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Original Air Date: January 2, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: John Newland
Writer: Robert J. Shaw
Cast: Jack Mullaney, Bill Daniels, Tom Ellis, Lee Remick
Notes: Subject - tennagers
Title: THE END OF THE TETHER
Original Air Date: January 9, 1956
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: James Yarbrough
Writer: Abby Mann
Cast: Barry Jones, Richard Newton, Jack Livesey, Maureen Hurley
Notes: Subject - ship's catain, integrity
Title: THE TYRANT
Original Air Date: January 16, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: Franklin Barton
Cast: June Havoc, Ray Bramley, Eric Sinclair, Gale Page
Notes: Subject - newspaper publishing
Title: AFTERMATH
Original Air Date: January 23, 1956
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: John Newland
Writer: Merwin Gerard
Cast: Charles Drake, Martin Ritt, Olive Deering, Judith Braun
Notes: Subject - mystery
Title: MR. TUTT BAITS THE HOOK
Original Air Date: January 30, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: James Yarbrough
Writer: Murray Bennett
Cast: Parker Fennelly, Hal Cooper, Delores Mann, Tom Middleton, Ian Martin, Karl Webber
Notes: Subject - courtroom drama
Title: GOOD FRIDAY
Original Air Date: Febrary 6, 1956
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: John Lewellen
Cast: Michael Allen, William A. Lee, Charles Aidman, John Griggs, Anne Seymour,
Walter Kinsella
Notes: Suggested by William A. Ferguson autogiography I Saw Booth Shoot Lincoln; subject -
Lincoln's assasination as seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy
Title: THE MAN WHO VANISHED
Original Air Date: February 13, 1956
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Director: John Newland
Writer: John McPhee
Cast: Gene Rayburn, Augusta Dabney, Loraine Grover, Sam Gray, Robert Carroll, Frederick Worlock, Henry Sharp, Jack Manning, Martine Bartlett, Catherine Payne, Louis Sorin, Mary Jackson, Leslie Barrett, Ben Yaffee, Fay Sappington
Notes: Synopsis: This fantasy centers around a middle-aged businessman who comes the conclusion that the freedom of his youth was worth more than the success and security he now enjoys. But his mental retreat into the past has a startling physical effect. As he dreams of happier days, he becomes dimmer and dimmer--actually begins to fade--in the eyes of the people he knows. Based on a story in The New Yorker magazine by Robert M. Coates.
Title: END OF MORNING
Original Air Date: February 27, 1956
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Writer: William Kendall Clarke
Cast: Jackie Cooper (Willy Benton); Joan Lorring (Harriet Benton); Katherine Squire (Mrs. Shelby); Jan Miner (Irene); William A. Lee (Doc); Joseph Boland (Mr. Benton); Peter Lazer (Richie)
Notes: Synopsis: A school bus is hit by a railroad train and several children are killed. The bus driver is faced with the dreadful responsibility for this tragic accident.
Title: ADAM'S SON
Original Air Date: March 5, 1956
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Cast: Raymond Massey
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Title: THE BRIEFCASE
Original Air Date: March 12, 1956
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Cast: Gloria DeHaven
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Title: THE SECRET
Original Air Date: March 19, 1956
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Cast: Nita Talbot
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Title: THE LONG WAY HOME
Original Air Date: March 26, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: John Newland
Writer: Burton J. Rowles and Robert Wallace
Cast: John Beal, Betty Low, Rosemary Murphy, Alfred Ryder, Mike Keene
Notes: Subject - heart disease
Title: DEATH INSURANCE
Original Air Date: April 2, 1956
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Cast: Henry Jones
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Title: PISTOLERO
Original Air Date: April 9, 1956
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Writer: John Viahos
Cast: Farley Granger (Fred); Sue Ellen Blake (Lucy); Luis Van Rooten (Juan); Alfred Ryder (Henry); Martin Rudy (Doc)
Notes: Synopsis: An ex-GI returns to his home in the southwest and opens a gas station. He soon learns that the town is under the control of a crooked politician and decides to do something about it.
