Telephone Time

Episode 1

Revenge

Tue, Sep 10, 1957 30 mins

Homesteader, Steve Williams, is murdered in cold blood by land grabber, Pete Dawson. Steve's fiancee Eliza Stewart watches as his killer is acquitted by a local jury, but the circuit judge is disgusted by the verdict and makes his feelings known. Dawson gets his just deserts when he is later killed in a poker dispute but, encouraged by the judge, Eliza determines to further the cause of justice in her own way.

Episode 2

Here Lies Francois Gold

Tue, Sep 17, 1957 30 mins

Episode 3

Campaign for Marriage

Tue, Sep 24, 1957 30 mins

Episode 4

The Gadfly

Tue, Oct 1, 1957 30 mins

Episode 5

Hole in the Wall

Tue, Oct 8, 1957 30 mins

Episode 6

The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink

Tue, Oct 15, 1957 30 mins

Episode 7

Under Seventeen

Tue, Oct 22, 1957 30 mins

Story of two orphan boys vs. juvenile court.

Episode 8

The Other Van Gogh

Tue, Oct 29, 1957 30 mins

A look at the trials and tribulations of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh from the point of view of his brother Theo. This episode of "Telephone Time" depicts Theo Van Gogh's life and how he suffered with his famous brother.

Episode 9

Arithmetic Sailor

Tue, Nov 5, 1957 30 mins

The story of the seasick navigator ridiculed by sailors when he said that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line and would get them to where they were going.

Episode 10

I Get Along Without You Very Well

Tue, Nov 12, 1957 30 mins

Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song he wrote in 1938 that was inspired by an anonymous poem, "I get along without you very well."

Episode 11

Alice's Wedding Gown

Tue, Nov 19, 1957 30 mins

Before her final parole from a prison school, Alice Martin, a shy and reserved young girl, is given a job to see how she adjusts to the outside world. She returns to tell the other girls at the school that she is going to be married.

Episode 12

The Rescue

Tue, Nov 26, 1957 30 mins

Two sailors explored jagged cliffs overlooking a remote beach near Monterey California. The earth suddenly gives way and one sailor falls to the rocks below. The other man goes for help and finds five telephone linemen at a nearby lodge who rush to the scene. They find the injured sailor far below them with the tide coming in.

Episode 13

Novel Appeal

Tue, Dec 3, 1957 30 mins

A famous author sets out to prove that a convicted murderer is innocent of his crimes.

Episode 14

Sam Houston's Decision

Tue, Dec 10, 1957 30 mins

Story of how Sam Houston "retreated to victory" and helped win the war for the Republic of Texas.

Episode 15

The Frying Pan

Tue, Dec 17, 1957 30 mins

Joey and other orphanage boys are looking through a mail-order catalog, choosing the inexpensive gift they are allowed at Christmas. When the superintendent asks Joey what he wants, Joey tells him he would like a frying pan to fry eggs.

Episode 16

A Picture of the Magi

Tue, Dec 24, 1957

In 1956, a Hungarian family whose son is a prominent revolutionary leader must flee their country during their abortive revolt against the Soviet Union before the Russians can capture them and use them as hostages to force the son to surrender. The daughter stumbles across a group of smugglers who she confuses with the Three Magi of the Bible and enlists their help in their race to the Austrian border.

Episode 17

Death of a Nobody

Tue, Dec 31, 1957 30 mins

A sad and lonely man, a Bowery bum, dies and the detectives probe his past to reveal he was a real hero of two World Wars.

Episode 18

Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows

Tue, Jan 7, 1958 30 mins

Episode 19

Cavalry Surgeon

Tue, Jan 14, 1958 30 mins

Battle of wills between surgeon and lieutenant of a cavalry unit in the Mexican American War. Lieutenant wants every available man - even the sick - to help take a key position. Surgeon tries to protect the sick men.

Episode 20

A Stubborn Fool

Tue, Jan 21, 1958 30 mins

The owner of a ferry service across the Arno River in Italy decides to abandon his boat and build a bridge. But he can find no one to help him with his project.

Episode 21

Flight for Life

Tue, Jan 28, 1958 30 mins

The listing needs to include Copilot Lieutenant Sterling Davis Hays, without whom the aircraft would've been completely uncontrollable. It required both pilot and copilot to have the hands on the yoke, and both feet on the rudders, in order to keep the aircraft aloft. Lieutenant Hays went on to become deputy commander of the 89th wing of the United States Air Force, and was charged with the responsibility of flying American dignitaries and foreign diplomats, such as Spiro Agnew, Henry Kissinger, and others. Lieutenant Colonel Hays was a member of President Nixon's entourage during his missions to both Moscow and Beijing.

Episode 22

The Immortal Eye

Tue, Feb 4, 1958 30 mins

A baby is born with an incurable ailment, and given only three months to live. The young mother decides that when the baby dies, its eyes must be donated to the eye bank.

Episode 23

Recipe for Success

Tue, Feb 11, 1958 30 mins

Renowned chef Henri Charpentier--the man who invented Crepes Suzette--recalls the "good old days" with famed actress Sarah Bernhardt. He recalls for her how he went from being one of the world's most famous--and richest--chefs to his situation now, with his business gone and his once considerable fortune dissipated.

Episode 24

The Checkered Flag

Tue, Feb 18, 1958 30 mins

Story of an unsung racing mechanic who, because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needs is the confidence to succeed.

Episode 25

The Vestris

Tue, Feb 25, 1958 30 mins

Troubled Mary Norrich embarks on her first voyage on her sea captain husband Robert Norrich's ship. Mary has a vision of a ghostly apparition who tries to tell her of some kind of impending danger. Alas, Mary can't convince her husband or the other crew members that something is amiss.

Episode 26

War Against War

Tue, Mar 4, 1958 30 mins

The story of the relationship between Austrian pacifist Bertha Kinski von Suttner and Alfred Nobel.

Episode 27

The Quality of Mercy

Tue, Mar 11, 1958 30 mins

The U.S. Army has rejected an appeal to overturn the 1865 conviction of Dr. Samuel Mudd as an accomplice in the escape of John Wilkes Booth.

Episode 28

Man of Principle

Tue, Mar 25, 1958 30 mins

Episode 29

Trail Blazer

Tue, Apr 1, 1958 30 mins

At the end of the Civil War, Texas cattlemen find themselves facing disaster with too many cattle, a bad drought, and no market for their livestock.