Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
TV Series
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1953 8 Seasons

Letter to Loretta

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Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

36 Episodes Aired 1953

No overview available for this season.

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E1

Trial Run

Sep 20, 1953

The first episode of the series, explaining the letter anthology format. A shop girl is courted by a man whose family looks down upon her, so she feigns crassness to teach them a lesson. One of a few episodes with a laugh track.

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E2

The Mirror

Sep 27, 1953

A spoiled and selfish woman goes without her husband to a vacation home and is tormented by a woman escaped from a mental institution which makes her confront her own mental challenges.

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E3

Prisoner at One O'Clock

Oct 04, 1953

A young man is accused of murder in a small Western town, but the sheriff's wife believes him innocent, while the townspeople form a mob to storm the jail.

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E4

Girl on a Flagpole

Oct 11, 1953

A teacher publicly opposes a candidate, only to be romanced by him, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend.

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E5

Turn of the Card

Oct 18, 1953

A shipboard con artist falls for his mark.

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E6

Earthquake

Oct 25, 1953

A man using an iron lung who has lost hope regains his will through the efforts of his wife to keep him breathing when an earthquake causes a power failure.

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E7

The One That Got Away

Nov 01, 1953

The glowing, tiresome reminisces of a wife and mother about her now-famous former beau and his devotion to her comes to a head.

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E8

Kid Stuff

Nov 08, 1953

Two widowed parents fall in love but feel their relationship might be hampered by their lively young children.

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E9

The Bronte Story

Nov 15, 1953

Charlotte Bronte struggles to cope with her controlling and oppressive father even as it interferes with her courtship with and marriage to Arthur Nicholls.

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E10

Thanksgiving in Beaver Run

Nov 22, 1953

The kidnapping of a boy by young toughs takes an unexpected turn when one of the hoodlums befriends the boy.

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E11

Love Story

Nov 29, 1953

An aspiring actress falls in love with a clown and marries him, but then she's ashamed to be publicly associated with him.

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E12

Laughing Boy

Dec 06, 1953

Glass-jawed Walter Stone attempts to rescue Kay Coughlin from a purse snatcher, but he gets hurt instead. Kay nurses him back to health and asks Walter to help her get her boyfriend jealous to goad him into proposing.

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E13

The Faith of Chata

Dec 13, 1953

A little girl in a Mexican village falls desperately ill and places her faith in God through her patron saint, regardless of whether she survives or not.

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E14

The Night My Father Came Home

Dec 20, 1953

Charming holiday story about a small boy who frequents a postal station, chatting incessantly with a disillusioned laborer.

30 min
E15

Hotel Irritant

Dec 27, 1953

Corporate hotel snoop Sally Webster creates unpleasant situations in a hotel to test its operation while becoming impressed with the character and ambition of hotel clerk Newton Ralston.

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E16

Inga

Jan 03, 1954

Indomitable Inga Helborg convinces a bank president to conditionally reverse the foreclosure of the family farm and takes labor from the prison farm by which both actions she successfully demonstrates her resolute and trusting nature.

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E17

Lady Killer

Jan 10, 1954

A mystery writer discovers she is marked for death.

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E18

Secret Answer

Jan 17, 1954

A spirited wife challenges the stodgy attitudes of researcher husband by refusing to respond to one of his survey questions: "If you had it to do all over again, would you marry the same person?"

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E19

Big Little Lie

Jan 24, 1954

Beverly Washburn plays a lonely schoolgirl whose decision to start a rumor about her mother turns into classroom blackmail. Jeannette Nolan portrays her stern Aunt.

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E20

The Hollywood Story

Jan 31, 1954

Madge Mason based on her prowess as a local actress in a small Iowa town goes to Hollywood and meets with only modest success but when it appears she is on verge of major success she has second thoughts about the price of fame.

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E21

A Family Out of Us

Feb 07, 1954

The son of an affluent couple, whose father has little time for him, joins the Cub Scouts.

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E22

Act of Faith

Feb 14, 1954

Eddie Albert plays a mild-mannered soul whose happy marriage to an earthy woman seems to be coming to an end.

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E23

The New York Story

Feb 28, 1954

A glamorous mother and wife who dallies with other men's attention takes her own husband and son for granted. Clever opening schoolroom sequence in which the moms comment in theirs heads about each other. The climax in which the woman's mind races with impending terror about her son's lateness might seem melodramatic, but it's all too real for many of us who worry about loved ones. Mabel Albertson of "Bewitched" and so many other series plays the PTA spokesperson.

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E24

Nobody's Boy

Mar 07, 1954

Fictionalized story of a Chicago juvenile delinquent who meets Jack Robbins, founder of the BBR, a boy's club that still exists today. A familiar face in one scene is the ubiquitous Argentina Brunetti, to whom Dean Martin sang "That's Amore" in "The Caddy." At the end of the story, Young introduces actor Chick Chandler and the real-life Jack Robbins.

