Matinee Theater - Season 1
1 - Beginning Now
Air Date: October 31, 1955
2 - Make Believe Mother
Air Date: November 1, 1955
A man who left his wife and infant son turns up years later. He drops in for a visit at the home of his now-married son and grandchildren. His sudden appearance and penchant for gambling wreak havoc in his son's home.
3 - The Persistent Image
Air Date: November 2, 1955
A once successful writer, who now verges on the alcoholic, makes one last attempt to sell his latest work. When this fails, he must decide which is more important, personal integrity or money.
4 - I'm Straight with the World
Air Date: November 3, 1955
This is the tragic love story of a man and woman who fall in love as youngsters, but each married another.
5 - Progress and Minnie Sweeney
Air Date: November 4, 1955
A young intern tries to convince his fiance she shouldn't have the responsibility of supporting her divorced sister and the sister's child.
6 - The House on Wildwood Lane
Air Date: November 7, 1955
7 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Air Date: November 8, 1955
8 - One for the Road
Air Date: November 9, 1955
9 - An Apple for Miss Myrtle
Air Date: November 10, 1955
10 - The Man Without a Country
Air Date: November 11, 1955
11 - Jigsaw
Air Date: November 14, 1955
An elderly father is being pressured by his family to sell his orange groves to a real estate developer. He resists but starts to reconsider when he considers that his tomboy grandaughter could use the money to develope her singing career.
12 - She's the One with the Funny Face
Air Date: November 15, 1955
13 - All the Hoffmeyers in the World
Air Date: November 16, 1955
During all the years of their married life, Helen has been bullied by her husband Phil--about the neglected house, her ill health and the care of their son. Lately, Phil has been seeing much of Ruth, their next-door-neighbor, whose husband Matt, according to Phil, is ""an unambitious cop."" A terrible accident reveals Phil as he really is.
14 - The Aspern Papers
Air Date: November 17, 1955
In a Korean battle five Americans become detached from their company. They take over a hut in which they find and capture two North Korean soldiers, and an orphaned youngster. The boy soon becomes their mascot.
15 - Roman Fever
Air Date: November 18, 1955
A shy school principal and a rising young attorney are both in love with the same woman. A man who looks a great deal like Abraham Lincoln arrives in town as a summer boarder and becomes involved in the situation.
16 - Midsummer
Air Date: November 21, 1955
17 - The Lady Chooses
Air Date: November 22, 1955
The daughter and sister of a pretty widown decide to play Cupid. Both want to marry her off to a likely suitor. - Tv Guide
18 - The Courtship of Miles Standish
Air Date: November 23, 1955
A Polish merchant learns that his teen-age son and daughter have been won over to communism. He laboriously arranges an escape from the country, with his rebellious son virtually his prisoner. Even in Sweden their trouble continues, as the son informs on a priest who has aided their escape. - Tv Guide
19 - Dispossessed
Air Date: November 25, 1955
20 - One for the Road
Air Date: November 28, 1955
A beautiful young socialite is found murdered.
21 - The Touchstone
Air Date: November 29, 1955
A middle-aged bachelor thus far has avoided matrimony. His friends, knowing he is in need of money, arrange a meeting with a prospective bride who might be willing to support a husband.
22 - Wuthering Heights
Air Date: November 30, 1955
A mother discovers she is falling in love with the man her daughter has married.
23 - The Brass Ring
Air Date: December 1, 1955
A meek little file clerk turns into a veritable tiger when his boss hires an efficiency expert. His file system has worked for 30 years. and he's not going to change it for an efficiency expert.
24 - Jason
Air Date: December 2, 1955
A husband has definite ideas about bringing up his children. He feels his way of life on an isolated island is better than letting his offspring be subjected to education and other ""cruelties"" of civilization.
25 - Arrowsmith
Air Date: December 5, 1955
Three generations come together to celebrate the grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. During the evening the newly wedded granddaughter insists on modeling her grandmother's wedding gown.
26 - Passing Strange
Air Date: December 6, 1955
A woman art instructor entering her 30s falls in love with a pupil younger than she. Her overbearing brother tries to convince the woman that the artist is only using her to further his career.
