Matinee Theatre Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

The House on 5th Avenue

Tue, Aug 28, 1956

A young girl is picked up for passing counterfeit bills and tells a strange story of how she acquired them.

Episode 2

Yankee Doodler

Wed, Aug 29, 1956

Episode 3

The Pink Hippopotamus

Thu, Aug 30, 1956

A free world spy heads behind the Iron Curtain and takes an independent assignment to rescue an American's son.

Episode 4

September Tide

Fri, Aug 31, 195660 mins

A bride brings her British artist husband to her mother's home and he can't decide whom he loves most his wife or his mother-in-law.

Episode 5

Are You Listening?

Mon, Sep 3, 1956

A Dixieland trumpeter trades off his father's fame as a jazz virtuoso.

Episode 6

The Lady's Maid's Bell

Tue, Sep 4, 1956

A devoted housemaid tries as a ghost to do what she failed to do as a person - resolve the complex love life of her mistress.

Episode 7

One Hundred Red Convertibles

Wed, Sep 5, 1956

Drama of the pain suffered by a teenager when her parents decide on a friendly divorce.

Episode 8

The Ivy Curtain

Thu, Sep 6, 195660 mins

College officials want a local attorney to help whitewash a fatal hazing incident.

Episode 9

Gramercy Ghost

Fri, Sep 7, 195660 mins

The hand of a pretty young woman is sought by a strange trio of rivals - two young men and a ghost.

Episode 10

The Lovers

Mon, Sep 10, 1956

A young woman is taken by her mother on a trip to Spain so that the daughter might forget her suitor.

Episode 11

Reach for the Stars

Tue, Sep 11, 1956

A young chemist is torn between devotion to the scientific side of his profession and the financially profitable side.

Episode 12

I Like It Here

Wed, Sep 12, 1956

Willie is a refugee who works as a houseman at a professor's home. He's a sweet and lovable man even when he's interfering in other people's lives. The Professor's daughter is in love with Brad, a young lawyer. Of course, Willie sees fit to give Brad all kinds of advice.

Episode 13

A Question of Balance

Thu, Sep 13, 195660 mins

Episode 14

Marriage Royal

Fri, Sep 14, 1956

An exiled empress commits her son to a princess, only to learn that he secretly has long been in love with an actress.

Episode 15

Mad Money

Wed, Sep 19, 1956

A professional loafer and an amateur inventor accidentally discovers how to make gold synthetically.

Episode 16

A Letter from Johnny Brack

Thu, Sep 20, 1956

The story of a non-heroic World War II amputee who plays the role of a hero so completely that his fiancee leaves him in disgust.

Episode 17

Uncle Harry

Fri, Sep 21, 1956

A pleasant man plans to do away with his two spinster sisters.

Episode 18

At Mrs. Leland's

Mon, Sep 24, 1956

A young girl learns of life and love from a spinster school-teacher.

Episode 19

The House Next Door

Tue, Sep 25, 1956

A young woman's happy marriage is upset by the ghostly reappearance of a former soldier sweetheart, supposedly dead.

Episode 20

The Alumni Reunion

Wed, Sep 26, 195660 mins

A college graduate fails so miserably at taking over his father's business that his wife tries to use a college reunion to find him a new career.

Episode 21

Sound of Fear

Thu, Sep 27, 1956

A young playboy can only defend himself against a murder charge by revealing his father's past.

Episode 22

Late Date

Fri, Sep 28, 1956

A grandmother with illusions of youthfulness, and an aging son with illusions of talent, are jarred into reality by one of grandma's old flames.

Episode 23

Pride and Prejudice

Mon, Oct 1, 1956

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

Episode 24

Pearls of Sheba

Tue, Oct 2, 1956

A Riviera based girl tries to help her millionaire boyfriend retrieve a $300,000 pearl necklace from his fourth ex-wife.

Episode 25

The Stamp Caddy

Mon, Oct 15, 1956

A schoolteacher, long cured of kleptomania, seems to suffer a relapse.

Episode 26

The Egoist

Tue, Oct 16, 1956

An egotistical 18th-century Englishman repeatedly walks the thin ice of first wooing, then jilting, his fiancees.

Episode 27

The Family Man

Wed, Oct 17, 1956

A teenage daughter tries to provide her father with the companionship she thinks he needs.

Episode 28

Sight Unseen

Thu, Oct 18, 1956

A beautiful young owner of a haunted castle undergoes matchmaking by the ghosts.

Episode 29

The Eye of the Storm

Fri, Oct 19, 195660 mins

Because of her husband's brutality, a young backwoods bride is forced by flee to home of her jealous sister.

