Matinee Theater
7.7
1955
Drama
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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Episode 135 : Course for Collision
June. 13,1958
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Episode 134 : Washington Square
June. 12,1958
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Episode 133 : Town in Turmoil
June. 11,1958
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Episode 132 : The Story of Marcia Gordon
June. 10,1958
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Episode 131 : The Nightbird's Crying
June. 06,1958
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Episode 130 : The Road to Recovery
June. 05,1958
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Episode 129 : Look Out for John Tucker
June. 04,1958
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Episode 128 : The End of the Season
June. 03,1958
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Episode 127 : Button Button
May. 29,1958
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Episode 126 : The Riddle of Mary Murray
May. 27,1958
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Episode 125 : The Young and the Fair
May. 23,1958
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Episode 124 : Day of Discoveries
May. 22,1958
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Episode 123 : Much Ado About Nothing, Part 2
May. 21,1958
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Episode 122 : Much Ado About Nothing, Part 1
May. 20,1958
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Episode 121 : The Cause
May. 12,1958
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Episode 120 : Angel Street
May. 09,1958
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Episode 119 : The Quest of Quesnay
May. 07,1958
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Episode 118 : The Quiet Street
April. 25,1958
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Episode 117 : Some Blessed People
April. 24,1958
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Episode 116 : Phony Venus
April. 23,1958
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Episode 115 : A Boy Grows Up
April. 22,1958
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Episode 114 : Washington Whispers Money
April. 18,1958
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Episode 113 : Found Money
April. 17,1958
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Episode 112 : The Canterville Ghost
April. 15,1958
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Episode 111 : Walk in the Sky
April. 11,1958
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Episode 110 : A Case of Fear
April. 10,1958
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Episode 109 : Man of the House
April. 09,1958
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Episode 108 : Death Takes a Holiday
April. 08,1958
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Episode 107 : The Velvet Glove
April. 04,1958
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Episode 106 : The Two Mrs. Carrolls
April. 03,1958
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Episode 105 : The Inspector General
April. 02,1958
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Episode 104 : Design for Glory
April. 01,1958
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Episode 103 : The Silver Spider
March. 28,1958
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Episode 102 : The Vagabond
March. 27,1958
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Episode 101 : The Alleyway
March. 26,1958
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Episode 100 : O'Rourke's House
March. 25,1958
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Episode 99 : Hush, Mahala, Hush
March. 21,1958
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Episode 98 : Dandy Dick
March. 20,1958
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Episode 97 : On Approval
March. 19,1958
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Episode 96 : Anxious Night
March. 18,1958
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Episode 95 : Contingent Fire
March. 14,1958
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Episode 94 : Career Angel
March. 13,1958
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Episode 93 : You and I
March. 12,1958
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Episode 92 : With Love We Live
March. 11,1958
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Episode 91 : Mrs. Moonlight
March. 10,1958
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Episode 90 : The Prophet Hosea
March. 07,1958
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Episode 89 : Vigilante
March. 05,1958
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Episode 88 : Wednesday's Child
March. 04,1958
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Episode 87 : The Devil's Violin
February. 28,1958
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Episode 86 : The Hickory Heart
February. 27,1958
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Episode 85 : The 65th Floor
February. 26,1958
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Episode 84 : The Suicide Club
February. 25,1958
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Episode 83 : Marriage of Convenience
February. 24,1958
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Episode 82 : Heart's Desire
February. 21,1958
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Episode 81 : Goodbye on Thursday
February. 20,1958
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Episode 80 : The 10th Muse
February. 18,1958
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Episode 79 : Eden End
February. 17,1958
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Episode 78 : The Third Person
February. 14,1958
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Episode 77 : Without Fear or Favor
February. 13,1958
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Episode 76 : Life Upon the Wicked Stage
February. 12,1958
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Episode 75 : Monsieur Beaucaire
February. 11,1958
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Episode 74 : The Odd Ones
February. 07,1958
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Episode 73 : Man Without a Country
February. 06,1958
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Episode 72 : The Long, Long Laugh
February. 05,1958
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Episode 71 : The Iceman
February. 04,1958
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Episode 70 : Cave-In
February. 03,1958
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Episode 69 : Love Out of Town
January. 31,1958
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Episode 68 : The Man with Pointed Toes
January. 28,1958
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Episode 67 : Solider's Boy
January. 27,1958
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Episode 66 : Decision
January. 24,1958
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Episode 65 : Forever and Ever