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E25

The Count of Ten

Mar 14, 1954

Tiger Tipton retired from a successful boxing career at his wife's insistence. Now broke from her expensive medical care, he arranges one last fight with the champ, but he can't let his wife find out.

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E26

The Clara Schumann Story

Mar 21, 1954

The great composer and his concert pianist wife, whose seemingly idyllic marriage descends into mental breakdown.

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E27

Son, This is Your Father

Mar 28, 1954

Flashbacks tell the story of a charming but irresponsible ex-husband who re-enters the lives of his wife and son. The father/son relationship is similar to that of Gloria's son and her first husband on the series, "Modern Family." In this episode, Young's character's name is "Ginger," a decade before her co-star, Alan Hale Jr., addressed Tina Louise by the name on "Gilligan's Island."

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E28

The First Man to Ask Her

Apr 04, 1954

Offbeat comic tale of a sheltered young woman whose house is turned upside down by an eccentric lady, her cowboy son -- and his horse. Jock Mahoney makes the first of his many appearances in the series, playing nephew "Andy" to Frances Bavier, who would ironically play Aunt Bee to Andy Griffith less than a decade later.

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E29

Man's Estate

Apr 11, 1954

Profile of a teenager who wants to be treated as an adult.

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E30

Forest Ranger

Apr 18, 1954

A forest ranger's wife unknowing allows into her house an escaped convict who seeks revenge on her husband.

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E31

The Enchanted Schoolteacher

Apr 25, 1954

A near-sighted, reclusive teacher is romanced by the father of her shyest pupil and discovers what she's been missing.

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E32

The Judgment

May 02, 1954

A woman is plagued by guilt when her politician husband killed a pedestrian in a car accident. Instead of taking responsibility, he was elated to see someone else arrested and blamed for it.

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E33

Oh, My Aching Heart

May 09, 1954

Nora is hired as a secretary under the condition that she disguise herself to be old and unattractive, so as not to distract her boss. When her boss has need to drop in to Nora's home, he is taken with the young lady he finds there, who claims to be Nora's sister.

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E34

Dear Midge

May 16, 1954

Midge is an unmarried social worker with an overactive imagination, including having a curmudgeonly fairy to guide her. Her fairy gets her into sticky situations, and she is afraid of making a poor impression on her attractive neighbor.

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E35

Something Always Happens

May 23, 1954

A young widow's beau won't marry her until he establishes some financial capital, so she deceives him into believing he won a $5000 raffle.

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E36

Lady in Wet Paint

May 30, 1954

A new teacher in a remote Native American community struggles to get children out of work and into school, and she ends up instigating a strike against the local farmer who employs most of the natives.

Season 2

Season 2

35 Episodes Aired 1954

No overview available for this season.

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E1

Guest in the Night

Aug 29, 1954

Duke and Rita visit a remote mountain cabin for a romantic getaway. During a fierce snowstorm, a young boy with pneumonia shows up at their door. Duke won't call for help because he is wanted for robbery, but Rita uses a ham radio to ask for medical help.

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E2

Dr. Juliet

Sep 05, 1954

A doctor unravels the mysterious circumstances and suspects surrounding the near-death of a young heiress.

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E3

Double Trouble

Sep 12, 1954

Granite jawed Hugh O'Brien, clearly enjoying a change of pace from his usual rugged roles, plays a shy cartoonist whose heroism is awakened by a fraud scandal involving a woman and a his exact double.

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E4

The Lamp

Sep 19, 1954

What seems to be Aladdin's Lamp also seems to be fulfilling the fondest wishes of a young couple.

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E5

You're Driving Me Crazy

Sep 26, 1954

A couple finds themselves terrorized by a disturbed man who rear ends their car. There is some genuine suspense in this episode and warrants attention in that it comes years before Alfred Hitchcock Presents and other such anthologies.

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E6

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Oct 03, 1954

This familiar plot of a lone holdout juror benefits from extreme unusual close-ups, montages and double-exposures to "open up" the drama beyond the single room setting.

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E7

For Father Darling

Oct 10, 1954

Clever "amateur sleuth" tale with a sharp Catholic priest who helps a family escape from a smooth con man. Very "Columbo"-like.

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E8

On Your Honor, Your Honor

Oct 17, 1954

An idealistic widow, whose last name is that same to that of a candidate, allows two slick politicians to add her name to a small town mayoral ballot.

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E9

The Girl Scout Story

Oct 31, 1954

A girl scout is left alone with an escaped convict.