Title: PORTRAIT OF A MAN
Original Air Date: April 16, 1956
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: William Kendall Clarke
Cast: Robert Ellenstein, Nina Hansen, Peter von Zerneck, Eva Stern
Notes: Subject - Albert Einstein
Title: THE BAOBAB TREE
Original Air Date: April 23, 1956
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Drake
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Title: DON'T DO ME ANY FAVORS
Original Air Date: April 30, 1956
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Cast: Betty Von Furstenberg, Johnny Desmond
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Title: JACK BE NIMBLE
Original Air Date: May 7, 1956
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Cast: June Lockhart, John Newland
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Title: THE RIGHT THING
Original Air Date: May 14, 1956
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Cast: Forrest Tucker
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Title: ALL EXPENSES PAID
Original Air Date: May 21, 1956
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Cast: Lee Bowman, Gale Page, Lee Remick
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Title: WHO
Original Air Date: May 28, 1956
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Cast: Tom Poston
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Title: HONORED GUEST
Original Air Date: June 4, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: William Kendall Clarke
Cast: Walter Slezak (Krisons Ringo); Lilia Skala, Henry Garrard, Raymond Bramley, William A. Lee, Joe Boland, Jay Barney, Stephen Ellsworth, Hugh Simpson, Frank Blair, Joe Leberman, Virginia Chew, Audrey Erhardt, Sally Singer, Nancy Devlin
Notes: Synopsis: Walter Slezak stars as Krisons Ringo, a recent immigrant to this country, who settles in a small Long Island town. Though he taught in the old country, he cannot get a certificate here, so he takes a job as a school janitor.
Title: STORM OVER SWAN LAKE
Original Air Date: June 11, 1956
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Cast: Haila Stoddard
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Title: DREAM NO MORE
Original Air Date: July 2, 1956
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Drake
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Title: CATCH A FALLING STAR
Original Air Date: July 23, 1956
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
Original Air Date: July 30, 1956
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: MAYBE TOMORROW
Original Air Date: August 6, 1956
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: William Hamilton
Writer: Sandra Michael
Cast: Mary Pickett, Charles Drake, Jan Miner, John Gibson, Mary K. Wells
Notes: Subject - mothers and daughters
Title: THE COMPANY WIFE
Original Air Date: August 27, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: Ira Cirker
Writer: Martha Wilkerson
Cast: Charles Drake, Mary K. Wells, Jan Miner, John Gibson, Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes: Synopsis: When a new executive comes to a closely-knit company, much speculation is made. Such is the case with Carl Philips who, with his wife Melinda, arouses the envy and fright.
Title: MR. PARKER RHUBARD
Original Air Date: September 3, 1956
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: SOLDIER FROM THE WARS RETURNING
Original Air Date: September 10, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: Robert Wallace
Cast: James Cagney, George Matthews, Muriel Kirkland, Audra Lindley, Frank Schofield
Notes: Subject - soldiers
Title: ONIONS IN THE STEW
Original Air Date: September 17, 1956
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Cast: Constance Bennett
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Title: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Original Air Date: September 24, 1956
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Cast: Claudette Colbert
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Title: PILGRIMAGE
Original Air Date: October 15, 1956
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Cast: John Hudson
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Title: ONE BRIGHT DAY
Original Air Date: October 29, 1956
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Cast: Sidney Blackmer, House Jameson
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Title: MR. TUTT GOES WEST
Original Air Date: November 5, 1956
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Cast: Parker Fennelly
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Title: THE MISFORTUNES OF MR. MINIHAN
Original Air Date: November 19, 1956
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Cast: William Bendix, Horace MacMahon
Notes: Synopsis: Mr. Minihan's misfortunes all stem from the fact that, through no fault of his own, he spreads unhappiness and trouble wherever he goes. In other words, Mr. Minihan is a jinx, and no matter how much his friends love him, they can't afford to spend too much time in his company. Thus they are forced to devise schemes to send Mr. M. far, far away. Story by Martha Wilkerson.
Title: PLAINFIELD TEACHERS COLLEGE
Original Air Date: November 26, 1956
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Cast: Jerry Lester
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Title: SUNSET BOULEVARD
Original Air Date: December 3, 1956
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Cast: Mary Astor, Darren McGavin
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Title: THE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
Original Air Date: December 10, 1956
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Cast: Lee Remick, Geoffrey Horne, Douglas Watson
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Title: MIRACLE AT LENSHAM
Original Air Date: December 17, 1956
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Cast: Elsa Lanchester
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Title: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Original Air Date: December 24, 1956
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Title: MUSIC FOR YOUR NEW YEAR'S EVE
Original Air Date: December 31, 1956
Sponsor: Schick
Director: Perry Lafferty
Writer: Perry Lafferty
Cast: (Performers) Dorothy Olsen, The Night Caps, Eddie Heywood, Henry Levine,
Teddi King, Ann Gilbert, Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
Notes: Subject - musical variety
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