Tales
of Tomorrow
Broadcast
History: August 3, 1951 thru June 12, 1953
ABC Television Network
Early
Television was an amalgam of the mediums of radio and stage
more than movies and film. Nowhere
is this more evident than in early television dramas such as
Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Light Out and Robert
Montgomery Presents, finally culminating in Playhouse 90 and
DuPont Show of the Week. There was even a daily show called
Matinee Theater which was broadcast live five days a week
(in the two o'clock hour, Chicago), featuring full one hour
plays, including such classics as "The Invisible Man",
"Frankenstein", "Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde", and
"The Cask of Amontillado", all adapted by Robert Esson.
These
were all live stage plays, and if you made a mistake it was
there for all the world to see. Through the years we were
presented with many hours of Classic Television Drama which
I sorely miss in these days of Video Tape and canned
laughter and applause. I have some truly fond memories of
these early shows, my own particular favorites included THE
HUMAN COMEDY narrated by Burgess Meredith and featuring
Michael J. Pollard; THE
MAN FROM LA MANCHA starring
Lee J. Cobb. THE
SOUND OF DIFFERENT DRUMMERS which was ruled a swipe from Ray
Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451; THE
POWER based on the book by Frank M. Robinson.
I also remember enjoying a series called PLAY OF THE WEEK,
though this may have been a video taped series.
They did a version of Arch Oboler's THE NIGHT OF THE AUK with
William Shatner playing a "starship" captain that was
certainly a portend of things to come.
Well, he really wasn't a "starship" captain, but he did
Captain a ship that traveled from the earth to the moon and
back.
The
classic Tales of Tomorrow example of live television
was the Frankenstein episode with Lon Channey, Jr. in the
title role. Lon did
not realize that the show was being broadcast live (rumor
has it that he thought it was a full dress rehearsal and was
drunk to boot), and swore at a door that wouldn't open, and
stumbled through some other parts of the play.
I watched that show when I was a kid, and couldn't believe
what I was seeing, at the time.
LISTED
August 3, 1951:
Verdict From Space by Theodore Sturgeon
An archeologist discovers a cavern
with machinery left by an alien race, and accidentally
triggers a signal to an alien invasion force.
Listed for 8:30 P.M.
Starring Lon McCallister.
NOT
(?) LISTED August 10, 1951
No particulars could be found on this program.
LISTED August 17,
1951
A Child is Crying
About a General who meets a four year old genius.
Bert Lytell,
Robin Morgan.
Written by
Alvin Sapinssley based on a story by John D. MacDonald.
LISTED August 24, 1951
The Woman at Land's End
Haila
Stoddard, William Harrigan.
LISTED August 31, 1951
The Last Man On Earth (Knock)
What
happens after the Martians take over the world leaving only two people alive for experiments.
Based on a short story by
Fredric Brown.
Cloris Leachman & John McQuade.
LISTED
September 7, 1951
Errand Boy
Starringg Joey Walsh and Lee Grant.
LISTED September 14, 1951
The Monsters
Exciting tale of what happens when an expedition from Mars arrives on
Earth.
starring Paul Langton, Bert Kalmar, Jr. and Barbara Bouldon
LISTED September 21, 1951
No
information on this particular program.
LISTED
September 28, 1951
The Dark Angel
Story
of a woman who never grows old.
Sidney Blackmer & Meg Mundy
10/5/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed
in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
October 12, 1951
THE CRYSTAL EGG
Pursuit of an egg in a curio shop in
London.
Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Stehli.
Written by Mel Goldbert based
on a story by H.G. Wells.
Excerpted from Jack Mabley’s column on page 30 of TV Forecast cover
dated October 27, 1951: WHICH WORLD YOU FROM, BUB? Reflections
on a TV Tube.
The newest rage among the television dramatists is science fiction,
time and space, other worlds and planetary invasions.