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E10

No Help Wanted

Nov 07, 1954

Former stuntman and TV's "Range Rider" and "Yancy Derringer," Jock Mahoney, returns to this series, this time playing the owner of a small diner who is taken with a lost soul seemingly left alone in the rain.

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E11

It's a Man's Game

Nov 14, 1954

Pushy history teacher nags her math teacher-coach boyfriend to have more ambition and winds up coaching the football team in his place.

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E12

Something About Love

Nov 21, 1954

A dancer's resolution to go on with her life as a singer inspires an architect who had become embittered after his hands were injured in the Korean war. Sally Field's mother Margaret (wife of Loretta Young show favorite Jock Mahoney) co-stars as Gene Barry's fiancée.

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E13

Our Sacred Honor

Nov 28, 1954

Like Spielberg's "Lincoln," which celebrated the little-known people who made a difference as well as high-profile leaders, this episode focuses on one of the lesser-known signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Hart.

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E14

Big Jim

Dec 05, 1954

A young man attempts to reform his delinquent mother when she stops in town to see him.

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E15

Evil for Evil

Dec 12, 1954

An embittered man takes revenge on a beloved doctor who lost his wife on the operating table, leading to vigilantism. Among the cast is Oscar-winner Jane Darwell ("The Grapes of Wrath," "Mary Poppins"). The theme of friendly neighbors transformed into a hideous mob would be echoed in Twilight Zone episodes "The Shelter" and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."

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E16

Time and Yuletide

Dec 19, 1954

At a hospital and nursing home, everyone wants to stage Christmas parties for the sick children, but the event coordinator connives to get a party for the elderly residents.

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E17

Three Minutes Too Late

Dec 26, 1954

A financially strapped New York cab driver becomes desperate for cash when his wife goes into labor.

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E18

The Girl Who Knew

Jan 02, 1955

Familiar TV faces abound in this fanciful dramedy about a woman's ability to know the time without a watch challenged by a watch company's efforts to use a conceited employee's charms to discredit her.

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E19

The Flood

Jan 09, 1955

A man whose experience as a prisoner of war has caused him to be alcoholic and homeless stumbles into a situation in which he must use his army medical training and receives advice and support from a nurse and a doctor to change his life.

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E20

Decision

Jan 16, 1955

The wife of a pilot runs the gamut of emotions and memories while awaiting the return of her husband, whose plane has lost an engine in a storm.

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E21

The Refinement of Ab

Jan 23, 1955

Hugh Beaumont plays the dad in one of two suburban families that allow the childish teasing between their sons escalate into a serious social and business conflicts.

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E22

600 Seconds

Jan 30, 1955

A successful Art Director lets her imagination run away with her when a young female business associate of her husband's wants to talk to her about something "personal."

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E23

The Case of Mrs. Bannister

Feb 06, 1955

A little girl's stories about her seemingly imaginary friend, "Mrs. Bannister," begin to foreshadow real events and imminent danger.

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E24

Dickie

Feb 13, 1955

True story of a Depression-era mother's efforts to redirect her talented little boy's creative projects to more practical pursuits -- and who this boy turns out to be is the twist, as Ms. Young introduces the real-life man and his mom at the end of the episode.

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E25

Option on a Wife

Feb 20, 1955

The Hollywood success of a New York writer takes up so much of his time and attention that it threatens his marriage.

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E26

Tale of a Cayuse

Feb 27, 1955

A western drifter retrieves a beloved horse to court a maiden settler.

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E27

Case Book

Mar 06, 1955

Only a few years after "Spellbound," but before "Vertigo" and "The Three Faces of Eve," this episode uses extended two-actor scenes in its thoughtful exploration of claustrophobia and the benefits of therapy - as well as forgiveness of others and oneself.

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E28

Dateline - Korea

Mar 13, 1955

The plight of poverty-stricken war orphans forces a hard-nosed war correspondent to face the flesh-and-blood effects of her cynical editorials.

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E29

Inga II

Mar 20, 1955

Dennis Hopper was only nineteen when he appeared in this episode as a privileged young man who is sent to work on a farm to build his character.

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E30

Mink Coat

Mar 27, 1955

Series favorites Jock Mahoney, Ann Doran and Casey Adams (Max Showalter) reunite with Ms. Young in an amusing "Fisherman and His Wife/If You Give a Mouse A Cookie"-like fable about the effects an unexpected mink coat has on a two suburban couples.

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E31

Let Columbus Discover You

Apr 03, 1955

Craig Stevens plays the head of a modeling agency who likes to discover his clients in ordinary walks of life, prompting an earnest hopeful to pose as an auto mechanic to catch his attention.

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E32

He Always Comes Home

Apr 10, 1955

An aging man is unfaithful to his wife and negligent to his daughter.

