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Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955,[1] to June 27, 1958.[2] Its name is often seen as Matinee Theatre.
| NBC Matinee Theater | |
|---|---|
Host John Conte | |
| Also known as | Matinee Theater |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Directed by | John Drew Barrymore Alan Cooke Walter Grauman Arthur Hiller Lamont Johnson Sherman Marks Lawrence Menkin Albert McCleery Boris Sagal Pace Woods Alan Hanson |
| Presented by | John Conte |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 650 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | George Lowther |
| Producers | George Cahan Albert McCleery Frank Price Darrell Ross |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | NBC Television Network |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 31, 1955 – June 27, 1958 |
The series, which ran daily from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.[2] Eastern Time, was usually broadcast live and most of the time in color. Its live dramas were presented with minimal sets and costumes.[3] It was the first daily hour-long dramatic series on television.[4]
When it was broadcast, Matinee Theater was the most heavily promoted regularly scheduled daytime program on U.S. television.[5] Along with NBC's Home, the show was part of the network's effort to "provide quality 'adult' entertainment" in daytime programming.[1]
In its second season, the program had an audience of 7 million daily viewers.[3]
The series ended in 1958 due to its high budget; much higher than any other daytime program in television.[citation needed] In 1956, the program's budget was "about $73,000" to produce five episodes per week.[6] A few of the later episodes were preserved on color film for later rerun syndication under different titles. The scripts of the series' episodes are archived at the University of California, Los Angeles. Several episodes are preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Paley Center, and the Library of Congress.
Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse (Cambria, California) recalled:[7]
When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week. This series aired live at 3 p.m. Eastern time and 12 noon Pacific, in order to promote color TV (which had just been developed) to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al [McCleery] was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is (or was) his own set decorator (selecting furnishings and hand props)—yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
Directors included Walter Grauman, Boris Sagal, Lamont Johnson, Arthur Hiller, Lawrence Schwab, Allen A. Buckhantz, Alan Cooke, and Livia Granito.[2] The show initially had 16 directors, but McCleery released those who could not promptly answer questions about what they needed or wanted for episodes.[8]
A staff of about a dozen people searched through books, magazines, and material in the public domain, looking for ideas, and about the same number of writers produced material for the program.[6]
While one episode of the program was being broadcast, the next day's episode was in final rehearsal. Both occurred in the same studio, with a soundproof curtain separating the activities. Two crews of 75 technicians each worked on the projects. Meanwhile, four future episodes were being rehearsed in four rehearsal halls in a facility at the corner of Vine and Selma in Los Angeles.[8]
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Won | Emmy Award | Best Contributing to Daytime Programming[10] | |
| 1957 | Won | Golden Globe Award | Best TV Show | Tied with The Mickey Mouse Club, Cheyenne, Playhouse 90, and This Is Your Life |
