... Mary
Synopsis:
Author Charlotte Bronte's marriage plans are

 opposed by her domineering father. [RF]
 

1.10 [--] Letter to Loretta: THANKSGIVING IN BEAVER RUN

21Nov53 (rerun 20Nov55)

guest cast:

Loretta Young .......... Betty Taylor

Dick Foran ............ Phil

William Campbell ........... Joe

Hugh Corcoran ........... Billy

John Smith ........... Art

Ralph Votrian ........ McGee

William Fawcett ......... Station Master

Synopsis:

A young mother witnesses a robbery and in their getaway the thieves take her car.

The woman is frantic because her small, crippled son is still in the back seat. [RF]

 

1.11 [--] Letter to Loretta: LOVE STORY

29Nov53

written by Richard Morris

story by Robert Thomsen & George Bradshaw

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Jane Seaton

Robert Strauss ....... Hap

Donald Murphy ....... Rick

Michael Hathaway ....... Jack Grainger

James Dobson ....... Assistant Director

Cicely Browne ....... Nurse

 

1.12 [--] Letter to Loretta: LAUGHING BOY

06Dec53

written by William Bruckner

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ......... Kitty Coughlin
Carl Benton Reid ...... Mr. Coughlin
Alex Nicol ............ Walter Stone
Louise Lorimer ........ Mrs. Coughlin
Walter Reed ........... Paul
John Harmon ........... Tramp
Pamela Duncan ......... Stacey
Synopsis:
A woman is saved from a purse-snatching by a newcomer. [RF]
 

1.13 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE FAITH OF CHATA

written by Gene Levitt

directed by Robert Florey

13Dec53

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ......... Paula
Christopher Dark ...... Priest
Nancy Gilbert ......... Chata
Harry Bartell ......... Doctor
Martin Carralaga ...... Senor Dominguez
Anthony Roux .......... Enrique
Synopsis:
A religious child courts death so she can join her patron saint. [RF]

 

1.14 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE NIGHT MY FATHER CAME HOME

20Dec53

written by Richard Morris

story by Jeanne Melton

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young as Irene Dodds

Christopher Dark as Al

Hugh Corcoran as Joey Dodds

 

1.15 [--] Letter to Loretta: HOTEL IRRITANT

27Dec53

written by Richard Morris

story by Phyllis Parker & Henry Staudigl

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young as Sally Webster

George Nader as Newton Ralston

Frances Bavier as Mrs. Logan

Theodore von Eltz as Vincent

Adrienne Marden as Maid

Syd Saylor as Waiter

 

1.16 [--] Letter to Loretta: INGA

03Jan54

written by Devery Freeman

story by Cameron Blake

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Inga Helborg

Donald Murphy ........... Ben Cabot

Stanley Clements ............. Charlie

Robert Emmett O'Connor .......... Mr. Lowell

Forest Lewis .......... Pfeiffer

Kathleen Freeman .......... Jessie

Robert Foulk ....... Hank

Paul Brinegar ......... Pete

Mack Williams ..... Mundie

Roy Lennert ........ Gillis

Paul Keast ........ Man

Synopsis:

A Minnesota farm girl receives a foreclosure on her deceased father's

farm and sets out to contact the president at the bank that

holds the unpaid note. [RF]

 

1.17 [--] Letter to Loretta: LADY KILLER

10Jan54

written by William Bruckner

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Peggy Lincoln

Whitfield Connor .......... Grant Benton

Walter Coy ........... DA Longman

James Flavin .......... MacNamara

Hope Miller ........... Stewardess

Queenie Leonard ........... Bella

Phil Tead ......... Clerk

Anthony Warde .......... Detective

Chuckie Bradley ......... Landlady

Synopsis:

A mystery story writer boards a plane using another's

reservation, is given poisoned gum, and becomes

deathly ill. [RF]

 

1.18 [--] Letter to Loretta: SECRET ANSWER

17Jan54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ............. Alva Knox

Paul Langton ........... Norville Knox

John Hubbard ........... Glenn

Donald Curtis ......... Hank

Synopsis:

A successful sculptress hesitates to answer the questions in

her husband's questionnaire on "reasons for divorce". [RF]

 

1.19 [--] Letter to Loretta: BIG LITTLE LIE

24Jan54

guest cast:

Loretta Young .......... Ruth Hartman

Beverly Washburn ......... Ellen Hartman

Jeanette Nolan ............ Aunt Lily

Helene Hatch .......... Miss Ford

Isa Ashdown .......... Dora Carpenter

Synopsis:

A 9-year-old girl who has been neglected by her widowed mother, an actress,

passes to her school friends a "secret" note containing the information

that her mother is going to have a baby. [RF]

 

1.20 [--] Letter to Loretta: THE HOLLYWOOD STORY

31Jan54

guest cast:

Loretta Young as Girl

William Bishop

George O'Hanlon

 

*Note: Title changes to The Loretta Young Show, 07Feb54.

 

1.21 [--] The Loretta Young Show: A FAMILY OUT OF US

07Feb54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Mother

Kenneth Tobey ....... Father

David Sober ....... Son

Lurene Tuttle ....... Grandma

Synopsis:
A society matron tries to give her son companionship his father won't. [RF]

 

1.22 [--] The Loretta Young Show: ACT OF FAITH

14Feb54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Lenore Kent
Eddie Albert ......... Lionel Kent
Frieda Inescourt ..... Mabel  (Ern in tvguide)
Synopsis:
Happy-go-lucky Lionel Kent changes his tune

when his sister suggests that his wife is unfaithful. [RF]
 

1.23 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE NEW YORK STORY

28Feb54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Marcy Thorne
Frank Wilcox ......... Justin Thorne
Billy Chapin ......... Robbie Thorne
Paul Picerni ......... Lawrence Delaney
Emlen Davies ......... Lydia Davis
Mabel Albertson ...... Miss Blaine
Theresa Harris ....... Lulu

 

1.24 [--] The Loretta Young Show: NOBODY'S BOY

07Mar54

written by Gene Levitt

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Miss Springs
Peter Reynolds ....... Joe Gordon
Chick Chandler ....... Jack Robbins
Peter Bracco ......... Joe Perry
Morris Ankrum ........ Judge
Argentina Brunetti ... Mrs. Farenzi
Norman Oldstead ...... Pete
Leon Burbank ......... Vic
Benny Collins ........ Ed

 

1.25 [--] The Loretta Young Show: COUNT OF TEN

14Mar54

Directed by Robert Florey

Written by William Bruckner

Story by Eustace Cockrell

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Maddie Tipton

Eddie Albert ........ Tiger Tipton

Jesse White ........ Nick Pulaski

Dayton Lummis ....... Doctor

Chick Chandler ........ Joe Johnson

Jimmy Edwards ........ Champ

Ralph Volkie ....... Referee

Marion Ross ....... Nurse

Bill Welsh ....... Announcer

Robert Perry ......... Timekeeper

 

1.26 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE CLARA SCHUMANN STORY

21Mar54

written by Jean Holloway

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Clara Schumann
George Nader ......... Robert Schumann
Carleton G. Young .... Doctor
Shelley Fabares ...... Marie Schumann
Walter Flannery ...... Boy
Synopsis:
The story of composer Robert Schumann's wife, Clara. [RF]
 

1.27 [--] The Loretta Young Show: SON, THIS IS YOUR FATHER

28Mar54

written by Margaret Buell Wilder

story by Catharine Barrett

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Virginia Dickerson
Norman Ollestad ...... Scott Dickerson
Alan Hale Jr. ........ Leon
Vivi Janiss .......... Dora
Frances Bavier ....... Aunt Mary
Stuffy Singer ........ Scott age 10
Earl Roby ............ Scott age 7
Synopsis:
A man tries to take his son away from his estranged wife. [RF]
 

1.28 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE FIRST MAN TO ASK HER

04Apr54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Eudora
Jock Mahoney ......... Andy
Frances Bavier ....... Mag
John Hoyt ............ Professor Dagnusen
Synopsis:
A domineering father drives away all his daughter's suitors

until a dashing rodeo rider enters the picture. [RF]
 

1.29 [--] The Loretta Young Show: A MAN'S ESTATE

11Apr54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Stepmother

Robert Ellis ...... Tom

Douglas Kennedy ...... Roger Stevens

Synopsis:
A perfectionist father's overbearing demands

 prompt a young boy to run away. [RF]

 

1.30 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE FOREST RANGER

18Apr54

written by Jack & Luci Natteford

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Norma Kelvin
Bruce Cowling ........ John Kelvin
Christopher Dark ..... Matt Rowley
Robert Foulk ......... Headquarters
Harry Lauter ......... Dailey
Steve Wyman .......... Bradley
Synopsis:
An escaped convict goes after the man who put him behind bars. [RF]

 

1.31 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE ENCHANTED SCHOOLTEACHER

25Apr54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Harriet Patton

George Nader ....... Charles Diebold

Earl Roby ....... Little Johnny Diebold

Synopsis:
A shy schoolteacher becomes involved with a student's widowed father. [RF]

 

1.32 [--] The Loretta Young Show: THE JUDGMENT

02May54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Dora Whiting
John Howard .......... Philip Whiting
Peter Brocco ......... Joe Miller
Mae Clarke ........... Rose Miller
George Eldredge ...... Mr. Jowett
Robert Bice .......... Cop

 

1.33 [--] The Loretta Young Show: OH, MY ACHING HEART

09May54

written by Paul Franklin

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Nora & Lorraine Patrick
George Nader ......... Barry Kendall
Don Beddoe ........... Bill Holmes
Sally Blane .......... Marge
Barbara Logan ........ Clerk

 

1.34 [--] The Loretta Young Show: DEAR MIDGE

16May54

written by Devery Freeman

directed by Robert Florey

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ........ Midge
William Frawley ...... Sam the Good Fairy
Connie Gilchrist ..... Tootsie
Gerald Mohr .......... Willie Sheepshead
Patrick O'Neal ....... Jerry Flynn
Billy Gray ........... Nick Monti
Frank Ferguson ....... Mr. Creavy
Paul Maxey ........... Goldie
Synopsis:
A social worker challenges a pool hustler to a game. [RF]
 

1.35 [--] The Loretta Young Show: SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS

23May54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Teddy Butler
Jeri Lou James ........ Penny Butler
Lamont Johnson ........ Mark Hastings
Howard Wendell ........ Mr. Laugherty
Synopsis:
A young widow talks her practical fiance into marriage by telling him

that she's won a large amount of money in a raffle. [RF]
 

1.36 [--] The Loretta Young Show: LADY IN WET PAINT

30May54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Ann Colton

Jeff Morrow .......... George Travis

Anthony Numkena ......... Tawa

Elman Bahnimtewa .......... Owaho

 

 

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NBC Sundays 10:00pm EST

2.01 [37] The Loretta Young Show: GUEST IN THE NIGHT

29Aug54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Rita Cole
Hugh O'Brian ........ Duke Cole
Lumsden Hare ........ Dr. Wilson
Frank Kamagi ........ Thomas Nakamura (as Frank Kumagi)
Earl Roby ........... Ted Mayhew
James Flavin ........ Deputy Mason
Phil Tead ........... Dr. Egstrom
Synopsis:
A storm forces a parolee, who has stolen a necklace, to stop at a mountain

 lodge on his escape route with his wife. A child who lies ill at the lodge can be

 saved only if the parolee forfeits his chances to elude the police. [RF]
 

2.02 [38] The Loretta Young Show: DR. JULIET

05Sep54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Dr. Juliet

Barbara Ruick ........ Peggy Richards

Donald Murphy ........ Walter Hardy

Synopsis:
A doctor tries to discover why a girl attempts suicide. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A man brings a young girl who has attempted suicide to the office of Dr. Juliet.

