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1953
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Original Air Date: January 5, 1953
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Cast: Robert Sterling; Donald Symington; Olive Blakeney
Notes: Synopsis: A young man's experiences at the Seeing Eye School in Morristown, New Jersey after losing his sight while a student at Princeton University. ---- Adapted from the 1952 autobiographical novel by Peter Putnam.
Title: RICOCHET
Original Air Date: January 12, 1953
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Cast: Edmond O'Brien; Patricia Benoit
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Title: MAGGIE, PACK YOUR BAGS
Original Air Date: January 19, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
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Cast: Robert Preston (Jeff Frazer); Margaret Hayes (Maggie Frazer); Roland Winters; Peter Donat; Joan Wetmore; Augusta Merigni
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Title: THE OUTER LIMIT
Original Air Date: January 26, 1953
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Cast: Jackie Cooper; Robert H. Harris; Howard St. John; Hugh Reilly
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Title: ELEMENT OF RISK
Original Air Date: February 2, 1953
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Cast: Brian Aherne; Diana Douglas; Isobel Elsom
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Title: THE SHADOW LINE
Original Air Date: February 9, 1953
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Cast: Skippy Homeier
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Title: THE BURTONS
Original Air Date: February 16, 1953
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Cast: Gene Lockhart; Kathleen Lockhart; June Lockhart
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Title: DINAH, KIP AND MR. BARLOW
Original Air Date: February 23, 1953
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Cast: Jack Lemmon; Diana Lynn; Vaughn Taylor
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Title: BETRAYED
Original Air Date: March 2, 1953
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Cast: Joanne Dru; Richard McMurray; Jane Wyatt
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Title: THE CENTRIFUGE
Original Air Date: March 9, 1953
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Cast: Patric Knowles; Lisa Ferraday; James Hanley
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Title: TOMORROW WE'LL SING
Original Air Date: March 16, 1953
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Cast: Robert Alda; Theresa Celli
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Title: THE BIG NIGHT
Original Air Date: March 23, 1953
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Cast: Chester Morris; Joan Lorring
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Title: THE BURDEN OF PROOF
Original Air Date: March 30, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Gerald Savory
Cast: Boris Karloff
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Title: SECOND-HAND SOFA
Original Air Date: April 6, 1953
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Cast: Leslie Nielsen; Ann Rutherford; Beverly Roberts; Nelson Olmstead
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Title: THE GLASS CAGE
Original Air Date: April 13, 1953
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Cast: Lee Bowman; Marilyn Erskine
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Title: WORLD BY THE TAIL
Original Air Date: April 20, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Thomas W. Phipps
Cast: Diana Lynn; Hildy Parks
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Title: SUMMER TEMPEST
Original Air Date: April 27, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Denis Green
Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Title: LINDA
Original Air Date: May 4, 1953
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Cast: Maria Riva; John Newland
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Title: APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
Original Air Date: May 11, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Herbert Swope, Jr.
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Robert Montgomery (Julian English); Margaret Hayes; Edward Binns; William Post, Jr.; Jack Harvey
Notes: Adapted from the novel by John O'Hara; death speech from Sheppey by W. Somerset Maugham.
Title: THE WIND CANNOT READ
Original Air Date: May 18, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Therese Lewis
Cast: Donald Woods; Betty Bendyk; Guy Staul; Roger Moore; Geoffrey Lumb
Notes: Adapted from the novel by Richard Mason; subject - World War II.
Title: ALL THINGS GLAD AND BEAUTIFUL
Original Air Date: May 25, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
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Cast: Fay Bainter
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Title: STORM
Original Air Date: June 1, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Norman Felton
Cast: Harry Eno; Bill Daniels; Frank Thomas Sr; Addison Richards; Jim Boles; Harry Sheppard; Elizabeth Ross; Kay Strozzi; Charles Eggleson; Ralph Dunn; Don Grusso; Jean Stapleton
Notes: Whitney Burke has named an unusual storm which has started in the Pacific, "Maria," and follows it from beginning to end. We see how "Maria" affects various people across the U.S. as she moves from west to east, among them telephone linemen, powerhouse workers, farmers, travelers, industrialists. ---- Adapted from a novel by George R. Stewart.
Title: NO HEAD FOR MOONLIGHT
Original Air Date: June 8, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Thomas W. Phipps
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe; Mary Sinclair
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Title: THE WOMAN WHO HATED CHILDREN
Original Air Date: June 22, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: A.H. Bailey
Cast: Jeffrey Lynn; Leora Dana; Kent Smith
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Title: HALF A KINGDOM
Original Air Date: June 29, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Mathilde and Theodore Ferro
Cast: Wendell Corey; Abby Lewis; Lynn Loring
Notes:
SUMMER STOCK:
Title: THE HALF MILLIONAIRE
Original Air Date: July 6, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: John Newland; Margaret Hayes; Vaughn Taylor; Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes: Also known as "The Vice."
Title: TWO OF A KIND
Original Air Date: July 13, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Mathilde and Theodore Ferro
Cast: John Newland; Vaughn Taylor; Margaret Hayes; Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes:
Title: A SUMMER LOVE
Original Air Date: July 20, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery; John Newland; Vaughn Taylor; Margaret Hayes
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Title: ANNE'S STORY
Original Air Date: July 27, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Gail Ingram
Cast: Margaret Hayes, Elizabeth Montgomery; Judy Parrish; John Newland; Vaughn Taylor
Notes: Synopsis: A young woman who is overshadowed by her more vivacious younger sister goes away to a summer art colony and unexpected romance.