27 - For These Services
Air Date: December 7, 1955
Following the death of her husband, a widow insists on keeping his tailor shop open even though business is falling off. A long-time friend, who has been in love with her for many years, tries to convince the grief-stricken widow she is making a mistake by treating the shop as a shrine to her husband's memory.
28 - Cordially - With Bombs
Air Date: December 8, 1955
29 - The White Oaks
Air Date: December 9, 1955
An elderly man of letters supports his orphaned teen-age granddaughter. When he hires a young male secretary, the girl believes she has fallen in love. -Tv Guide
30 - O'Toole from Moscow
Air Date: December 12, 1955
31 - The Milwaukee Rocket
Air Date: December 13, 1955
A young couple moves into the ground floor apartment of a mansion owned by an elderly woman. The husband at first resents the fact that the old lady imposes on his wife to do household chores. Then they learn they have been made sole heirs in her will. -Tv Guide
32 - This One is Different
Air Date: December 14, 1955
A man is determined to prevent his teen-age daughter from leaving home and entering a convent - Tv Guide
33 - Sins of the Fathers
Air Date: December 15, 1955
This is the well-known story of Biblical times about Ruth, whose devotion to her mother-in-law tkes her into a new land among strangers.
34 - See You on Sunday
Air Date: December 16, 1955
When a confirmed bachelor who owns a restaurant tries to sell his special recipe for a salad dressing, he gets involved with a beautiful girl FBI agent.
35 - Coming of Age
Air Date: December 19, 1955
A young English couple decide that they will live with the groom's aged mother after the wedding. When the bride puts up her house for sale, her five brothers and sisters, whom she has not seen for years, descend upon her from all corners of the British Isles to try to prevent the sale.
36 - Technique
Air Date: December 20, 1955
A governess, in love with the father of her charge, is dismayed when she learns the widower is unaware of her feelings and plans to marry another woman. In her bitter disappointment, the governess turns the young boy against his prospective stepmother in an effort to prevent the marriage from taking place.
37 - Gallin: All-American
Air Date: December 21, 1955
The idyllic existence of an American college professor, who has moved with his second wife and two children to Mexico, is menaced by the sudden appearance of his first wife, who is determined to win him back.
38 - Santa is No Saint
Air Date: December 22, 1955
The fifth wealthiest woman in the world hires detectives to trail her fifth husband and ensure his faithfulness. The husband decides to regain his freedom by arranging his own ""death.""-Tv Guide
39 - The Unwelcomed
Air Date: December 23, 1955
40 - The Red Sanders Story
Air Date: December 26, 1955
41 - Class of '58
Air Date: July 9, 1956
42 - Horns of the Dilemma
Air Date: December 28, 1955
43 - Little Girls Grow Up
Air Date: December 29, 1955
A young man is trying to keep up pretenses even though the business he inherited from his father is failing. He is furious when a practical joker at the alumni reunion asks him if he needs a job. -NBC
44 - The Shot
Air Date: December 30, 1955
45 - Mr. Krane
Air Date: January 3, 1956
46 - Yesterday is Gone
Air Date: January 4, 1956
A wealthy industrialist offers to revive the dwindling industry in a small town. In his ruthless business dealings he threatens to ruin the town banker. The other prominent citizens are forced to choose between the banker and the industry the town needs so badly.- TV GUIDE
47 - Double Door
Air Date: January 5, 1956
48 - The Happy Rest