The doctor attempts to discover the reason why the girl,

who had been drinking heavily, wanted to kill herself. [RF]

 

2.03 [39] The Loretta Young Show: DOUBLE TROUBLE

12Sep54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Elizabeth Stacey
Hugh O'Brian ........ Walter Wallington
Mabel Albertson ........ Mrs. Wallngton
George Neise
Forrest Lewis
Synopsis:
A shy, young comic-strip creator is accused of bouncing bad checks. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A bashful bachelor turns detective to salvage his

reputation and his girl friend's job. [RF]
 

2.04 [40] The Loretta Young Show: THE LAMP

19Sep54

written by Edna Brophy

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Kathy Ames
Paul Langton ........ Johnny Ames
Doris Singleton ..... Marge
Jerry Hausner ....... Uncle Amos
Howard Wendell ...... Mr. Morrison
Peter Hansen ........ Jim Roberts
John Bond ........... Delivery Man

Synopsis:
A young couple find that their new lamp brings them good luck. [RF]

 

2.05 [41] The Loretta Young Show: YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY

26Sep54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Mary Bertch
Charles Drake ....... Jeff Bertch
Peter Brocco ........ Mr. Steinhof
Pat Coleman ......... Officer McCabe
Stuart Randall ...... Sergeant Sanders
Harry Bartell ....... Stranger
Bruce Cowling ....... Policeman

 

2.06 [42] The Loretta Young Show: BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

03Oct54

written by Marian Thompson

directed by Justus Addiss

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Alison Ives
Robert Middleton .... Harry Tremaine
Gayle Kellogg ....... Jonathan Blake
Nana Bryant ......... Mrs. Wilcox
Joanne Davis ........ Peggy Hammer
Pitt Herbert ........ Mr. Fromer
Robert Wright Campbell ..... Robert Washburn
Fred Rapport ........ Mr. Rapport
William Fawcett ..... Watchman

Synopsis:
One juror is not convinced “beyond a reasonable doubt”

and blocks the conviction in a murder trial. [RF]

 

2.07 [43] The Loretta Young Show: FOR FATHER DARLING

10Oct54

(aka Case of Father Darling)

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Amanda Seaton
Willis Bouchey ...... Father Francis Darling
Raymond Greenleaf ... Thomas Seaton
Peter Adams ......... Boyfriend

 

2.08 [44] The Loretta Young Show: ON YOUR HONOR, YOUR HONOR

17Oct54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Penny Blodgett
John Archer ......... Perry Blodgett
Jim Morton .......... Archer Shannon
Paul Brinegar ....... Ivan Fenwick
Terry Kalman ........ Little Boy

 

2.09 [45] The Loretta Young Show: THE GIRL SCOUT STORY

31Oct54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... County Nurse

Christopher Dark ....... Young Convict

Beverly Washburn ....... Girl Scout

 

2.10 [46] The Loretta Young Show: NO HELP WANTED

07Nov54

written by William Bruckner

story by Norma Mansfield

directed by Justus Addiss

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Amy
Jock Mahoney ........ Ernie McNally
John Bryant ......... Sgt. Nick Hummerstein
Robert Foulk ........ Hoby Vermeer
James Flavin ........ Sgt. Danny Doofle
Harry Harvey ........ Gus Crain
Synopsis:
A bedraggled woman is befriended by a sympathetic cafe owner. [RF]
 

2.11 [47] The Loretta Young Show: IT'S A MAN'S GAME

14Nov54

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Teacher

Bruce Cowling ......... Coach

Norman Olstead

Mabel Albertson

John Bryant

 

2.12 [48] The Loretta Young Show: SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE

21Nov54

written by Marian Thompson

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Suzy James
Gene Barry .......... David Mason
Casey Adams ......... Rusty O'Neill
Margaret Field ...... Julia
Amanda Randolph ..... Lulu
Stuart Randall ...... Dr. Ben Leonard

Synopsis:

The inspirational drama about a dancer who loses the use of her legs

and an architect who loses the use of his hands. [RF]

* Note this story won the Christopher Award for 54/55.

 

2.13 [49] The Loretta Young Show: OUR SACRED HONOR

28Nov54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Grace Hart
James Bell .......... John Hart
John Bryant ......... David Walton
Ray Gordon .......... Priest
Helen Mayon ......... Nun

 

2.14 [50] The Loretta Young Show: BIG JIM

LewisLor Production

05Dec54

Produced by Tom Lewis
Screenplay by Richard Morris
Directed by Richard Morris
based on a true story by Jack Robbins founder of

the Boys Brotherhood Republic

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Cora Skinner
Bobby Driscoll ...... Jim 'Jimmy' Skinner
Mary Carroll ........ Bess Cochran
Chick Chandler ...... Jack Robbins
Eleanor Audley ...... Miss Bennett
*
Music Composed and directed by Harry Lubin
Director of photography Norbert Brodine, A.S.C.
Assistant to the Producer .... J. Frank O'Neill
Story Editor ................. Ruth Roberts
Miss Young's Personal Gown by Helga
Associate Story Editor ....... Jessie Bradley
Production Manager ........... John London
Art Director ................. Frank Sylos
Set Decorator ................ James Roach
Assistant Director ........... Nate Levinson
Script Supervisor ............ Irene Ives
Editorial Supervisor ......... Joseph Dervin A.C.E.
Film Editor .................. Frank Sullivan
Music Editor ................. Byron Chudnow
Sound ........................ Stanley Cooley
Re-Recording ................. Buddy Meyers
Chief Set Electrician ........ George Marquenie
Camera Operator .............. Roger Shearman
Wardrobe ..................... Maria Donovan and Carey Cline
Make-up ...................... Otis Malcolm
All Character Wigs by ........ Max Factor
Hair Stylist ................. Beth Langston
Synopsis:
A woman returns to find the son she abandoned 15 years before. [RF]
 

2.15 [51] The Loretta Young Show: EVIL FOR EVIL

12Dec54

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Lynn Roth
Walter Reed ......... Dr. Perry Roth
Malcolm Atterbury ... Ed Humphrey
Griff Barnett ....... Dr. Whitfield
Dabbs Greer ......... Dewey Mason
Eddy Waller ......... Joe Rogan
Jane Darwell ........ Irene
Walter Flannery ..... Bobby Roth
Synopsis:
A country doctor, his daughter and her husband

 are threatened by a gun-toting madman. [RF]
 

2.16 [52] The Loretta Young Show: TIME AND YULETIDE

19Dec54

written by Lowell S. Hawley

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Marcella Dawson
Forrest Lewis ....... Santa
Mary Field .......... Helen
Mary Young .......... Sarah Wynn
Don Haggerty ........ Joe Wilson
Hallene Hill ........ Pearl
Isobel Randolph ..... Mrs. Vanderhorst
Cliff Arquette ...... Haggerty
Dayton Lummis ....... Commissioner Blackburn

 

2.17 [53] The Loretta Young Show: THREE MINUTES TOO LATE

26Dec54

written by John Meredyth Lucas

story by Ralph Mays

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Alice Hendricks
Hugh O'Brian ........ Sam Hendricks
Robert Foulk ........ Tub Walker
Sally Blane ......... Nurse
Ann Doran ........... Nurse
Parley Baer ......... Mr. Banner
Jessalyn Fax ........ Mrs. Hulgard
Rayford Barnes ...... Reporter

Synopsis:

New Year's Eve hardly seems worth celebrating for the Hendricks. [RF]

 

2.18 [54] The Loretta Young Show: THE GIRL WHO KNEW

02Jan55

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Janet Pressman
Chuck Connors ....... Jess Hayes
Jonathan Hole ....... Harris Davies
Roy Roberts ......... K.K. Longacre
Paul Smith .......... Max
Hugh Beaumont ....... Editor
John Grant .......... Chet Sparks
Pitt Herbert ........ Blevins
Lomax Study ......... Marshall
Synopsis:
A woman confounds the experts with her uncanny

 knack for telling time without a timepiece. [RF]
 

2.19 [55] The Loretta Young Show: THE FLOOD

09Jan55

written by John Meredyth Lucas & Lowell Hawley

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Susan Franklin

William Campbell ........ Larry Kovak

Peggy Converse ........ Louella Ryan

Lewis Martin ......... Dr. Redwick

Synopsis:

As a flood rages outside, Susan Franklin awaits help for her sick son. [RF]

 

2.20 [56] The Loretta Young Show: DECISION

16Jan55

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Kathy Ryan
Jock Mahoney ........ Kim Ryan
Casey Adams ......... Neil
Synopsis:
An expectant mother is waging a frustrating battle:

 her test-pilot husband won't look for safer work. [RF]
 

2.21 [57] The Loretta Young Show: THE REFINEMENT OF AB

23Jan55

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Edith Preston

Hugh Beaumont ....... Henry Preston

Lee Aaker ........ Jimmy Preston

Erin O'Brien Moore ........ Mrs. Baker

Ray Galli ........ Gene

 

2.22 [58] The Loretta Young Show: 600 SECONDS

LewisLor Productions

30Jan55

Produced by Tom Lewis
Screenplay and Story by Marian Thompson
Directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Katie Wells
Dick Simmons ........ Greg Wells
Lois Collyer ........ Gloria Joy
Paul Cavanagh ....... Owen Vail

Ann Lee ............. Carol Reeves
Jan Shepard ......... Betsy
John Bryant ......... Andy Delaney
Gay Gallagher ....... Janet Flynn

*
Music Composed and directed by Harry Lubin
Director of photography Norbert Brodine, A.S.C.
Assistant to the Producer .... J. Frank O'Neill
Story Editor ................. Ruth Roberts
Miss Young's Personal Gown by Werle
Furs by Teitlebaum
Associate Story Editor ....... Jessie Bradley
Production Manager ........... J. Paul Popkin
Art Director ................. Frank Sylos
Set Decorator ................ James Roach
Assistant Director ........... Nate Levinson
Script Supervisor ............ Irene Ives
Editorial Supervisor ......... Joseph Dervin A.C.E.
Music Editor ................. Byron Chudnow
Sound ........................ Stanley Cooley
Re-Recording ................. Roger Heman
Chief Set Electrician ........ George Marquenie
Camera Operator .............. Roger Shearman
Key Grip ..................... Truman Joiner
Wardrobe ..................... Maria Donovan and Carey Cline
Make-up ...................... Otis Malcolm
All Character Wigs by ........ Max Factor
Hair Stylist ................. Beth Langston
Synopsis:

Katharine Wells's best friend's husband has left her for another, when Katie

receives a mysterious call asking to speak to her she becomes

frightened and suspicious, realizing that she has been taking her husband for granted.

 

2.23 [59] The Loretta Young Show: THE CASE OF MR. BANNISTER

06Feb55

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Ginny Vernon

John Archer ....... Gene Vernon

Cheryl Callaway ....... Pam Vernon

Larry Blake ....... Mr. Van

Raymond Bailey ....... Mr. Bannister

Synopsis:

The parents of a little girl refuse to believe her story that the

next-door neighbors are plotting a murder. [RF]

 

2.24 [60] The Loretta Young Show: DICKIE

13Feb55

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Ethel Morris

Bruce Cowling ....... Walter Morris

Ann Doran ....... Felice Badt

Richard Eyer ....... Dickie Morris

Anthony Sydes ....... Junior Morris

Tina Thompson ....... Gracie

Martha Wentworth ....... First Lady

Almira Sessions ....... Second Lady

Synopsis:

Dickie is a little boy who loves puppet shows.  He tries to convince

his mother that he is a genius at theatricals and business too. [RF]

 

2.25 [61] The Loretta Young Show: OPTION ON A WIFE

20Feb55

written by Marian Thompson

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Madeleine Elliott
Jock Mahoney ........ Mike Elliott
James Stephenson .... Tommy
Nana Bryant ......... Polly Hammond
Charles Evans ....... Paul Hammond
James Hayes ......... Messenger Boy

 

2.26 [62] The Loretta Young Show: TALE OF A CAYUSE

27Feb55

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Natura
Jock Mahoney ........ Jim Vessey
Jeff Morrow ......... Lyon

 

2.27 [63] The Loretta Young Show: CASE BOOK

06Mar55

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Mary
Nadine Ashdown ...... Mary as a Child
Charles Drake ....... Tom
Nelson Leigh ........ Dr. James
Stuart Randall ...... Daddy

 

2.28 [64] The Loretta Young Show: DATELINE KOREA

13Mar55

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Devery Freeman

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Jacqueline McKeevey
Don Haggerty ........ Bud Martinson
Wally Cassell ....... Lt. Rizzie
Hugh Beaumont ....... Reverend Bell
John Hubbard ........ Major Martin
Vicki Lee ........... Ak-Sun
Warren Lee .......... Kosan
Paula Hyum .......... Kosan's Sister
Christine Chano ..... Kosan's Sister
Jane Yama ........... Korean Woman
Dominic DeLeon ...... Hotel Clerk
Marie Gorosin ....... Ak-Sun's Sister

 

2.29 [65] The Loretta Young Show: INGA II

20Mar55

written by William Bruckner

story by Devery Freeman

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Inga Helborg
Dennis Hopper ....... Ross Morton
Donald Murphy ....... Ben Cabot
Paul Brinegar ....... Pete
Stanley Clements .... Charlie
Robert Foulk ........ Hank
Kathleen Freeman .... Jessie
Carleton G. Young ... Mr. Morton
Syl Lamont .......... Convict
Bing Russell ........ Convict

 

2.30 [66] The Loretta Young Show: MINK COAT

27Mar55

written by Marian Thompson

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Peggy O'Hara
Jock Mahoney ........ Dan O'Hara
Ann Doran ........... Leona Garner
Casey Adams ......... Bill Garner
Jerilyn Flannery .... Pat O'Hara
Kay Ellen ........... Saleswoman
Mary Emma Watson .... Ellen
Synopsis:
When he finally breaks 90, a furrier gives his golf instructor's wife a mink coat. [RF]
 

2.31 [67] The Loretta Young Show: LET COLUMBUS DISCOVER YOU

03Apr55

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Liz Wadlington
Craig Stevens ....... Michael Donner
Fay Baker ........... Pat Wadlington

Elise Holmes

 

2.32 [68] The Loretta Young Show: HE ALWAYS COMES HOME

10Apr55

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Linda Waring

Richard Arlen ....... Christopher Waring

Elinor Donahue ....... Debbie Waring
Synopsis:

The wife of a successful actor has patiently stood by while

her husband charms and is charmed by every woman

in sight. But when he leaves to star in a Broadway

play, she wonders if she wants him to return. [RF]

 

2.33 [69] The Loretta Young Show: FEELING NO PAIN

17Apr55

written by William Bruckner

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young ...... Judy Cavanaugh

Hugh O'Brian ....... Larry Brown

Hazel Brooks ...... Anita Twombley

George Neise ...... Albert Lauderdale

Dabbs Greer ...... Dentist

Karolee Kelly ..... Nurse

Carl Milletaire ...... Mario

Ottola Nesmith ..... Milliner

Dante Di Paola .... Dancer
Synopsis:

After having a tooth extracted, Judy is too woozy to go

home alone. Since her boyfriend can't come, the

doctor asks handsome Larry Brown to do the job. [RF]

2.34 [70] The Loretta Young Show: THE LITTLE TEACHER

24Apr55

guest cast:

Loretta Young ...... Ellen Morgan

John Hudson ...... Dick Morgan

Mimi Gibson ..... Mindy Morgan

John Bryant

William Forrest

Brick Sullivan

Stuart Randall

Synopsis:

A husband wants to tell his wife about his hard day at the office,

 but his five-year-old daughter keeps interrupting him.

