Telephone Time

Season 31956

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

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17 Episodes

E01 The Golden Junkman

True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children. A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.

April 8, 1956

E02 Man with a Beard

April 15, 1956

E03 Captain from Kopenick

Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.

April 22, 1956

E04 Borders Away

The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine. This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war.

April 29, 1956

E05 The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

May 6, 1956

E06 The Stepmother

May 13, 1956

E07 Time Bomb

May 20, 1956

E08 Emperor Norton's Bridge

May 27, 1956

E09 The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

June 3, 1956

E10 Harry in Search of Himself

June 10, 1956

E11 Felix the Fourth

June 17, 1956

E12 Smith of Ecuador

June 24, 1956

E13 The Gingerbread Man

July 1, 1956

E14 Joyful Lunatic

July 8, 1956

E15 The Key

July 15, 1956

E16 Grandpa Changes the World

Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to

July 22, 1956

E17 Again the Stars

July 29, 1956

Telephone Time

E01 The Golden Junkman

E02 Man with a Beard

E03 Captain from Kopenick

E04 Borders Away

E05 The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

E06 The Stepmother

E07 Time Bomb

E08 Emperor Norton's Bridge

E09 The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

E10 Harry in Search of Himself

E11 Felix the Fourth

E12 Smith of Ecuador

E13 The Gingerbread Man

E14 Joyful Lunatic

E15 The Key

E16 Grandpa Changes the World

E17 Again the Stars

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E01 The Golden Junkman

E02 Man with a Beard

E03 Captain from Kopenick

E04 Borders Away

E05 The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

E06 The Stepmother

E07 Time Bomb

E08 Emperor Norton's Bridge

E09 The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

E10 Harry in Search of Himself

E11 Felix the Fourth

E12 Smith of Ecuador

E13 The Gingerbread Man

E14 Joyful Lunatic

E15 The Key

E16 Grandpa Changes the World

E17 Again the Stars