Screen Director's Playhouse

    Season 1 1955 - 1956

    • 1955-10-05T04:00:00Z
    • 30m
    • 17h 30m (35 episodes)
    • United States
    • English
    • Comedy, Drama
    Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

    35 episodes

    Series Premiere

    1955-10-05T04:00:00Z

    1x01 Meet The Governor

    Series Premiere

    1x01 Meet The Governor

    • 1955-10-05T04:00:00Z30m

    A ""bumpkin-type"" lawyer runs for governor until the opposition digs into his past.

    1955-10-12T04:00:00Z

    1x02 Day is Done

    1x02 Day is Done

    • 1955-10-12T04:00:00Z30m

    During the catastrophic 1951 retreat of American troops in Korea, a recruit finds a Chinese bugle. His sargeant then attempts to use it to instill the fighting spirit in his men.

    1955-10-19T04:00:00Z

    1x03 Midsummer Daydream

    1x03 Midsummer Daydream

    • 1955-10-19T04:00:00Z30m

    A young man who wants desperately to get married finds ""The"" girl in, of all places, a marriage license bureau. But the happy ending is threatened by the appearance of a suave, smooth, sophisticated gambling man.

    1955-10-26T04:00:00Z

    1x04 Arroyo

    1x04 Arroyo

    • 1955-10-26T04:00:00Z30m

    A small New Mexican town enjoys a reasonably peaceful existence under the rule of self-appointed judge Lamar Kendall. This state of affairs is disrupted by the appearance of a wounded young woman, who reports that an Indian raid has wiped out her wagon train.

    1955-11-02T05:00:00Z

    1x05 Want ad Wedding

    1x05 Want ad Wedding

    • 1955-11-02T05:00:00Z30m

    A young naval officer, alone in a strange city, is planning to be married. Having no friends in town, he places an ad in the newspaper advertising for wedding guests.

    1x06 The Life of Vernon Hathaway

    • 1955-11-09T05:00:00Z30m

    A meek little watch repairman daydreams himself into exciting adventures. When his alter ego takes over, he begins living his dreams in real life.

    1955-11-16T05:00:00Z

    1x07 The Final Tribute

    1x07 The Final Tribute

    • 1955-11-16T05:00:00Z30m

    A nurse in a small-town doctor's office protests the attitude of the new young physician. His cold, impersonal treatment of patients is exactly opposite that of the kindly and gentle elderly doctor he will someday replace.

    1955-11-23T05:00:00Z

    1x08 The Brush Roper

    1x08 The Brush Roper

    • 1955-11-23T05:00:00Z30m

    Grandpa Atkins tries to live up to his tales of former glory as a cowpoke. He learns a dangerous bull is at large in the brush, saddles up, and goes after him with his rope.

    1955-11-30T05:00:00Z

    1x09 Tom and Jerry

    1x09 Tom and Jerry

    • 1955-11-30T05:00:00Z30m

    It's Christmas Eve at the Macy house. Tom Macy plays Santa for he and wife Jerry's little boy, Tommy. It is obvious that Jerry is not happy with her husband Tom. Jerry knows Tom has a woman on the side named Lola. Their dear friends, Father O'Dowd and attorney Mr. Garrity coax Tom and Jerry into seeing sense and save the couple's marriage.

    1955-12-07T05:00:00Z

    1x10 Rookie of the Year

    1x10 Rookie of the Year

    • 1955-12-07T05:00:00Z30m

    A small-town newspaper sports writer harbors an ambition to work for a big city daily. He sees his chance to achieve his goal while attending the World Series: one of the rookies shows a style reminiscent of a former all-time great banned from baseball for accepting a bribe.

    1955-12-14T05:00:00Z

    1x11 Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

    1x11 Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

    • 1955-12-14T05:00:00Z30m

    Discouraged and saddened by the War Between the States, President Lincoln is cheered by the gift of a puppy from his physician.

    1955-12-21T05:00:00Z

    1x12 The Silent Partner

    1x12 The Silent Partner

    • 1955-12-21T05:00:00Z30m

    Watching the TV broadcast of the Academy Awards presentation, a faded actress realizes that the patron at another table in the restaurant was once a well-known comic. Her happy discovery is marred, however, by a man who calls both of them has-beens.

    1955-12-28T05:00:00Z

    1x13 Titanic Incident

    1x13 Titanic Incident

    • 1955-12-28T05:00:00Z30m

    A cardsharp and his wife aboard the Titanic on its fateful last voyage pick a wealthy Britisher as their pigeon. The cardsharp sets up the Britisher for a climactic card session, but the tables seem to turn as the ship goes down.

    1956-01-04T05:00:00Z

    1x14 Hot Cargo

    1x14 Hot Cargo

    • 1956-01-04T05:00:00Z30m

    A chorus girl, stranded in a waterfront town in the Orient, is befriended by the skipper of a freighter. She marries the skipper and then meets a good-looking young harbor policeman who falls in love with her.

    1956-01-11T05:00:00Z

    1x15 It`s Always Sunday

    1x15 It`s Always Sunday

    • 1956-01-11T05:00:00Z30m

    A kindly minister who believes in doing good for the unfortunate befriends a pair of itinerants who arrive in town.

    1956-01-18T05:00:00Z

    1x16 Number Five Checked Out

    1x16 Number Five Checked Out

    • 1956-01-18T05:00:00Z30m

    A young deaf woman is left alone to look after the resort cabins owned by her father. Two dangerous bank robbers move in, using the secluded spot as a temporary hideout.

    1956-02-01T05:00:00Z

    1x17 Prima Donna

    1x17 Prima Donna

    • 1956-02-01T05:00:00Z30m

    A philanthropic concert artist takes an interest in a 13-year-old newsboy with an outstanding singing voice. She runs into difficulties when the boy also shows a marked preference for baseball.

