Matinee Theater

1955

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EP1 Father Come Home Oct 15, 1957

In a small town, enraged townsfolk refuse to believe the tale of a stranger. He claims that the man they believe committed a murder was miles away at the time of the killing.

EP2 Villa of the Angels Oct 16, 1957

Frank Wilson is bringing his boss home for dinner and is anxious to make a good impression. He asks his wife Jane to try not to be so shy and tells her she must learn to be more decisive. During the day a strange young man comes to the house posing as a magazine salesman. Jane feels that this a good opportunity to practice being forceful.- Tv Guide

EP3 A Tone of Time Oct 17, 1957

A successful career woman falls ill and discovers someone has been administering small doses of poison to her every day. - Tv Guide

EP4 Almost Any Man Will Do Oct 18, 1957

After years of carrying the responsibilities of two jobs, Mitchell Dayton has a nervous breakdown. He moves his family to Florida where he takes a job in a gas station. One afternoon he is knocked unconscious, and when he awakens he is hundreds of miles away from home with no money, no identification, and suffers from amnesia. - Tv Guide

EP5 Sing for Me Oct 21, 1957

Gomer, a beautiful young girl is blamed by townspeople for the suicide of one of their men. They are about to kill her when Hosea saves her life. The young prophet falls in love with Gomer, grateful to Hosea, promises to become his wife. - Tv Guide

EP6 Run for the Money Oct 22, 1957

Recently promoted, a young man is offered help in learning his new duties. The offer comes from a young-lady collegue, whose real motive is to break up his marriage.

EP7 Lest We Forget Oct 23, 1957

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EP8 The Glass Hill Oct 24, 1957

Marcia Miller has inherited her successful mother's talent for fashion designing. But Marcia has decided she doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. - Tv Guide

EP9 Out of the Frying Pan Oct 25, 1957

Pretty Martha Radway is vigorously campaigning with members of the League of Women Voters for a new school in their town.

EP10 The Last Stop Oct 28, 1957

Dr. Austin Sloper had always hoped that his daughter Catherine would grow into as charming and brilliant as woman as her mother had been. But Catherine grew up to be a very ordinary woman. - Tv Guide

EP11 The Weak and the Strong Oct 29, 1957

The year is 1962, and it is known that Russia is planning a full-scale nuclear attack against the U. S and Canada. In a desperate last-minute effort to avert war, the president makes plans to fly to Russia to meet directly with the Russian leaders. - Tv Guide

EP12 Nine-Finger Jack Oct 30, 1957

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EP13 Elementals Oct 31, 1957

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EP14 Plummer in Paradise Nov 01, 1957

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EP15 Something About a Dollar Nov 04, 1957

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EP16 Return in Winter Nov 07, 1957

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EP17 Grandmama and Grandfather Nov 08, 1957

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EP18 Aesop and Rhodope Nov 11, 1957

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EP19 All Over the World Nov 12, 1957

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EP20 The Ransom of Sigmund Freud Nov 13, 1957

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EP21 Iris Nov 14, 1957

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EP22 Remember Me Kindly Nov 15, 1957

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EP23 The Embassy House Nov 18, 1957

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EP24 Witness to Murder Nov 19, 1957

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EP25 The Johnson House Nov 20, 1957

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EP26 Cadenza Nov 25, 1957

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EP27 Green Shores Nov 26, 1957

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EP28 A Question of Balance Nov 27, 1957

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EP29 Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent Nov 29, 1957

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EP30 The Conversation Tables Dec 02, 1957

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EP31 Out of My Darkness Dec 03, 1957

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EP32 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Dec 04, 1957

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EP33 The Broom and the Groom Dec 05, 1957

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EP34 A Cloud for Jeni Dec 06, 1957

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EP35 The Consul Dec 09, 1957

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EP36 The Old Friend Dec 10, 1957

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EP37 Give Me a Wand Dec 10, 1957

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EP38 The Sure Thing Dec 11, 1957

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EP39 Dark of the Moon Dec 12, 1957

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EP40 The Giver and the Gift Dec 13, 1957

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EP41 No Time for Comedy Dec 16, 1957

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EP42 Gentleman of Fortune Dec 17, 1957

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EP43 The Gentleman Caller Dec 18, 1957

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EP44 Tender Leaves Dec 19, 1957

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EP45 In 25 Words or Less Dec 20, 1957

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EP46 Sara Crewe Dec 23, 1957

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EP47 Amahl and the Night Visitors Dec 24, 1957

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EP48 The Little Minister Dec 25, 1957

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EP49 Daughter of Kings Dec 31, 1957

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EP50 The Survival Kit Jan 02, 1958

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EP51 The House with the Golden Street Jan 03, 1958

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EP52 The Europeans Jan 06, 1958

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EP53 The Collected Letters of Mr. Sage Jan 07, 1958

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EP54 Two-Picture Deal Jan 08, 1958

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EP55 The Great Obstacle Courtship Jan 09, 1958

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EP56 A Chance to Die Jan 10, 1958

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EP57 Home on the Range Jan 13, 1958

