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General Electric Theater

Season 8 1959 - 1960
NR

  • 1959-09-20T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 16h 30m (33 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. The General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience.

33 episodes

Season Premiere

1959-09-20T04:00:00Z

8x01 Miracle At The Opera

Season Premiere

8x01 Miracle At The Opera

  • 1959-09-20T04:00:00Z30m

1959-09-27T04:00:00Z

8x02 The Last Reunion

8x02 The Last Reunion

  • 1959-09-27T04:00:00Z30m

1959-10-04T04:00:00Z

8x03 Hitler's Secret

8x03 Hitler's Secret

  • 1959-10-04T04:00:00Z30m

1959-10-11T04:00:00Z

8x04 Night Club

8x04 Night Club

  • 1959-10-11T04:00:00Z30m

Adapted from the Katharine Brush story.
A flock of TV actresses have roles in "Night Club". Mrs. Brady, powder room attendant in a large night club, has become a cynic. This is the result of years of watching and listening to the female patrons of the club.

1959-10-18T04:00:00Z

8x05 The Tallest Marine

8x05 The Tallest Marine

  • 1959-10-18T04:00:00Z30m

In Korea, a Marine lieutenant is unpopular because he insists on adhering to the book even in the most crucial combat situations.

1959-10-25T04:00:00Z

8x06 The Day Of The Hanging

8x06 The Day Of The Hanging

  • 1959-10-25T04:00:00Z30m

1959-11-01T05:00:00Z

8x07 Disaster

8x07 Disaster

  • 1959-11-01T05:00:00Z30m

Miss Winoah Kelsey lives alone in her large Southern mansion. One night during a violent flood, a young man enters a second-story window of her home.He kills her dog and threatens her.

1959-11-08T05:00:00Z

8x08 Signs Of Love

8x08 Signs Of Love

  • 1959-11-08T05:00:00Z30m

A man is considering running for national office and to clinch the deal his wife throws a party with a powerful Washington lawmaker in attendance.

1959-11-15T05:00:00Z

8x09 Survival

8x09 Survival

  • 1959-11-15T05:00:00Z30m

Adapted from the Paul Horgan story.

1959-11-22T05:00:00Z

8x10 The Last Dance

8x10 The Last Dance

  • 1959-11-22T05:00:00Z30m

1959-11-29T05:00:00Z

8x11 Platinum On The Rocks

8x11 Platinum On The Rocks

  • 1959-11-29T05:00:00Z30m

1959-12-06T05:00:00Z

8x12 Absalom, My Son

8x12 Absalom, My Son

  • 1959-12-06T05:00:00Z30m

1959-12-13T05:00:00Z

8x13 The House Of Truth

8x13 The House Of Truth

  • 1959-12-13T05:00:00Z30m

The United States information officer in a small village in Southeast Asia has little faith in the fight against communism. His attitude provokes a conflict with Emily Skinner, the dedicated librarian.

1959-12-20T05:00:00Z

8x14 Mr. O'malley

8x14 Mr. O'malley

  • 1959-12-20T05:00:00Z30m

Based on Crockett Johnson's comic strip "Barnaby."
Six-year-old Barnaby Baxter longs to go hunting with his father. He wishes on a star for a fairy godmother who can make his dream come true and is answered by a cigar-smoking, pink-winged fairy godfather named O'Malley.

1959-12-27T05:00:00Z

8x15 Silhouette

8x15 Silhouette

  • 1959-12-27T05:00:00Z30m

Stan Mayor is a well-known movie comic whose face fits his talents as a clown. When his girl friend refuses to take him seriously and expresses admiration for handsome men, Stan decides to make a drastic change.

1960-01-03T05:00:00Z

8x16 Sarah's Laughter

8x16 Sarah's Laughter

  • 1960-01-03T05:00:00Z30m

1960-01-10T05:00:00Z

8x17 R.S.V.P.

8x17 R.S.V.P.