Episode 30

Man in Seven League Boots

Mon, Oct 22, 1956

A man hospitalized following an accident also suffers from trying to follow in his father's footsteps. A kindly nurse tries to help him live his own life.

Episode 31

Woman Across the Hall

Tue, Oct 23, 1956

The friendliness of a middle-aged woman is rebuffed by the glamorous new tenant across the hall in the apartment house. In spite of the cool reception, she tries to learn all she can about this mysterious woman.

Episode 32

And Then There Were Three

Wed, Oct 24, 1956

A stepmother, bent on finding out more about a prospective son-in-law, finds herself faced with unexpected problems.

Episode 33

Shake the Stars Down

Mon, Oct 29, 1956

A charming young housewife struggles with finances to help her husband earn his Ph.D. She quickly accepts a highly lucrative offer from a cosmetic firm to pose as the mythical French namesake for their brand of make-up.

Episode 34

Horsepower

Tue, Oct 30, 1956

The patriarch of a Scandinavian immigrant family resists change, even down to keeping a gramophone for entertainment and horse team to plow his field. When he dies, his son becomes just as rigid and tries to continue on with the old ways.

Episode 35

Without Sanction

Wed, Oct 31, 1956

A former medical student returns to Germany after a long interment in Russia where he had performed hundreds of operations.

Episode 36

The Outing

Fri, Nov 2, 195660 mins

A young boy proves a disappointment to his athletic-minded father, because he prefers books to sports.

Episode 37

Thank You, Edmondo

Mon, Nov 5, 1956

Four impoverished Italian peasants become bitterly divided over whether to plow a field that has just been returned to them or let it remain the cemetery of a Canadian soldier who helped win it back for them from the Fascists.

Episode 38

The Tell-Tale Heart

Tue, Nov 6, 1956

In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.

Episode 39

Strangers on a Honeymoon

Wed, Nov 7, 1956

A young couple who are pushed into marriage by their parents discover on their honeymoon that they have nothing in common.

Episode 40

A Dram of Poison

Thu, Nov 8, 1956

When a man loses his position, his dignity and now his health, there is no alternative when things are so hopeless, or is there? Just ask his sister-in-law and wife.

Episode 41

The Shining Hour

Fri, Nov 9, 1956

A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

Episode 42

Love, Marriage & Five Thousand Dollars

Mon, Nov 12, 195660 mins

A post office clerk dreams of striking out on his own as a professional photographer, but lacks the courage. He also lacks the courage to propose to the girl he's been dating.

Episode 43

Step Into Darkness

Tue, Nov 13, 1956

During the war the British War Office assigns a woman to work with a French contact to aid English soldiers and fliers in escaping occupied France.

Episode 44

A Candle in the Dark

Wed, Nov 14, 1956

The true story of Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Braille discovers a method whereby those who cannot see will be able to learn to read by touch.

Episode 45

Savrola

Thu, Nov 15, 195660 mins

A tale of the mythical country of Laurania and the battle between its ruthless dictator, Molara, and its popularly elected liberal emissary, Savrola.

Episode 46

A Table Set at Night

Fri, Nov 16, 1956

After many years, a woman returns to the scene of a love affair. She is disturbed when her daughter becomes involved in a romance much in the same way her mother did years before.

Episode 47

Madame de Treymes

Mon, Nov 19, 1956

A wealthy American courts a beautiful compatriot now living in Paris. Though she is attracted to him, she hesitates to seek a divorce from her present husband, because she fears he will reclaim custody of their little son.

Episode 48

The People vs. John Tarr

Tue, Nov 20, 1956

A young musician returns to his home town as choir director. The only person who does not resent the ambitious young man's methods is the town's woman librarian.

Episode 49

The Location of Roycemore College

Wed, Nov 21, 1956

For the first time in years a women's college breaks precedent by hiring a young bachelor professor. Because of the scarcity of men in the vicinity of the college, the professor becomes the center of attention, not only for the students, but for the women faculty members as well.

Episode 50

Dracula

Fri, Nov 23, 195660 mins

The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.

Episode 51

Cease from Anger

Mon, Nov 26, 1956

Episode 52

The Empty Nest

Tue, Nov 27, 1956

With their children married, a middle-aged couple hope to live alone, independent of their offspring. One crisis leads to another until the parents find themselves practically supporting both couples and their newborn children.

Episode 53

Spare Your Pity

Wed, Nov 28, 1956

Suspects in the murder of a domineering old woman include her son, her nurse, a tutor with a prison record, and even her 11-year-old grandson.