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E33

Feeling No Pain

Apr 17, 1955

In a memorable episode that showcases Ms. Young's comic timing and dancing talent, she plays a passive secretary who cuts loose after a visit to the dentist and the lingering effects of laughing gas. In the scene in which she makes a grand entrance, bellowing "Anita, DAH-ling!" it strongly resembles the first appearance of Cruella DeVil in Disney's animated "101 Dalmatians."

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E34

The Little Teacher

Apr 24, 1955

A man is plagued by guilt and worry when his daughter breaks a finger after he spanks her in anger.

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E35

I Remember the Rani

May 01, 1955

A British writer recalls the captivating Maharani with whom he fell in love while on assignment in India.

Season 3

Season 3

32 Episodes Aired 1955

No overview available for this season.

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E1

Fear Me Not

Aug 28, 1955

At a desolate weather station, a woman (Phyllis Thaxter) encounters an escaped mental patient.

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E2

Weekend in Winnetka

Sep 04, 1955

A mother suspects her daughter has become a juvenile delinquent.

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E3

Reunion

Sep 11, 1955

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E4

My Uncle O'Moore

Sep 18, 1955

A schoolmarm in the 1920's is imported into an all-Irish community for the sole purpose of marriage to one of the O'Moore boys. When her intended decides she is too frail for ranch life and sets about looking for another prospect, the teacher must prove he is wrong.

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E5

Gino

Sep 25, 1955

A family is engaged in a battle they may not win: their home is in the way of a proposed freeway.

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E6

Moment of Decision

Oct 02, 1955

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E7

The Waiting Game

Oct 09, 1955

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E8

The Last Spring

Oct 16, 1955

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E9

Katy

Oct 23, 1955

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E10

Slander

Oct 30, 1955

A wife in a small town is having her portrait painted by a promising young artist. Rumor has it that her interest in him is more than that of a patron.

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E11

Tropical Secretary

Nov 06, 1955

A girl seeks out a former sweetheart on a tropical island and unexpectedly also becomes involved with a writer.

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E12

The Bracelet

Nov 13, 1955

A woman whose husband was killed in an airplane crash refuses to believe that he was running off with another woman when the crash occurred.

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E13

Across the Plaza

Nov 27, 1955

A newspaperwoman and her fiance find themselves involved in a Central American revolution. To further complicate things, her former sweetheart shows up in town.

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E14

A Pattern of Deceit

Dec 04, 1955

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E15

Man in the Ring

Dec 11, 1955

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E16

A Shadow Between

Dec 18, 1955

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E17

Christmas Stopover

Dec 25, 1955

This Christmas day tale of a small town waitress, lonely serviceman and the child of separated parents marks Loretta Young's first appearance on the series after many months of guest star presenters who filled in while she recovered from illness.

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E18

A Ticket for May

Jan 01, 1956

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E19

Inga III

Jan 08, 1956

One of Inga's prison workers is distraught over his wife's ill health, and Inga takes steps so that he can care for his wife. Seeing the strength of their marriage, Inga contemplates marriage for herself.

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E20

The Challenge

Jan 15, 1956

A young couple faces a serious test when the husband is denied an important promotion.

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E21

Song of Rome

Jan 22, 1956

In Rome, an 18-year-old girl finally meets the man who has been her "second father" through a foster-parents program. Thrilled with her voice and with the girl herself, the older man plans an extensive singing career for her in New York.

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E22

The Secret

Jan 29, 1956

John Newland becomes another series fixture as the practical, detached father of a disabled mute boy, both whom are brought out of their shells by a children's book author.

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E23

The Pearl

Feb 12, 1956

A middle-aged Japanese fisherman finds a pearl in an oyster and conceals it from his wife.

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E24

Tightwad Millionaire

Feb 19, 1956

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E25

Gesundheit

Feb 26, 1956

A famous New York stage actress finds herself allergic to her leading man.

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E26

Father Hoppe

Mar 04, 1956

The drab life of a spinster is brightened by her interest in amateur painting and the encouragement of a kindly priest.

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E27

His Inheritance

Mar 18, 1956

An otherwise responsible husband and father has a periodic urge to leave his family and wander.

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E28

The Wise One

Mar 25, 1956

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E29

But for God's Grace

Apr 01, 1956

A mother, suffering sustained grief of losing one of her two sons, has distanced herself from her other son and husband. She becomes attached to a melancholy neighborhood boy.

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E30

Hapless Holiday

Apr 08, 1956

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E31

Code 258

Apr 15, 1956

A well-meaning friend tries to prevent a brilliant engineer from destroying his life.

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E32

The Cardinal's Secret

Apr 22, 1956

A young priest uses his skill as a baseball player to clear his parish of debts.

Season 4

Season 4

34 Episodes Aired 1956

No overview available for this season.

