Episode 1
Pretending Makes It Do
Sep 12, 1954
Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so.
Episode 2
Too Old for the Girl
Sep 19, 1954
Episode 3
Nora #1
Sep 26, 1954
An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pain and degradation.
Episode 4
The High Green Wall
Oct 3, 1954
Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in the middle of nowhere, belonging to the affable Mr. McMaster. The latter doesn't want Henty to leave.
Episode 5
The Long Way 'Round
Oct 10, 1954
Episode 6
Edison the Man
Oct 17, 1954
82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.
Episode 7
The Road to Edinburgh
Oct 31, 1954
Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.
Episode 8
I'm a Fool
Nov 14, 1954
Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story of a heartsick and foolish farm boy who takes on a false identity to impress a beautiful girl and in so doing loses the love of his life forever.
Episode 9
The Face Is Familiar
Nov 21, 1954
A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery.
Episode 10
The Rider on the Pale Horse
Nov 28, 1954
Episode 11
Committed
Dec 5, 1954
Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence
Episode 12
The Dark, Dark Hours
Dec 12, 1954
A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner.
Episode 13
Music for Christmas
Dec 19, 1954
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music.
Episode 14
The White Steed
Dec 26, 1954
Episode 15
Amelia
Jan 2, 1955
Episode 16
D.P.
Jan 9, 1955
Episode 17
Yankee Pedler
Jan 16, 1955
Episode 18
The Martyr
Jan 23, 1955
1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush.
Episode 19
The Big Shot
Jan 30, 1955
Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one condition that makes him want to refuse their offer--they ask him to change his last name. His girlfriend convinces him that the name is unimportant if he can sing. Ray, as Pulaski, introduces a new single, "Path to Paradise."
Episode 20
The Return of Gentleman Jim
Feb 6, 1955
Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring.
Episode 21
Love Is Eternal
Feb 13, 1955
When Lincoln and Mary Todd were married, he had the phrase, "Love is Eternal", inscribed in her wedding band. Though years of loneliness and disappointment seem to disprove this sentiment, the historic pair finally realize its truth.
Episode 22
The Bachelor's Bride
Feb 20, 1955
Episode 23
Episode 3.23
Feb 27, 1955
Episode 24
The Blond Dog
Mar 6, 1955
A struggling photographer runs over a dog while driving near the home of an actress. Little does he know that this insignificant auto accident will lead to his involvement in murder.
Episode 25
War and Peace on the Range
Mar 13, 1955
A film producer of B-movie Westerns has to hire a big-name actor's relative who is extremely incompetent for the chosen epic film.
Episode 26
The Bitter Choice
Mar 20, 1955
Episode 27
Clown
Mar 27, 1955
Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.
Episode 28
It Gives Me Great Pleasure
Apr 3, 1955
A traveling lecturer wants to retire and spend more time with her son.
Episode 29
O, Lonely Moon
Apr 17, 1955
Embittered by his wife's death during the birth of their eighth child, an Irishman refuses to set eyes on the girl and acknowledges only seven children.
Episode 30
The Windmill
Apr 24, 1955
An ex-gunfighter, after hiding his identity for years, enters a shooting contest to raise money for a windmill in hopes he can provide water to his family farm.
Episode 31
Mr. Blue Ocean
May 1, 1955
Episode 32
Into the Night
May 8, 1955
A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store clerk during a robbery. They plan to flee to Mexico and need the couple to help get them through police roadblocks.
Episode 33
A Man with a Vengeance
May 15, 1955
A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.
Episode 34
When in France
May 22, 1955
What better place for romance than in a classroom, especially a French class? That's the reasoning of a lonely boy and a lonely girl who enroll in a French class with hopes of learning anything but the language.
Episode 35
The Half-Promised Land
May 29, 1955
Pio, a bartender in Capri, has dreamed all his life of going to America. He asks two American tourists to help him find a way to make his dream come true.
Episode 36
Star in the House
Jun 5, 1955
One-time film star plans her anniversary to be as romantic as her honeymoon.
Episode 37
The Day He Got Fired
Jun 19, 1955
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