Episode 54

The Last Leaf

Fri, Nov 30, 1956

An eccentric matriarch plans to hold her own funeral while she and her cronies are still alive.

Episode 55

Therese

Mon, Dec 3, 1956

The story of a wife and lover who successfully dispose of the woman's husband, but then must battle their own consuming feelings of guilt. Set in 19th century Paris.

Episode 56

The House of Mirth

Tue, Dec 4, 1956

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.

Episode 57

Julie

Wed, Dec 5, 195660 mins

A teenage boy, unhappy because of a broken home, gets into trouble for stealing a car.

Episode 58

The Refugee

Thu, Dec 6, 1956

The story of a romance between a non-Jewish American veteran of World War II and a half-Jewish concentration camp survivor.

Episode 59

Jenny Kissed Me

Fri, Dec 7, 1956

Father Moynihan finds himself face to face with the challenge of the younger generation when Jenny, the orphaned teen-aged niece of his housekeeper, comes to live at the rectory.

Episode 60

Miracle at Carville

Mon, Dec 10, 1956

The spoiled young daughter of a prominent southern family discovers she is suffering from leprosy.

Episode 61

The Upper Hand

Tue, Dec 11, 1956

When a little boy runs away from home, both parents assume he'll return by nightfall. When the youngster doesn't show up, they blame each other for his leaving.

Episode 62

Love Is a Locksmith

Wed, Dec 12, 1956

A professor of psychology fails to understand why he has been unsuccessful in using psychology to win his lady love.

Episode 63

Captain Brassbound's Conversion

Thu, Dec 13, 1956

Captain Brassbound, a vindictive sea captain, swears revenge on a visiting Englishman whom he blames for his mother's death.

Episode 64

The Wisp End

Fri, Dec 14, 1956

An aspiring violinist and his father disagree over the son's ability as a musician.

Episode 65

Prominent Citizens

Mon, Dec 17, 1956

A wealthy industrialist offers to revive a small town's dwindling industry, but his ruthless business dealings threaten to ruin the town banker. Citizens are forced to choose between the banker and the industry the town needs so badly.

Episode 66

Head of the Family

Tue, Dec 18, 1956

A man suffers a heart attack and must ask for his incompetent brother's help with the business.

Episode 67

The Password

Wed, Dec 19, 1956

A young spinster searches for something that will move her cautious suitor to propose marriage.

Episode 68

Late Love

Thu, Dec 20, 1956

The story of an older girl's rebellion against a strict household that she mistakenly thinks is being regimented by her outwardly stern grandmother.

Episode 69

Eugenie Grandet

Fri, Dec 21, 1956

A young heiress becomes engaged to her cousin. Her father is against this union and insists that it can only end in tragedy. Then, she finds out he's bankrupt.

Episode 70

Cold Christmas

Mon, Dec 24, 1956

The story of a family Christmas reunion that is suddenly marred by the disclosure that one of the family's sons, a college basketball star, has accepted a bribe to throw a game.

Episode 71

Little Women

Tue, Dec 25, 195660 mins

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.

Episode 72

For Sweetheart, Wife or Mother

Wed, Dec 26, 1956

Story of how a young boy's Yuletide efforts to sell his last three beauty boxes kindles a flame of love in a sweetheart, a wife and a mother.

Episode 73

Smilin' Thru

Thu, Dec 27, 1956

The adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.

Episode 74

Strong Medicine

Fri, Dec 28, 195660 mins

The inheritance of frontier territory prompts an Easterner's struggle with settlers.

Episode 75

Everything Is Relative

Mon, Dec 31, 1956

A defenseless bachelor trapped by the daughter of a domineering woman until the three differ drastically on New Year's Eve plans.

Episode 76

Miss Morissa

Wed, Jan 2, 1957

A young woman is accepted as a frontier doctor, but rejected by the man she loves. She marries, on the rebound, a man of dubious character.

Episode 77

The Scandalous Priest

Thu, Jan 3, 1957

True dramatic story of a Chilean priest's defense before his Bishop of three charges of crime.

Episode 78

Dark Victory

Fri, Jan 4, 1957

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether she'll meet her final days with dignity.

Episode 79

The Lonely Look

Mon, Jan 7, 1957

A young, deaf sculptor vies with a glib comedian for the love of a dancing girl.

Episode 80

The Sudden Truth

Tue, Jan 8, 1957

Dramatic tale of a widow who journeys from Texas to France charging that confused reports of her son's death in the war may have been wrong.

Episode 81

The Man in Half-Moon Street

Wed, Jan 9, 1957

A scientist who has found a way to prolong life (he is 120 years old) finds himself in a dilemma: he has fallen in love, and he has also discovered that if he doesn't get new glands, he will die.

