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10/24/2011

TV Golden Age Theater, Vol. 2 (1953) Review

TV Golden Age Theater, Vol. 2 (1953)
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All four half-hour dramas in Volume #2 of GOLDEN AGE THEATER are from season #4 of "General Electric Theater." This show aired for 10 seasons (from 2/1/53 to 9/1/62) on the CBS network and was hosted by Ronald Reagan.
SYNOPSES--
THE EASTER GIFT-- A minister has his faith tested when Easter coincides with the anniversary of his son's death.
ESTABAN'S LEGACY-- A idler in a small Mexican village finds a gold coin and fears others will think he stole it, since he doesn't have a job.
THE HAT WITH ROSES-- A teacher spends her holiday with the one student that won't get along with her in class.
IN SUMMER PROMISE-- A May/December romance blossoms when a widowed Italian countess visits the Ohio town of her birth. TV GOLDEN AGE THEATER, Vol. 3 offers samples of three different half-hour drama series. Stars include Vincent Price, Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino and Lon Chaney Jr.Details below include episode numbers, original airdates and featured actors.
(#92) The Easter Gift (4/1/56) - Macdonald Carey/Robin Lawson/Michael Allen/Edward Brian
(#80) Estaban's Legacy (1/8/56) - Ricardo Montalban/David Colmans/Sid Cassel
(#98) The Hat With Roses (5/20/56) - Gisele MacKenzie/Margaret Barker/Joseph Sullivan
(#83) In Summer Promise (1/29/56) - Joan Fontaine/Scott Marlowe/Betsy Palmer

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10/14/2011

Golden Age Theater - Volume 6 (2007) Review

Golden Age Theater - Volume 6 (2007)
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This edition of GOLDEN AGE THEATER features four episodes from FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE. This half-hour anthology series ran from September '52 to July '56, 9 PM Sundays on the CBS network and originally aired bi-weekly. The program had a regular rotation of four stars (thus the name). They were: Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Ida Lupino. In its second season the Playhouse went to a weekly schedule.
SYNOPSES:
"House For Sale" - While house shopping in the country, a woman encounters a killer.
"Man on the Train" - A train passenger overhears a conversation about a fortune in a briefcase which leads to murder. Directed by Robert Florey of Marx Brothers/"The Cocoanuts" fame.
"Sound Off, My Love" - A beautiful but vain woman finally gets a hearing aid and overhears her husband plotting her murder. Another one directed by Florey.
"The Story Of Emily Cameron" - A man is guilt-ridden over the car wreck that disabled his wife.
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The following program list includes episode numbers, season and original airdates, plus main actors for all shows.
(_#34) House For Sale (S.2, 12/31/53) - Ida Lupino/George Macready/Howard Negley
(__#9) Man on the Train (S.1, 1/15/53) - David Niven/Alan Napier/Gordon Richards
(_#11) Sound Off, My Love (S.1, 2/12/53) - Merle Oberon/Barbara Billingsley/James Seay
(#112) The Story of Emily Cameron (S.4, 3/29/56) - Ida Lupino/Scott Forbes/Arthur Space

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