The Ford Theatre Hour Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Years Ago

Sun, Oct 17, 194860 mins

Despite being raised in a financially strapped family, a young woman tries to make her dream of being a respected actress come true.

Episode 2

Joy to the World

Sun, Nov 21, 1948

Episode 3

Night Must Fall

Sun, Dec 19, 1948

When a rich woman on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.

Episode 4

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Sun, Jan 16, 1949

When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.

Episode 5

The Silver Cord

Sun, Feb 13, 1949

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.

Episode 6

Outward Bound

Sun, Mar 13, 194960 mins

Several recently deceased people awake on a ship bound for the afterlife.

Episode 7

Arsenic and Old Lace

Mon, Apr 11, 194960 mins

A theater critic must deal with his spinster aunts who poison perspective boarders, his insane brother who recently escaped from prison and his fiancée who wants to get married sooner rather than later.

Episode 8

One Sunday Afternoon

Mon, May 16, 1949

Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.

Episode 9

Light Up the Sky

Mon, Jun 13, 1949