Screen Director's Playhouse

Season 11955

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

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35 Episodes

E01 Meet The Governor

A "bumpkin-type" lawyer runs for governor until the opposition digs into his past.

October 5, 1955

E02 Day is Done

During the catastrophic 1951 retreat of American troops in Korea, a recruit finds a Chinese bugle. His sargeant then attempts to use it to instill the fighting spirit in his men.

October 12, 1955

E03 Midsummer Daydream

A young man who wants desperately to get married finds "The Girl" in, of all places, a marriage license bureau. But the happy ending is threatened by the appearance of a suave, smooth, sophisticated gambling man.

October 19, 1955

E04 Arroyo

A small New Mexican town enjoys a reasonably peaceful existence under the rule of self-appointed judge Lamar Kendall. This state of affairs is disrupted by the appearance of a wounded young woman, who reports that an Indian raid has wiped out her wagon train.

October 26, 1955

E05 Want ad Wedding

A young naval officer, alone in a strange city, is planning to be married. Having no friends in town, he places an ad in the newspaper advertising for wedding guests.

November 2, 1955

E06 The Life of Vernon Hathaway

A meek little watch repairman daydreams himself into exciting adventures. When his alter ego takes over, he begins living his dreams in real life.

November 9, 1955

E07 The Final Tribute

A nurse in a small-town doctor's office protests the attitude of the new young physician. His cold, impersonal treatment of patients is exactly opposite that of the kindly and gentle elderly doctor he will someday replace.

November 16, 1955

E08 The Brush Roper

Grandpa Atkins tries to live up to his tales of former glory as a cowpoke. He learns a dangerous bull is at large in the brush, saddles up, and goes after him with his rope.

November 23, 1955

E09 Tom and Jerry

It's Christmas Eve at the Macy house. Tom Macy plays Santa for he and wife Jerry's little boy, Tommy. It is obvious that Jerry is not happy with her husband Tom. Jerry knows Tom has a woman on the side named Lola. Their dear friends, Father O'Dowd and attorney Mr. Garrity coax Tom and Jerry into seeing sense and save the couple's marriage.

November 30, 1955

E10 Rookie of the Year

A small-town newspaper sports writer harbors an ambition to work for a big city daily. He sees his chance to achieve his goal while attending the World Series: one of the rookies shows a style reminiscent of a former all-time great banned from baseball for accepting a bribe.

December 7, 1955

E11 Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

Discouraged and saddened by the War Between the States, President Lincoln is cheered by the gift of a puppy from his physician.

December 14, 1955

E12 The Silent Partner

Watching the TV broadcast of the Academy Awards presentation, a faded actress realizes that the patron at another table in the restaurant was once a well-known comic. Her happy discovery is marred, however, by a man who calls both of them has-beens.

December 21, 1955

E13 Titanic Incident

A cardsharp and his wife aboard the Titanic on its fateful last voyage pick a wealthy Britisher as their pigeon. The cardsharp sets up the Britisher for a climactic card session, but the tables seem to turn as the ship goes down.

December 28, 1955

E14 Hot Cargo

A chorus girl, stranded in a waterfront town in the Orient, is befriended by the skipper of a freighter. She marries the skipper and then meets a good-looking young harbor policeman who falls in love with her.

January 4, 1956

E15 It's Always Sunday

A kindly minister who believes in doing good for the unfortunate befriends a pair of itinerants who arrive in town.

January 11, 1956

E16 Number Five Checked Out

A young deaf woman is left alone to look after the resort cabins owned by her father. Two dangerous bank robbers move in, using the secluded spot as a temporary hideout.

January 18, 1956

E17 Prima Donna

A philanthropic concert artist takes an interest in a 13-year-old newsboy with an outstanding singing voice. She runs into difficulties when the boy also shows a marked preference for baseball.

February 1, 1956

E18 Cry Justice

Bitter because his law partner married the woman he loved, a man plots his own disappearance, making it appear he has been murdered by his partner. Ten years later, the partner is released from prison and seeks revenge.

February 15, 1956

E19 Affair in Sumatra

A beautiful half-caste girl is torn between love for her people and love for a man.

February 22, 1956

E20 One Against Many

A scientist devoted to saving lives is faced with a difficult decision: he may be forced to kill in order to prevent a state-wide livestock epidemic.

March 7, 1956

E21 It's a Most Unusual Day

A married couple take in a night club show starring Jimmy McHugh, and are prompted by his melodies to relive their past.

March 14, 1956

E22 The Sword Of Villon

The swashbuckling poet Francois Villon fights for love and liberty while preventing the assassination of the King of France by a scheming count and countess.