The peak of confusion was reached a couple of weekends ago. An actor
played the part of an invader from another world on the “Tales of
Tomorrow” program on Friday. On Monday he was on Robert Montgomery’s
program portraying one of the victims of a woman from another world.
I didn’t catch the actor’s name, but both roles were major ones, and the
stories were amazingly similar—with the confusing exception that he
played completely opposite roles. He must have been rehearsing both
plays at the same time, and how he avoided lapsing into the wrong
world in one play or the other is one of the little triumphs of TV.
ED NOTE:
I find this curious, as both of these programs were on alternating
weeks, and an examination of my TV Forecasts indicates that on
October 8, 1951 a program entitled “To Walk The Night” was presented
on the Robert Montgomery Presents program which is
described this way: “with Geraldine Fitzgerald and John Baragrey;
gripping story of a fascinating woman whose love affair is out of
this world.” Bold letters are mine. On September 28, 1951 a
program entitled “Dark Angel” was listed on Tales of Tomorrow, and on
September 14 a show entitled “The Monsters”. The cast members do not
match on either of these shows, and only “The Monsters” indicates
that any “aliens” are involved.
10/19/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
October 26, 1951
TEST FLIGHT
A
ruthless industrial tycoon who has conquered everything in
the world, turns to other planets to conquer.
Lee J. Cobb,
Vinton Hayworth.
11/2/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
November 9, 1951 11/9/51
THE SEARCH FOR A FLYING SAUCER
A man has fantastic illusions of Flying Saucers.
Jack Carter, Olive Deering, Vaughn Taylor.
11/16/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED November 23, 1951
Enemy Unknown
The
story of the reasons for the refusal of a distinguished
astrophysicist to help a panicky government.
Walter Abel, Lon McCallister.
11/30/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed
in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
December 7, 1951
SNEAK ATTACK
The
story of the Pearl Harbor of tomorrow, an atomic world of
the future.
Zachary Scott, Barbara Joyce.
12/14/51
VERSATILE VARIETIES listed in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
December 21, 1951
The Invaders
Terror reigns and an undreamed of world is
discovered when a doctors son tracks down a strange meteor.
Eva Gabor, William Eythe & Edgar Stehli.
12/28/51
PERSONAL APPEARANCE THEATER listed in Chicago TV
Forecast
LISTED
January 4, 1952
The Dune Roller
A
Mysterious force rolls along the
beach at night killing all that is in its way. and/or
A scientist working on a small island discovers rocks that possess the
ability to grow which soon begin to threaten his vacationing family.
Bruce Cabot, Virginia Gilmore.
Written by Charles O'Neil based on a
story by Julian C. May.
1/11/52
PERSONAL APPEARANCE THEATER listed in Chicago TV
Forecast
LISTED
January 18, 1952
FRANKENSTEIN with Lon Chaney as the Monster.
The old story of a doctor who creates a monster.
John Newland, Alice Moore and Peggy Allenby.
Written by Henry Myers based on the novel by Mary
Shelley.
LISTED
January 25, 1952
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
part 1
The Chase The
first part concerns the plight of naval officers and
shipping interests obsessed with a deep sea marauder.
Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo;
Bethel Leslie as Admiral Farragut.
LISTED
February 1, 1952
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
part 2
Escape Commander
Farragut is a prisoner of Captain Nemo in his undersea
vessel, and meets and falls in love with Nemo's daughter.
Thomas Mitchell, Bethel
Leslie & Leslie Neilson.
LISTED
February 8, 1952
What You Need
A
story that answers the question:
what makes a writer desire what he considers the most unusual
machine ever build, and what causes the owner to regret
murdering the man who wanted to steel this possession.
Ed Note:
Based on the story by Henry Kuttner ?
Billy Redfield and Edgar Stehli star
LISTED
February 15, 1952
Age Of Peril
A tale of how a brilliant scientist was
able to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
Phyllis Kirk, Don
Briggs, Dennis
Harrison.
