DuPont Show of the Month - Season 1

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Crescendo

1 - Crescendo

Air Date: September 29, 1957

A visiting Englishman takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles.

The Prince and the Pauper

2 - The Prince and the Pauper

Air Date: October 28, 1957

A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.

Beyond This Place

3 - Beyond This Place

Air Date: November 25, 1957

A young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive — and in prison for murder.

Junior Miss

4 - Junior Miss

Air Date: December 20, 1957

A musical version of the hit play.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

5 - The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Air Date: January 21, 1958

In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.

Aladdin

6 - Aladdin

Air Date: February 21, 1958

Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin — his only musical written especially for television.

A Tale Of Two Cities

7 - A Tale Of Two Cities

Air Date: March 27, 1958

A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.

The Red Mill

8 - The Red Mill

Air Date: April 19, 1958

Wuthering Heights

9 - Wuthering Heights

Air Date: May 9, 1958

The Member of the Wedding

10 - The Member of the Wedding

Air Date: June 12, 1958