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EP58 The Makropoulos Secret Jan 14, 1958

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EP59 More Than a Man Jan 15, 1958

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EP60 Something Stolen, Something New Jan 16, 1958

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EP61 Thunderbolt Jan 17, 1958

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EP62 Daisy Mayne Jan 20, 1958

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EP63 The Man Who Wanted to Hate Jan 21, 1958

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EP64 The Golden Fleecing Jan 22, 1958

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EP65 Forever and Ever Jan 23, 1958

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EP66 Decision Jan 24, 1958

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EP67 Solider's Boy Jan 27, 1958

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EP68 The Man with Pointed Toes Jan 28, 1958

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EP69 Love Out of Town Jan 31, 1958

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EP70 Cave-In Feb 03, 1958

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EP71 The Iceman Feb 04, 1958

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EP72 The Long, Long Laugh Feb 05, 1958

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EP73 Man Without a Country Feb 06, 1958

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EP74 The Odd Ones Feb 07, 1958

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EP75 Monsieur Beaucaire Feb 11, 1958

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EP76 Life Upon the Wicked Stage Feb 12, 1958

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EP77 Without Fear or Favor Feb 13, 1958

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EP78 The Third Person Feb 14, 1958

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EP79 Eden End Feb 17, 1958

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EP80 The 10th Muse Feb 18, 1958

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EP81 Goodbye on Thursday Feb 20, 1958

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EP82 Heart's Desire Feb 21, 1958

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EP83 Marriage of Convenience Feb 24, 1958

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EP84 The Suicide Club Feb 25, 1958

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EP85 The 65th Floor Feb 26, 1958

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EP86 The Hickory Heart Feb 27, 1958

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EP87 The Devil's Violin Feb 28, 1958

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EP88 Wednesday's Child Mar 04, 1958

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EP89 Vigilante Mar 05, 1958

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EP90 The Prophet Hosea Mar 07, 1958

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EP91 Mrs. Moonlight Mar 10, 1958

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EP92 With Love We Live Mar 11, 1958

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EP93 You and I Mar 12, 1958

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EP94 Career Angel Mar 13, 1958

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EP95 Contingent Fire Mar 14, 1958

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EP96 Anxious Night Mar 18, 1958

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EP97 On Approval Mar 19, 1958

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EP98 Dandy Dick Mar 20, 1958

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EP99 Hush, Mahala, Hush Mar 21, 1958

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EP100 O'Rourke's House Mar 25, 1958

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EP101 The Alleyway Mar 26, 1958

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EP102 The Vagabond Mar 27, 1958

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EP103 The Silver Spider Mar 28, 1958

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EP104 Design for Glory Apr 01, 1958

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EP105 The Inspector General Apr 02, 1958

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EP106 The Two Mrs. Carrolls Apr 03, 1958

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EP107 The Velvet Glove Apr 04, 1958

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EP108 Death Takes a Holiday Apr 08, 1958

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EP109 Man of the House Apr 09, 1958

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EP110 A Case of Fear Apr 10, 1958

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EP111 Walk in the Sky Apr 11, 1958

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EP112 The Canterville Ghost Apr 15, 1958

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EP113 Found Money Apr 17, 1958

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EP114 Washington Whispers Money Apr 18, 1958

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EP115 A Boy Grows Up Apr 22, 1958

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EP116 Phony Venus Apr 23, 1958

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EP117 Some Blessed People Apr 24, 1958

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EP118 The Quiet Street Apr 25, 1958

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EP119 The Quest of Quesnay May 07, 1958

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EP120 Angel Street May 09, 1958

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EP121 The Cause May 12, 1958

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EP122 Much Ado About Nothing, Part 1 May 20, 1958

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EP123 Much Ado About Nothing, Part 2 May 21, 1958

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EP124 Day of Discoveries May 22, 1958

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EP125 The Young and the Fair May 23, 1958

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EP126 The Riddle of Mary Murray May 27, 1958

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EP127 Button Button May 29, 1958

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EP128 The End of the Season Jun 03, 1958

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EP129 Look Out for John Tucker Jun 04, 1958

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EP130 The Road to Recovery Jun 05, 1958

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EP131 The Nightbird's Crying Jun 06, 1958

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EP132 The Story of Marcia Gordon Jun 10, 1958

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EP133 Town in Turmoil Jun 11, 1958

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EP134 Washington Square Jun 12, 1958

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EP135 Course for Collision Jun 13, 1958

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7.7| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 31 October 1955 Ended
Producted By: NBC
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.

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Rotwang27 When I was a teenager, I used to watch Matinée Theater almost every day during summer vacation on KPRC-TV in Houston Texas. The quality of the show was amazing, considering that NBC produced a live one hour drama every day, and it was in color! Like most families in the fifties, we couldn't afford a color TV set, but I could walk down to the local Joske's department store and see it on a color TV set. Even though I was only a kid, I could tell that these shows were outstanding, and they often featured well known stars. It is unfortunate that many of those live shows were not preserved, especially the early color productions.