The results are unexpected. [RF]

 

2.35 [71] The Loretta Young Show: I REMEMBER THE RANI

01May55

written by Tom Lewis

story by Hobart Donovan

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Ayesha the Maharani

Edward Ashley ........ Alan Chandler

Mark Dana ....... Martin Randall

David Kasday ....... Devas as a Boy

Robert Warwick ...... Pandit Rau

Aly Wassil ....... Devas as a man

Noel De Souza ...... Tutor

Synopsis:

An English newsman reminisces about his visit to the Kingdom of Caneshwar. [RF]

 

[--] The Loretta Young Show: Count of 10

08May55 (rerun of 14Mar54)

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############## season 3 1955-56 ##############
##############################################

 

3.01 [72] The Loretta Young Show: FEAR ME NOT

28Aug55

Guest Hostess, Rosalind Russell 

guest cast:

Preston Foster

Phyllis Thaxter

Mary Alan Hokanson

Lillian Culver

Synopsis:
At a desolate weather station, a woman (Phyllis Thaxter) encounters an escaped mental patient. [RF]

 

3.02 [73] The Loretta Young Show: WEEKEND IN WINNETKA

04Sep55

Guest Hostess, Rosalind Russell 

guest cast:

Virginia Bruce  ...... Dee Norman
Elinor Donahue ...... Janey
Ann Doran ........... Helen Miller
John Eldredge ....... Tad Miller
Edith Evanson ....... Anna
Gene Raymond ........ Mark Colby
Natalie Schafer ..... Mrs. Hayes
Synopsis:
A mother suspects her daughter has become a juvenile delinquent. [RF]

3.03 [74] The Loretta Young Show: REUNION

11Sep55

Guest Host, Joseph Cotten
guest cast:
Bart Burns .......... Mr. Lowery
Chick Chandler ...... Jack Robbins
Donald Curtis ....... Kimball
Nina Foch ........... Mrs. Graff
James Goodwin ....... Lou
Tim Johnson ......... Ralph
Norman Ollestad ..... Fred
Stafford Repp ....... Bailiff
Herbert Rudley ...... Judge
Jeffrey Silver ...... Eugene

 

3.04 [75] The Loretta Young Show: MY UNCLES O'MOORE

08Sep55

Guest Hostess, Barbara Stanwyck

guest cast:

Teresa Wright ....... Schoolteacher

Scott Forbes

Carol Stone

Jimmy Karath

Linda Powell

Jeanne Moody

Gregg Powell

Synopsis:
A schoolmarm in the 1920's is imported into an all-Irish community

 for the sole purpose of marriage to one of the O'Moore boys. When her intended

decides she is too frail for ranch life, and sets about looking for another prospect,

 the teacher must prove he is wrong. [RF]

*Syndication airing on Festival of Stars, 22Jul57.

 

3.05 [76] The Loretta Young Show: GINO

25Sep55

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ... Gino/Guest Host
Mary Sinclair ....... Eileen Campbell
Argentina Brunetti .. Mrs. Nardo
Thomas Coley ........ Lee Ensign
Patricia Iannone .... Angeleen Nardo
Adrienne Marken
Synopsis:
Something's got to give: the Nardo home is in the way of a proposed freeway. [RF]
 

3.06 [77] The Loretta Young Show: MOMENT OF DECISION

02Oct55

Guest Hostess, Merle Oberon
guest cast:
Diana Lynn .......... Sylvia Adler
Liam Sullivan ....... Lyman Adler
Carl Benton Reid .... Miles

Helen Mayon

Susan Morrow

 

3.07 [78] The Loretta Young Show: THE WAITING GAME

09Oct55

Guest Hostess, Barbara Stanwyck
guest cast:
King Donovan ........ Decorator
Joanne Dru .......... Alice
Tom Hernández ....... Angelo
Paula Hill .......... Diane
Glenn Langan ........ Jerry
Philip Ober ......... Tom
Casey Adams ......... Phil

 

3.08 [79] The Loretta Young Show: THE LAST SPRING

16Oct55

Guest Host, Van Johnson
guest cast:
John Hodiak ......... Matt
Peggy Knudsen ....... Madeleine
Michael Winkleman ... Jerry

Raymond Bailey

Larry Blake

 

3.09 [80] The Loretta Young Show: KATY

23Oct55

Guest Host, Van Johnson
guest cast:
Beverly Washburn .... Katy
Mary Field .......... Mrs. Stewart
Don Haggerty ........ Mr. Leonard
Margaret Hayes ...... Miss Ewing
Charles Herbert ..... Mike
Dorothy Patrick ..... Mrs. Leonard
 

3.10 [81] The Loretta Young Show: SLANDER

30Oct55

guest cast:

Guest Hostess, Irene Dunne

guest cast:

Laraine Day .......... Carol Potter

Kenneth Tobey .......... Harry Potter

Corey Allen .......... Calvin

Betty Caulfield ......... Miss Moore

Adrienne Marden .......... Phyllis

Irene Tedrow .......... Beatrice
Synopsis:

Vicious gossip in a small community nearly ruins a happy

marriage. The wife is having her portrait painted by

a promising young artist. Rumor has it that her

interest in him is more than that of a patron. [RF]

 

3.11 [82] The Loretta Young Show: TROPICAL SECRETARY

06Nov55

Guest Hostess, Irene Dunne

guest cast:

Phyllis Kirk ......... Jess Blackston

Rod Cameron ............ Dave Goodwick

Walter Coy .......... Wally Mitchell

Dabbs Greer ........ Chester Ives

John Harmon ....... Charlie
Synopsis:

A girl seeks out a former sweetheart on a tropical island and

unexpectedly she also becomes involved with a writer. [RF]

 

3.12 [83] The Loretta Young Show: THE BRACELET

13Nov55

from an Andre Maurois story

guest cast:

Merle Oberon ......... Lucille/Guest Hostess

Stephen Bekassy ......... Professor Moreau

Judith Evelyn .......... Ann

Maurice Marsac .......... LeClerc
Synopsis:

A woman whose husband was killed in an airplane crash, refuses to

believe the report that her husband was running off with another woman,

when the crash occurred. [RF]

 

[--] The Loretta Young Show: Thanksgiving at Beaver Dam

20Nov55 rerun of 21Nov53

 

3.13 [84] The Loretta Young Show: ACROSS THE PLAZA

27Nov55

written by Gene Levitt

Guest Hostess, Dinah Shore

guest cast:

Margaret Hayes ........ Julie Vaughn

Gerald Mohr ........ Elliott Sayer

Richard Webb ......... Bill Walker

Peter De Sale ........ Juan Romero
Synopsis:

A newspaperwoman and her fiance find themselves

involved in a Central American revolution.

To further complicate things, her former

sweetheart shows up in town. [RF]

 

3.14 [85] The Loretta Young Show: A PATTERN OF DECEIT

04Dec55

written by Devery Freeman

story by Laura Hunter

Guest Hostess, Claudette Colbert
guest cast:
Claudia Barrett ..... Ann Marie
Robert Burton ....... Preston
Laraine Day ......... Sara Lewis
Rosemary Edelman .... Joan
Paul Langton ........ Mark Hodges
Susan Morrow ........ Lily Walker
Aline Towne ......... Madge
 

3.15 [86] The Loretta Young Show: MAN IN THE RING

11Dec55

Guest Hostess, Ann Sothern
guest cast:
Scott Brady ......... Ted Slater
Hugh Beaumont ....... Arnie
Phyllis Thaxter ..... Laurie
Murray Alper ........ Marty Simmons
 

3.16 [87] The Loretta Young Show: A SHADOW BETWEEN

18Dec55

Guest Hostess, Joan Fontaine
guest cast:
Stephen McNally ..... Dr. Richard Sherwood
Mary Sinclair ....... Louise Andrews
William Ching ....... Bill Adams
Elizabeth Flournoy .. Miss Springs
Marjorie Lord ....... Miss Cook
Ruth Perrott ........ Mrs. Simpkins
 

3.17 [88] The Loretta Young Show: CHRISTMAS STOPOVER

25Dec55

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sally Kolesar
Bobby Clark ......... Russell
John Larch .......... Ernie Robbins
Ross Elliott ........ Mr. Hunter
Robert Lowery ....... Gordy
Robert Anderson ..... Ed
Carroll McComas ..... Old Lady
Synopsis:
The story of a lonely waitress and a stranded 9-year-old. [RF]
 

3.18 [89] The Loretta Young Show: A TICKET FOR MAY

01Jan56

written by Robert J. Hogan

guest cast:

Dorothy Malone ....... May Hadley

Christopher Dark ....... Charlie Blackburn

John Ericson ....... Will Hadley

William Phipps ....... Sheriff

Dabbs Greer

Trevor Bardette

John Close

Richard Grant

 

3.19 [90] The Loretta Young Show: INGA III

08Jan56

written by William Bruckner

directed by Harry Keller

based on Devery Freeman & Cameron Blake's characters

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Inga Helborg

Paul Brinegar ....... Pete

Stanley Clements ....... Charlie

William Forrest ....... Mr. Bruckner

Robert Fortier ....... Tom

Robert Foulk ....... Hank

Kathleen Freeman ....... Jessie

Greta Granstedt ....... Judy

Dayton Lummis ....... Doctor

Donald Murphy ....... Ben Abbott

 

3.20 [91] The Loretta Young Show: THE CHALLENGE

15Jan56

guest cast:

Keith Andes  ......... Bill Strawn
Barbara Hale ........ Mrs. Strawn
Regis Toomey ........ Everett Strawn
Terry Rangno ........ Bruce
Harry Bartell
Synopsis:
A young couple faces a serious test when the husband is denied an important promotion. [RF]
 

3.21 [92] The Loretta Young Show: SONG OF ROME

22Jan56

directed by Harry Keller

guest cast:

Anna Maria Alberghetti .... Nicola
Scott Forbes .............. Victor
Paul Picerni .............. Toby
Penny Santon .............. Miss Trentini
Jinette De Bard ........... Scarlatti
Synopsis:
In Rome, an 18-year-old girl finally meets the man who has been her

"second father" through a foster-parents program. Thrilled with her voice and with

the girl herself, the older man plans an extensive singing career for her in New York. [RF]

 

3.22 [93] The Loretta Young Show: THE SECRET

29Jan56

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Marie Therese Prohaska

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Prudence Bixby
John Newland ........ Dr. Norton
Jay Potter .......... Ray Norton
Kathryn Card ........ Mrs. Wilson
Stanley Fraser ...... Butler
Arthur Lovejoy ...... Visitor

 

3.23 [94] The Loretta Young Show: THE PEARL

12Feb56

written by Richard Morris

story by Louis E. Holtz

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Kiku
Teru Shimada ........ Kiyoshi
Chiyoko Baker ....... Geisha Girl #1
Donna Jean Okubo .... Geisha Girl #2
Kayoko Wakita ....... Geisha Girl #3
Synopsis:
A Japanese fisherman finds a valuable pearl and intends to keep

 it a secret from his wife. But she happens on the pearl accidentally

and has far different plans for it than her husband. [RF]
 

3.24 [95] The Loretta Young Show: TIGHTWAD MILLIONAIRE

19Feb56

written by Gene Levitt

guest cast:

Barbara Billingsley ....... Connie
Jack Kruschen ....... Charlie
Robert Sterling ...... Markle
John Close .......... George
Marilyn Erskine ..... Betty
Harold Fong ......... Waiter

 

3.25 [96] The Loretta Young Show: GESUNDHEIT

26Feb56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Vivian King

Scott Forbes ......... Rig Parks

Dan Barton ......... Sam

Geoffrey Toone ........ Cookie

Trude Wyler .......Miss Martell

Synopsis:

The cast and crew are up in arms. They think an actress is faking a

serious allergy to her leading man - she has a sneezing fit whenever

she's near him. [RF]

 

3.26 [97] The Loretta Young Show: FATHER HOPPE

04Mar56

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Cecily Hallack

guest cast:

Romney Brent .......... Father Hoppe

Mercedes McCambridge .......... Cissy Brackett

Philip Bourneuf ........ George Allen

Jacqueline deWit ........ Rachel Brackett

John Craven ........ Brother John

Hayden Rorke ....... Lynn Johnson

Will Wright ........ Father Gourdian
Synopsis:

The drab life of a spinster is brightened by her interest in amateur

painting and the encouragement of a kindly priest. [RF]

 

3.27 [98] The Loretta Young Show: HIS INHERITANCE

18Mar56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sarella
John Newland ........ Eli
Barbara Eiler ....... Grace
Kathleen Freeman .... Cousin Phemie
Denver Pyle ......... Henry
Bucko Stafford ...... Eli Jr.
Ian Wolfe ........... Elder Sharpe

 

3.28 [99] The Loretta Young Show: THE WISE ONE

25Mar56

written by Gene Levitt

guest cast:

Stephen McNally  ..... Garson
Joy Page ............ Ellen
Rico Alaniz ......... Proprietor
James Anderson ...... Burton
Dehl Berti .......... William
Eugene Iglesias ..... Guitar Player
Shooting Star ....... Chief
John War Eagle ...... Garage Man
Rico Alaniz ......... Proprietor

 

3.29 [100] The Loretta Young Show: BUT FOR GOD'S GRACE

01Apr56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Ruth/Rosalie Simms
Hugh Beaumont ....... Jack
Tommy Kirk .......... Alvin Simms
Helen Mayon ......... Thelma
Jimmy Baird ......... Philip
Synopsis:
A woman is grief-stricken over the death of her child.
 

