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 - The Great Lady
Release Date: 1956-09-16Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.
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Episode 2 - The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy
Release Date: 1956-09-23 -
Episode 3 - The Professor's Punch
Release Date: 1956-09-30 -
Episode 4 - The Pot of Gold
Release Date: 1956-10-07Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".
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Episode 5 - The Enemies
Release Date: 1956-10-14Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.
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Episode 6 - The Invitation
Release Date: 1956-10-21After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.
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Episode 7 - The Second Stranger
Release Date: 1956-10-28In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.
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Episode 8 - The Rider on the Pale Horse
Release Date: 1956-11-04 -
Episode 9 - The Charlatan
Release Date: 1956-11-11A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.
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Episode 10 - The Road That Led Afar
Release Date: 1956-11-25A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.
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Episode 11 - Orphans
Release Date: 1956-12-02 -
Episode 12 - The Breach
Release Date: 1956-12-09Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.
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Episode 13 - The Chess Game
Release Date: 1956-12-16A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.
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Episode 14 - A Child is Born
Release Date: 1956-12-23A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.
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Episode 15 - The Shadow Outside
Release Date: 1956-12-30Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.
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Episode 16 - Never Turn Back
Release Date: 1957-01-06 -
Episode 17 - The Earring
Release Date: 1957-01-13Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.
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Episode 18 - Lady of the House
Release Date: 1957-01-20 -
Episode 19 - The Doctors of Pawnee Kill
Release Date: 1957-01-27Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.
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Episode 20 - No Skin Off Me
Release Date: 1957-02-03A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.
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Episode 21 - The Town with a Past
Release Date: 1957-02-10Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.
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Episode 22 - The Big Shooter
Release Date: 1957-02-17 -
Episode 23 - Flight from Tormendero
Release Date: 1957-02-24During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.
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Episode 24 - The Fenton Touch
Release Date: 1957-03-03A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.
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Episode 25 - With Malice Toward None
Release Date: 1957-03-10An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.
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Episode 26 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge
Release Date: 1957-03-17Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.
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Episode 27 - Too Good with a Gun
Release Date: 1957-03-24An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.
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Episode 28 - Bargain Bride
Release Date: 1957-04-07 -
Episode 29 - Cab Driver
Release Date: 1957-04-14A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.
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Episode 30 - Bitter Choice
Release Date: 1957-04-21An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.
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Episode 31 - I Will Not Die
Release Date: 1957-04-28 -
Episode 32 - Angel of Wrath
Release Date: 1957-05-05After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.
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Episode 33 - A Question of Survival
Release Date: 1957-05-12A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.
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Episode 34 - The Man Who Inherited Everything
Release Date: 1957-05-19 -
Episode 35 - A New Girl in His Life
Release Date: 1957-05-26