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E1

Double Partners

Aug 26, 1956

A deaf woman is entangled in strange and deadly events.

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E2

The Question

Sep 02, 1956

A real-life research project inspired this tale about a wife and mother having trouble juggling work and family when she becomes embroiled in a psychological thesis based on asking people a very telling question.

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E3

Saigon

Sep 09, 1956

Refugee worker Kim Collett had believed her husband died a hero in a Communist prison camp - until she hears conflicting stories.

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E4

Little League

Sep 16, 1956

Tommy Kirk returns, this time as a youngster with his heart set on qualifying for a little league baseball team.

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E5

Incident in Kawi

Sep 23, 1956

The local schoolmarm makes a habitual drunk face up to the responsibilities of caring for his new ward -- his recently orphaned nephew.

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E6

Now a Brief Word

Sep 29, 1956

A copywriter finds herself writing speeches for two opposing candidates.

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E7

The Years Between

Oct 07, 1956

In a taut drama that sadly still resonates today, an arrogant personnel director finds his ageist hiring policies coming back to bite him.

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E8

New Slant

Oct 14, 1956

A playwright tries to get background material for a new play by taking a job in a boys' reform school. He attempts to apply his own brand of psychology on the youngsters.

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E9

Goodbye, Goodbye

Oct 21, 1956

During a beach picnic, a widowed mother recalls when her romance with a novelist hit an unexpected snag.

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E10

The Great Divide

Oct 28, 1956

A woman convinced she will never marry falls for an old school friend.

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E11

Take Care of My Child

Nov 04, 1956

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E12

The End of the Week

Nov 11, 1956

Just as a disillusioned schoolteacher is about to quit, she encounters classroom challenges including stolen money and a neglected student.

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E13

Inga IV

Nov 18, 1956

Inga Helborg returns, this time to help get an accounting job for a ex-convict who was jailed for embezzlement.

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E14

Rhubarb in Apartment B-7

Dec 02, 1956

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E15

Somebody Else's Dream

Dec 09, 1956

A decorated veteran contends with careers that threaten his integrity, as well as an ambitious, social climbing wife.

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E16

Three and Two, Please

Dec 16, 1956

Sister Ann touches the lives of numerous patients she attends to at a hospital.

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E17

Imperfect Balance

Dec 30, 1956

A little Swiss boy suspects the respected Burgermeister of loading his scales and cheating village children.

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E18

Queen Nefertiti

Jan 06, 1957

While sculpting a bust of the Egyptian monarch, the artist declares his love for her, putting both of them at risk with the Pharoah.

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E19

My Favorite Monster

Jan 13, 1957

A sensitive little girl becomes hysterical when she sees a horror movie starring her mother's boyfriend.

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E20

Miss Ashley's Demon

Jan 27, 1957

A deluded Southern belle has trouble facing the truth about why she really refused her engagement.

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E21

The Bad Apple

Feb 03, 1957

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E22

Tension

Feb 17, 1957

A best selling author, who has taken to callous treatment of those he deems unimportant, finds his wife and himself in a death trap when his car hits a high tension wire.

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E23

Wedding Day

Feb 24, 1957

An eerie period piece about a bride suffering apparent breakdown and confusion in the wake of strange events she can't seem to piece together.

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E24

Louise

Mar 10, 1957

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E25

Emergency

Mar 24, 1957

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E26

The Room Next Door

Mar 31, 1957

A man and woman who live in neighboring city apartments are reluctant to allow romance into their lives.

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E27

So Bright a Light

Apr 07, 1957

A jaded news photographer named Gretchen or "Gretch" gains new insight into the human condition when she covers the story of refugees from Budapest.

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E28

Rummage Sale

Apr 14, 1957

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E29

Legacy

Apr 21, 1957

The difficult conditions of an inheritance put a couple in conflict

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E30

The Man on Top

Apr 28, 1957

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E31

The Countess

May 05, 1957

Ken Osmond plays a young boy involved in a deadly resistance movement for a small country under military siege.

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E32

A Mind of Their Own

May 12, 1957

A top fashion designer is charmed by the owner of a budget dress line -- until she discovers his company has copied her latest designs.

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E33

Royal Partners: Part 1

May 19, 1957

One of the stars of a renowned dance duo loses her sight in a freak accident and sinks into self-pity.

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E34

Royal Partners: Part 2

May 26, 1957

A sight impaired dancer secretly trains herself in hopes of rejoining her husband/dance partner on stage again.

Season 5

Season 5

29 Episodes Aired 1957

No overview available for this season.

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E1

A Dollar's Worth

Oct 20, 1957

The spoiled daughter of a brash manicurist discovers that her father hadn't died when he returns from a prison sentence for forgery.