3.30 [101] The Loretta Young Show: HAPLESS HOLIDAY

08Apr56

guest cast:

Phyllis Thaxter  ..... Dinah
Russ Conway ......... Eddie
Ray Montgomery ...... Peter
Mildred Natwick ..... Mrs. Redman
Don Kennedy ......... Detective
Dan Riss ............ Chuck
Fred Coby ........... Smitty

 

3.31 [102] The Loretta Young Show: CASE 258

15Apr56

guest cast:

Frank Lovejoy  ....... Walter
Barry Atwater ....... George
Alan Hale Jr. ....... Granville
Mary James .......... Mary
Gloria McGhee ....... Ruth
Herbert Rudley ...... Marcus
Synopsis:
A well-meaning friend tries to prevent a brilliant engineer from destroying his life. [RF]
 

3.32 [103] The Loretta Young Show: THE CARDINAL'S SECRET

22Apr56

written by Gene Levitt

story by Ernest F. Miller

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ...... Father William Gomez
John Beradino ....... O'Rourke
Patricia Hardy ...... Ruth
Brad Trumbull ....... Bill Bremmer
Therese Lyon ........ Miss Bagley
Charles Meredith .... Bishop
Ted de Corsia ....... Manager

 

######### The Loretta Young Show #############
############## season 4 1956-57 ##############
##############################################

 

4.01 [104] The Loretta Young Show: DOUBLE PARTNERS

26Aug56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Ruth Baxter

Bruce Cowling ....... Austin Baxter

James Anderson ...... Will Mullen

Ross Elliott ...... Sergeant Tuttle

Addison Richards ....... Leonard Craigle

Daniel DeJong ...... Planchek
Synopsis:

Ruth, who is deaf, and the wife and partner of an attorney.  She is the

witness to an experience, which nearly causes her death, but she finds

her deafness is advantageous in solving a murder mystery. [RF]

 

4.02 [105] The Loretta Young Show: THE QUESTION

02Sep56

written by Richard Morris

directed by Richard Morris

based on research by  J.F. Bugental, Ph.D. and S.L. Zelen, Ph.D.

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Margaret Channing

Craig Stevens ....... Philip Channing

Rhys Williams ...... Professor Green

Bucko Stafford ...... Terry

Joan Sudlow ........ Millie

Helen Mayon ...... Hostess
Synopsis:

Margaret Channing, wife, mother and teacher’s main interest in life is

psychology research.  However, one simple question leads to an analysis

of life’s innermost secrets – and this analysis changes her whole

outlook in life. [RF]

 

4.03 [106] The Loretta Young Show: SAIGON

09Sep56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Kim Collet

Steve Forrest ...... Mark Carter

Renee Godfrey ...... Andree Chartaud

Donald Randolph ...... Paul Morel

Bruce Wendell ....... Colonel Reynaud
Synopsis:

Kim Collet, the woman and a refugee worker, had believed her husband

died a hero in a Communist prison camp – until she hears conflicting

stories. [RF]

 

4.04 [107] The Loretta Young Show: LITTLE LEAGUE

16Sep56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Helen Seaton

Tommy Kirk ....... Mark Seaton

Mabel Albertson ........ Mert Seaton

Ray Ferrell ........ Petey Seaton

Michael Garrett ..... Mr. Tyler
Synopsis:

Baseball brings about a big problem to a lad’s mother when the world of

little Petey Seaton seems to have come to an end when he is unable to

qualify for a “Little League” team.  Mrs. Helen Seaton picks up some

pointers on the game and learns some things about her own son when she

combines love, affection and understanding into the solution of Petey’s

problem.  She becomes a coach and her friend, Mert, becomes manager of a

Little League team. [RF]

 

4.05 [108] The Loretta Young Show: INCIDENT IN KAWI

23Sep56

guest cast:

Vanessa Brown ........ Miss Finney

Dan O'Herlihy ......... Dave Hardy

Frederic Worlock ........ Blenning

George Pelling ....... Officer Tuttle

Paul Playdon ...... Clarence
Synopsis:

Miss Finney, the local schoolmarm, makes a habitual drunk, Mr. Stack,

face up to the responsibilities of caring for his new ward.  Mr. Stack

is an African big-game hunter who has trouble adjusting to his recently

orphaned nephew. [RF]

 

4.06 [109] The Loretta Young Show: NOW A BRIEF WORD

29Sep56

written by Lowell Hawley

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Penny Evans

Mike Connors .......... Al Kiner

John Eldredge ........ Grady Smith

Raymond Greenleaf ....... Jake Alberts

Howard Wright ....... Ray Taylor
Synopsis:

 An attractive copywriter on a local radio station has “Now a brief

Word,” when she is faced with the perplexing problem of writing speeches

for opposing mayoralty candidates.  Penny Evans sells herself first on

one candidate, then the other and finally is convinced both deserve to

be elected. [RF]

 

4.07 [110] The Loretta Young Show: THE YEARS BETWEEN

07Oct56

written by Pauline Stone

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Laura Macklin

John Newland ........ Jim Macklin

Ann Doran ......... Ginny Tucker

Ross Elliott ........ Ned Tucker

Judith Ames ...... Alice Fuller

Addison Richards ....... Mr. Abbott

Synopsis:
A woman finds it difficult to live in the exacting world her husband creates.

 He is the personnel director of a large concern and tries to run

 his home the same way he runs his office department. [RF]

 

4.08 [111] The Loretta Young Show: NEW SLANT

14Oct56

guest cast:

Rod Cameron ....... Warren

Lee Bowman ........ John Kennedy
Synopsis:

A playwright tries to get background material for a new play by taking

a job in a boys' reform school. He attempts to apply his own brand of

psychology on the youngsters. [RF]

 

4.09 [112] The Loretta Young Show: GOODBYE, GOODBYE

21Oct56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Catherine Harding

John Newland ....... Peter Lord

Erik Nielsen ....... Graham Harding

Judy Short .......... Sarah Harding
Linda Cunningham .... Betsy Harding
Synopsis:

Catherine believes her husband has been killed in Korea when she meets

Peter Lord, a novelist, with whom she falls in love and becomes

engaged.  She then receives word that her husband has been found alive in a

prison camp.  Now, seven years after she said goodbye to Peter, she meets

him while at the beach with her three children.  The meeting is quite

accidental and only a happy memory of the love they quieted remains. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

A young widow with two youngsters to support has almost come to

accept her widow's existence as permanent. A meeting with

a romantic author changes her outlook. [RF]

 

4.10 [113] The Loretta Young Show: THE GREAT DIVIDE

28Oct56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Mabel MacAfee

Evelynne Eaton ....... Liz

Lee Goodman ..... Fred Albright

Charles Herbert ........ Tommy

Renny McEvoy ....... Bill

Earl Robie ....... Bill Jr.
Synopsis:

An ugly duckling, Mabel MacAfee, discovers hope and love when she meets

Fred Albright, an old friend who shared the horrors of partnerless

dancing school classes.  Mabel and Fred begin to date but she fears it is

only because Fred, who is a scientist in the development of synthetics,

tests his new synthetic toys on her two nephews to see if they are

unbreakable.  Finally, Fred proposes and makes Mabel see that not beauty

but love is the important factor in building a happy relationship. [RF]

 

4.11 [114] The Loretta Young Show: TAKE CARE OF MY CHILD

04Nov56

guest cast:

Betty Field ....... Frances Palmer

Hugh Beaumont ....... Chris Palmer

John Doucette ..... Jim O'Malley

Beverly Washburn ...... Lillian O'Malley
Synopsis:

This story centers on a bitter rivalry over an orphaned infant when a

sister and a daughter are entrusted with the care of the child by its

dying mother.  [RF]

 

4.12 [115] The Loretta Young Show: THE END OF THE WEEK

11Nov56

written by Pauline Stone

story by Virginia Chase

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ...... Audrey Curtis

Don Megowan ........ Hank Curtis

Johnny Crawford ...... Freddy

Mira McKinney ...... Miss Forbes

Tina Thompson ...... Sally
Synopsis:

Audrey Curtis is a grammar school teacher and is very eager to quit her

job until a fifth-grade student – a young boy, Freddy, who has asked

her if she will help him after school for the upcoming spelling bee –

gets into trouble to attract attention. [RF]

 

4.13 [116] The Loretta Young Show: INGA IV

18Nov56

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Inga Helborg

Robert Fortier ....... Tom Roberts

Donald Murphy ....... Ben Cabot

Maurice Manson
Synopsis:

Inga runs an honor work farm for convicts on good behavior.  One

convict, Tom Roberts, has been constantly losing his job because of his

prison record.  Inga gets him a job as an accountant for a big company, and

thus helps prove that faith and trust can solve seemingly

insurmountable problems. [RF]

 

4.14 [117] The Loretta Young Show: RHUBARB IN APARTMENT B-7

02Dec56

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban ........ Joe Martinez

William Allyn ....... Herbert Knowlton

John Crawford ....... Arthur Mullen

Ray Ferrell ....... Wendell Mullen

Patricia Hardy ...... Abby Mullen
Synopsis:

Joe Martinez is the idol of his two young neighbors, but it is their

pretty aunt, who is taking care of the two young boys while their parents

are on vacation, whom he really wants to impress. [RF]

 

4.15 [118] The Loretta Young Show: SOMEBODY ELSE'S DREAM

09Dec56

written by Pauline Stone

based on a McCall's Magazine story by Robert Craig

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Janice Hite
Mark Roberts......... Greg Hite
Jimmy Baird ......... Mickey
Lewis Martin ........ B. Weldon
Bing Russell ........ Jim Murphy
Amzie Strickland .... Gladys
Judy Short .......... Mary

Synopsis 1:

Greg keeps losing jobs because the jobs are not right for him.  Janet

prods her husband into taking jobs that Greg cannot handle because she

thinks that they have a dream to live up to; a certain kind of house,

certain kinds of friends and a certain kind of standard—all of which is

expensive. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A war hero discovers he can't become a success in the civilian

 world on the merit of his medals alone. [RF]

 

4.16 [119] The Loretta Young Show: THREE AND TWO, PLEASE

16Dec56

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Sister Ann

Eugene Martin ........ Guermo

Carroll McComas ....... Sister Veronica

Ted Stanhope ..... Dr. Morris

Hope Summers ........ Nurse O'Brien

Vaughn Taylor ....... Mr. Atherton

Pat Lawless ....... Father Whelan

Judith Ames ....... Nurse Holste
Synopsis:

This is a Christmas story about the life of a real Sister Ann whose

call letters in a hospital were “Three & Two” and who was greatly loved by

her patients.  Sister Ann, head nurse at Mercy Hospital finds one of

her patients – elderly Mr. Atherton – in a crotchety mood, and another –

little Guermo – in despair over the bicycle no one can afford to buy

for his Christmas. [RF]

 

4.17 [120] The Loretta Young Show: IMPERFECT BALANCE

30Dec56

written by Fred Schiller & Pauline Stone

story by Heinrich Boll

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Gerda Freuling

Ralph Clanton ....... Franz Balek

Sarah Padden ....... Frau Lang

Michael Winkleman ...... Hansie Lang

Mary Carroll ....... Bertha
Synopsis:

The Bergermeister, mayor of the town, is well respected by all of the

village people, especially the children.  All the boys want to grow up

to be just like him and all the girls want to grow up to marry him.  The

Bergermeister, Franz Balek, also runs a coffeehouse where everyone

gathers at one time or another—it is the center of life as known in the

village. [RF]

 

4.18 [121] The Loretta Young Show: QUEEN NEFERTITI

06Jan57

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Queen Nefertiti

Lawrence Dobkin ....... Akhenaton

Robert Fortier ....... General

Robert Warwick ....... Zozer

Ken Remo ...... Thutmouse
Synopsis:

Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, wife of Pharaoh Akhenaton and mother-in-law

of King Tut himself.  This story is based on one of the legends

concerning the famed Queen whose likeness, carved in limestone about 1300 B.C.,

was unearthed far from the environs of royalty.  Akhenaton is an

enlightened ruler who believes in one God, one life, as well as one wife.  He

regards his wife, Nefertiti, as his intellectual equal and he loves her

dearly. [RF]

 

4.19 [122] The Loretta Young Show: MY FAVORITE MONSTER

13Jan57

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Madge McEvoy

John Newland ....... Victor McEvoy

Sandy Descher ...... Jamie McEvoy
Synopsis:

Madge and Victor must cope with the problems of Madge’s young daughter,

Jamie, who has difficulty distinguishing between the real world and

that of her imagination. [RF]

 

4.20 [123] The Loretta Young Show: MISS ASHLEY'S DEMON

27Jan57

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Penelope Ashley

Richard Garland ....... Randolph Kirk

Vaughn Taylor ....... Butler

Ruby Goodwin ....... Etta Mae

Sheila James ....... Mary
Synopsis:

The daughter of a once wealthy Southern family tells conflicting

stories about her life in a Southern Mansion. [RF]

 

4.21 [124] The Loretta Young Show: THE BAD APPLE

03Feb57

guest cast:

Lee Bowman ....... Jack Burton

Bobby Diamond ....... Lowell

Regis Toomey ....... Henry Herman

Howard Petrie
Synopsis:
“Scout’s honor” plays an important part in the boy’s rehabilitation; he

finds that he must discover the meaning of “Scout’s honor” before he

can practice it. [RF]

 

4.22 [125] The Loretta Young Show: TENSION

17Feb57

written by William Bruckner

story by Maye Frank Grissette & Florence Zollicoffer

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Ellie Winters

John Newland ....... Steve Winters

Jack Dimond ....... Tommy Whittaker

Vaughn Taylor ...... Pete Whittaker
Synopsis 1:

An automobile accident and its harrowing aftermath affect the lives of

a man and his wife. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A successful novelist has developed an egotistical and domineering attitude

toward anyone who is not successful. His wife attempts to talk to him about this

character change, but he refuses to listen until one rainy night. [RF]

 

4.23 [126] The Loretta Young Show: WEDDING DAY

24Feb57

written by Pauline Stone

story by Beulah R. Stevens

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Muriel Vail

Lewis Martin ....... Frederick Vail

Carol Veazie ....... Jessica Vail

Peter Damon ....... Kenneth

Oliver McGowan ...... Dr. Severn

Synopsis:
A young widow, who had planned to remarry, finds her plans have

gone awry at the last minute. [RF]

 

4.24 [127] The Loretta Young Show: LOUISE

10Mar57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Viveca Lindfors ....... Louise Reynal

Herbert Marshall ....... Bo Barrett

Frances Mercer ....... Mrs. Lee
Norma Varden ....... Mrs. Masters
Tristram Coffin ....... Mr. Lee

John Banner ....... Hans

Synopsis 1:

A former French war heroine determines to erase the

memory of war’s misery from her life.

Synopsis 2:
A woman who distinguished herself during the war in service for France turns her

back on the aftermath of misery for many of Europe's children. She prefers the

glamorous life of a successful fashion designer and ignores the attempts of a

friend to persuade her to work with the foster-parents plan. [RF]

*Syndication airing on Theater Time 25Jul57.

 

4.25 [128] The Loretta Young Show: EMERGENCY

24Mar57

guest cast:

John Ericson  ........ Roy Hendricks
Anna Maria Alberghetti ... Julie Hendricks
Tris Coffin ......... Mr. Thompson
Norma Varden ........ Head Nurse

 

4.26 [129] The Loretta Young Show: THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

31Mar57

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Lucy Goodrich & Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Miss Ryan

Richard Garland ....... David Marshall

Jesslyn Fax ....... Mrs. Connors

Synopsis:

Miss Ryan, disappointed in love, meets an eligible widower, David

Marshall, her next door neighbor. [RF]

 

4.27 [130] The Loretta Young Show: SO BRIGHT A LIGHT

07Apr57

written by Lowell S. Hawley

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Gretchen Brock-Miller

Ross Elliott ....... Bill Stevens

Eric Feldary ....... Eric Lazlo

Ann Morrison ....... Mrs. Edith Gary

Albert Szabo ....... Jozsef Fekete
Synopsis:

Gretchen Brock-Miller, a news photographer for a national magazine, is

assigned to capture with her camera the problems and emotions of the

refugees.  [RF]

 

4.28 [131] The Loretta Young Show: RUMMAGE SALE

14Apr57

guest cast:

Mark Roberts  ........ Carl Pooler
Maggie Mahoney ...... Mary Murphy
Jan Sterling ........ Lucia
Myra Marsh .......... Mrs. Abernathy

 

4.29 [132] The Loretta Young Show: THE LEGACY

21Apr57

written by Pauline Stone

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Martha
John Newland ........ Robert Gray
Walter Kingsford .... James Hughes
Tita Purdom ......... Alice Gray
Mary C. Ker ......... Little Alice

 

4.30 [133] The Loretta Young Show: THE MAN ON TOP

28Apr57

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban ....... Angelo Pelligrini

Harry Townes ....... Bill Garvey

Harry Arnie ....... Alberto

Clark Howat ....... Mark Wilcox

Maurice Manson ....... Fred Collum
Synopsis:

A young man who ekes out a living by shining shoes has a profound

effect on his customers. [RF]

 

4.31 [134] The Loretta Young Show: THE COUNTESS

05May57

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... the Countess

Lawrence Dobkin ....... the General

Watson Downs ....... Uncle Paul

Kay Miller ....... Marinka

Kenneth Osmond ....... Peter
Synopsis:

A countess refuses to accept orders from the Communist Party

in her country. [RF]

 

4.32 [135] The Loretta Young Show: A MIND OF THEIR OWN

12May57

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Ruth Roberts & Helen Garnell

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Allison Bainworth

Murray Hamilton ....... Mike Finn

Judy Morris ....... Beatrice Crump

Ludwig Stossel ....... Professor

Thurston Hall ....... Judge

Frances Mercer ....... Mrs. Forsythe

Gail Bonney ....... Teresa
Synopsis:

A dress designer, Allison Bainworth, meets a dress manufacturer, Mike

Finn, on board ship heading to New York City from Europe. [RF]

 

4.33 [136] The Loretta Young Show: ROYAL PARTNERS, Part 1

19May57

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Edie Royal

Robert Fortier ....... Willie Royal

Oliver McGowan ...... Dr. Jordan

Ann Morrison ....... Mrs. Palmer

Edward Platt ...... Henry

Maidie Norman ...... Flora

Synopsis:

A dancer’s personal happiness is at stake as she recovers from an

accident. [RF]

 

4.34 [137] The Loretta Young Show: ROYAL PARTNERS, Part 2

26May57

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Edie Royal
Robert Fortier ...... Willie Royal
Oliver McGowan ...... Dr. Jordan
Ann Morrison ........ Mrs. Palmer
Edward Platt ........ Henry
Maidie Norman ....... Flora

 

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5.01 [138] The Loretta Young Show: A DOLLARS WORTH

20Oct57 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young .......... Thelma Brown

Byron Foulger .......... Andy

Susan Seaforth ......... Maxie

Kim Spalding ......... Max

 

5.02 [139] The Loretta Young Show: THE DEFENSE

27Oct57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Mark Stevens ......... Joe Navotnick

Ross Elliott .......... Bill Harmon

Elizabeth Harrower ......... Miss Himbler

Addison Richards ......... Ralph Verdeen

Helen Kleeb ....... Marjorie

 

5.03 [140] The Loretta Young Show: INNOCENT CONSPIRACY

03Nov57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Kiku Arikawa

Teru Shimada ........ Kiyoshi Arikawa

Robert Kino ........ Taro

George Matsui .......... Kenzo

 

5.04 [141] The Loretta Young Show: UNDERSTANDING HEART

10Nov57 NBC Sun

hosted by Anita Louise

guest cast:

Gary Merrill ........ Lou Mason

Nancy Gates ....... Helen Mason

Ann Doran ........ Mrs. Harrison

Dabbs Greer ....... Mr. Harrison
Synopsis:

Lou Mason believes that he has triumphed over alcoholism. [RF]

 

5.05 [142] The Loretta Young Show: THE LITTLE WITNESS

24Nov57 NBC Sun

written by William Bruckner

story by Wyatt Blassingame

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Shirley Wright

Johnny Crawford ....... Bobby Wright

John Vivyan ....... Mack Barron

Grant Richards ....... Man

 

5.06 [143] The Loretta Young Show: BLIZZARD

01Dec57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Stephen McNally ........ George Ellsworth

Pat Crowley ........ Verna Ellsworth

Gil Rankin ........ Announcer

Dick Rich ........ Truck Driver
Synopsis:

Accompanied by his wife, a rural newspaperman is on his

way to New York City when a snowstorm stalls their car. [RF]

 

5.07 [144] The Loretta Young Show: FRIENDS AT A DISTANCE

08Dec57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Susan Parker

Charles Korvin ....... Boleslaw Sublinski

Anne O'Neal ....... Mrs. Partridge

Max Mellinger ....... Man

Ruth Bennett ....... Woman
Synopsis:

Susan Parker dreams of a Prince riding up on a white charger and

whisking her away. [RF]

 

5.08 [145] The Loretta Young Show: MAN IN A HURRY

15Dec57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Laraine Day ....... Karen McCall

Kim Spalding ....... Ed McCall

Erik Nielsen ....... Pete

Joseph Turkel ...... Logan

Carl Thayer ...... Kramer

George Eldredge ...... Police Chief

Morris Lippert ....... Toby
Synopsis:

Writer Ed McCall's driving ambition leads him to

neglect everything else. [RF]

 

5.09 [146] The Loretta Young Show: POWER PLAY

29Dec57 NBC Sun

guest cast:

James Daly .......... Judd Killian
Anita Louise ........ Laura Killian
Thomas Browne Henry.. President Walker
Clark Howat ......... Sam Price
Luis Van Rooten ..... Peter Gregson
Synopsis:
A man thinks he has fulfilled his lifelong ambition when he is invited

 to coach a college football team. [RF]
 

5.10 [147] The Loretta Young Show: THE DEMON AND MRS. DEVON

05Jan58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Barbara Devon

Craig Stevens ........ Chuck Devon

George Baxter ........ Mr. Fielding

W.T. Chang ....... Mr. Ling

Taylor Holmes ...... Mr. Blackwell

Carleton Young ...... Policeman

Frances Mercer ...... Mrs. Fielding

Ted Stanhope ...... Mr. Strauss
Synopsis:

Chuck Devon's business future is changed dramatically when his wife

goes looking for a Chinese vase. [RF]

 

5.11 [148] The Loretta Young Show: THE MAIL VAN MURDER

12Jan58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Robert Reardon ......... Niki Strange

Hy Hazell ......... Carla

Gordon Needham ......... Sergeant Wilson

Edgar Lustgarten ......... Narrator

 

5.12 [149] The Loretta Young Show: THE HIDDEN ONE

19Jan58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Julie Adams  ......... Paula McGill
Dewey Martin ........ Scott McGill
Olive Blakeney ...... Mrs. McGill
Patty Ann Gerrity ... Jan McGill
Mary Alan Hokanson .. Mrs. Dane
Gregory Irvin ....... Howie McGill
Oliver McGowan ...... Dr. Maitland
Barbara Bell Wright.. Miss Mason
Synopsis:
A young couple are worried about their child, the victim of an accident.

Then a sudden crisis gives them the answer for the child's future. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Spotlight Playhouse 12Aug58.
 

5.13 [150] The Loretta Young Show: FARAWAY ISLAND

26Jan58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Countess Barocci

John Newland ....... Stephen Harvey

George Keymas ....... Lorenzo Barocci

Elvira Curci ....... Lena
Synopsis:

Countess Barocci is faced with a choice between two loves. [RF]

 

5.14 [151] The Loretta Young Show: MY TWO HANDS

02Feb58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Gary Merrill .......... Bill Masters

Nancy Gates ......... Peggy Masters

William Schallert ....... Roy Smith

Susan Seaforth ......... Lynne

Tamar Cooper ........ Corinne

Robert Foulk ........ Leadman

Jeanne Van Dam ........ Blueprint Girl

Charles Seel ....... Supervisor

Synopsis:
An ambitious young man looks forward to a successful career as a salesman.