Episode 82

The Hex

Thu, Jan 10, 1957

A motherless 12-year-old boy turns to a voodoo woman to break his father's streak of unhappiness.

Episode 83

If This Be Error

Fri, Jan 11, 1957

A woman attempts to conceal her past from the family of her new husband.

Episode 84

On the Trail of the Klingsfeld

Mon, Jan 14, 1957

New Englander is torn between a career in the sedate family insurance business or raising horses on a Western ranch.

Episode 85

Here We Are

Tue, Jan 15, 1957

The story of four children who fight back against the domination of their meddling mother.

Episode 86

Arms and the Man

Wed, Jan 16, 1957

1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.

Episode 87

Home Is the Hunter

Thu, Jan 17, 1957

A problem son, long absent, returns to try to make peace with his relatives.

Episode 88

Madam Ava

Fri, Jan 18, 1957

Two sisters decide to adopt the other's way of life. One of them was a spinster, the other a worldly carnival fortune teller.

Episode 89

The Cutting

Mon, Jan 21, 1957

A sensitive 11-year-old boy's father is ashamed of him, because of his failure to develop as an athlete.

Episode 90

Night Train to Chicago

Tue, Jan 22, 1957

An ailing boy and his doctor and a captured criminal handcuffed to a police officer are among eight persons thrown together by circumstances.

Episode 91

This Language of Love

Wed, Jan 23, 1957

An able woman fights the battle of career vs. motherhood.

Episode 92

The Thirteenth Crypt

Thu, Jan 24, 1957

The spoiled scion of an old French family strives to cover his impassioned murder of his American wife by hiding her body in the thirteenth crypt.

Episode 93

Mr. Pim Passes By

Fri, Jan 25, 1957

When a woman's 'dead' husband returns she refuses to remarry her second until he consents to her niece's wedding.

Episode 94

Anything for a Laugh

Tue, Jan 29, 1957

A habitual practical joker's crowning gag leads to a murder charge against an innocent person.

Episode 95

The Realms of Gold

Wed, Jan 30, 1957

A poor farm boy's yearning for a college education brings a new life outlook to his hard-pressed father.

Episode 96

Deacon of Oak Ridge

Thu, Jan 31, 1957

An atomic physicist, upon learning that his research has contributed to the incineration of Japanese cities, turns from laboratory to pulpit.

Episode 97

Accent on Youth

Fri, Feb 1, 1957

A middle-aged playwright finds that his romance with his young secretary parallels his latest dramatic work, but complicates his personal life.

Episode 98

Three Kids

Mon, Feb 4, 1957

Things become extremely mixed up when two men, one a singer, the other a look-alike, are pursued by a girl who worships the singer.

Episode 99

Frankenstein

Tue, Feb 5, 1957

An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

Episode 100

The Most Dangerous Man

Wed, Feb 6, 1957

A young man recognizes the man in an FBI reward poster as a friend of his and is tempted to turn him in.

Episode 101

One

Thu, Feb 7, 1957

A college professor is striving for free expression during a time when the state is supreme and any individuality has been stamped out.

Episode 102

The Importance of Being Earnest

Fri, Feb 8, 1957

The formidable Lady Bracknell is quite willing that Algernon shall marry Cecily and her fortune. Jack, however, as Cecily's guardian, refuses his consent unless Lady Bracknell permits his marriage to Gwendolyn.

Episode 103

The Brat's House

Mon, Feb 11, 1957

A Korean orphan boy risks his life for stranded American soldiers.

Episode 104

The Mysterious Mr. Todd

Tue, Feb 12, 1957

A tall, gaunt guest in a present-day Catskill Mountain boarding house intervenes in a town crisis and a three-sided romance.

Episode 105

A Case of Pure Fiction

Wed, Feb 13, 1957

A well-known woman mystery writer believes she has found the way to commit the perfect murder. Unknown to her, a greedy nephew, who stands to inherit her money, plans to make her the victim of her own ingenuity.

Episode 106

The Master Builder

Thu, Feb 14, 195760 mins

A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

Episode 107

The Others

Fri, Feb 15, 1957

A governess battles to save two children from an evil supernatural force.

Episode 108

The Remarkable Mr. Jerome

Tue, Feb 19, 1957

The true story of beautiful Jennie Jerome's courtship by Lord Randolph Churchill over objections of her father, a celebrated American lawyer and Sir Winston's father, the Duke of Marlborough.

Episode 109

Bobbie

Wed, Feb 20, 1957

A teenage tomboy finds out it's fun to be feminine.