LISTED
February 22, 1952
Momento
A scientist who spent his life building a ship
that can fly to Mars, discovers he cannot make the trip, and
embittered, he plans to destroy it till fate alters his
course.
Boris Karloff stars with Barbara Joyce.
LISTED
February 29, 1952
The Children's Room
The
tale of a twelve year old boy with a super intellect and how
his parents cope with him and his mind.
Claire Luce, Una
O'Connor, Tarry Greene.
Written by Mel Goldberg based on a
story by Raymond F. Jones.
LISTED
March 7, 1952
Bound Together
A
space pilot reported missing on a trip to Mars unexpectedly
returns to his wife. Nina
Foch.
and/or A
woman feels the same way as any girl does about the man
she's going to marry -- although fiancee Chuck is a
21st century rocket pilot and times have changed,
although the basic "triangle" plot hasn't.
Nina
Foch, Russell Hardee.
LISTED
March 14, 1952
The Diamond Lens
A
scientist tries to perfect a lens system for his microscope.
Franchot Tone. Luis Van Rooten
LISTED
March 21, 1952
Fisherman's Wife
A
young scientist in a remote Mexican town discovers a formula
for rejuvenation. and/or
Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth, and a
selfish woman offers to be their first experiment.
Tom Drake. Judy Parks.
LISTED
March 28, 1952
Flight Overdue
A
young and beautiful woman scorns love and marriage and
embarks on a mysterious flight filled with danger.
Veronica Lake, Walter Brooke, Mary Stewart, MacDonald,
Lenore Shanewise.
LISTED
April 4, 1952
And a Little Child
The little
daughter of plain mountain people can read minds.
Her powers are called upon when a famous scientist suffers a
paralytic stroke.
Twelve year old
Iris
Mann, Frank McHugh, Parker Fennelly.
LISTED
April 11, 1952
Sleep No More
A
young man knocks at a door at midnight pleading to be kept
awake for his dreams are turning into realities.
Jeffrey Lynn,
Barry Kroeger.
LISTED
April 18, 1952
Time To Go
A
woman alienates her husband by her insistence that she save
time. and/or
Most banks
save money -- this one saves time.
Sylvia Sidney, Ed Peck.
LISTED
April 25, 1952
Plague From Space
A tale of a
commander's decision to prevent a Martian "plague" from
blotting out an entire population.
and/or
A mysterious and deadly plague descends upon a lonely arctic
outpost where an alcoholic general has been sent.
His action during the crises brings astounding results.
Gene
Raymond, Charles Proctor and Phil Pine
LISTED May 2, 1952
Red Dust
The story of a group of scientists who
succeed in making a trip to a star.
Lex
Barker is featured with Fred Stewart.
LISTED
May 9, 1952
The Golden Ingot
A doctor's
unsuccessful experiments cause a depressing state of mind
from which his daughter seeks to relieve him.
Gene Lockhart,
Monica Lovett.
LISTED
May 16, 1952
Black Planet
An
absorbing story of an astronomical discovery involving two
scientists and a girl.
Leslie
Nielson, Frank Albertson.
LISTED
May 23, 1952
World of Water
A
scientist discovers a solvent that will dissolve the earth.
Victor Jory, Nita Talbot.
LISTED May 30, 1952
Little Black Bag
An
unsuccessful doctor finds some very interesting instruments
in a black bag which he has bought from a pawnshop.
ED NOTE: Based on the story by Rober Bloch?
LISTED
June 6, 1952
The Exile
The
story of a scientist who received radiation burns while
working with atomic energy.
Chester Morris, Vera Massey.
LISTED
June 13, 1952
All the Time in the World
by Arthur C. Clarke.
A woman of the future comes to the
present to collect all the art treasures.
Esther Ralston , John Hammer, Jack Warden.
LISTED
June 20, 1952
The Miraculous Serum
A
scientist invents a serum that makes it possible to live
forever.
and/or
A doctor invents a serum that makes a body adaptive to any situation.
