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Telephone Time(TV show/series, 1956-1958)

30min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 82 episodes

Telephone TimeRating: 3.2/5 (with 2 votes)
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 adapted from short stories by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter became the host effective with the September 10, 1957, episode. He hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. A total of 81 episodes aired from April 1956 to March 1957 on CBS, and from April 1957 to April 1958 on ABC. The Bell Telephone System sponsored the series. ()
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About Telephone Time

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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Telephone Time Seasons and Episodes

09/10/1957Season 3 - 29 episodes
#1 | 09/10/1957Revenge
A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been murdered. The jury frees the murderer on a phony plea of self-defense. Determined to see justice done, she decides to stay in town as a constant irritant to the murderer's conscience. She makes him so crazy, he picks a fight with one of his friends and is killed. Dismayed by her own vengefulness, the teacher decides that justice would be better served by true social reform. She campaigns successfully for women to be selected as jurors, which results in the second murderer being convicted and sent to prison.
#2 | 09/17/1957Here Lies Francois Gold
#3 | 09/24/1957Campaign For Marriage
#4 | 10/01/1957The Gadfly
#5 | 10/08/1957Hole in the Wall
#6 | 10/15/1957The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink
#7 | 10/22/1957Under Seventeen
#8 | 10/29/1957The Other Van Gogh
#9 | 11/05/1957Arithmetic Sailor
#10 | 11/12/1957I Get Along Without You Very Well
Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song inspired by an anonymous poem, I get along without you very well. The year is 1938. Hoagy is asked to write a song to be introduced on Dick Powell's radio show. While going through his files, Hoagy discovers a nearly forgotten poem and promises a melody for it. He remembers little about the source of the poem except that a girl gave it to him at a college sorority party several years before. But the lyricist must grant permission before the music can be cleared for use on the radio. There ensues a desperate nation-wide search, aided by the broadcasts of Walter Winchell to find the author before air time.
#11 | 11/19/1957Alice's Wedding Gown
#12 | 11/26/1957The Rescue
#13 | 12/03/1957Novel Appeal
#14 | 12/10/1957Sam Houston's Decision
#15 | 12/17/1957The Frying Pan
#16 | 12/24/1957A Picture of the Magi
#17 | 12/31/1957Death of a Nobody
#18 | 01/07/1958Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows
#19 | 01/14/1958Cavalry Surgeon
The story of a military surgeon who in a moment of crisis has to perform an action repugnant to his very nature. The story of a cavalry skirmish in the Mexican War and of two men who fought with different philosophies and methods toward the same end. One lived heroically and one died a hero.
#20 | 01/21/1958A Stubborn Fool
#21 | 01/28/1958Flight for Life
#22 | 02/04/1958The Immortal Eye
#23 | 02/11/1958Recipe for Success
#24 | 02/18/1958The Checkered Flag
Story of an unsung racing mechanic who because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needed was the confidence in himself to succeed. Based on the true story of Bud and Gina Hand.
#25 | 02/25/1958The Vestris
In the spring of 1828, the bark Vestris, is 16 days out enroute from England to Boston. The weather is fair, but the captain's ailing wife suddenly has a vision telling her (in a message written on a blackboard) to have the ship change course. At first the captain refuses, but when the weather changes and his wife becomes sicker, he reluctantly agrees. As a result, they find and rescue three survivors of a shipwreck. One of the three is a doctor, and appears to be the ""spirit"" seen by the wife. He saves her life. As it turns out, the message on the blackboard is in his handwriting. Curiously, the doctor is as puzzled as everyone else by the wife's vision.
#26 | 03/04/1958War Against War
#27 | 03/11/1958The Quality of Mercy
#28 | 03/25/1958Man of Principle
Hiero II, king of ancient Syracuse, orders a gold crown to be made as an offering to the gods. The gold is delivered to a goldsmith and the man's wife persuades him to substitute silver for some of the gold.
#29 | 04/01/1958Trail Blazer
09/16/1956Season 2 - 36 episodes
04/08/1956Season 1 - 17 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/08/1956
Last episode released on: 04/01/1958
Director: Lewis Allen
Keywords: anthology
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:5098, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/07/2024