January. 23,1958
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Episode 64 : The Golden Fleecing
January. 22,1958
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Episode 63 : The Man Who Wanted to Hate
January. 21,1958
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Episode 62 : Daisy Mayne
January. 20,1958
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Episode 61 : Thunderbolt
January. 17,1958
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Episode 60 : Something Stolen, Something New
January. 16,1958
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Episode 59 : More Than a Man
January. 15,1958
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Episode 58 : The Makropoulos Secret
January. 14,1958
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Episode 57 : Home on the Range
January. 13,1958
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Episode 56 : A Chance to Die
January. 10,1958
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Episode 55 : The Great Obstacle Courtship
January. 09,1958
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Episode 54 : Two-Picture Deal
January. 08,1958
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Episode 53 : The Collected Letters of Mr. Sage
January. 07,1958
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Episode 52 : The Europeans
January. 06,1958
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Episode 51 : The House with the Golden Street
January. 03,1958
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Episode 50 : The Survival Kit
January. 02,1958
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Episode 49 : Daughter of Kings
December. 31,1957
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Episode 48 : The Little Minister
December. 25,1957
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Episode 47 : Amahl and the Night Visitors
December. 24,1957
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Episode 46 : Sara Crewe
December. 23,1957
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Episode 45 : In 25 Words or Less
December. 20,1957
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Episode 44 : Tender Leaves
December. 19,1957
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Episode 43 : The Gentleman Caller
December. 18,1957
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Episode 42 : Gentleman of Fortune
December. 17,1957
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Episode 41 : No Time for Comedy
December. 16,1957
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Episode 40 : The Giver and the Gift
December. 13,1957
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Episode 39 : Dark of the Moon
December. 12,1957
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Episode 38 : The Sure Thing
December. 11,1957
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Episode 37 : Give Me a Wand
December. 10,1957
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Episode 36 : The Old Friend
December. 10,1957
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Episode 35 : The Consul
December. 09,1957
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Episode 34 : A Cloud for Jeni
December. 06,1957
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Episode 33 : The Broom and the Groom
December. 05,1957
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Episode 32 : The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
December. 04,1957
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Episode 31 : Out of My Darkness
December. 03,1957
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Episode 30 : The Conversation Tables
December. 02,1957
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Episode 29 : Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent
November. 29,1957
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Episode 28 : A Question of Balance
November. 27,1957
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Episode 27 : Green Shores
November. 26,1957
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Episode 26 : Cadenza
November. 25,1957
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Episode 25 : The Johnson House
November. 20,1957
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Episode 24 : Witness to Murder
November. 19,1957
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Episode 23 : The Embassy House
November. 18,1957
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Episode 22 : Remember Me Kindly
November. 15,1957
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Episode 21 : Iris
November. 14,1957
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Episode 20 : The Ransom of Sigmund Freud
November. 13,1957
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Episode 19 : All Over the World
November. 12,1957
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Episode 18 : Aesop and Rhodope
November. 11,1957
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Episode 17 : Grandmama and Grandfather
November. 08,1957
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Episode 16 : Return in Winter
November. 07,1957
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Episode 15 : Something About a Dollar
November. 04,1957
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Episode 14 : Plummer in Paradise
November. 01,1957
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Episode 13 : Elementals
October. 31,1957
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Episode 12 : Nine-Finger Jack
October. 30,1957
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Episode 11 : The Weak and the Strong
October. 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
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Episode 10 : The Last Stop
October. 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
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Episode 9 : Out of the Frying Pan
October. 25,1957
Pretty Martha Radway is vigorously campaigning with members of the League of Women Voters for a new school in their town.
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Episode 8 : The Glass Hill
October. 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
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Episode 7 : Lest We Forget
October. 23,1957
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Episode 6 : Run for the Money
October. 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.
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Episode 5 : Sing for Me
October. 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
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Episode 4 : Almost Any Man Will Do
October. 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
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Episode 3 : A Tone of Time
October. 17,1957
A successful career woman falls ill and discovers someone has been administering small doses of poison to her every day. - Tv Guide
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Episode 2 : Villa of the Angels
October. 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
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