Episode 110

The Hickory Limb

Thu, Feb 21, 1957

A teenager meets her famous father for the first time in years and can't understand why her mom ever divorced him.

Episode 111

The Bridge

Fri, Feb 22, 1957

A 15-year-old boy tries to win the attention of his parents by showing them a gold watch he has stolen. They react by sending him away to a school for problem children.

Episode 112

Voyage to Mandok

Tue, Feb 26, 1957

A spy sent to the Near East by a corrupt oil company is caught by the sultan he is trailing.

Episode 113

The Day Before the Wedding

Wed, Feb 27, 1957

A daughter's impending wedding revives old family feuds.

Episode 114

Queen of Spades

Thu, Feb 28, 1957

A young army officer meets with tragedy when he attempts to force the secret of winning at cards from an aging countess.

Episode 115

Shadow and Substance

Fri, Mar 1, 195760 mins

Canon Skerritt finds it impossible to believe that his servant girl has received visitations from St. Brigid.

Episode 116

You Touched Me

Mon, Mar 4, 1957

A comedy about the triumph of an old sea captain over a sadistic spinster sister.

Episode 117

The Hemlock Cup

Tue, Mar 5, 1957

An elderly schoolteacher disapproves of the system of standard education used in his town. He submits a report to the City Council, but it is violently rejected by the members.

Episode 118

Papa's Wife

Wed, Mar 6, 1957

A Lapland preacher's pretty young housekeeper falls in love with him. Because he doesn't return her affection, she runs away to New York to begin a new life.

Episode 119

The Prizewinner

Thu, Mar 7, 1957

A rather plain girl wins a two-week cruise for two and invites a popular girl from her office to keep her company. But once aboard ship, she is left alone while her friend seeks entertainment with a handsome fellow passenger.

Episode 120

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Fri, Mar 8, 195760 mins

Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.

Episode 121

Yesterday's Magic

Thu, Mar 14, 1957

When Evaline's husband is sent to prison, she marries another man. Later, the first husband returns.

Episode 122

A Tongue of Silver

Fri, Mar 15, 195760 mins

The small and obscure town of Ballykilty in Ireland is visited by a mysterious stranger. The man offers to sell the townsfolk shares of heaven with proceeds going to the church in the town.

Episode 123

The Peaceable Kingdom

Mon, Mar 18, 1957

The true story of the life of Edward HIcks, a man who started out bad, then became a minister and ultimately a famed painter.

Episode 124

The Nineteenth Hole

Tue, Mar 19, 1957

Emmy Chase realizes that her husband has time for only one thing, golf. She decides to do something about it.

Episode 125

Wedding of the Family

Wed, Mar 20, 1957

A confirmed bachelor tries to deflect a pretty girl's love to his best friend.

Episode 126

The Ways of Courage

Mon, Mar 25, 1957

An intelligence officer goes to Vienna to trace the whereabouts of an atomic scientist who went missing attending a conference.

Episode 127

Journey into Darkness

Tue, Mar 26, 195760 mins

An amnesia victim traces his own identity after a blow on the head, but psychiatrists tell him it was years of work in dual jobs trying to earn money to "keep up with the Jones'" that prepared the ground for his illness.

Episode 128

Barricade on the Big Black

Wed, Mar 27, 195760 mins

An embittered middle-aged Army major takes out a life-long grudge against the Indians, who massacred his family.

Episode 129

The Vicarious Years

Thu, Mar 28, 195760 mins

A young man searches for the meaning of life and begins a writing career in England.

Episode 130

The First Year

Fri, Mar 29, 1957

A small-town girl marries one of her two suitors, only to have the other try to avenge his loss.

Episode 131

End of the Rope

Mon, Apr 1, 195760 mins

A stranger claims that the man the townspeople think committed a murder was miles away at the time of the killing.

Episode 132

We Won't Be Any Trouble

Tue, Apr 2, 195730 mins

The four O'Brien children, ages two to 10, have recently lost both parents. They are sent to stay with a distant relative, Mrs. Johnson.

Episode 133

The Daughter of Mata Hari

Wed, Apr 3, 195760 mins

A young girl is shocked to learn that her mother was the infamous Mata Hari.

Episode 134

Talk You of Killing?

Thu, Apr 4, 1957

A young co-ed is warned by her roommate against dating a handsome young professor. He is suspected of murder.

Episode 135

The Pursuit of Happiness

Fri, Apr 5, 1957

A Hessian soldier, escaping from the British, makes his way to the Connecticut farm of Aaron Kirkland. There he falls in love with Prudence Kirkland and she with him, even though she's already engaged to Sheriff Thaddeus Jennnings.