Title: DUET FOR TWO HANDS
Original Air Date: August 3, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Mary Hayley Bell
Cast: John Newland; Vaughn Taylor; Margaret Hayes; Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes: Adapted from the play by Mary Hayley Bell.
Title: RED ROBIN RIDES AGAIN
Original Air Date: August 10, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Robert J. Shaw
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Marshall Thompson; John Newland; Vaughn Taylor; Margaret Hayes
Notes: Synopsis: Two unemployed actors get involved with a flighty Westchester club woman.
Title: PIERCE 3098
Original Air Date: August 17, 1953
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Cast: John Newland; Vaughn Taylor; Margaret Hayes; Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes: Also known as "Whom Death Has Joined Together."
Title: GRASS ROOTS
Original Air Date: August 24, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Jerome Ross
Cast: John Newland, Margaret Hayes, Elizabeth Montgomery, Vaughn Taylor
Notes: Synopsis: A young man from a rural area, who is running for congress, plans an unusual campaign.
SEASON FIVE:
Title: THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Original Air Date: August 31, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Gerald Savory
Writer: S.N. Savage
Cast: Addison Richards; Chester Stratton; Olive Blakeney
Notes: Adapted from the novel by Joan Transue.
Title: PRIVATE PURKEY'S PRIVATE PEACE
Original Air Date: September 7, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Jackie Cooper
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Title: THE LOST AND FOUND
Original Air Date: September 14, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Agnes Eckhardt
Cast: Kent Smith; Doreen Lang; Lydia Reed
Notes: Synopsis: Two refugee children, found in a concentration camp, pose a problem for an English social worker.
Title: SEPTEMBER TIME
Original Air Date: September 21, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Thomas W. Phipps
Cast: Ruth Warrick; Scott Forbes; J. Scott Smart; Jon DeLeo
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Title: THE BIG MONEY
Original Air Date: September 28, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Wendell Corey; Jeanne Shepherd
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Title: BREAKDOWN
Original Air Date: October 5, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Adrian Spies
Cast: Brian Aherne; Margaret Phillips; Scott Forbes; Frederic Worlock; Francis Compton;
Horace Brenham
Notes: Subject - mental breakdown
Title: A CRIMINAL ASSINGNMENT
Original Air Date: October 12, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Denis Green
Cast: Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Harold Vermilyea; Halliwell Hobbes; Richard Ahern
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Title: THE SUNDAY PUNCH
Original Air Date: October 19, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Thomas C. Parisi
Cast: Gig Young; Barbara Joyce; Frank Wilson
Notes: Synopsis: A prize fighter discovers that his greatest weakness is his own sense of honesty and decency.
Title: CAKES AND ALE
Original Air Date: October 26, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
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Cast: Angela Lansbury; Bramwell Fletcher
Notes: Adapted from the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Title: NO PICNIC AT MT. KENYA
Original Air Date: November 2, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Gary Merrill; George Chandler; Bruce Gordon; Ray Julian; John Merlin; Buck Kartalian; Fred Scollay; Charles Benjamen; Bill Hellinger; Andy Sabilia; Jimmy Wall; Mike Gazzo; Ernest Sarracino; Matty Mario; David Balfour
Notes: Synopsis: The true story of three Italian POW's who escaped from a prison compound in Africa to scale Mt. Kenya. Adapted from the book by Felice Venuzzi.
Title: WEEK-END PASS
Original Air Date: November 9, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Brian Keith
Notes:
Title: THE DEEP SIX
Original Air Date: November 16, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Robert R. Presnell, Sr.
Cast: John Payne; Stephen Courtleigh; Scott Forbes; Herbert Rudley; Donald McKee; Raymond Bramley; Terry Becker; Paul Clarke; Al Ramsen; Leonard Barry; Raymond Bruce; Ray McDonnell; Dennis McCarthy; Roberto Rodriguez; Philip Foster; Sidney Paul
Notes: Synopsis: A story of life aboard a Navy cruiser in the Aleutians; the clash of personalities and the presence of the Japanese enemy. Adapted from a novel by Martin Dibner.
Title: HARVEST
Original Air Date: November 23, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Sandra Mitchell
Cast: Dorothy Gish (Ellen Zalinka); Ed Begley (Karl Zalinka); Vaughn Taylor (Gramps); James Dean (Paul); Reba Tassell (Arlene); John Connell (Chuck); John Dennis (Joe); Joseph Foley (Herb); Nancy Sheridan (Louise); Mary Lou Taylor (Fran); Tommy Taylor (Kip); Frank Tweddell (Mr. Franklin); Pidge Jameson (Kitty); Peter Lazer (Billy)
Notes: Subject - family farms. -- This episode was re-broadcasst on November 12, 1956.
Title: THE SOPRANO AND THE PICCOLO PLAYER
Original Air Date: November 30, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Mary Murry
Cast: Francis L. Sullivan; Dana Wynter
Notes:
Title: REALLY THE BLUES
Original Air Date: December 7, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Agnes Eckhardt
Cast: Jackie Cooper
Notes: Adapted from the autobiography by jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow.
Title: NO VISIBLE MEANS
Original Air Date: December 14, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Thomas W. Phipps and John McLain
Cast: Robert Montgomery; Claudia Morgan; Patricia Breslin
Notes:
Title: WHAT ABOUT CHRISTMAS?
Original Air Date: December 21, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director:
Writer: Norman Felton
Cast: John Newland; Rex Thompson; Hugh Reilly
Notes: A series of vignettes.
Title: THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Original Air Date: December 28, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director:
Writer: Mathilde and Theodore Ferro
Cast: Chester Morris
Notes: Adapted from the story by James Thurber.
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