April 4, 1956

E23 Markheim

Late on Christmas Day, a man coaxes an antiques shopkeeper to let him in under the pretense of needing a gift for his fiancée, but it is soon clear he wants something else. To his surprise, what he gets is a battle with his own conscience.

April 11, 1956

E24 Claire

A young doctor brings his second wife to his lakeside home to live. She is taunted by the presence of his pet cat, which serves to remind her that because she couldn't swim, she stood helplessly by while the first wife drowned.

April 25, 1956

E25 A Ticket For Thaddeus

A humble refugee from war-torn Poland has never been able to shed his fear of anyone in uniform. When the immigrant is involved in a minor traffic altercation, he tries to prove to the police he was at fault even though he wasn't.

May 9, 1956

E26 The Dream

In France in 1887 an impressionable youth gives his mother cause for alarm. The young man has a recurrent dream in which he searches for his dead father. The mother is further upset when the boy tells her of meeting a baron who offers to take him aboard ship for a journey to the West Indies.

May 16, 1956

E27 What Day is it?

A husband and wife dance team bicker backstage when the husband can't remember what special date his wife is observing. Between song and dance numbers, the arguments escalate until a singing telegram arrives. Music by Leon Klatzkin. Songs: Yankee doodle boy, Mary's a grand old name by George M. Cohan; When you're a clown by Jeff Bailey, Jack Latimer; arrangements by Walter Sheets, Russell Garcia

June 6, 1956

E28 Every Man Had Two Wives

In the spring, when one gentleman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a former love, his wife decides to take drastic action. She and hubby make a trip back to the old home town, determined to come face to face with his childhood sweetheart.

June 13, 1956

E29 Partners

A rodeo star befriends an orphan boy who yearns to compete.

July 4, 1956

E30 White Corridors

An American tourist in London accompanies a friend to the hospital for an emergency operation. At the hospital, she claims she has witnessed a murder, but the doctors think she is imagining things.

July 11, 1956

E31 The Carroll Formula

A college professor stumbled across a fantastic formula for reducing the size of things in the unpublished mathematical works of C.L. Dodgson, who, as Lewis Carroll, wrote Alice in Wonderland.

July 18, 1956

E32 Apples on the Lilac Tree

A couple's peculiar marital arrangement is the talk of the town. It seems that the husband loves to do the housework, while his wife spends the day at the office.

July 25, 1956

E33 Bitter Waters

In a fashionable German resort at the turn of the century, a wealthy young American touring Europe with his uncle meets a woman and her widowed mother. A romance develops between the young couple, until the society matron mother brings her own past to bear on their relationship.

August 1, 1956

E34 The Day I met Caruso

On a train between Boston and New York, a ten-year-old Quaker girl meets Enrico Caruso. She takes him to task for his worldliness and extravagances, but is eventually won over by his voice, as he sings arias from Aida, La Boheme, Tosca, and Pagliacci, as well as the World War I tune ""Over There.""

September 5, 1956

E35 High Air

Long separated, a river-tunnel foreman and his son come face to face during an under-river disaster which almost takes their lives.

September 12, 1956

Screen Director's Playhouse

E01 Meet The Governor

E02 Day is Done

E03 Midsummer Daydream

E04 Arroyo

E05 Want ad Wedding

E06 The Life of Vernon Hathaway

E07 The Final Tribute

E08 The Brush Roper

E09 Tom and Jerry

E10 Rookie of the Year

E11 Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

E12 The Silent Partner

E13 Titanic Incident

E14 Hot Cargo

E15 It's Always Sunday

E16 Number Five Checked Out

E17 Prima Donna

E18 Cry Justice

E19 Affair in Sumatra

E20 One Against Many

E21 It's a Most Unusual Day

E22 The Sword Of Villon

E23 Markheim

E24 Claire

E25 A Ticket For Thaddeus

E26 The Dream

E27 What Day is it?

E28 Every Man Had Two Wives

E29 Partners

E30 White Corridors

E31 The Carroll Formula

E32 Apples on the Lilac Tree

E33 Bitter Waters

E34 The Day I met Caruso

E35 High Air

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E01 Meet The Governor

E02 Day is Done

E03 Midsummer Daydream

E04 Arroyo

E05 Want ad Wedding

E06 The Life of Vernon Hathaway

E07 The Final Tribute

E08 The Brush Roper

E09 Tom and Jerry

E10 Rookie of the Year

E11 Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

E12 The Silent Partner

E13 Titanic Incident

E14 Hot Cargo

E15 It's Always Sunday

E16 Number Five Checked Out

E17 Prima Donna

E18 Cry Justice

E19 Affair in Sumatra

E20 One Against Many

E21 It's a Most Unusual Day

E22 The Sword Of Villon

E23 Markheim

E24 Claire