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The Star and the Story

  • 1955-1956
  • 2 seasons
  • Reel Media International
  • Drama

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors and actresses that went onto bigger things.

Season 2 Episode Guide

16 Episodes 1955 - 1956

Episode 1

End of Flight

Sat, Oct 29, 1955 30 mins

A thief accidentally kills a man and then falls in love with the victim's widow.

Episode 2

The Man Who Was Dead

Sat, Nov 12, 1955 30 mins

A man returns from the dead to help the living.

Episode 3

The Creative Impulse

Sat, Dec 3, 1955 30 mins

A novelists' husband runs off with another woman.

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Episode 4

The Blue Landscape

Sat, Nov 19, 1955 30 mins

A famous painting called "The Blue Landscape" has been stolen and replaced with a forgery. Inspector Mondeau teams with an Insurance agent Adelaide to investigate the theft. When a suspected artist shows up dead, they realize that they are dealing with more than just a thief.

Episode 4

The Blue Landscape

Sat, Nov 19, 1955 30 mins

A famous painting called "The Blue Landscape" has been stolen and replaced with a forgery. Inspector Mondeau teams with an Insurance agent Adelaide to investigate the theft. When a suspected artist shows up dead, they realize that they are dealing with more than just a thief.

Episode 5

A Point of Honor

Sat, Jan 7, 1956 30 mins

In Spain, a man becomes the victim of a husband's insane jealousy.

Episode 6

The Difficult Age

Sat, Jan 21, 1956 30 mins

A young corporate executive wants everyone over 65 to retire.

Episode 7

Payment in Kind

Sat, Jan 28, 1956 30 mins

A doctor treating a police lieutenant's wife admits that he committed a murder. The lieutenant tries to pin the murder on someone else but has to arrest the dr. after the other suspect is proven innocent.

Episode 8

Appearances and Reality

Sat, Feb 11, 1956 30 mins

The male secretary of a bachelor Parliamentarian is assigned to keep the man's girl happy.

Episode 9

Arab Duel

Sat, Feb 18, 1956 30 mins

A producer thinks his wife is having an affair with one of his head writers.

Episode 10

They

Sat, Mar 3, 1956 30 mins

An elderly inmate of a sanitarium revolts against the unknown people in authority.

Episode 10

They

Sat, Mar 3, 1956 30 mins

An elderly inmate of a sanitarium revolts against the unknown people in authority.

Episode 11

Act of Decision

Sat, Mar 10, 1956 30 mins

The star player on a small college football team has been misbehaving. The coach wants to kick him off the team. But with the big game against State coming up the coach is under tremendous pressure to let the player slide.

Episode 12

The Thin Line

Sat, Mar 17, 1956 30 mins

After losing the memory of a night that he tried to kill his wife, a man discovers the thin line between sane and insane when he finally goes home and remembers what really happened.

The Star and the Story Season 2 The Thin Line

Episode 13

The Force of Circumstance

Sat, Mar 24, 1956 30 mins

A British woman in Borneo learns that the father of some of the native children is her husband.

Episode 14

The Whizzer

Sat, Mar 31, 1956 25 mins

A light-hearted tale that took place in California more than 100 years ago. Jim is a storekeeper of a hardware store who offers to be the caretaker of a customer's relative named Nancy, an attractive 17-year-old girl. Pedigo, the Spanish bandit, fancies Nancy. In order to win her, Pedigo needs to settle a score with her handsome chaperone, Chuck. Jim and Chuck must stand up to the law to protect Nancy from this dangerous bandit!

Episode 15

The Lonely Ones

Sat, Apr 7, 1956 30 mins

Episode 16

The Senora

Sat, Apr 14, 1956 30 mins

The senora has arranged a fine marriage for her 18-year old daughter with the scion of one of France's most illustrious families.

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