Telephone Time - Season 3

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Revenge

1 - Revenge

Air Date: September 10, 1957

A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been murdered. The jury frees the murderer on a phony plea of self-defense. Determined to see justice done, she decides to stay in town as a constant irritant to the murderer's conscience. She makes him so crazy, he picks a fight with one of his friends and is killed. Dismayed by her own vengefulness, the teacher decides that justice would be better served by true social reform. She campaigns successfully for women to be selected as jurors, which results in the second murderer being convicted and sent to prison.

Here Lies Francois Gold

2 - Here Lies Francois Gold

Air Date: September 17, 1957

Campaign For Marriage

3 - Campaign For Marriage

Air Date: September 24, 1957

The Gadfly

4 - The Gadfly

Air Date: October 1, 1957

Hole in the Wall

5 - Hole in the Wall

Air Date: October 8, 1957

The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink

6 - The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink

Air Date: October 15, 1957

Under Seventeen

7 - Under Seventeen

Air Date: October 22, 1957

The Other Van Gogh

8 - The Other Van Gogh

Air Date: October 29, 1957

Arithmetic Sailor

9 - Arithmetic Sailor

Air Date: November 5, 1957

I Get Along Without You Very Well

10 - I Get Along Without You Very Well

Air Date: November 12, 1957

Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song inspired by an anonymous poem, I get along without you very well. The year is 1938. Hoagy is asked to write a song to be introduced on Dick Powell's radio show. While going through his files, Hoagy discovers a nearly forgotten poem and promises a melody for it. He remembers little about the source of the poem except that a girl gave it to him at a college sorority party several years before. But the lyricist must grant permission before the music can be cleared for use on the radio. There ensues a desperate nation-wide search, aided by the broadcasts of Walter Winchell to find the author before air time.

Alice's Wedding Gown

11 - Alice's Wedding Gown

Air Date: November 19, 1957

The Rescue

12 - The Rescue

Air Date: November 26, 1957

Novel Appeal

13 - Novel Appeal

Air Date: December 3, 1957

An author frees an innocent man from prison.

Sam Houston's Decision

14 - Sam Houston's Decision

Air Date: December 10, 1957

The Frying Pan

15 - The Frying Pan

Air Date: December 17, 1957

A Picture of the Magi

16 - A Picture of the Magi

Air Date: December 24, 1957

Death of a Nobody

17 - Death of a Nobody

Air Date: December 31, 1957

Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows

18 - Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows

Air Date: January 7, 1958

Cavalry Surgeon

19 - Cavalry Surgeon

Air Date: January 14, 1958

The story of a military surgeon who in a moment of crisis has to perform an action repugnant to his very nature. The story of a cavalry skirmish in the Mexican War and of two men who fought with different philosophies and methods toward the same end. One lived heroically and one died a hero.

A Stubborn Fool

20 - A Stubborn Fool

Air Date: January 21, 1958

Flight for Life

21 - Flight for Life

Air Date: January 28, 1958

The Immortal Eye

22 - The Immortal Eye

Air Date: February 4, 1958

Recipe for Success

23 - Recipe for Success

Air Date: February 11, 1958

The Checkered Flag

24 - The Checkered Flag

Air Date: February 18, 1958

Story of an unsung racing mechanic who because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needed was the confidence in himself to succeed. Based on the true story of Bud and Gina Hand.

The Vestris

25 - The Vestris

Air Date: February 25, 1958

In the spring of 1828, the bark Vestris, is 16 days out enroute from England to Boston. The weather is fair, but the captain's ailing wife suddenly has a vision telling her (in a message written on a blackboard) to have the ship change course. At first the captain refuses, but when the weather changes and his wife becomes sicker, he reluctantly agrees. As a result, they find and rescue three survivors of a shipwreck. One of the three is a doctor, and appears to be the ""spirit"" seen by the wife. He saves her life. As it turns out, the message on the blackboard is in his handwriting. Curiously, the doctor is as puzzled as everyone else by the wife's vision.

War Against War

26 - War Against War

Air Date: March 4, 1958

The Quality of Mercy

27 - The Quality of Mercy

Air Date: March 11, 1958

Man of Principle

28 - Man of Principle

Air Date: March 25, 1958

Hiero II, king of ancient Syracuse, orders a gold crown to be made as an offering to the gods. The gold is delivered to a goldsmith and the man's wife persuades him to substitute silver for some of the gold.

Trail Blazer

29 - Trail Blazer

Air Date: April 1, 1958