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E2

The Defense

Oct 27, 1957

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E3

Innocent Conspiracy

Nov 03, 1957

A loyal Japanese wife finds a way to help her discouraged husband when an orphan wanders into their lives.

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E4

Understanding Heart

Nov 10, 1957

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E5

The Little Witness

Nov 24, 1957

A mother struggles to protect her son (Johnny Crawford), who witnessed a murder.

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E6

Blizzard

Dec 01, 1957

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E7

Friends at a Distance

Dec 08, 1957

A widowed small-town gift-shop owner and children's book illustrator meets a charmingly foreign handyman and it seems her dreams of a Prince Charming are coming true.

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E8

Man in a Hurry

Dec 15, 1957

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E9

Power Play

Dec 29, 1957

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E10

The Demon and Mrs. Devon

Jan 05, 1958

A Chinese vase and a steroids surprise party drastically alter a young businessman's life.

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E11

The Accused

Jan 12, 1958

A serial strangler is at large in a community where two determined women attempt to raise awareness of the correlation that salacious pictures have on sex crimes.

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E12

The Hidden One

Jan 19, 1958

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E13

Faraway Island

Jan 26, 1958

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E14

My Two Hands

Feb 02, 1958

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E15

Dear Milkman

Feb 09, 1958

A wife who has written a loving book about her milkman husband encounters marital conflict when a Hollywood producer wants to make a movie based on the wife's book except the producer's vision is to change reality to suit cinema practices.

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E16

The Bargain

Feb 16, 1958

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E17

A Greater Strength

Feb 23, 1958

A newly returned widow discovers to her dismay that her only daughter has been adopted while she was a POW. While trying to retrieve her daughter, she encounters frustrating complications that endanger her child and challenge her faith.

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E18

Conflict

Mar 02, 1958

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E19

The Oriental Mind

Mar 09, 1958

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E20

Windfall

Mar 16, 1958

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E21

Time of Decision

Mar 23, 1958

Ruth's 16 yo sister Ellen, appears to have become mentally ill. Ruth and her boyfriend struggle to come up with a workable strategy to help her.

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E22

Air Stewardess

Mar 30, 1958

During a night flight aboard a transcontinental airplane, a dangerous drug disappears from its storage place.

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E23

To Open a Door

Apr 06, 1958

A chic boutique owner is very tempted to compromise her integrity when she falls for a handsome, cultured married man. The feeling is mutual and the chemistry electric and she struggles to "close that door."

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E24

Thanks to You

Apr 13, 1958

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E25

Dangerous Verdict

Apr 20, 1958

A man who is to be tried for murder tries to escape across the Mexican border since he was not granted a change of venue. His concern was that the judge, being a woman, would allow emotion to influence the verdict.

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E26

Second Rate Citizen

Apr 27, 1958

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E27

South American Uncle

May 04, 1958

Loretta plays it for laughs as a clever con artist who dupes three parish priests out of money. They compare notes and set up a trap to help her back on the right path.

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E28

A Strange Adventure

May 11, 1958

Globe-trotting lady encounters what looks like her own portrait in an Italian gift shop, leading to a romantic fling and a shocking surprise.

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E29

Day of Rest

May 18, 1958

A woman's day of rest assigned to her by the husband due to a her developing cold becomes problematic due to the needs of her six children.

Season 6

Season 6

30 Episodes Aired 1958

No overview available for this season.

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E1

The Near Unknown

Oct 05, 1958

A gangster's moll encounters her doppelganger in a sweetly innocent young woman and exploits their resemblance to avoid certain death. Loretta plays both parts in this suspenseful drama.

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E2

For Better or For Worse

Oct 12, 1958

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E3

In the Good Old Summertime

Oct 19, 1958

Jeb and Amy Stewart plan the perfect second honeymoon - and send their children to summer camp.

min
E4

A Visit to Sao Paolo

Oct 26, 1958

An American travel agent visits a depressed village in Italy. James Philbrook later was the co-star of the New Loretta Young Show (1962-63).

min
E5

Out of Control

Nov 02, 1958

min
E6

The 20-Cent Tip

Nov 09, 1958

To make ends meet, a high school teacher must take a second job as a waitress. Conflicts occur when students begin coming to the restaurant.

min
E7

I Want to Get Married

Nov 16, 1958

min
E8

The Woman Between

Nov 23, 1958

A man possessed is Alex Stark, who never has anything on his mind but business, even staying away from his fabulous New York penthouse for long periods to make deals. His wife Eleanor loses interest in him and falls for the family lawyer, She Alex's firm by selling their stock to the paramour.

min
E9

The Last Witness

Nov 30, 1958

min
E10

The Happy Widow

Dec 07, 1958

On a ship bound for Paris, a businessman (James Philbrook) spends his time with a Mrs. Mathews - he assumes is married.