Tragedy strikes when he is afflicted with polio. He becomes so bitter that even

his wife despairs of ever trying to arouse him from self pity again. [RF]

 

5.15 [152] The Loretta Young Show: DEAR MILKMAN

09Feb958 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Augusta Dickens

Robert Rockwell ...... Albert Dickens

Mabel Albertson ...... Babs

Peter Leeds ...... Danton Hall

Nancy Kulp ...... Helen

 

5.16 [153] The Loretta Young Show: THE BARGAIN

16Feb58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Craig Stevens ....... Pete Nettleton

Wally Cox ....... Leslie Nettleton

Pat Crowley ....... Helen Morris

Grant Richards ....... Shepperd

Geneviève Aumont ....... Jeanette Babich

Percy Helton ....... Clerk

Sue Stanley ....... Operator

 

5.17 [154] The Loretta Young Show: A GREATER STRENGTH

23Feb58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Jean Kennedy
Ann Morrison ........ Marie Crane
Mae Clarke .......... Mother Superior
Cheryl Callaway ..... Melissa
Bing Russell ........ Newsman
Judith Brian ........ Reporter
Dominic de Leon ..... Chinese Attendant
Synopsis:
Jean Kennedy, widow of a war correspondent, is released from a

Communist prison camp after five years. After her release, she learns that

she must face one of the most difficult decisions of her life. [RF]
 

5.18 [155] The Loretta Young Show: CONFLICT

02Mar58 NBC Sun

written by Harlan Warde

story by Carlton E. Morse

guest cast:

Jean Allison ....... Claudia Barbour

John Newland ....... Paul Barbour

Carl Benton Reid ...... Henry Barbour

Keefe Brasselle ........ Johnny Roberts

 

5.19 [156] The Loretta Young Show: THE ORIENTAL MIND

09Mar58 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by P.C. Tullier

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Pam Gates
Kim Spalding ........ Ed Gates
George Matsui ....... Kim-Ko
Bing Russell ........ Sergeant
Synopsis:
While touring Korea, Pam Gates and her husband are adopted by a ragged waif. [RF]

 

5.20 [157] The Loretta Young Show: WINDFALL

16Mar58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Hume Cronyn ......... Hap Martin
Veda Ann Borg ....... Lillian
John Eldredge ....... Mr. Platt
Frank Tweddell....... Judge

Oliver McGowan ...... Attorney James Cellar
Roy Glenn ........... Laborer
Richard Reeves ...... Foreman
Jacqueline de Witt .. Mrs. Potter
Synopsis 1:
Bellhop Hap Martin falls heir to a huge fortune - but he doesn't want it. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Hap Martin is a bellhop at a fashionable hotel. Having once given up a highly

successful career, Hap is content with his present life. When he learns

 that he has fallen heir to a huge fortune, Hap becomes concerned

 that his new way of life may be affected. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Spotlight Playhouse 26Aug58 hosted by Anita Louise.
 

5.21 [158] The Loretta Young Show: TIME OF DECISION

23Mar58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Ruth Pierce

John Newland ...... David Harrison

Luana Anders .......... Ellen

George Baxter ......... Mr. Ulrich

Joe Hamilton ....... Landlord

Synopsis:
Ruth Pierce has dedicated her life to her younger sister who is mentally ill. In trying to

solve their problems, Ruth has never permitted any professional help for her sister. [RF]

 

5.22 [159] The Loretta Young Show: AIR STEWARDESS

30Mar58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

James Daly ........Sam Wayne

Karen Sharpe ........... Jane Sawyer

Maurice Wells .......... Thomas Hapgood

Nancy Evans .........Laura Hapgood

Patience Cleveland ......... Susan Trevor

Steve London ......... Jim Bross

Lorna Thayer ....... Christine Markham

Carl Thayler ....... Jim Kendall

Suzanne Alexander ..... Andrea Dodd

 

5.23 [160] The Loretta Young Show: TO OPEN A DOOR

06Apr58 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Janet Forbes
Tom Helmore ......... Dr. Dale Sargent
Eleanor Audley ...... Edith Landow
Betsy Paul .......... Donna
Mary Alan Hokanson .. Dickie Sharp
John Munro .......... Clerk
William Flaherty .... Mr. Higgins
Alan Reynolds ....... Cal
Synopsis:
Janet Forbes is dismayed to find that she's falling in love with a married man. [RF]
 

5.24 [161] The Loretta Young Show: THANKS TO YOU

13Apr58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Mary Lawrence ....... Ellen Goodens

Hume Cronyn ........ Henry Goodens

Wright King ........ Chuck Hendricks

Preston Hanson ........ Denison

 

5.25 [162] The Loretta Young Show: DANGEROUS VERDICT

20Apr58 NBC Sun

written by Harlan Ellis

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Judge Lila Brighton
Barney Phillips ..... Brock
Clark Howat ......... Linden
George Keymas ....... Potter
Gregg Martell ....... Hogan
Billie Bird ......... Mrs. Shubb
Charles Seel ........ Mr. Charles
Preston Hanson ...... 1st Reporter
William Munchow ..... 2nd Reporter
Synopsis:
Judge Lila Brighton faces the most difficult decision of her career. [RF]
 

5.26 [163] The Loretta Young Show: SECOND RATE CITIZEN

27Apr58 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Dewey Martin ......... Bill Fisher

William Schallert ......... Ed Palmer

Jacqueline Scott ........ Diane Warrington

Malcolm Cassell ........ Ron Burton

Anthony Eisley ........ Sandy Sandburn

Thomas Browne Henry ........ Gardener

Hal Taggart ...... Mr. Hillery

Synopsis:
A high school science teacher is faced with a difficult decision when a friend presses

 him to leave teaching for a high paying position in industry. [RF]

 

5.27 [164] The Loretta Young Show: SOUTH AMERICAN UNCLE

04May58 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Alma

Regis Toomey ......... Father Middleton

Wright King .......... Father Moore

Michael Emmet .......... Father Handley

Synopsis:
A young woman uses her dramatic talents to help raise money for the church. [RF]

 

5.28 [165] The Loretta Young Show: A STRANGE ADVENTURE

11May58 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young .......... Beth Hammond

Candy Candido ......... Leonardo

Elvira Curci ........ Signora DiFortune

Paul Picerni ......... Darius

Mario Siletti ........ Peruzzi

Charles Seel ....... Man

Geraldine Hall ........ Woman

 

5.29 [166] The Loretta Young Show: DAY OF REST

18May58 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Helen Rittell

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Beryl Oliver

Robert Rockwell ........ Stephen Oliver

Shelley Fabares ........ Kathy

Toni Smalkin ........ Margie

Kim Lindall ....... Dusty

Gina Gillespie ....... Susie

Ken Lindall ....... Bruce

Joan Sudlow ....... Mrs. Arkwright

Mary Alan Hokanson ..... Mrs. Miller

George Milan .......... Mr. Miller

Synopsis:

A young mother has a bad cold. So, her well-meaning

husband and children decide to take over the household

chores and give her a day of rest. [RF]

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6.01 [167] The Loretta Young Show: THE NEAR UNKNOWN

05Oct58

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Peggy Simms/Miss Connally
Mark Dana ........... Boy Friend
George Selk ......... Old Man
Bob Anderson ........ Bartender
John Munro .......... Max
James Parnell ....... Customer in Bar
Constance Cameron ... Flower Woman

 

6.02 [168] The Loretta Young Show: FOR BETTER OR WORSE

12Oct58

guest cast:

Edward Binns ...... Jim Pierson

Mark Stevens ...... Sam Hart

Maureen Leeds ..... Ann Hayden

Synopsis:
When Jim Pierson becomes governor, he immediately reviews the case of

his former law partner Sam Hart, who is serving a term for destroying

evidence in a blackmail case. [RF]

 

6.03 [169] The Loretta Young Show: IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME

19Oct58

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Harriet Frank Jr.

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Amy Stewart
Robert Rockwell ..... Jeb Stewart
Cheryl Callaway ..... Sandy Stewart
William Henry ....... Barney
Linda Lowell ........ Babs Stewart
James Parnell ....... Harry Tobin
Harriet Argenbright ........ Mrs. Tobin
Michael Montgomery .. Junior
Synopsis:
Amy Stewart has some misgivings when husband Jeb suggests a plan for them

to enjoy a quiet, romantic second honeymoon. All they need do is send their

three youngsters off to summer camp. But neither she nor Jeb suspects

 that they may have to entertain unexpected and unwelcome guests. [RF]
 

6.04 [170] The Loretta Young Show: A VISIT TO SAO PAOLO

26Oct58

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Maria Gardella
James Philbrook ..... Mike Roberts
Carlo Tricolo ....... Papa
Mario Siletti ....... Angelo
Vicente Padula ...... Marco
Rosa Barbata ........ Anna

 

6.05 [171] The Loretta Young Show: OUT OF CONTROL

02Nov58

guest cast:

Frank Lovejoy .......... Walter Davidson

Nick Adams .......... Chip Davidson

 

6.06 [172] The Loretta Young Show: THE TWENTY CENT TIP

09Nov58

written by Pauline Stone

directed by Jeffrey Hayden

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Margaret Hutchins

Malcolm Cassell ....... Steve

Walter Barnes ....... Casey

Donna Boyce ....... Janey

Howard Wright ....... Mr. Wilson

Martin Dean ....... Ralph

Helen Mayon ....... Miss Boland

Madge Cleveland ...... Janey's Mother
Synopsis:

A widowed teacher with two children must augment her earnings with a

part-time job - until her students learn her secret. [RF]

 

6.07 [173] The Loretta Young Show: I WANT TO GET MARRIED

16Nov58

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Ralph Meeker ........ Joe Martin
Christine White ..... Millie Shelby
Mae Clarke .......... Grace Summers
Alan Hale Jr. ....... Harris
Synopsis:
Lonely Joe Martin is delighted when he meets and falls in love with Millie Shelby.

But Joe discovers that their meeting was arranged by an introduction counselor,

and he becomes furious. [RF]
 

6.08 [174] The Loretta Young Show: THE WOMAN BETWEEN

23Nov58 (rerun 26Jul59)

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

story by Mortimer Braus

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Eleanor Stark
John Newland ........ Alex Stark
Kitty Kelly ......... Amy
Jon Lormer .......... Dr. Gibbs
Paul Picerni ........ Stanley Reed
Clark Howat ......... Correll
Elizabeth Harrower .. Mrs. Sims
Synopsis:
A successful business executive turns against his wife and his business partner when

they cut him off from the hectic business world for which he's been sacrificing his health

 and his family. He fears for the future of the business he worked so hard to build. [RF]
 

6.09 [175] The Loretta Young Show: THE LAST WITNESS

30Nov58

guest cast:

Eddie Albert  ........ Max Asher
Lillian Adams ....... Rosa Zambetti
Helen Kleeb ......... Mrs. Hirsch
Frank Scannell ...... Dave Zambetti
George Tobias ....... Henry
Jacqueline de Wit ... Mrs. Peabody
Paula Houston ....... Shirley Asher
Phil Phillips ....... Ronny
Jack Haddock ........ Lieutenant
Pat McGeehan ........ Narrator

 

6.10 [176] The Loretta Young Show: THE HAPPY WIDOW

07Dec58

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Kay Mathews
James Philbrook ..... Cliff Hewitt
Albert Carrier ...... Andre
Tania Velia ......... French Girl
Sidney Clute ........ Travel Agent
Elvira Curci ........ Italian Woman
Rolfe Sedan ......... Mr. Ogilvie
Helen Van Tuyl ...... Mrs. Wilkerson
Alan Reynolds ....... Purser

 

6.11 [177] The Loretta Young Show: STRANGE MONEY

14Dec58

directed by Tay Garnett

guest cast:

Julie Adams  ......... Milly
Ralph Meeker ........ Ed James
James Parnell ....... Joe Devlin
Regis Toomey ........ George Kent
Terry Ann Ross ...... Jennie James
Charles Sell ........ Bill
Joan Sudlow ......... Mrs. Scully
Harriett Argenbright .... Edna Kent
Joe Bailey .......... Robber

 

6.12 [178] The Loretta Young Show: MOST HONORABLE DAY

21Dec58

written & directed by Richard Morris

from the play by Richard Morris & Miss Fukiko-san

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Taka
Walter Brooke ....... Mr. Brown
Virginia Christine .. Mrs. Brown
Gina Gillespie ...... Margy
Leslie Wenner ....... Sally
Allen Breneman ...... Kelly

 

6.13 [179] The Loretta Young Show: OPERATION SNOWBALL

28Dec58

guest cast:

Virginia Mayo ....... Myrna Nelson

Lee Goodman ....... Joe Nelson

Arthur Fleming ....... Art

Christine White ....... Bea

Synopsis 1:
Myrna Nelson realizes that something must be done when her husband's

business partner, Art, takes her kindness toward him as something more. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Myra Nelson realizes that Art, her husband's bachelor business partner, believes that her

friendly affection for him is something more. Besides, the neighbors have begun to

think of Myra as a femme fatale. She decides that the only way to remedy the

situation is to find a wife for Art. [RF]

*Note: Syndication airing on "Fanfare" hosted by Richard Derr, 04Aug59.