  • 1960-01-10T05:00:00Z30m

1960-01-17T05:00:00Z

8x18 Lear Vs. The Committeeman

8x18 Lear Vs. The Committeeman

  • 1960-01-17T05:00:00Z30m

A tailor is suffering through the depression has a dream to become a committeeman but being an Italian-American he feels his chances are slight.

1960-01-24T05:00:00Z

8x19 They Like Me Fine

8x19 They Like Me Fine

  • 1960-01-24T05:00:00Z30m

Small-time comic Eddie Miller hears that a big producer is looking for an unknown comedian to star in his new Broadway review. Eddie begs his agent to get him an audition.

1960-02-07T05:00:00Z

8x20 Early To Die

8x20 Early To Die

  • 1960-02-07T05:00:00Z30m

1960-02-21T05:00:00Z

8x21 The Patsy

8x21 The Patsy

  • 1960-02-21T05:00:00Z30m

The product of a small Alabama town, mild-mannered Jacob Johnson is an ideal target for the practical jokesters in his Army platoon. Offered a transfer to another platoon, Johnson refuses, convinced that his fellow soldiers is really a form of affection.

1960-02-28T05:00:00Z

8x22 The Story Of Judith

8x22 The Story Of Judith

  • 1960-02-28T05:00:00Z30m

Todays theme is The Story of Judith.

1960-03-06T05:00:00Z

8x23 The Book Of Silence

8x23 The Book Of Silence

  • 1960-03-06T05:00:00Z30m

1960-03-13T05:00:00Z

8x24 So Deadly, So Evil

8x24 So Deadly, So Evil

  • 1960-03-13T05:00:00Z30m

A small town girl who comes to New York to forget a recent tragedy, only to have her own life threatened by a masked stranger.

1960-03-20T05:00:00Z

8x25 Do Not Disturb

8x25 Do Not Disturb

  • 1960-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

Adaptation from Groucho Marx's novel "Not as a Crocodile."
Arthur Martin makes his living at home, writing articles for a monthly magazine. But working at home has its disadvantages: the family hardly ever leaves him at peace.

1960-03-27T05:00:00Z

8x26 The Web Of Guilt

8x26 The Web Of Guilt

  • 1960-03-27T05:00:00Z30m

1960-04-10T05:00:00Z

8x27 Mystery At Malibu

8x27 Mystery At Malibu

  • 1960-04-10T05:00:00Z30m

Dan Duryea stars as a newspaper columnist after "the story behind the story" in "Mystery at Malibu” a story of tragedy which plagues a multi-million dollar enterprise run by a woman. When the head of Simes Steel Company commits suicide immediately after his company is absorbed by the Lemaire Enterprises, newspaper columnist Barnaby Hooke is spurred into finding out more information about Olga Lemaire. Only a few years earlier her husband, the original owner of Lemaire Enterprises, had died in an accident and shortly after that their son, Reggie, had disappeared.

1960-04-17T05:00:00Z

8x28 Aftermath

8x28 Aftermath

  • 1960-04-17T05:00:00Z30m

 A new preacher comes to town and is not quite up to the challenges that lie ahead of him.

1960-04-24T05:00:00Z

8x29 Adam's Apples

8x29 Adam's Apples

  • 1960-04-24T05:00:00Z30m

1960-05-01T04:00:00Z

8x30 Ugly Duckling

8x30 Ugly Duckling

  • 1960-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

Adapted, in a modern variation, from the Hans Christian Andersen story.

1960-05-08T04:00:00Z

8x31 Don't You Remember?

8x31 Don't You Remember?

  • 1960-05-08T04:00:00Z30m

1960-05-22T04:00:00Z

8x32 At Your Service

8x32 At Your Service

  • 1960-05-22T04:00:00Z30m

Season Finale

1960-05-29T04:00:00Z

8x33 Hot Footage

Season Finale

8x33 Hot Footage

  • 1960-05-29T04:00:00Z30m

Jonathan Love, TV news cameraman, is in Acapulco, Mexico, covering the mysterious torpedoing of a freighter. Not far behind is his inevitable competition - Hank Wahr, cameraman for a rival TV news service.

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