min
E11

Strange Money

Dec 14, 1958

min
E12

Most Honorable Day

Dec 21, 1958

min
E13

Operation Snowball

Dec 28, 1958

min
E14

The Break-Off

Jan 04, 1959

Drama of test pilot's reaction to space travel.

min
E15

Sister Ann

Jan 11, 1959

A badly injured man is brought to a hospital, needing long term care with his hands and eyes covered during his period of treatment. he's gruff, irritable and ill mannered, not realizing he's been taken to a Catholic hospital or that his nurse that he falls in love with is actually a nun. When the bandages are removed and finally knows, he must suppress his feelings.

min
E16

This is the Moment

Jan 18, 1959

min
E17

Incident in India

Jan 25, 1959

A Hindu slaver tries to sell two Muslim captive women from Pakistan in a small town. The single local constable puts a stop to it but holds the women in his gaol. The younger woman bargains for her freedom by helping the policeman to trap a bandit gang who have been raiding nearby homes and farms.

min
E18

Seed From the East

Feb 01, 1959

min
E19

The Black Lace Valentine

Feb 08, 1959

On Valentine's Day, a housewife receives a large, expensive valentine - but isn't sure who sent it.

min
E20

Marriage Crisis

Feb 15, 1959

min
E21

The Portrait

Feb 22, 1959

An old line aristocrat has a portrait painter in to do his daughter's likeness, but he finds her painfully shy and given to revealing only half her face, the side he's asked to paint. Soon it comes out she's been scarred in a fire, one that her mother died in and her stern father blames her for.

min
E22

810 Franklin Street

Mar 01, 1959

min
E23

The Prettiest Girl in Town

Mar 08, 1959

A famous fashion model returns to her home town for her 20-year class reunion. After spending the evening with her old flame, she longs to return to a more meaningful small town life.

min
E24

The Tenderizer

Mar 21, 1959

A shy bank employee meets a hardened female parolee at a cafeteria.

min
E25

Each Man's Island

Mar 29, 1959

min
E26

Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1

Apr 05, 1959

A self-absorbed business man constructs a plan that includes the employment of a psychiatrist to stop his bored wife's descent into alcoholism.

min
E27

Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2

Apr 12, 1959

A healing process for a couple's marriage and a cure for the wife's alcoholism begin after a psychiatrist helps them face their specific roles in causing dysfunction.

min
E28

Strictly Personal

Apr 19, 1959

min
E29

The Accused

Apr 26, 1959

In a middle-class residential district, police are trying to solve a series of evening attacks on women in the neighborhood. Two women from the PTA begin to look at some of the precedents for the possibilities that sex offenders are thriving in the neighborhood. They propose that local stores cease to sell smutty magazines and run into resistance. But they go to great lengths to make protests and their convictions begin to gain some respect.

min
E30

Trouble in Fenton Valley

May 10, 1959

Season 7

Season 7

30 Episodes Aired 1959

No overview available for this season.

min
E1

The Road

Sep 20, 1959

An unhappy wife, with a brain tumor, leaves for France without her husband. See ends up on a road trip to Lourdes (filmed on location).

min
E2

One Beautiful Moment

Sep 27, 1959

A teacher's attitude is transformed during a trip to Hawaii, but she faces a crisis upon her return.

min
E3

The Strangers That Came to Town

Oct 04, 1959

min
E4

Mask of Evidence

Oct 11, 1959

A woman watching Mardi Gras from her balcony becomes concerned when a stranger comes over to her apartment - and won't leave.

min
E5

Circles of Panic

Oct 25, 1959

min
E6

The Red Dress

Nov 01, 1959

min
E7

A New Step

Nov 08, 1959

A widowed dance instructor decides to volunteer at a rehabilitation center.

min
E8

Ten Men and a Girl

Nov 15, 1959

min
E9

The Lady in the Fish Bowl

Nov 22, 1959

A woman lives in a store window for a week to win a contest - but seems to be watched by a mysterious man.

min
E10

Vengeance is Thine

Nov 29, 1959

min
E11

The Penthouse

Dec 06, 1959

min
E12

Alien Love

Dec 13, 1959

The principal at Jefferson High has an immediate dislike for the new Hungarian-born physics teacher because he seems so "foreign." She unexpectedly finds herself defending him against false accusations from a spoiled student.

min
E13

Shower of Ashes

Dec 27, 1959

min
E14

The Grenade

Jan 03, 1960

min
E15

Little Monster, Tall Tales

Jan 10, 1960

Jeff, a recently adopted child, continually makes up stories - worrying his new family.