When applied to a woman about to die, she becomes a super human being.
Lola
Albright, Richard Derr.
LISTED
June 27, 1952
A Trip to Mars (Appointment on Mars?)
Three men successfully fly a space ship to Mars.
Leslie Nielson, William Redfield.
Directed by Don Medford.
LISTED
July 4, 1952
The Duplicates
For
every man, woman and child on "earth" there is a duplicate
on another world.
Darren McGavin, Cameron Prud'homme.
NOT LISTED
July 11, 1952
The
Republican convention may not allow this show to be broadcast.
LISTED
July 18, 1952
Ahead of His Time by Paul Tripp
A lab
assistant invents a machine which transports him to the year
2052.
Paul Tripp, with Ruth
Enders.
Ed Note: This episode was written
and stars Paul Trip.
NOT
LISTED July 25, 1952
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION (?) Show
pre-empted?
LISTED
August 1, 1952
Sudden Darkness
A
scientist invents a machine which can stop the electrical
power all over the world by one flick of a switch.
Olive Deering,
Robert F. Simon.
LISTED
August 8, 1952
Ice from Space
A
group of scientists have trouble when a space rocket
threatens to cover the desert with ice and snow.
and/or
members of an experimental station send a rocket into space.
Captain Boszik: Edmon Ryan.
(Paul
Newman makes an appearance.)
LISTED
August 15, 1952
A Child is Crying
A
four-year-old child is asked to help save the nation.
ED NOTE: This is a
rerun of
a program listed in Chicago's TV Forecast from August 17, 1951 and may
be a
possible break toward the second season.
LISTED
August 22, 1952
A Bird in Hand
Two
children playing "Rocket Rangers" suddenly find that their
game has become a terrifying reality.
Vera Massey, Gina Niemilla & Peter Monsen.
Ed Note: Sounds awfully close to Ray
Bradbury's Zero Hour?
LISTED
August 29, 1952
Thanks
A story
of a crack-pot scientist invention which brings glory to a
mediocre violinist and causes him to commit murder.
and/or
A
young violinist despairs that he lacks the deft hands
necessary for violin. But
he meets an aged doctor with a "time cabinet".
Greg Morton, Joseph Anthony
LISTED
September 5, 1952
The Seeing Eye
The
Power of looking into the future is provided a prominent
medical man when he dons an innocent pair of eye glasses.
Bruce
Cabot, Ed Jerome.
From
Backstage Diary
column on page 32 of TV Forecast dated August 30, 1952: A
special call for Chicagoland script writers is being made by
George Foley of the “Tales of Tomorrow” show. He’ll pay up to
$1,000 for suitable 30 minute scripts of suspense & science fiction.
Contact him at American Broadcasting Co., 7 W. 66th St.,
New York. Foley claims he’s actually looking for “unknown”
scripters.
LISTED
September 12, 1952
The Cocoon
A
brilliant geologist discovers a giant cocoon, which when
hatched it is found that the creature cannot survive on
earth's food.
Jackie
Cooper, Edith Fellows, Edgar Stehli.
LISTED
September 19, 1952
The Chase by
Mann Rubin.
A
fugitive from the future appears at a sea lodge and
confesses a murder.
Walter Abel, Louise Buckley.
LISTED
September 26, 1952
Young Blood
A
strange doctor offers $1,000 to a young man for a pint of
his blood.
Robert
Alda, Harry Townes.
LISTED
October 3, 1952
Substance X
A young woman who returns to her home town
on a mission for the food industries, to find out how her
people exist with no store to supply their needs.
and/or
A young man investigates a certain town which hasn't put in
orders for food in over a year.
Vicki Cummings, Will Kuluva.
LISTED
October 10, 1952
The Horn
The
story of a brilliant scientist who invents a super sonic
machine that has power to dictate human emotions.
Franchot Tone, Barbara Joyce.