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The program's initial presentation was "Beginning Now", by John P. Marquand, starring Louis Hayward.[2]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Beginning Now" | Albert McCleery | Story by : John P. Marquand Teleplay by : Frank Gilroy | October 31, 1955 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Make Believe Mother" | Unknown | Story by : Ricky Zurex Teleplay by : Nicholas E. Baehr | November 1, 1955 | |
| 3 | 3 | "The Persistent Image" | Unknown | Story by : Gladys Schmitt Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | November 2, 1955 | |
| 4 | 4 | "I’m Straight With The World" | Boris Sagal | Theodore Apstein | November 3, 1955 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Progress And Minnie Sweeney" | Larry Schwab | Edmond Kelso | November 4, 1955 | |
| 6 | 6 | "The House On Wildwood Lane" | Unknown | George Lowther | November 7, 1955 | |
| 7 | 7 | "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" | Unknown | Henry Misrock | November 8, 1955 | |
| 8 | 8 | "One For The Road" | Unknown | Ellis St. Joseph | November 9, 1955 | |
| 9 | 9 | "An Apple For Miss Myrtle" | Unknown | Story by : Margaret Cousins Teleplay by : Robert Howard Lindsay and Kathleen Lindsey | November 10, 1955 | |
| 10 | 10 | "The Man Without A Country" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Edward Everett Hale Teleplay by : Elihu Winer | November 11, 1955 | |
| TBA | TBA | "Big Hearted Herbert" | TBD | Story by : Sophie Kerr Teleplay by : Kay Arthur | ||
| 11 | 11 | "Jigsaw" | Unknown | Seymour Stern | November 14, 1955 | |
| 12 | 12 | "She’s The One With The Funny Face" | Unknown | Story by : Robert Barbash Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | November 15, 1955 | |
| 13 | 13 | "All The Hoffmeyers In The World" | Walter Grauman | Anthony Spinner | November 16, 1955 | |
| 14 | 14 | "The Aspern Papers" | Arthur Hiller | Story by : Henry James Teleplay by : Michael Dyne | November 17, 1955 | |
| 15 | 15 | "Roman Fever" | Sherman Marks | Story by : Edith Wharton Teleplay by : Hoffman R. Hays | November 18, 1955 | |
| 16 | 16 | "Midsummer" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Nancy Hale Teleplay by : Speed Lamkin | November 21, 1955 | |
| 17 | 17 | "The Lady Chooses" | Unknown | William McCleery | November 22, 1955 | |
| 18 | 18 | "The Courtship Of Miles Standish" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Teleplay by : Ellen & Richard McCracken | November 23, 1955 | |
| 19 | 19 | "The Dispossessed" | Allan A. Buckhantz | Story by : Nedra Tyre Teleplay by : Elizabeth Hart and James Hart | November 25, 1955 | |
| 20 | 20 | "One For The Road (II)" | Unknown | Ellis St. Joseph | November 28, 1955 | |
| 21 | 21 | "The Touchstone" | Arthur Hiller | Story by : Edith Wharton Teleplay by : Jerome Rose and Lois Jacoby | November 29, 1955 | |
| 22 | 22 | "Wuthering Heights" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Emily Bronte Teleplay by : Lois Jacoby | November 30, 1955 | |
| 23 | 23 | "The Brass Ring" | Unknown | Story by : Jacqueline Rhodes Teleplay by : Herman Knight, James Leo Herlihy, & William Noble | December 1, 1955 | |
| 24 | 24 | "Jason" | Unknown | Story by : Samson Raphaelson Teleplay by : Lawrence Hazard | December 2, 1955 | |
| 25 | 25 | "Arrowsmith" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Sinclair Lewis Teleplay by : Robert Howard Lindsay and Kathleen Lindsey | December 5, 1955 | |
| 26 | 26 | "Passing Strange" | Unknown | E. Jack Neuman | December 6, 1955 | |
| 27 | 27 | "For These Services" | Unknown | Theodore Ferro and Mathilde Ferro | December 7, 1955 | |
| TBA | 28 | "Cordially - With Bombs" | Unknown | Story by : Phillip S. Goodman & Robert Nathe Teleplay by : Harold Callen | December 8, 1955 | |
| 29 | 29 | "White-Oaks" | Allan Buckhantz | Story by : Mazo De La Roche Teleplay by : Kay Arthur | December 9, 1955 | |
| 30 | 30 | "O'Toole From Moscow" | Laurence Schwab | Rod Serling | December 12, 1955 | |
