The Ford Theatre Hour
An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
- 1948-1953
- 3 seasons
- CBS
- Drama
An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1948 - 1949
Episode 1
Years Ago
Sun, Oct 17, 1948 60 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, 1949 60 mins
Several recently deceased people awake on a ship bound for the afterlife.
Episode 7
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mon, Apr 11, 1949 60 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