LISTED
October 17, 1952
Double Trouble
A
drama about a man who writes about a death ray machine, and
later finds that the government has just such a thing and is
trying to keep it a secret.
Paul Tripp, Ruth Enders.
LISTED
October 24, 1952
Many Happy Returns
A man discovers that his son has come under the telepathic control of
al alien being.
Starring
Gene Raymond, Flora Campbell.
LISTED October 31, 1952
The Tomb of King Tarus
An
archeologist discovers an ancient king who has stayed alive
for forty centuries in a tomb deep in the Egyptian desert.
Walter Abel, Charles Nolte.
LISTED
November 7, 1952
The Window
An
exceptional story, wherein a live broadcast of Tales of
Tomorrow is interrupted by a ghost image of a man plotting
to kill his wife.
and/or
An exciting story about the end of the world
(?).
Rod
Steiger, Frank Maxwell.
LISTED
November 14, 1952
The Camera by Nan Reubin.
A man uses photography for blackmail and finds a camera that
will take pictures 25 years into the future.
Donald Buka,
Olive Deering.
LISTED
November 21, 1952
The Quiet Lady
A
deadly disease covers the earth and a little girl tries to
do what doctors and scientist have failed in doing.
Una O'Connor, John Conte.
LISTED
November 28, 1952
The
Invigorating Air
A
young man, interest in science, produces a new kind of air
which proves to be more than he bargained for. and/or
A wife feels that her husband is a bungler even after he
creates a miraculous "air".
Joseph
Buloff, Anne Seymour.
Letter in the Letters to the Editor column on page 8 of
the New England edition of TV Guide dated November 28, 1952
reads: Even tales have boners I enjoyed Tales of Tomorrow
the other night except for four boners. As a registered nurse I
noted: 1. A doctor is not allowed to scrub for an operation while
wearing a business suit. 2. Whoever took the sterile instruments out
of the sterilizer moved the cart by its unsterile part, thus
unsterilzing his gloves. 3. The instrument nurse, who is scrubbing
for the operation is not allowed to sponge the doctor’s forehead, for
she certainly would unsterilize her gloves. The clean or unscrubbed
nurse does this job. 4. The scrubbed nurse left the operating room to
get the doctor’s eyeglasses, which certainly is unheard of. ¶ Your
TV Guide is wonderful. The information you provide is short, to the
point, and I think perfect. There are four in our family—TV Guide
makes the fifth. Hinda Goldberg.
LISTED
December 5, 1952
The Glacier Giant
A
reporter and a girl search for a giant encased in the ice in
the Himalayan Mountains.
and/or
The story of a
creature from the glacier age who threatens to destroy the world.
Featuring "the world's tallest television actor," Murray Tannenbaum.
Starring
Chester
Morris and Edith Fellows
LISTED
December 12, 1952
The Fatal Flower
Two
biochemists work in the lonely Brazilian jungle and develop
a mysterious plant.
Victor
Jory, Don Hamner.
LISTED
December 19, 1952
Keep Out
A doctor with a machine that foretells that one
of his infant patients will grow up to be a murderer.
Gene
Lockhart, Georgann Johnson.
LISTED December 26, 1952
The Bitter Storm
A
man is able to bring back voices and sounds from the Garden
of Eden.
Arnold Moss, Joanne Woodward.
LISTED
January 2, 1953
The
Mask of Medusa
Several sources listed this episode as being broadcast on
Tales of Tomorrow. A bank robber, on the run from the police,
enters a wax museum where a keeper tells him the stories behind the
characters on display there.
Raymond Burr and Steve Geary star, based on a story by Nelson Slade
Bond.
LISTED
January 9, 1953
Conqueror's Isle
Several Sources list this program as being broadcast on Tales
of Tomorrow. A man tries to convince a psychiatrist that he has
just escaped from a remote island where he had been held captive by a
race of mutants who plan on taking over the world.
Starring Ray Montgomery and based on a story by Nelson Slade Bond.