    1956-02-15T05:00:00Z

    1x18 Cry Justice

    1x18 Cry Justice

    • 1956-02-15T05:00:00Z30m

    Bitter because his law partner married the woman he loved, a man plots his own disappearance, making it appear he has been murdered by his partner. Ten years later, the partner is released from prison and seeks revenge.

    1956-02-22T05:00:00Z

    1x19 Affair in Sumatra

    1x19 Affair in Sumatra

    • 1956-02-22T05:00:00Z30m

    A beautiful half-caste girl is torn between love for her people and love for a man.

    1956-03-07T05:00:00Z

    1x20 One Against Many

    1x20 One Against Many

    • 1956-03-07T05:00:00Z30m

    A scientist devoted to saving lives is faced with a difficult decision: he may be forced to kill in order to prevent a state-wide livestock epidemic.

    1956-03-14T05:00:00Z

    1x21 It's a Most Unusual Day

    1x21 It's a Most Unusual Day

    • 1956-03-14T05:00:00Z30m

    A married couple take in a night club show starring Jimmy McHugh, and are prompted by his melodies to relive their past.

    1956-04-04T05:00:00Z

    1x22 The Sword Of Villon

    1x22 The Sword Of Villon

    • 1956-04-04T05:00:00Z30m

    1956-04-11T05:00:00Z

    1x23 Markheim

    1x23 Markheim

    • 1956-04-11T05:00:00Z30m

    1956-04-25T05:00:00Z

    1x24 Claire

    1x24 Claire

    • 1956-04-25T05:00:00Z30m

    A young doctor brings his second wife to his lakeside home to live. She is taunted by the presence of his pet cat, which serves to remind her that because she couldn't swim, she stood helplessly by while the first wife drowned.

    1956-05-09T04:00:00Z

    1x25 A Ticket For Thaddeus

    1x25 A Ticket For Thaddeus

    • 1956-05-09T04:00:00Z30m

    A humble refugee from war-torn Poland has never been able to shed his fear of anyone in uniform. When the immigrant is involved in a minor traffic altercation, he tries to prove to the police he was at fault even though he wasn't.

    1956-05-16T04:00:00Z

    1x26 The Dream

    1x26 The Dream

    • 1956-05-16T04:00:00Z30m

    In France in 1887 an impressionable youth gives his mother cause for alarm. The young man has a recurrent dream in which he searches for his dead father. The mother is further upset when the boy tells her of meeting a baron who offers to take him aboard ship for a journey to the West Indies.

    1956-06-06T04:00:00Z

    1x27 What Day is it?

    1x27 What Day is it?

    • 1956-06-06T04:00:00Z30m

    A husband and wife dance team bicker backstage when the husband can't remember what special date his wife is observing. Between song and dance numbers, the arguments escalate until a singing telegram arrives.

    Music by Leon Klatzkin. Songs: Yankee doodle boy, Mary's a grand old name by George M. Cohan; When you're a clown by Jeff Bailey, Jack Latimer; arrangements by Walter Sheets, Russell Garcia

    1956-06-13T04:00:00Z

    1x28 Every Man Had Two Wives

    1x28 Every Man Had Two Wives

    • 1956-06-13T04:00:00Z30m

    In the spring, when one gentleman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a former love, his wife decides to take drastic action. She and hubby make a trip back to the old home town, determined to come face to face with his childhood sweetheart.

    1956-07-04T04:00:00Z

    1x29 Partners

    1x29 Partners

    • 1956-07-04T04:00:00Z30m

    A rodeo star befriends an orphan boy who yearns to compete.

    1956-07-11T04:00:00Z

    1x30 White Corridors

    1x30 White Corridors

    • 1956-07-11T04:00:00Z30m

    An American tourist in London accompanies a friend to the hospital for an emergency operation. At the hospital, she claims she has witnessed a murder, but the doctors think she is imagining things.

    1956-07-18T04:00:00Z

    1x31 The Carroll Formula

    1x31 The Carroll Formula

    • 1956-07-18T04:00:00Z30m

    A college professor stumbled across a fantastic formula for reducing the size of things in the unpublished mathematical works of C.L. Dodgson, who, as Lewis Carroll, wrote Alice in Wonderland.

    1956-07-25T04:00:00Z

    1x32 Apples on the Lilac Tree

    1x32 Apples on the Lilac Tree

    • 1956-07-25T04:00:00Z30m

    A couple's peculiar marital arrangement is the talk of the town. It seems that the husband loves to do the housework, while his wife spends the day at the office.

    1956-08-01T04:00:00Z

    1x33 Bitter Waters

    1x33 Bitter Waters

    • 1956-08-01T04:00:00Z30m

    In a fashionable German resort at the turn of the century, a wealthy young American touring Europe with his uncle meets a woman and her widowed mother. A romance develops between the young couple, until the society matron mother brings her own past to bear on their relationship.

    1956-09-05T04:00:00Z

    1x34 The Day I met Caruso

    1x34 The Day I met Caruso

    • 1956-09-05T04:00:00Z30m

    On a train between Boston and New York, a ten-year-old Quaker girl meets Enrico Caruso. She takes him to task for his worldliness and extravagances, but is eventually won over by his voice, as he sings arias from Aida, La Boheme, Tosca, and Pagliacci, as well as the World War I tune ""Over There.""

    Season Finale

    1956-09-12T04:00:00Z

    1x35 High Air

    Season Finale

    1x35 High Air

    • 1956-09-12T04:00:00Z30m

    Long separated, a river-tunnel foreman and his son come face to face during an under-river disaster which almost takes their lives.

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