| 31 | 31 | "The Milwaukee Rocket" | Jim Jordan | Story by : Ted Prideaux Teleplay by : Dale Wasserman | December 13, 1955 | |
| 32 | 32 | "This One Is Different" | Livia Granito | S.S. Schweitzer | December 14, 1955 | |
| 33 | 33 | "The Sins Of The Fathers" | Boris Sagal | David Davidson | December 15, 1955 | |
| 34 | 34 | "See You On Sunday" | Unknown | Charles Mergendahl | December 16, 1955 | |
| 35 | 35 | "Coming Of Age" | Tad Danielewski | Harold & Johanna Brodky | December 19, 1955 | |
| 36 | 36 | "Technique" | Unknown | Story by : Thyra Samter Winslow Teleplay by : Lois Jacoby | December 20, 1955 | |
| 37 | 37 | "Gallin, All-American" | Unknown | Nicholas E. Baehr | December 21, 1955 | |
| 38 | 38 | "Santa Is No Saint" | Arthur Hiller | Frank and Doris Hursley | December 22, 1955 | |
| 39 | 39 | "The Unwelcomed" | Unknown | Story by : Gladys Schmitt Teleplay by : Ann Elmo | December 23, 1955 | |
| 40 | 40 | "The Red Sanders Story" | Walter Grauman | Story by : George Bruce Teleplay by : Wilton Schiller | December 26, 1955 | |
| 41 | 41 | "Elisha And The Long Knives" | Unknown | Dale Wasserman And Jack Balch | December 27, 1955 | |
| 42 | 42 | "Horns Of Dilemma" | Unknown | Harold Callen | December 28, 1955 | |
| 43 | 43 | "It Sometimes Happens Twice" | Unknown | George Baxt | December 29, 1955 | |
| 44 | 44 | "The Shot" | Allan A. Buckhantz | E. Jack Neuman | December 30, 1955 | |
| 45 | 45 | "Mr.Krane" | Boris Sagal | Arthur Rodney Conebeare | January 3, 1956 | |
| 46 | 46 | "Yesterday Is Gone" | Unknown | Story by : Eileen and Robert Mason Patrick Teleplay by : Peggy Phillip | January 4, 1956 | |
| 47 | 47 | "Double Door" | Unknown | Story by : Elizabeth McFadden Teleplay by : Kay Arthur | January 5, 1956 | |
| 48 | 48 | "The Happy Rest" | Unknown | N.Richard Nash | January 6, 1956 | |
| 49 | 49 | "The Gate" | Unknown | Katherine Lindsay | January 9, 1956 | |
| 50 | 50 | "One Left Over" | Unknown | Robert Howard Lindsay | January 10, 1956 | |
| 51 | 51 | "All The Trees In The Field" | Alan Neuman | Sylvia Richards | January 11, 1956 | |
| 52 | 52 | "Mr.Candido" | Unknown | Walt Anderson | January 12, 1956 | |
| 53 | 53 | "Friday The 13th" | Allan Buckhantz | Sumner Locke Elliott | January 13, 1956 | |
| 54 | 54 | "The Old Maid" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Edith Wharton Teleplay by : Zoe Akins | January 16, 1956 | |
| 55 | 55 | "Mother Was A Bachelor" | Unknown | Story by : Myna Lockwood Teleplay by : Irving W. Phillips | January 17, 1956 | |
| 56 | 56 | "The Bottom Of The River" | Unknown | Arnold Schulman | January 18, 1956 | |
| 57 | 57 | "Company Manners" | Unknown | Story by : Sumner Locke Elliott Teleplay by : William McCleery | January 19, 1956 | |
| 58 | 58 | "The Child And The Muse" | Unknown | Greer Johnson | January 20, 1956 | |
| 59 | 59 | "The Big Box" | Boris Sagal | Arnold M. Auerbach | January 23, 1956 | |
| 60 | 60 | "Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher" | Unknown | Donald Symington and Dean Harens | January 24, 1956 | |
| 61 | 61 | "Doc" | Unknown | Berry Grove | January 25, 1956 | |
| 62 | 62 | "The Amateur" | Unknown | Mort Thaw | January 26, 1956 | |
| 63 | 63 | "Light and Shadow" | Unknown | Glenn P. Wolfe and Elaine Wolfe | January 27, 1956 | |
| 64 | 64 | "Romney" | Unknown | Story by : A.L. Barker Teleplay by : Lois Landauer | January 30, 1956 | |
| 65 | 65 | "O Promise Me" | Unknown | Greer Johnson | January 31, 1956 | |
| 66 | 66 | "Hold My Hand And Run" | Unknown | Jeanette and Francis Letton | February 1, 1956 | |
| 67 | 67 | "Dark Possession" | Lamont Johnson | Gore Vidal | February 2, 1956 | |
| 68 | 68 | "The Diamond" | Boris Sagal | David Chandler | February 3, 1956 | |
| 69 | 69 | "Susan And God" | Walter Grauman | Story by : Rachel Crothers Teleplay by : Lawrence Hazard | February 6, 1956 | |