Episode 136

Wuthering Heights

Mon, Apr 8, 195760 mins

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.

Episode 137

The Long Distance

Tue, Apr 9, 1957

A woman infatuated with a wealthy man impersonates a French maid in order to get closer to him.

Episode 138

Point of Clearing

Wed, Apr 10, 1957

A British soldier has deserted to the tropics where he falls in love with the daughter of the man who is binding him to a life of crime.

Episode 139

The Sport

Thu, Apr 11, 1957

Two sisters vie for the attention of an adventurer.

Episode 140

The Flashing Stream

Fri, Apr 12, 1957

Two scientists are sent to a remote island to work on a secret project.

Episode 141

Thread That Runs So True

Mon, Apr 15, 1957

Jesse, a Kentucky farm boy, begins his new career teaching at the local rural school, a small one-room building in poor state of disrepair.

Episode 142

Jamie Picks a Wife

Tue, Apr 16, 1957

An outspoken young woman seeks a dowager's approval of her intended marriage to one of the stern old woman's grandsons.

Episode 143

Blind Man's Bluff

Wed, Apr 17, 1957

An accidental blindness threatens to disrupt the recent marriage of a young college professor.

Episode 144

The Story of Joseph

Fri, Apr 19, 195760 mins

Episode 145

The Pushover

Wed, Apr 24, 1957

A pretty cub reporter is assigned to interview a mysterious author whom nobody has ever seen.

Episode 146

Ashes in the Wind

Thu, Apr 25, 1957

An elderly matriarch is on death's bed, and her family struggles to make ends meet financially.

Episode 147

A Hat, a Coat, a Glove

Fri, Apr 26, 1957

A woman's estranged husband defends her boyfriend against a murder charge.

Episode 148

The Professional

Mon, Apr 29, 1957

An over-the-hill golf pro can't get it through his head that he's washed up in tournaments.

Episode 149

Guardians of the Temple

Tue, Apr 30, 1957

A University professor flunks a hard-working vet out of postgraduate school just to watch him squirm.

Episode 150

The Short Safari of B'wana Ben

Wed, May 1, 1957

A middle-aged businessman, who has never vacationed farther away than the nearby seaside resort, decides to shoot the works on an African safari.

Episode 151

Church on Monday

Thu, May 2, 1957

A supervisor is given a bit of information that could remove one of his aides as a competitor for a choice promotion.

Episode 152

The Gioconda Smile

Fri, May 3, 195760 mins

Henry Maurier is smitten by the young Doris, but is that enough motive to murder his invalid wife? Dr. Libbard, a family friend, doesn't think so and finds the true murderer just before Maurier is about to be executed.

Episode 153

Show of Strength

Mon, May 6, 195760 mins

A lone newcomer to a western town speaks out against the power wielded by a ruthless rancher. When the man is forced to shoot one of the rancher's henchmen in self-defense, he finds himself on trial in a kangaroo court.

Episode 154

Make-Believe Affair

Tue, May 7, 195760 mins

A secretary, planning a vacation on the Riviera, writes to the head of a travel agency with an unusual request. She wants a reliable man to accompany her to the tourist spots and help her spend the money she has saved for the vacation.

Episode 155

Hymn to the Dedicated

Wed, May 8, 1957

A man's genius is overshadowed by the his friend's ambitions. The friend then falls in love with and marries his girl.

Episode 156

Thursday's Child

Thu, May 9, 1957

A 12 year old resents the fact her widower-father plans to remarry. She and her younger brother plan to stay away on the day of the wedding.

Episode 157

Big Hearted Herbert

Wed, Apr 10, 1957

Herbert Kainess is a plain man, a fact which he tells his family repeatedly. Convinced that his family must also be plain, he makes their lives miserable with his selfish demands. Finally his wife decides to do something.

Episode 158

Embattled Maiden

Mon, May 13, 1957

The true story of Anna Dickinson's 19th century rise from obscurity to fame as the first woman ever to address Congress and then of her descent to ignoble confinement in an asylum.

Episode 159

The Middle-Aged Freshman

Tue, May 14, 1957

A druggist's dream of being able to afford to go back to school comes true, but falls short of its imagined perfection.

Episode 160

The Best Friend in Town

Wed, May 15, 1957

An ambitious assistant district attorney vows to expose the beloved town banker, who has been loosely doling out money for years.

Episode 161

Jane Eyre

Thu, May 16, 195760 mins

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

Episode 162

The Starmaster

Fri, May 17, 1957

There's strong opposition to a general's tactics in handling factory production-line problems.

