Starlight Theatre

Episode 1

Welcome Home

Thu, Nov 16, 1950

After two years abroad, war correspondents Mike and Ann return to the United States to an unexpected welcome. While they were gone, the network's publicity agent turned Ann into a media sensation as the great female reporter who can hold her own in combat. Despite their plans to be together, Ann gets swept up in the speeches, parties, and in being a celebrity.

Episode 2

Before You Came Along

Thu, Nov 30, 1950

The Bodericks are a middle-aged couple facing a marital crisis. Helen, insecure about her plain looks, flies off the handle when George tells her about running into an old girlfriend. He goes to visit his old flame Margie and is upset to find she doesn't remember him as fondly as he does her. In fact, she thinks he's someone else entirely.

Episode 3

A Man in the Room

Thu, Dec 14, 1950

Virginia is a compassionate, caring woman who runs a beauty shop. She's becoming disenchanted with Ron, her high society boyfriend who has yet to tell his snobbish mother about their relationship. A misunderstanding over an ill sailor she helps leads Ron to jump to conclusions and assume Virginia is a loose woman. His eventual apology is not enough.

Episode 4

Two White Horses

Thu, Dec 28, 1950

A Hollywood director wants to get away from it all.

Episode 5

Relatively Speaking

Thu, Jan 11, 1951

Melvyn Douglas in the story of a successful stock broker.

Episode 6

Be Nice to Mr. Campbell

Thu, Jan 25, 1951

Episode 7

Julie

Thu, Feb 8, 1951

David Locke is directing a new play that's a guaranteed hit because the great Julie Todd has agreed to star. The temperamental actress demands that the young woman playing her daughter be replaced because she reminds her too much of herself. There's a good reason for that: the girl is her niece.

Episode 8

The Magic Wire

Thu, Feb 22, 1951

Episode 9

Miss Buell

Thu, Mar 8, 1951

High school teacher Miss Buell, responsible for the senior class play, is upset that the students get to elect the cast members. They've voted for Harry Santis, the arrogant star football player as the male lead in Romeo and Juliet.

Episode 10

Flaxen-Haired Mannequin

Thu, Mar 22, 1951 30 mins

A shy Boston bookkeeper falls in love with a "flaxen-haired mannequin."

Episode 11

Season for Marriage

Thu, Apr 5, 1951

A young wife finds that the domesticity of married life has cost her the glamour she once had.

Episode 12

The Magnificent Faker

Thu, Apr 19, 1951

Dorthy Gish as a small-town society editor.

Episode 13

I Guess There Are Other Girls

Thu, May 3, 1951

Wally Cox plays an expert on the oddities and peculiarities of the English language in this comedy.

Episode 14

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Thu, May 17, 1951 30 mins

It's the Jazz Age and Marge is the life of the party. Her flavorless cousin Bernice is visiting from Wisconsin and, despite having money, is a real wet blanket. Marge tries giving her advice on coming out of her shell before publicly challenging her to bob her hair, a major act of rebellion during those days.

Episode 15

The Come-Back

Thu, May 31, 1951

Dorine, masseuse to many a Hollywood actress, is shocked to find former movie star Jack Corvello reduced to working at the neighborhood laundry. Convinced the still handsome and charming actor could be a star again, she begins plotting his comeback. She teams up with two of her buddies, a chauffeur and butler who work for Hollywood big-shots, to make sure the right people know Jack is ready to work.

Episode 16

The Fascinating Mr. Hogan

Thu, Jun 14, 1951 30 mins

A gas station attendant falls in love with an heiress.

Episode 17

Three Hours Between Planes

Thu, Jun 28, 1951 30 mins

F. Scott Fitgerald's story about a man who looks up an old sweetheart while waiting for a plane.

Episode 18

The Big Head

Thu, Jul 12, 1951 30 mins

Baseball story about a college student who refuses to take advice.

Episode 19

In a Military Manner

Thu, Jul 26, 1951 30 mins

Story of two hard-nosed G.I.s whose bitter rivalry nearly ends in murder.

Episode 20

With Bated Breath

Thu, Aug 9, 1951

Western about courageous cowhands, a near murder, and an unlikely hero.

Episode 21

Lunch at Disalvo's

Thu, Aug 23, 1951

Story of an advertising man whose methods are outmoded.

Episode 22

Act of God Nonwithstanding

Thu, Sep 6, 1951

Ed Kennedy and his men face the formidable task of keeping the electricity on during a blizzard. Trapped in the power plant for two days already, they're exhausted when their equipment begins to fail. This is just as the local doctor is performing emergency surgery. Ed doesn't know it, but the procedure is to deliver his new daughter by Caesarean section.

Episode 23

The Gravy Train

Thu, Sep 20, 1951

Sally Servewell is the popular food editor of a women's magazine. In reality, she's the pen name of a guy named Mike. When the editor decides Sally would boost circulation if she was TV, an attractive woman from the typing pool is selected to be Sally on a cooking show. The new-found fame quickly changes "Sally" from sweet and innocent into a demanding "star," despite the fact that she is helpless in the kitchen without Mike directing her every move.