| 70 | 70 | "As Young As You Feel" | Unknown | Story by : Virginia Faulkner Teleplay by : Lois Jacoby | February 7, 1956 | |
| 71 | 71 | "The White Knight" | Unknown | Jack Laird | February 8, 1956 | |
| 72 | 72 | "The Anxious Years" | Unknown | Story by : Thyra Samter Winslow Teleplay by : Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay | February 9, 1956 | |
| 73 | 73 | "The Heart Of Mary Lincoln" | Unknown | Story by : Mary W. Ballard Teleplay by : Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay | February 10, 1956 | |
| 74 | 74 | "The Middle Son" | Unknown | Nicolas Baehr | February 13, 1956 | |
| 75 | 75 | "Valentine's Day" | Unknown | Virginia Rooks | February 14, 1956 | |
| 76 | 76 | "Summer Cannot Last" | Unknown | Story by : Diana Tutton Teleplay by : Elizabeth Hart | February 15, 1956 | |
| 77 | 77 | "The Last Battlefield" | Unknown | Harold Callen | February 16, 1956 | |
| 78 | 78 | "The Catbird Seat" | Sherman Marks | Story by : James Thurber Teleplay by : Robert J. Shaw | February 17, 1956 | |
| 79 | 79 | "Dream House" | Unknown | Arthur Cavanaugh | February 20, 1956 | |
| 80 | 80 | "The Runaways" | Unknown | Alfred Brenner | February 21, 1956 | |
| 81 | 81 | "The Ledger" | Unknown | Jack Laird | February 22, 1956 | |
| 82 | 82 | "When The Bough Breaks" | Unknown | Michele Cousin | February 23, 1956 | |
| 83 | 83 | "I Want To March" | Unknown | Hoffman R. Hays | February 24, 1956 | |
| 84 | 84 | "Skylark" | Arthur Hiller | Story by : Lawrence Hazard Teleplay by : Sam Raphaelson | February 27, 1956 | |
| 85 | 85 | "Tall, Dark Stranger" | Unknown | Peter Barry | February 28, 1956 | |
| 86 | 86 | "Anything But Love" | Unknown | William McCleery | February 29, 1956 | |
| 87 | 87 | "Robin Daw" | Unknown | Ira Avery | March 1, 1956 | |
| 88 | 88 | "Letter To A Stranger" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Elswyth Thane Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | March 2, 1956 | |
| 89 | 89 | "Dinner At Antoine's" | Allan Buckhantz | Story by : Frances Parkinson Keyes Teleplay by : Samuel W. Taylor | March 5, 1956 | |
| 90 | 90 | "The Mating Of Watkins Tottle" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Charles Dickens Teleplay by : William Kozlenko & Meyer Dolinsky | March 6, 1956 | |
| 91 | 91 | "Her Son's Wife" | Unknown | Story by : Claire Wallis Teleplay by : Peggy Phillips | March 7, 1956 | |
| 92 | 92 | "The Shining Place" | Unknown | Peggy Phillips | March 8, 1956 | |
| 93 | 93 | "The Odd Ones" | Livia Granito | Betty Ulius | March 9, 1956 | |
| 94 | 94 | "A Cowboy For Chris" | Unknown | Walter Black and William Mendrek | March 12, 1956 | |
| 95 | 95 | "The Rocking Chair" | Unknown | Story by : Bob Barbash Teleplay by : Anthony Spinner | March 13, 1956 | |
| 96 | 96 | "The Big Guy" | Unknown | Leonard Freeman | March 14, 1956 | |
| 97 | 97 | "Statue Of Limitations" | Unknown | A.J. Russell | March 15, 1956 | |
| 98 | 98 | "The Baron And The Banshees" | Unknown | Story by : Seamus White Teleplay by : Jack Laird | March 16, 1956 | |
| 99 | 99 | "Notebook Warrior" | Unknown | Ira Levin | March 19, 1956 | |
| 100 | 100 | "Temptation For A King" | Unknown | Story by : John Secondari Teleplay by : Michael Dyne | March 20, 1956 | |
| 101 | 101 | "The Antidote" | Unknown | Richard McCracken | March 21, 1956 | |
| 102 | 102 | "Shadows" | Unknown | Jane and Ira Avery | March 22, 1956 | |
| 103 | 103 | "'M' Is For The Many..." | Livia Granito | Joan Cunningham | March 23, 1956 | |
| 104 | 104 | "Silent Partner" | Unknown | Joseph Liss | March 26, 1956 | |
| 105 | 105 | "Winter In April" | Unknown | Story by : Robert Nathan Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | March 27, 1956 | |
| 106 | 106 | "Bread Upon The Waters" | Unknown | Story by : Ray Lukshis Teleplay by : Nicholas E. Baehr and Irwin Shaw | March 28, 1956 | |