 

6.14 [180] The Loretta Young Show: THE BREAK-OFF

04Jan59

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Barry Atwater .......... Jim Mitchell

Ralph Meeker ......... Pilot Duke Cavanaugh

Barney Phillips .......... Dr. Arnold Temple

Toni Gerri

Synopsis:
Tragic news reaches a pilot just before he is to take a jet on its maiden flight. [RF]

 

6.15 [181] The Loretta Young Show: SISTER ANN

11Jan59

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sister Ann
Claude Akins ........ Matt Malone
Hope Summers ........ Nurse O'Brian
Donna Boyce ......... Miss Martin
Ted Stanhope ........ Dr. Morris
Eleanor Moore ....... Mrs. Kuntz
Paul Smith .......... Stanley

 

6.16 [182] The Loretta Young Show: THIS IS THE MOMENT

18Jan59

guest cast:

James Daly ....... Al Hayes

Edward Platt .......... Sutter

Christine White ....... Nurse Nona Call

Clark Howat ........ Conners

Ann Morrison ......... Mrs. Burke

Synopsis:
Al Hayes is overwhelmed with debt which causes a breakdown. [RF]

 

6.17 [183] The Loretta Young Show: INCIDENT IN INDIA

25Jan59

written by William Bruckner

story by Louis E. Holz

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Karima
Richard Devon ....... Mannsingh
Patrick Westwood .... Huptaji
George Keymas ....... Haridass
Joseph Granby ....... Jagan Lal
Marjorie Eaton ...... Sara

 

6.18 [184] The Loretta Young Show: SEED FROM THE EAST

01Feb59

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

from the book by Harry Holt

guest cast:

Virginia Christine ....... Bertha

Dean Jagger ......... Harry Holt

Donna Boyce ........ Barbara

Robert Kino ......... Dr. Chung

Tafa Lee ............. Mrs. Lee

Leslie Wenner .......... Linda

Jack Haddock ........... Captain McNabb

Pat McGeehan ........ Narrator

Kimberly Ann ........... Korean Child

Synopsis:

A dramatization of the true story of the Harry Holt family.

The Holts have devoted their lives to helping Korean-American Orphans. 

They have placed thousands of these youngsters in foster homes

 all over the United States. [RF]

 

6.19 [185] The Loretta Young Show: THE BLACK LACE VALENTINE

08Feb59

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Sylvia Dee

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Susan Glover
Joe Maross .......... David Glover
Dick Winslow ........ Howie Biddle
Robert Montgomery Jr. .. Teenager
Mary Adams .......... Susan's Mother
Charles Boaz ........ Milkman
Michael Montgomery .. Davy
Mark Erickson ....... Bud
Gregory Irvin ....... Robin

 

6.20 [186] The Loretta Young Show: MARRIAGE CRISIS

15Feb59

written by William Bruckner

story by Williams Forrest

directed by John Newland

guest cast:

Elizabeth Montgomery  .... Millie
Jack Lord ........... Joe
James Parnell ....... Brace
Robert Anderson ..... Monty
Mary Munday ......... Alice

 

6.21 [187] The Loretta Young Show: THE PORTRAIT

22Feb59

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Madeleine Vanderhoff
Richard Garland ..... Peter Curtis
George Macready ..... Bernard Vanderhoff
Kitty Kelly ......... Suzanne

 

6.22 [188] The Loretta Young Show: 810 FRANKLIN STREET

01Mar59

guest cast:

Royal Dano  .......... Roy Henry
Jackie Coogan ....... Woody Woods
Howard Dayton ....... Johnny Wycoff
John Munro .......... Dale Armstrong
Carl Thayler ........ Charlie Larson
Evelyn Scott ........ Shirley Henry
Synopsis:
A sympathetic parole officer tries a rehabilitation experiment.

 

6.23 [189] The Loretta Young Show: THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN TOWN

08Mar59

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Connie Van
Betty Lou Gerson .... Betty Crump
James Philbrook ..... Dr. Earl Luke
Hal Smith ........... Arnold Crump
Pamela Dean ......... Sally Crump

 

6.24 [190] The Loretta Young Show: THE TENDERIZER

21Mar59

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young as Fay Davies

Joe Maross as Woodrow Blake

Robert Foulk as Parole Officer

Kelly Smith as Alice

Dee Carroll as Cashier

Renny McEvoy as Boy

 

6.25 [191] The Loretta Young Show: EACH MAN'S ISLAND

29Mar59

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban ......... Nemo Rustin

Don Beddoe ....... Nicholas Barton

Christine White ....... Madeline

 

6.26 [192] The Loretta Young Show: MR. WILSON'S WIFE, Part 1

05Apr59

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ......... Vera Wilson

Claude Akins ....... Robert Wilson

Addison Richards ....... Mr. Ross

Joseph Wiseman ....... Dr. Newland

Joan Sudlow ....... Mary Louise

Synopsis:
Vera Wilson appears to have everything any woman might desire. She is nevertheless,

deeply depressed, and her misery drives her to take a dangerous trip. [RF]

 

6.27 [193] The Loretta Young Show: MR. WILSON'S WIFE, Part 2

12Apr59

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Vera Wilson

Claude Akins ....... Robert Wilson

Addison Richards ....... Mr. Ross

Joseph Wiseman ....... Dr. Newland

Joan Sudlow ........ Mary Louise

 

6.28[194] The Loretta Young Show: STRICTLY PERSONAL

19Apr59

guest cast:

Whitney Blake  ...... Sheila Graham
Steve Cochran ...... Joe
Mike Road .......... Ed Graham
Gil Rankin ......... Father Fitzsimmons
Synopsis:
Happily married Stella Graham hears that her former boy friend is looking for her. [RF]

 

6.29 [195] The Loretta Young Show: THE ACCUSED

26Apr59

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Norma Hutton

Ann Doran ........ Anne Thomas

Dabbs Greer ........ Fred Blanchard

Thomas Browne Henry ....... Charles Fergus

Barney Phillips ...... Bob Williams
Synopsis:

Norma Hutton fights the 'Do-Nothing' attitude of an entire community. [RF]

 

6.30 [196] The Loretta Young Show: TROUBLE IN FENTON VALLEY

10May59

guest cast:

Claude Akins  ........ Carl Hodges
Pat Crowley ......... Nancy Hodges
Cindy O'Hara ........ Anita
Alex Montoya ........ Manuel
Patrick Westwood .... Montoya
Robert Hernandez .... Pepe

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7.01 [197] The Loretta Young Show: THE ROAD

20Sep59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Alice Ward

Robert Brubaker ....... Gerald Ward

Joseph Cuby ....... Boy

Victor Francen ....... Brancardier

Paula Dehelly ....... Jean

Synopsis:
Alice Ward hides an unhappy secret behind a carefree manner. Her encounter with

a young hitchhiker on the road to Paris alters the course of her life. [RF]

 

7.02 [198] The Loretta Young Show: ONE BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

27Sep59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Audrey Dickerson
Barry Atwater ....... Mr. Mayfield
Katherine Warren .... Mrs. Mayfield
Sara Taft ........... Mrs. Dickerson

Phil Chambers ....... Mr. Riley

Gretchen Thomas ..... Miss Holliday
Synopsis:
A teacher finds herself the subject of malicious gossip. [RF]

 

7.03 [199] The Loretta Young Show: THE STRANGERS THAT CAME TO TOWN

04Oct59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

John Beal  ........... Father
David Duval ......... 1st Son
Malcolm Cassell ..... 2nd Son
Gabriel Curtiz ...... Mr. Duvitche
Jan Tine ............ Duvitche's son

 

7.04 [200] The Loretta Young Show: MASK OF EVIDENCE (VIOLENCE) TV Guide

11Oct59  NBC Sun (rerun 10Jul60)

written by Stephen Lord

directed by Rudolph Mate

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Katharine

Barry Atwater ....... Stranger

Richard Garland ....... Dr. Paul

Maidie Norman ....... Josie

Wendy Winkelman ....... Melanie

Synopsis:
A stranger enters the New Orleans apartments of a woman who is masked and

costumed for the Mardi Gras. She accepts the intrusion in the spirit of the holiday.

 Then she spots a newspaper that describes her caller as a maniac. [RF]

 

7.05 [201] The Loretta Young Show: CIRCLE OF PANIC

25Oct59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Frank Lovejoy  ....... Joe Winters
Ed Prentiss ......... David Peterson
Suzi Crandall ....... Ellie Winters
Phil Phillips ....... Petey Winters
James Parnell ....... Smitty
Hugh Lawrence ....... Ed Randolph
Ralph Moody ......... Schneider
Synopsis:
Panic spreads through a small town when a motel guest's

ailment is diagnosed as radiation sickness [RF]

 

7.06 [202] The Loretta Young Show: THE RED DRESS

01Nov59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Nina Foch ............ Joan Rogers
Vickie Sue Conley .... Susan
Dabbs Greer .......... Dr. Baker
Fred Essler
Synopsis:
Joan Rogers and her husband have adopted a Korean war orphan. Waiting at

the airport for the little girl, Joan begins to have misgivings about the adoption. [RF]
 

7.07 [203] The Loretta Young Show: A NEW STEP

08Nov59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Polly Fry

Carl Crow ....... Peter White

Vinton Hayworth ...... Dr. Elliott

Elizabeth Fielding ...... Ann

Synopsis:
Polly, a widow feels lonely and bored after the death of her husband.

To build a new life for herself, she decides to give dancing lessons to the handicapped. [RF]

 

7.08 [204] The Loretta Young Show: TEN MEN AND A GIRL

15Nov59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Jackie Coogan  ....... Snuff Carter
Dick Sargent ........ Billy Simpson
Regis Toomey ........ Mr. McCarthy
Sheldon Allman ...... Barber

 

7.09 [205] The Loretta Young Show: THE LADY IN THE FISH BOWL

22Nov59 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

story by Marilyn Cantor & Fred Ebb

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sally Hays
Phil Phillips ....... Billy Hays
Fred Coby ........... Chuck
Robert Foulk ........ Police Officer
Kitty Kelly ......... Mrs. Foley
James Stone ......... Mr. Simpson
Jeffrey Stone ....... Man

* Note this is the story that became "Cabaret".

 

7.10 [206] The Loretta Young Show: VENGEANCE IS THINE

29Nov59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Marshall Thompson ........ Jim Turner

Allen Breneman ...........Michael Cutler

Richard Cutting ......... District Attorney

John Eldredge ............ Mayor

James Hong ......... Lee Chan

Clegg Hoyt ......... Pete Cutler

Michael Pataki ........... Stanley Cutler

Beal Wong ........ Quong Wo

Synopsis:
Brothers charged with murdering a Chinese student claim self-defense. [RF]

 

7.11 [207] The Loretta Young Show: THE PENTHOUSE

06Dec59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Augusta Smith
Elliott Reid ........ Mark Waxman
Carl Crow ........... Steve Rogers
Fred Coby ........... Bartender
Synopsis:
Playwright Augusta Smith is looking for a quiet place to live.

She discovers that a young architect is looking for the same thing

 when they both discover the same perfect apartment. [RF]
 

7.12 [208] The Loretta Young Show: ALIEN LOVE

13Dec59 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

story by Walter S. Tevis Jr.

directed by Rudolph Mate

guest cast:

Loretta Young ........ Anita Dodd

Walter Slezak ....... Emil Kronsteidt

Kitty Kelly ....... Gloria Schumaker

Maurice Manson ....... Mr. Marton

Suellyn Lyon ....... Laurie

Frank Gardner ....... Jerry

Helen Andrews ....... Mrs. Williams

Synopsis:
Hungarian-born Emil Kronsteidt is accepted for a high school teaching job.