Air Date: January 6, 1956
49 - The Gate
Air Date: January 9, 1956
50 - One Left Over
Air Date: January 10, 1956
51 - All the Trees in the Field
Air Date: January 11, 1956
52 - The Century Plant
Air Date: January 12, 1956
53 - Friday the 13th
Air Date: January 13, 1956
54 - The Old Maid
Air Date: January 16, 1956
55 - Mother Was a Bachelor
Air Date: January 17, 1956
56 - The Bottom of the River
Air Date: January 18, 1956
57 - The Carefree Tree
Air Date: January 19, 1956
58 - Interlude
Air Date: January 20, 1956
59 - The Big Box
Air Date: January 23, 1956
60 - Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher
Air Date: January 24, 1956
61 - Doc
Air Date: January 25, 1956
62 - The Amateur
Air Date: January 26, 1956
63 - Light and Shadow
Air Date: January 27, 1956
64 - Romney
Air Date: January 30, 1956
65 - O Promise Me
Air Date: January 31, 1956
66 - Hold My Hand and Run
Air Date: February 1, 1956
67 - Dark Possession
Air Date: February 2, 1956
68 - The Diamond
Air Date: February 3, 1956
69 - Susan and God
Air Date: February 6, 1956
70 - As Young As You Feel
Air Date: February 7, 1956
71 - The White Knight
Air Date: February 8, 1956
72 - The Anxious Years
Air Date: February 9, 1956
73 - The Heart of Mary Lincoln
Air Date: February 10, 1956
74 - The Middle Son
Air Date: February 13, 1956
75 - Valentine's Day
Air Date: February 14, 1956
76 - Summer Cannot Last
Air Date: February 15, 1956
77 - The Last Battlefield
Air Date: February 16, 1956
78 - The Catbird Seat
Air Date: February 17, 1956
79 - Dream House
Air Date: February 20, 1956
80 - The Runaways
Air Date: February 21, 1956
81 - The Ledger
Air Date: February 22, 1956
82 - When the Bough Breaks
Air Date: February 23, 1956
83 - I Want to March
Air Date: February 24, 1956
84 - Skylark
Air Date: February 27, 1956
85 - Tall, Dark Stranger
Air Date: February 28, 1956
86 - Anything But Love
Air Date: February 29, 1956
87 - Robin Daw
Air Date: March 1, 1956
88 - Letter to a Stranger
Air Date: March 2, 1956
89 - Dinner at Antoine's
Air Date: March 5, 1956
90 - The Mating of Watkins Tottle
Air Date: March 6, 1956
91 - Her Son's Wife
Air Date: March 7, 1956
92 - The Shining Palace
Air Date: March 8, 1956
93 - The Odd Ones
Air Date: March 9, 1956
94 - A Cowboy for Chris
Air Date: March 12, 1956
95 - The Rocking Chair
Air Date: March 13, 1956
96 - The Big Guy
Air Date: March 14, 1956
97 - Statute of Limitations
Air Date: March 15, 1956
98 - The Baron and the Banshees
Air Date: March 16, 1956
99 - Notebook Warrior
Air Date: March 19, 1956
100 - Temptation for a King
Air Date: March 20, 1956
101 - The White Knight
Air Date: March 21, 1956
102 - The Anxious Years
Air Date: March 22, 1956
103 - M is for the Many
Air Date: March 23, 1956
104 - Silent Partner
Air Date: March 26, 1956
105 - Winter in April
Air Date: March 27, 1956
106 - Bread Upon the Waters
Air Date: March 28, 1956
107 - The Giant Killer
Air Date: March 29, 1956
108 - The Book of Ruth
Air Date: March 30, 1956
109 - Singer in the Valley
Air Date: April 2, 1956
110 - The Heart of a Husband
Air Date: April 3, 1956
111 - From the Desk of Margaret Tydings
Air Date: April 4, 1956
112 - But You Look Like Sisters
Air Date: April 5, 1956
113 - The House of Seven Gables
Air Date: April 6, 1956
114 - Fiddlin' Man
Air Date: April 9, 1956
115 - The Hollow Woman
Air Date: April 10, 1956
116 - People in Glass
Air Date: April 11, 1956
117 - One of the Family
Air Date: April 12, 1956
118 - Young Hands, Young Feet
Air Date: April 13, 1956
119 - The Lark Shall Sing
Air Date: April 16, 1956
120 - In Dread of Winter
Air Date: April 17, 1956
121 - The Babylonian Heart
Air Date: April 19, 1956
122 - Ask Me No Questions