| 107 | 107 | "The Giant Killer" | Unknown | Joseph K. Caldwell | March 29, 1956 | |
| 108 | 108 | "The Book Of Ruth" | Lamont Johnson | Howard Rodman | March 30, 1956 | |
| 109 | 109 | "Singer In The Valley" | Unknown | Story by : Dorothy Rood Stewart Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | April 1, 1956 | |
| 110 | 110 | "The Heart Of A Husband" | Unknown | Story by : Margaret Culkin Banning Teleplay by : Mort Thaw | April 3, 1956 | |
| 111 | 111 | "From The Desk Of Margaret Tydings" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Blanche Gregory Teleplay by : Robert Esson | April 4, 1956 | |
| 112 | 112 | "But You Look Like Sisters" | Unknown | Story by : Fannie Hurst Teleplay by : Lois Jacoby | April 5, 1956 | |
| 113 | 113 | "The House Of Seven Gables" | Allan Buckhantz | Story by : Nathaniel Hawthorne Teleplay by : Elihu Winer | April 6, 1956 | |
| 114 | 114 | "Fiddlin' Man" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : William Brandon Teleplay by : Dale Wasserman | April 9, 1956 | |
| 115 | 115 | "The Hollow Woman" | Unknown | Bruce Kimes | April 10, 1956 | |
| 116 | 116 | "People In Glass Houses" | Unknown | Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay | April 11, 1956 | |
| 117 | 117 | "One Of The Family" | Unknown | S.S. Schweitzer | April 12, 1956 | |
| 118 | 118 | "Young Hands, Young Feet" | Unknown | Steve Gethers | April 13, 1956 | |
| 119 | 119 | "The Lark Shall Sing" | Unknown | Story by : Elizabeth Cadell Teleplay by : Peggy Phillips | April 16, 1956 | |
| 120 | 120 | "The Doctor's Wife" | Unknown | Story by : Nella Gardner White Teleplay by : Nicholas E. Baehr | April 17, 1956 | |
| 121 | 121 | "In Dread Of Winter" | Unknown | Jess Greg | April 18, 1956 | |
| 122 | 122 | "The Babylonian Heart" | Unknown | Story by : Robert Arthur Teleplay by : Henry Misrock | April 19, 1956 | |
| 123 | 123 | "Ask Me No Questions" | Unknown | Max Wilk | April 20, 1956 | |
| 124 | 124 | "Whom Death Has Joined Together" | Boris Sagal | Alvin Sapinsley | April 23, 1956 | |
| 125 | 125 | "Tin Wedding" | Unknown | Hagar Wilde and Judson O'Donnell | April 24, 1956 | |
| 126 | 126 | "The Reckoning" | Unknown | Daniel Morgan | April 25, 1956 | |
| 127 | 127 | "A Woman Named Ruby" | Unknown | Story by : Isabella Taves Teleplay by : Doris Gilbert and Christie Munro | April 26, 1956 | |
| 128 | 128 | "The Bright Boy" | Unknown | John Bouruff | April 27, 1956 | |
| 129 | 129 | "The Carefree Tree" | Unknown | Story by : Aldyth Morris Teleplay by : Helene Hanff | April 30, 1956 | |
| 130 | 130 | "Greybeards and Witches" | Unknown | Robert Easton | May 1, 1956 | |
| 131 | 131 | "The Legend Of Jenny Lind" | Walter Grauman | Irve Tunick | May 2, 1956 | |
| 132 | 132 | "Daughter Of The Seventh" | Unknown | S.S. Schweitzer | May 3, 1956 | |
| 133 | 133 | "Night Must Fall" | Sherman Marks | Emlyn Williams | May 4, 1956 | |
| 134 | 134 | "The 25th Hour" | Unknown | Dorothy Tyler and James Blumgarten | May 7, 1956 | |
| 135 | 135 | "A Man And A Maid" | Unknown | Therese Lewis | May 8, 1956 | |
| 136 | 136 | "Perspective" | Unknown | Hoffman R. Hays | May 9, 1956 | |
| 137 | 137 | "The Catamaran" | Unknown | J.P. Miller | May 10, 1956 | |
| 138 | 138 | "Johnny Came Marching Home" | Unknown | Anthony Spinner | May 11, 1956 | |
| 139 | 139 | "A Family Affair" | Unknown | Henry Misrock | May 14, 1956 | |
| TBA | TBA | "Statue of Limitations" | Unknown | Story by : A.J. Russell Teleplay by : | May 15, 1956 | |
| 140 | 140 | "Blind Date" | Unknown | Joan Cunningham | May 16, 1956 | |
| 141 | 141 | "To Have And To Hold" | Unknown | Story by : Irving Elman Teleplay by : Wilton Schiller | May 17, 1956 | |
| 142 | 142 | "Edwina Black" | Unknown | Story by : William Dinner & William Morum Teleplay by : Warner Law | May 18, 1956 | |