LISTED
January 16, 1953
The Discovered Heart
A
webbed man without a heart comes from another planet to
reform the people of earth.
Susan Hallaran, Jim Boles.
LISTED January 23, 1953
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A handsome young man has a portrait painted of him.
John Newland, Peter Fernandez.
ED NOTE: this may in fact be a "film drama" listed in this time slot.
LISTED
January 30, 1953
Two Faced
Story of a man who has his head replaced by the head of
another man.
and/or
Star-crossed lovers exchange identities.
Richard Kiley, Reba Tassell.
LISTED
February 6, 1953
The
Build Box
The
owner of a gift shop gives a little boy a strange box which
plays an important part in spoiling the plans of the boy's
foster parents.
Glenda Farrell, Vaughn Taylor.
LISTED
February 13, 1953
The Collaborator
Two
TV writers who are creating a science fiction show, become
involved when they find the script is not really fiction.
and/or A writer
collaborating with a stranger who is a specialist in
creating fictional stories finds out that each tale
becomes a reality afterwards.
Peter Cappell
It
should be noted here that "The
Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Television Series" by Alan Morton and "American Science
Fiction Television Series of the 1950's" by
Lucanio & Coville list this weeks episode as "ANOTHER
CHANCE" which was
rerun on WGN on February 6, 1955 and listed this way: "A
diamond cutter who has stolen a broach reads an ad which
offers a chance to escape. Harold
Mason." An episode
entitled ANOTHER CHANCE is currently available on
video tape and stars Leslie Nielson with the following
synopsis: "A petty thief answers an ad that promises him
another chance and meets a mysterious stranger who sends him
back in time." (ANOTHER CHANCE is also the
listing in Quick magazine cover dated February 13, 1953.)
LISTED
February 20, 1953
The Great Silence
A
strange smoke covers the entire U.S. and everyone is struck
speechless. (This
play is done entirely in pantomime.)
Paul Ford, Liala Skala.
LISTED
February 27, 1953
Lonesome Village (?)
A small town mayor's domestic problems become
insignificant after an epidemic wipes out a large portion of the
Earth's population.
“The Collaborator” with Peter Cappell; a writer collaborating with a
stranger in creating fictional stories finds out that each tale becomes
a reality after words.
The “American Science Fiction Television
Series of the 1950’s” by Patrick Lucanio and Gary Coville list this
weeks episode as
“Lonesome Village”.
This information was garnered from TV Forecast of February 21,
1953.
Constance Clausen, Stephen Elliott star in "Lonesome
Village."
LISTED
March 6, 1953
The Rock (??)
Two children playing in Central Park find a strange rock
which has both destructive and healing qualities. This
episode is also listed in the Milwaukee section of TV
Forecast for Saturday May 9th, 1953. It
should be noted here that "The Complete Directory to Science
Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series" by Alan
Morton, and "American Science Fiction Television Series of
the 1950's" by Patrick Lucanio and Gary Coville list this
week's episode as: "The Fury of Cacoon" which I assume is a
sequel to
The Cocoon presented on Tales of Tomorrow on September
12, 1952.
Nancy Coleman, Peter Capel and Cameron Prud'homme
star in The Fury of Cacoon.
("The End
of the Coocoon" starring Nancy Coleman) listed in Quick for this date.
Suspense story of invisible and malevolent creatures from another
planet who stalk mankind.
LISTED
March 13, 1953
The Squeeze Play
A
jealous magician hypnotizes all the people with whom a
reporter comes in contact so that they no longer know him.
John McQuade, Joseph Wiseman.
LISTED
March 20, 1953
Read To Me, Herr Doktor
A
retired physics professor with failing eyesight builds a
robot (which his daughter hates) to read to him, but
suddenly the robot gains a consciousness and a soul.
Everett Sloane, Mercedes McCambridge with Paul Lukas as host.
