General Electric Theater (1953)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Episode 1 - Tryout
Release Date: 1955-10-02 -
Episode 2 - The Bounty Court Martial
Release Date: 1955-10-09 -
Episode 3 - Lash of Fear
Release Date: 1955-10-16A stagecoach driver and cavalry officer vie for the affections of a young lady traveling west with them.
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Episode 4 - Outpost at Home
Release Date: 1955-10-23A young boy (army brat) Struggles between his father and a deserter
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Episode 5 - Shadow on the Heart
Release Date: 1955-10-30While on duty on a lonely beach, a sailor meets a beautiful girl. It's love at first sight for the boy. But he learns that the girl is blind and pledged to marry another if her vision is restored.
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Episode 6 - Winner by Decision
Release Date: 1955-11-06A promising and intelligent young man has great success in the ring. His mother wants him to continue his education, but his father and his manager want him to become a fighter.
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Episode 7 - Farewell to Kennedy
Release Date: 1955-11-13A police detective discovers that his future father-in-law and fellow cop has taken a bribe.
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Episode 8 - Prosper's Old Mother
Release Date: 1955-11-20Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.
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Episode 9 - From the Top
Release Date: 1955-11-27A manager and his big time singing protegee have been engaged a long time. But he's too busy booking her to take time off for marriage. Finally, the strain of overwork becomes too much for the songstress.
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Episode 10 - Feathertop
Release Date: 1955-12-04A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.
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Episode 11 - The Seeds of Hate
Release Date: 1955-12-11A man is torn between his conscience and loyalty when a friend shoots an Indian in the back. Even though the Indian had been an idol of his son's, the man at first refuses to aid local townspeople in the arrest of the murderer.
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Episode 12 - Let It Rain
Release Date: 1955-12-18A writer stops at a sleepy southern town intending to debunk a legend concerning a confederate soldier leaving a local girl for the battlefields, never to return. He soon realizes that he and a girl he's fallen in love with are descendants of those people.
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Episode 13 - A Child is Born
Release Date: 1955-12-25A retelling of the Nativity story from the viewpoint of the innkeeper's wife.
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Episode 14 - Portrait of a Ballerina
Release Date: 1956-01-01Set in 1882 Paris, a young girl gets her big break for the Paris Ballet after much sacrifice from her mother.
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Episode 15 - Esteban's Legacy
Release Date: 1956-01-08A carpenter returns to his village, discouraged by his lack of success and respect.
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Episode 16 - The Ballad of Mender McClure
Release Date: 1956-01-15A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish Ozark hillbilly.
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Episode 17 - The Muse and Mr. Parkinson
Release Date: 1956-01-22Mr. Parkinson's life has followed a familiar pattern up to now: working at his brokerage job during the week and playing golf on weekends. He's a happy, ordinary chap -- until the fact that he is secretly a poet is brought to light.
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Episode 18 - In Summer Promise
Release Date: 1956-01-29A young man becomes infatuated with the older Countess and the Countess falls for the young man, unaware that the young man plans to wed his childhood sweetheart.
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Episode 19 - The Song Caruso Sang
Release Date: 1956-02-05 -
Episode 20 - Prologue to Glory
Release Date: 1956-02-12 -
Episode 21 - The Honest Man
Release Date: 1956-02-19A piano tuner, known for his honesty, is caught up in a crime when stolen jewels are hastily hidden in his tool bag. He doesn't realize he's got them until he gets to his girl's home, when her no-account brother hatches a scheme to blackmail him into surrendering the baubles to him, just as the thief is coming to recover them himself.
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Episode 22 - Try to Remember
Release Date: 1956-02-26Police detective Dan "Irish" Murphy has a more than professional interest in finding the murderer of a door-to-door salesman. The man is found stabbed in Murphy's home, with Mrs. Murphy lying unconscious nearby.
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Episode 23 - A Letter from the Queen
Release Date: 1956-03-04Once an internationally respected statesman, former Senator Ryder is now in his 90s, and his life is turned upside down when a young history scholar, Walter Shelley, decides he wants one of Ryder's treasures: a letter written to him by Queen Victoria.
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Episode 24 - Steinmetz
Release Date: 1956-03-11The story of scientist Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the man who "made" lightning. He did research for General Electric and then went on to become a professor of Union College in Schenectady.
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Episode 25 - The Night Goes On
Release Date: 1956-03-18An embittered spinster lives on her brother's ranch in Mexico. She becomes attracted to a young ranch hand, and when he doesn't return her affection she decides to get revenge.
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Episode 26 - Reflected Glory
Release Date: 1956-03-25A successful actress is torn between the desire to marry and settle down, and the urge to continue her career on the stage. Her producer is against her plans to leave the stage, for a number of reasons.
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Episode 27 - The Easter Gift
Release Date: 1956-04-01A family endures a difficult time and comes together during Easter.
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Episode 28 - Judy Garland Musical Special
Release Date: 1956-04-08Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.
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Episode 29 - That's the Man!
Release Date: 1956-04-15An honest, hard-working husband is accused of being a thief, though he is proven innocent, the incident has a great effect on his life.
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Episode 30 - The Lord's Dollar
Release Date: 1956-04-22 -
Episode 31 - H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Port
Release Date: 1956-04-29 -
Episode 32 - The Shunning
Release Date: 1956-05-06An Amish girl decides to find adventure in a big city before getting married.
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Episode 33 - The Hat with the Roses
Release Date: 1956-05-20When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.
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Episode 34 - The Golden Key
Release Date: 1956-05-27A little boy in a small town hotel is the only one who believes that a washed up elderly employee used to be a top notch railroad brakeman.
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Episode 35 - O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun
Release Date: 1956-06-03 -
Episode 36 - Exits and Entrances
Release Date: 1956-06-10 -
Episode 37 - Alien Angel
Release Date: 1956-06-17 -
Episode 38 - Emergency Call
Release Date: 1956-06-24A frantic mother tries desperately to find her husband to inform him that their little girl has been hospitalized in severe shock after being hit by a car.
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Episode 39 - A Man with a Vengeance
Release Date: 1956-07-01A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.