Episode 163

Aftermath

Mon, May 20, 195760 mins

An American soldier encounters hatred from his former neighbors when he is stationed in the German town in which he was born.

Episode 164

A Guest at the Embassy

Tue, May 21, 1957

An ambassador's daughter learns that her new fiance is her girl friend's old fiance.

Episode 165

Second Hand Lover

Wed, May 22, 1957

A successful author vows to marry the first girl with love strong enough to start his father's old clock running again.

Episode 166

Avenging of Anne Leete

Thu, May 23, 1957

An old man reminisces about his romance with a young woman named Anne Leete. One day many years ago, she did not appear for their usual rendezvous, and disappeared. Her broken-hearted sweetheart claims he saw her ghost six months later, and he resolves to secure a confession from the man he believes killed her.

Episode 167

Lonesome Husband

Fri, May 24, 1957

A married man and married woman married are thrown together for the duration of a sweltering New York summer.

Episode 168

Puzzle in the Stars

Mon, May 27, 1957

A widower searches for the son he thought had been killed in the war.

Episode 169

The Gwendolen Harleth Story

Tue, May 28, 1957

A selfish young woman of 19th century England enters a marriage of convenience with a nobleman she despises, then turns to a warmhearted man she once had rejected.

Episode 170

Three Girls Named Almayna

Wed, May 29, 1957

A trio of airline hostesses decide to take the same first name and pool boyfriends, depending on which girl is in town.

Episode 171

The Dream That Was Fixed

Thu, May 30, 1957

A father must force his boxer son to deliberately lose a title match or face the fists and guns of threatening thugs.

Episode 172

A Growing Wonder

Fri, May 31, 1957

Story of a scheming young blond who challenges a motherly, warm hearted woman for the love of a starving artist.

Episode 173

Bachelor Father

Mon, Jun 3, 1957

A father, long divorced, inherits a teen-aged daughter when his ex-wife dies.

Episode 174

The Golden Door

Tue, Jun 4, 1957

A habitually helpful widow houses a couple of homeless souls despite the fact that she, herself, is facing eviction.

Episode 175

Rain in the Morning

Wed, Jun 5, 1957

Frank Wilson coaches his shy wife on the tricks of being an outgoing dinner hostess trying to impress his boss.

Episode 176

Rich Man, Poor Man

Mon, Jun 10, 1957

An impoverished Sicilian bridegroom fights with his conscience.

Episode 177

The Party Dress

Tue, Jun 11, 1957

A girl invokes tragedy in order to avoid wearing an ugly dress to the dance.

Episode 178

White-Headed Boy

Wed, Jun 12, 1957

A large family sacrifices heavily for the sake of their favorite son. When he fails in medical school, the family rebels and demands he be sent to Canada to shift for himself.

Episode 179

The Man with the Pointed Toes

Mon, Jun 17, 195760 mins

Young Tom Cotterell, a rich Texas oilman, is hurt when he is rebuffed by a New York girl, Pamela Wright. Pamela can't stand Tom's crude ways, so he hires a girl to teach him how to be a gentleman.

Episode 180

The Heart's Desire

Wed, Jun 19, 195760 mins

In ancient Persia, three boys, one of whom is Omar Khayyam, swear a solemn oath. Whoever first gains fame and fortune promises to share his good luck with the others.

Episode 181

The Man Without a Country

Thu, Jun 20, 195730 mins

Episode 182

Mr. Windigo

Fri, Jun 21, 195760 mins

Episode 183

Stopover

Mon, Jun 24, 1957

A motion picture producer calls to mind a lost love when he stops off in Chicago on the spur of the moment.

Episode 184

A Light in the Sky

Tue, Jun 25, 1957

A farmer who has always longed to do something creative decides to put up a lighthouse on his farm even though there is no water for miles around. His shocked wife and daughter fear the man has lost his mind.

Episode 185

The Charmer

Wed, Jun 26, 1957

A woman copywriter in an advertising agency resents the fact that a younger brother of the firm's top executive is returning from the Army to take over.

Episode 186

Brief Candle

Fri, Jun 28, 1957

A young man pays a visit to the family mansion in Newport, R.I., now presided over by its sole occupant, his aunt.

Episode 187

The Last Voyage

Thu, Jul 4, 195760 mins

Madam Brillon becomes a friend and companion to America's first ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin.

Episode 188

But When She Was Bad

Thu, Jul 11, 1957

The child star of a TV show has her father convinced she is capable only of angelic behavior. But when the father falls in love with a script girl and decides to marry her, his daughter attempts to cause trouble.