min
E16

Off Duty Affair

Jan 17, 1960

min
E17

Mrs. Minton

Jan 24, 1960

Felice Minton agrees to her husband's request to have her portrait painted, only after the visiting husband of her closest friend makes romantic overtures.

min
E18

The Hired Hand

Feb 07, 1960

min
E19

Slight Delay

Feb 14, 1960

min
E20

Second Spring

Feb 21, 1960

In the midst of planning her teen-age daughter's wedding, Betty Rogers finds out she is having another baby.

min
E21

Crisis in 114

Mar 06, 1960

min
E22

The Trouble with Laury's Men

Mar 13, 1960

Laury Barlow blames her mother for her failed romances. Julie Sommars first television role as Laury.

min
E23

The Trial

Mar 20, 1960

min
E24

Plain, Unmarked Envelope

Apr 03, 1960

min
E25

The Best Season

Apr 17, 1960

min
E26

The Unwanted

May 01, 1960

min
E27

Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty

May 08, 1960

Another story involving Sister Ann, this time involving funds multiplying to help those Sister Ann meets.

min
E28

The Eternal Vow: Part 1

May 15, 1960

On a sight-seeing tour, a bored American widow and a French businessman are left behind on a Greek island.

min
E29

The Eternal Vow: Part 2

May 22, 1960

On a Greek island, a French businessman tries to help an unhappy American widow face the Now.

min
E30

The Misfit

Jun 05, 1960

Season 8

Season 8

31 Episodes Aired 1960

No overview available for this season.

min
E1

The Long Night

Sep 18, 1960

The lives of the new family next door have a great impact on a housewife's own marriage.

min
E2

At the Edge of the Desert

Sep 25, 1960

30 min
E3

Fair Exchange

Oct 02, 1960

A wife reflects back on the time she went to the family's beach house alone after an argument with her husband. Loretta Young stars as an attractive married woman who receives a “confession” of love from a bachelor, but not until he dies does she discover the reason behind it.

min
E4

Linda

Oct 09, 1960

min
E5

Switchblade

Oct 16, 1960

A crazed maniac with a switchblade intimidates his friends and citizens of a small Midwestern town.

min
E6

Love Between the Acts

Oct 23, 1960

At a popular play, a widow believes her meddling aunt arranged to have a certain man sit next to her. James Philbrook (New Loretta Young Show co-star) plays the mystery man.

min
E7

The Glass Cage

Oct 30, 1960

Spurned and rejected by her family, a Southern belle finds romance then disappointment in New York city.

min
E8

The Seducer

Nov 06, 1960

A former actress does not approve of the content of the motion pictures her husband produces.

min
E9

No Margin for Error

Nov 13, 1960

min
E10

Conditional Surrender

Nov 20, 1960

A man who has been working closely with a young woman, asks his wife for a divorce. However, he's not prepared for her reaction.

min
E11

The Night the Doorbell Rang

Nov 27, 1960

min
E12

These Few Years

Dec 11, 1960

A wife's decides to leave a New Year's Eve party early to spend the evening with her family.

min
E13

My Own Master

Dec 18, 1960

A boy with an imaginary friend becomes more attaches to him with his real fami

min
E14

Enter at Your Own Risk

Jan 08, 1961

min
E15

This Subtle Danger

Jan 15, 1961

A husband's recovery from back surgery results in an increasing dependence on pain killers.

30 min
E16

The Lie

Jan 22, 1961

Loretta Young plays a Japanese governess who finds it necessary to make a personal sacrifice in order to keep the family she works for together.

min
E17

Quiet Desperation

Feb 05, 1961

The Perkins family contemplates breakup and separation as Victor's boss pressures him to move to Japan for his job.

min
E18

The Golden Cord

Feb 12, 1961

min
E19

Double Edge

Feb 19, 1961

min
E20

The Choice

Feb 26, 1961

min
E21

When Queens Ride By

Mar 12, 1961

min
E22

The Preliminaries

Mar 19, 1961

min
E23

Woodlot

Mar 26, 1961

min
E24

Doesn't Everybody?

Apr 02, 1961

A wealthy woman decides to assist fate - and pursues a bank vice president.

min
E25

The Man Who Couldn't Smile

Apr 09, 1961

min
E26

Emergency in 114

Apr 23, 1961

After an accident involving their son, a wife must locate her philandering husband.

min
E27

13 Donner Street

Apr 30, 1961

min
E28

Those at the Top

May 07, 1961

min
E29

The Wedding

May 21, 1961

min
E30

The Forbidden Guests

May 28, 1961

After the death of her husband, a sculptress without children fixates on her statues.

min
E31

Not in Our Stars

Jun 04, 1961

A wife begins to believe her personal horoscope impacts what happens to her family.

Series Info

Status

Ended

Seasons

8

Episodes

257

Language

en

Networks

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