| 143 | 143 | "The Spare Room" | Unknown | Story by : Nelia Gardner White Teleplay by : Peggy Phillips | May 21, 1956 | |
| 144 | 144 | "The Bottle Imp" | Livia Granito | Story by : Robert Louis Stevenson Teleplay by : Bill Templeton | May 22, 1956 | |
| 145 | 145 | "Brief Music" | Unknown | Story by : Emmet Lavery Teleplay by : Irving Phillips | May 23, 1956 | |
| 146 | 146 | "The Girl From Boro Park" | Unknown | Albert Meglin | May 24, 1956 | |
| 147 | 147 | "To Whom It May Concern" | Unknown | Ralph Rose Jr. | May 25, 1956 | |
| 148 | 148 | "Bachelor Buttons" | Unknown | Michelle Cousin | May 28, 1956 | |
| 149 | 149 | "The Children Of Papa Juan" | Unknown | Story by : Guy de Maupassant Teleplay by : Robert Claborne | May 29, 1956 | |
| 150 | 150 | "Herself Alone" | Unknown | Story by : Charles Mergendahl Teleplay by : Roger Marston | May 30, 1956 | |
| 151 | 151 | "Three For The Money" | Unknown | Story by : James McConnaughey Teleplay by : Jack Laird | May 31, 1956 | |
| 152 | 152 | "Taxi To The Moon" | Unknown | Sheppard Kerman | June 1, 1956 | |
| 153 | 153 | "The Good-Time Boys" | Unknown | Story by : Jane and Ira Avery Teleplay by : Nicholas E. Baehr | June 4, 1956 | |
| 154 | 154 | "The American" | Pace Woods | Story by : Henry James Teleplay by : Michael Dyne | June 5, 1956 | |
| 155 | 155 | "The Luck Of Amos Currie" | Unknown | Katherine Lindsay and Robert Howard Lindsay | June 6, 1956 | |
| 156 | 156 | "Fight The Whole World" | Allan Buckhantz | Caleb Gray | June 7, 1956 | |
| 157 | 157 | "Autumn Crocus" | Unknown | Story by : C.L. Anthony Teleplay by : Elizabeth Hart | June 8, 1956 | |
| 158 | 158 | "George Has A Birthday" | Unknown | Jean Clifford Raymond | June 11, 1956 | |
| 159 | 159 | "The Serpent's Tooth" | Unknown | B.M. Atkinson Jr. | June 12, 1956 | |
| 160 | 160 | "Crime At Blossom's" | Unknown | Story by : Mordaunt Shairp Teleplay by : Jerome Ross | June 13, 1956 | |
| 161 | 161 | "Cause For Suspicion" | Unknown | Story by : Peggy Lamson Teleplay by : Joseph Liss | June 14, 1956 | |
| 162 | 162 | "Alison's House" | Unknown | Story by : Susan Glaspell Teleplay by : Richard McCracken | June 15, 1956 | |
| 163 | 163 | "A Safe Place" | Unknown | Story by : Melba Marlett Teleplay by : S.S. Schweitzer | June 18, 1956 | |
| 164 | 164 | "The Guest Cottage" | Unknown | William McCleery | June 19, 1956 | |
| 165 | 165 | "Forsaking All Others" | Unknown | Story by : Alice Duer Miller Teleplay by : Barbara Kay Davidson and Peggy Phillips | June 20, 1956 | |
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A chronicle of what happens when circumstances bring together a beautiful woman and a handsome man, each of whom is married to an invalid. Note: Based on the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller | ||||||
| 166 | 166 | "Love, Honor And O'Day" | Unknown | Eileen Mason and Robert Mason Pollock | June 21, 1956 | |
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A light hearted story of a sponsor's wife who tries to reunite the TV man-and-wife team of Johnny and Amanda O'Day for her husbands sponsors. | ||||||
| 167 | 167 | "The Damask Cheek" | Unknown | Story by : John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris Teleplay by : Theodore Apstein | June 22, 1956 | |
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The story of a young woman who comes to visit relatives in this country and winds up in the middle of two romances being carried on by her two cousins. Note: Based on the Play of the same name by John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris | ||||||
| 168 | 168 | "The Lighted Window" | Lamont Johnson | Story by : Pearl S. Buck Teleplay by : Betty Ulius | June 25, 1956 | |
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An unhappily married New York executive's wife involves herself in the romantic and financial problems of an artist. Note</ | ||||||