Episode 189

The Fable of Harry

Fri, Jul 12, 1957

A man who has spent his entire life traveling with carnivals learns that the granddaughter of a woman he had once loved lives in the small town where the carnival has stopped. The girl's fiancee comes to play the shell game with the money the couple have saved for their wedding.

Episode 190

The Cask of Amontillado

Tue, Jul 16, 1957

Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado. Based on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe, Fortunado and Montresor find themselves in a web of betray and revenge, changing their friendship forever.

Episode 191

The Richest Man in the World

Wed, Jul 17, 195760 mins

A young girl's boyfriend is appalled at the way she plays on people's emotions for monetary rewards. She tries to make him understand that her meager salary will not support her aunt, her uncle and herself. When a rich old man comes to their small village, the girl goes immediately to strike up another friendship.

Episode 192

The First Captain

Mon, Jul 22, 1957

A student at a military academy makes trouble for a new instructor at the school. He even brags to his friends that he will win the instructor's girlfriend away from him.

Episode 193

The Shuttered Heart

Wed, Jul 24, 1957

Episode 194

One for All

Thu, Jul 25, 195760 mins

Two good friends who take on jobs as co-sheriffs of a Western town are soon divided by their beliefs. One feels that outlaws should be given the trials they are entitled to by law. But the other is in favor of lynching them on the spot.

Episode 195

Call It a Day

Fri, Jul 26, 1957

Episode 196

Ann Veronica

Mon, Jul 29, 1957

A rebellious girl wavers between the suitor her family picked for her and the choice of her heart.

Episode 197

Boys Will Be Men

Tue, Jul 30, 1957

The story of conflict between a grandfather and daughter-in-law over whether to spare the rod in rearing her son.

Episode 198

The Forbidden Search

Wed, Jul 31, 1957

A young widow of postwar Germany is forced by poverty to let her son be adopted by strangers, but then realizes she is forced by love to find him.

Episode 199

The Fawn

Thu, Aug 1, 1957

A boy who loves animals clashes with a father who loves hunting.

Episode 200

Sunday in Sonora

Fri, Aug 2, 195760 mins

Episode 201

The Rose Bush

Mon, Aug 5, 1957

At her 20th anniversary party, a married woman finds herself unaccountably attracted to another man.

Episode 202

Finley's Fan Club

Tue, Aug 6, 1957

The story of an envious lad who finds a chink in the moral armor of a small town's only hero.

Episode 203

Laugh a Little Tear

Wed, Aug 7, 1957

An immigrant father arranges to marry off his daughter to a man she has never seen.

Episode 204

The Invisible Man

Thu, Aug 8, 1957

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

Episode 205

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Fri, Aug 9, 1957

A broker switches jobs to an advertising man just to stay near a pretty girl he sees on the street.

Episode 206

First Love

Tue, Aug 13, 1957

A shy, clumsy 16-year-old lad struggles to follow in the footsteps of his handsome, football-hero brother.

Episode 207

The Lost Survivors

Wed, Aug 14, 1957

A man and a young woman, each harboring private reasons for dreading the limelight of publicity, flee the scene of a plane crash.

Episode 208

Time for Action

Thu, Aug 15, 1957

A 17-year-old girl fights the domination of a tyrannical aunt with whom she has gone to live.

Episode 209

Haven's End

Tue, Aug 20, 1957

The long rivalry between two old American families takes a new twist when two of their young, present-day descendants fall in love with each other.

Episode 210

Heed the Falling Sparrow

Wed, Aug 21, 1957

For political reasons, an ambitious district attorney tries to hang a murder rap on a helpless tramp, unaware that a state-assigned defense attorney and the victim's own father might not cooperate.

Episode 211

The President's Child Bride

Thu, Aug 22, 1957

The seldom-told story of Teddy Roosevelt's first love and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, who died at a tender age.

Episode 212

Now or Never

Fri, Aug 23, 1957

A young woman accidentally re-meets the man she reluctantly spurned two years earlier.

Episode 213

The Awakening

Tue, Aug 27, 1957

The story of a young woman who is crippled for life in an auto accident on the eve of her marriage.

Episode 214

Angel Face

Wed, Aug 28, 1957

A girl's determination to tell the truth leads to complications in her brother's romance with a society girl.

Episode 215

The Star Sapphire

Thu, Aug 29, 1957

A ship's doctor, vacationing in Las Vegas, risks his life to keep a murder rap from being hung on a pretty nightclub singer.

Episode 216

Women Have Ways

Fri, Aug 30, 1957

A pair of city slickers, a pretty young girl and a smooth-Talking man, compete at bilking a country bumpkin of his year's receipts.