But the principal, Anita Dodd, finds his manner and teaching methods irritating. [RF]

 

7.13 [209] The Loretta Young Show: SHOWER OF ASHES

27Dec59 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Everett Sloane ....... David
Eduard Franz ......... Reverend Travers
Don Edmonds .......... Matt
Patty Ann Gerrity .... Judy
Fern Barry ........... David's Wife
Synopsis:
The chairman of Missions of India decides to take his family with him on

 a visit to Reverend Travis at a remote mission outpost. [RF]
 

7.13 [210] The Loretta Young Show: THE GRENADE

03Jan60 NBC Sun

written by David Robinson, Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

story by David Robinson

directed by Rudolph Mate

guest cast:

John Ericson  ........ Carl Stanton
Fredd Wayne ......... Ed Crawley
Dabbs Greer ......... Dr. Merrill
Joel Marston ........ Norman Adams
Jean Howell ......... Marie Crawley
Phil Phillips ....... Jimmy Crawley

 

7.14 [211] The Loretta Young Show: LITTLE MONSTER, TALL TALES

10Jan60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Donna Landon
Clement Brace ....... Bill Landon
Charles Herbert ..... Jeff

Madeline Holmes

Besty Hal

 

7.15 [212] The Loretta Young Show: OFF-DUTY AFFAIR

17Jan60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Marshall Thompson  ... Dan Jenkins
Christine White ..... Katy Kilbourne
Charles Aidman ...... Joey Willard
Mary Treen .......... Aunt Gladys
Synopsis:
Det. Dan Jenkins and caseworker Katy Kilburn clash

over how to help a motherless young girl. [RF]
 

7.16 [213] The Loretta Young Show: MRS. MINTON

24Jan60 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Felice Minton
Henry Brandon ....... John Buckley
Glenn Langan ........ Howard Minton
Jody Lawrence ....... Miss Vivan
Kitty Kelly ......... Maid

 

7.17 [214] The Loretta Young Show: THE HIRED HAND

07Feb60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ... Frank
William Fawcett ..... Jake
Christine White ..... Norma
Harry Shannon ....... Tom
Synopsis:
A man asks for a job as a hired hand,

 but the farmer's daughter takes a dislike to him. [RF]
 

7.18 [215] The Loretta Young Show: SLIGHT DELAY

14Feb60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Skip Homeier ....... Frankie Salmo

Mary Young ..... Birdie Pennybaker

Grace Lenard ..... Connie

Synopsis:
On a rainy night, a bus makes a rest stop at a roadside cafe Frankie Salmo is in an

unusually bad mood because he's broke, but a fellow passenger. Birdie Pennybacker,

takes pit on him and slips a five-dollar bill into a book he's carrying. [RF]

 

7.19 [216] The Loretta Young Show: SECOND SPRING

21Feb60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Betty Rogers
Malcolm Cassell ..... Chuck Rogers
Don Haggerty ........ Bill Rogers
Angus Duncan ........ Tom
James Parnell ....... Fred
Marlene Willis ...... Donna Rogers
George Eldredge ..... Doctor
Synopsis:
Middle-aged Betty Rogers is delighted to learn she's going to have a baby,

 but she doesn't know how to tell her husband and two teenage daughters. [RF]
 

7.20 [217] The Loretta Young Show: CRISIS IN 114

06Mar60  NBC Sun (rerun 28Aug60)

guest cast:

Don Haggerty ........ Mike Pritchett

Everett Sloane ......... Mr. Seller

William Tennant ......... Tommy Seller

Mary Alan Hokanson ....... Mother

Marshall Kent ....... Mr. Wycoff

Synopsis:
Tommy Seller, a spoiled teenager is kept after class by Mr. Pritchett.

Then Tommy provokes his teacher into hitting him. [RF]

 

7.21 [218] The Loretta Young Show: THE TROUBLE WITH LAURY'S MEN

13Mar60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Janet Barlow

Glenn Langan ....... Dan Barlow

Julie Sommars ....... Laury Barlow

Joe Cronin ....... Curt

 

7.22 [219] The Loretta Young Show: THE TRIAL

20Mar60 NBC Sun (rerun 03Aug61)

guest cast:

Regis Toomey ....... John Howell

Herbert Lytton ....... Dr. Brockman

Mary Munday ....... Clara

John Clarke ....... Jones

Synopsis:
Lawyer John Howell faces mortgaging his home to meet his wife Clara's

medical bills. An urgent call takes him to his client's apartment, where

he finds a corpse - and money strewn about the room. [RF]

 

7.23 [220] The Loretta Young Show: PLAIN, UNMARKED ENVELOPE

03Apr60 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

directed by Richard Carlston

guest cast:

Don DeFore ....... Jeremy Parker

Bethel Leslie ....... Shirley Parker

Denise Alexander ....... Joyce Parker

Anne Loos ....... Helen Bailey

Thomas Browne Henry ....... Postmaster

Davis Roberts ....... Mailman

Synopsis:

A withdrawn girl is besieged by pornographic literature. [RF]

 

7.24 [221] The Loretta Young Show: THE BEST SEASON

17Apr60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Richard Carlson  ..... Larry Carlson
June Vincent ........ Jeanne Carlson
Jon Lormer .......... Doctor
Walter Woolf King ... J.C. Walters
Synopsis:
An aging executive is longing for his lost youth. [RF]
 

7.25 [222] The Loretta Young Show: THE UNWANTED

01May60 NBC Sun

guest cast:

Anna Lee ........ Anne Tracy

Robert Bray .......... Bob Tracy

Cheryl Crotser ........ Barbara

Vickie Sue Conley ........ Jane

Murray Parker ........ Doctor

Henry Quan ....... Policeman

Synopsis:
Happy with their two adopted Korean children, Anne and Bob Tracy are disturbed

by the behavior of the newest addition to their family a Korean orphan girl

who is full of resentment. [RF]

 

7.26 [223] The Loretta Young Show: FAITH, HOPE AND MR. FLAHERTY

Toreto Productions

08May60 NBC Sun

Produced by John London
Teleplay by Lowell S. Hawley

Story by Richard Morris

Directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sister Ann
Virginia Christine .. Mrs. Spencer
J.M. Kerrigan ....... Mr. Flaherty
Ronny McEvoy ........ Drunk Man
Dorothy Crider ...... Drunk Woman
Fred Sherman ........ Bum

*
Associate Producer and Story Editor Ruth Roberts
Director of photography Norbert Brodine, A.S.C.
Film Editor ......... Philip Cahn, A.C.E.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Miss Young's Personal Gown by Travilla
Assistant Director & Production Supervisor .. Nate Levinson
Script Supervisor ... Irene Ives
Wardrobe Supervision .. Carey Cline
Camera Operator ....... Fritz Mandl
Make-Up Artist ........ Otis Malcolm
Hair Stylist .......... Beth Langston
Editorial Supervision . Joseph Dervin A.C.E.
Music Editor .......... Ken Wilhoit
Sound ................. Stanley Cooley
Re-recording .......... Roger Heman
Sound Effects Editor .. Al Barno
Loretta Theme Song by Harry Lubin.
Art Director .......... Frank Sylos
Set Decorator ......... James Roach
Chief Set Electrician .. Les Miller
Key Grip ............... Howard Hart
Property Master ........ Ernest King
Casting ................ Jack Murton
Synopsis:
An elderly patient's contribution to a hospital doesn't go where he expected it to. [RF]

 

7.27 [224] The Loretta Young Show: THE ETERNAL VOW, Part 1

15May60 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Irene Sherwood
Jean-Pierre Aumont .. Paul Jacquard
Jan Arvan ........... Ylanis Canaris
Katherine Theodor ... Eleni
George Conrad ....... Guide
Synopsis:
In this first part, a wealthy American widow and a French businessman are

stranded on a small Greek island. Their tourist boat has left without them. [RF]
 

7.28 [225] The Loretta Young Show: THE ETERNAL VOW, Part 2

22May60 NBC Sun

written & directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young .... Irene Sherwood

Jan Arvan .... Ylanis Canaris

Jean-Pierre Aumont .... Paul Jacquard

Katherine Theodor .... Eleni

George Conrad .... Guide

 

7.29 [226] The Loretta Young Show: THE MISFIT

05Jun60 NBC Sun

written by Edwyn Blum

directed by Everett Sloane

Narrated by Everett Sloane

guest cast:

Henry Jones ..... Henry Stokes

Patricia Donahue ...... Charlotte Stokes

Madge Cleveland ...... Mrs. Wilson

Carlyle Mitchell ...... Mr. Wilson

Shirley Mitchell ...... Mrs. Mason

Roger Til ........... Charles
Jack Chefe .......... Frederick
Synopsis:
Henry Stokes and his wife have an unusual marriage:

Charlotte competes in the business world and Henry happily

takes care of all the household chores. [RF]

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8.01 [227] The Loretta Young Show: THE LONG NIGHT

18Sep60 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

from the Redbook story by Glen & Jane Sire

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Dina

Robert Richards ....... Chris

Ruth Brady ...... Laura

Preston Hansen ...... Al

Gregory Irvin ...... Donny

Sue Warrick, Beverly Revell ...... Girls

Synopsis:

After several years of marriage, Dina and Chris have grown apart.

But it isn't until she meets Al and Laura, her new neighbors,

that Dina realizes how dull her life has been. [RF]

 

8.02 [228] The Loretta Young Show: AT THE EDGE OF THE DESERT

25Sep60 NBC Sun

written by William Bruckner

story by Joseph Laitin

directed by Rudolph Mate

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban  ... Frank Montclair
Patricia Donahue .... Irene Montclair
Gregory Irvin ....... Johnny
Tommy Harwood ....... Tommy
Michele Turner ...... Ann

Synopsis:
A businessman-turned-policeman tries to reform a young delinquent. [RF]

 

8.03 [229] The Loretta Young Show: FAIR EXCHANGE

02Oct60 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

story by Elizabeth Enright

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Sylvia
Ruth Brady .......... Jane
Stanley Erickson .... Whitney
Preston Hanson ...... Don
Synopsis:
Sylvia tells a friend about an incident that she thought would affect her marriage. [RF]
 

8.04 [230] The Loretta Young Show: LINDA

09Oct60 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

story by Michael Shaara

directed by Richard Carlson

guest cast:

Karen Sharpe  ..... Linda
James Drury ...... Tony
Jack Ging ........ Ben Sloan
Richard Carlson .. Radio Announcer (voice)
Synopsis:
Linda and her husband Tony learn that a man Linda once dated

has escaped from a mental hospital. [RF]
 

8.05 [231] The Loretta Young Show: SWITCHBLADE

16Oct60 NBC Sun

written by William Bruckner

story by Verne Athanas

directed by Everett Sloane

guest cast:

James Barton  ........ Ernie Clevenger
Roy Engel ........... Carey Bellman Jr.
Rolfe Sedan ......... Mayor
William Tennant ..... Marty
Everett Sloane ...... Narrator

 

8.06 [232] The Loretta Young Show: LOVE BETWEEN THE ACTS

23Oct60 NBC Sun

written by Richard Morris

story by Florence Jan Soman

directed by Richard Morris

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Katherine Ward
Isobel Elsom ........ Aunt Lou
Preston Hanson ...... Jeffrey
James Philbrook ..... Jim
Synopsis:
An aunt tries to find an eligible young man for her niece. [RF]

 

8.07 [233] The Loretta Young Show: THE GLASS CAGE

30Oct60

written by William Bruckner

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Audrey Totter  ....... Mrs. Page
Charlotte Stewart ... Leddie Page
Patrick Farrow ...... Bob Marks
Marta Kristen ....... Bonnie
Anne Loos ........... Betty Rolph
William Tennant ..... Larry Norden
Synopsis:
Bewildered and upset by her alcoholic mother, a young girl

 starts keeping late hours and traveling in a wild crowd. [RF]
 

8.08 [234] The Loretta Young Show: THE SEDUCER

06Nov1960 NBC Sun

written by Pauline Stone & Mike Cosgrove

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young ....... Nora Halliday

John Newland ........ Creighton Halliday

Marlene Willis ....... Jill Halliday

Peter Leeds ....... Sid Palmer

Jack Lester ....... Dr. Blake

Kitty Kelly ....... Marie
Synopsis:

In a TV interview, movie producer Creighton Halliday defends his film

about suicide. But his wife Nora believes he exploits taboo themes and

betrays the public. [RF]

 

8.09 [235] The Loretta Young Show: NO MARGIN FOR ERROR

13Nov60 NBC Sun

written by Lydia Schiller

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban ........ Tony Santos

Marion Ross ....... Peg Santos

Olan Soule ........ Stanley Gibbs

Henry Hunter ....... Ben Haralson

Kitty Kelly ....... Edith

Joan Sudlow ....... Mrs. Pepper
Synopsis:

Young business executive Tony Santos finds an error in figures that

will cost his company plenty. And it looks like his own mistake, trying to

decide if he should tell his boss, he fears if he does, he might lose a

promotion. [RF]

 

8.10 [236] The Loretta Young Show: CONDITIONAL SURRENDER

20Nov60 NBC Sun

written by Lois Hire

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Loretta Young  ....... Margaret Underwood
John Newland ........ Henry Underwood
Vince Barnett ....... Grimes
Patricia Blair ...... Gloria Mason
Dave Willock ........ Counterman

 

8.11 [237] The Loretta Young Show: THE NIGHT THE DOORBELL RANG

27Nov60 NBC Sun

written by Lowell S. Hawley

story by Libbie Block

directed by Norman Foster

guest cast:

Charles Korvin ....... Leo Unten

Bill Lewis ........ Mitch Unten at Age 12

Renny McEvoy ........ Dusty Smith

Ruth Storey ....... Jeanette Unten

Sally Foster ....... Miss Ragley

Synopsis:

Leo Unten has reared his son by the Old World

standard of strict discipline. [RF]

8.12 [238] The Loretta Young Show: THESE FEW YEARS

11Dec60 NBC Sun

written by Donald S. Sanford

story by Nancy Burrage Owen

directer by Norman Foster