LISTED
March 27, 1953
Ghost Writer
A
young writer does some ghost-writing for a so called author.
and/or
A writer finds that death has been the endings of all his
stories.
Leslie
Neilsen, Gaby Rodgers.
LISTED April 3, 1953
Past Tense
A man
invents a time machine and goes back through the years only
to find himself trapped and unable to return to his own
time.
Boris Karloff, Robert
F. Simon.
LISTED
April 10, 1953
Homecoming
Arriving
home after being stranded in the arctic for five years, an
Air Force pilot finds that he can live only in sub-zero
temperatures.
Edith
Fellows, Robert Keith, Hani Evans.
LISTED
April 17, 1953
The Rival
An
elderly man brings home his new wife who finds her rival to
be a cat.
Mary Sinclair, Anthony Ross.
LISTED
April 24, 1953
Please Omit Flowers
A
greedy mortician discovers a serum that induces a sleep
closely resembling death. Listed
on WGN-TV on February 21, 1955 as "Please Send Flowers."
An ad that promises rebirth after death.
Frank Albertson,
Ann
Burr.
LISTED May 1, 1953
The Evil
Within by Manya Starr presented by Kreisler.
"How could you explain a sudden, overpowering, unnatural urge
to destroy everything you love?"
A man developes a serum that brings out the evil in people and
his wife inadvertently takes some.
Starring Margaret Phillips as Annie Crane, Rod Steiger as
Peter Crane and James Dean as Ralph.
A George F. Foley Production
Assistant
Producer: James Lister
Produced by Mort Abrahams; Directed
by Don Medford
Produced in cooperation with Richard H. Gordon, Jr.
Lighting: Ralph Hebel; Audio:
George Whittaker;
Set
Design: James Trittipo; Technical Director: Walter Kubilis;
Director of Graphic Art: Arthur Rankin, Jr.
LISTED
May 8, 1953
The Vault
"Deep in the Earth's core, four bewildered people ask
themselves are they the last remaining humans on earth or
the first of a great new world."
Four people are trapped in a vault while making scientific
tests.
Dorothy
Peterson, Cameron Prud'homme,
Helen Auerbach, Liam Sullivan.
LISTED
May 15, 1953
The Ink An
embittered elder sister plans revenge when her brother
announces his plans to marry and establish a home of his
own. and/or
A
chemist comes into possession of a recipe for an ink which
has the power to hypnotize all who look upon anything
written with it.
Mildred Natwick, Katherine
Balfour, Joe Anthony.
LISTED
May 22, 1953
The Spiders Web
"What strange affect does radiation
have upon Earth's creatures." Creatures who inhabit an
island are affected by radiation.
Nancy Coleman as Jean Crawford;
Henry Jones as Irwin Crawford; Don Hamner as Matt Radigan.
A George F. Foley Production: Assistant
Producer: James
Lister;
Produced
by Mort Abrahams; Directed
by Don Medford;
Produced in cooperation with Richard H. Gordon, Jr.
Lighting by Ralph Hebel; Audio:
Nick Carbonero;
Set
Designer: James Trittipo; Technical Director: Walter Kubilis
Director of Graphic Art: Arthur Rankin, Jr.
LISTED
May 29, 1953
Lazarus Walks
"A
man who died for an hour than lived again."
A man who is revived after being dead for a short time is
found to have the facility for detecting lies.
William
Prince, Joseph Wiseman.
6/5/53
DOUBLE PLAY listed in Chicago TV Forecast
LISTED
June 12, 1953
What Dreams May Come
A
woman is warned by telepathy that she is about to be
murdered.
Arnold
Moss, Sally Gracie,
Ernest Graves.
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LAST REVISED: July 12, 2005
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9, 1955 "Fury of the
Cocoon" Two scientist
set out to find an expedition that has been lost in the
Brazilian jungle. Only
one person has survived from the original group, a girl, who
warns to searchers to flee for their lives.
Nancy Coleman.