Air Date: April 20, 1956
123 - Whom Death Has Joined Together
Air Date: April 23, 1956
124 - The Wedding
Air Date: April 24, 1956
125 - The Reckoning
Air Date: April 25, 1956
126 - A Woman Named Ruby
Air Date: April 26, 1956
127 - The Bright Boy
Air Date: April 27, 1956
128 - The Carefree Tree
Air Date: April 30, 1956
129 - Graybeards and Witches
Air Date: May 1, 1956
130 - The Legend of Jenny Lind
Air Date: May 2, 1956
131 - Daughter of the Seventh Day
Air Date: May 3, 1956
132 - Night Must Fall
Air Date: May 4, 1956
133 - The 25th Hour
Air Date: May 7, 1956
134 - A Man and His Maid
Air Date: May 8, 1956
135 - Perspective
Air Date: May 9, 1956
136 - The Catamaran
Air Date: May 10, 1956
137 - Johnny Came Marching Home
Air Date: May 11, 1956
138 - A Family Affair
Air Date: May 14, 1956
139 - Blind Date
Air Date: May 16, 1956
140 - To Have and to Hold
Air Date: May 17, 1956
141 - Edwina Black
Air Date: May 18, 1956
142 - The Spare Room
Air Date: May 21, 1956
143 - The Bottle Imp
Air Date: May 22, 1956
144 - Brief Music
Air Date: May 23, 1956
145 - The Girl from Boro Park
Air Date: May 24, 1956
146 - To Whom It May Concern
Air Date: May 25, 1956
147 - Bachelor Buttons
Air Date: May 28, 1956
148 - The Children of Papa Juan
Air Date: May 29, 1956
149 - Herself Alone
Air Date: May 30, 1956
150 - Three for the Money
Air Date: May 31, 1956
151 - Taxi to the Moon
Air Date: June 1, 1956
152 - The Goodtime Boys
Air Date: June 4, 1956
153 - The American
Air Date: June 5, 1956
154 - Cause for Suspicion
Air Date: June 6, 1956
155 - Fight the Whole World
Air Date: June 7, 1956
156 - Autumn Crocus
Air Date: June 8, 1956
157 - George Has a Birthday
Air Date: June 11, 1956
158 - The Serpent's Tooth
Air Date: June 12, 1956
159 - Crime at Blossom's
Air Date: June 13, 1956
160 - The Luck of Amos Currie
Air Date: June 14, 1956
161 - Alison's House
Air Date: June 15, 1956
162 - Safe Place
Air Date: June 18, 1956
163 - The Guest Cottage
Air Date: June 19, 1956
164 - Forsaking All Others
Air Date: June 20, 1956
165 - Love, Honor and O'Day
Air Date: June 21, 1956
166 - The Damask Cheek
Air Date: June 22, 1956
167 - Moon Over
Air Date: June 25, 1956
168 - But Fear Itself
Air Date: June 26, 1956
169 - The Birthday Present
Air Date: June 27, 1956
170 - The Ghost of Greenwich Village
Air Date: June 28, 1956
171 - The Young and the Damned
Air Date: June 29, 1956
172 - There's Always Juliet
Air Date: July 2, 1956
173 - Seasoned Timber
Air Date: July 3, 1956
174 - The Declaration
Air Date: July 4, 1956
175 - High Places
Air Date: July 5, 1956
176 - Black Chiffon
Air Date: July 6, 1956
177 - Class of '58
Air Date: July 9, 1956
178 - Marriage by the Millions
Air Date: July 11, 1956
179 - Backfire
Air Date: July 12, 1956
180 - The Bishop Misbehaves
Air Date: July 13, 1956
181 - Remittance
Air Date: July 16, 1956
182 - Beg, Borrow or Steal
Air Date: July 17, 1956
183 - Summer Pavilion
Air Date: July 18, 1956
184 - The Feast
Air Date: July 19, 1956
185 - A Full, Rich Life
Air Date: July 20, 1956
186 - The Reverberator
Air Date: July 23, 1956
187 - Woman at the Window
Air Date: July 24, 1956
188 - Another Sky
Air Date: July 25, 1956
189 - Letter of Introduction
Air Date: July 26, 1956
190 - Home at Seven
Air Date: July 27, 1956
191 - The Cypress Tree
Air Date: July 30, 1956
192 - Belong to Me
Air Date: July 31, 1956
193 - Pygmalion Jones
Air Date: August 1, 1956
194 - Gretel
Air Date: August 2, 1956
195 - Some Man Will Want You
Air Date: August 3, 1956
196 - The Fall of the House of Usher
Air Date: August 6, 1956
197 - Cupid Rode a Horse
Air Date: August 7, 1956
198 - The Old Payola
Air Date: August 8, 1956
199 - The Perfect Alibi
Air Date: August 10, 1956