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Season 3

1952 · 51 episodes

  1. 1. The Return of Ulysses

    1952-09-01 · 60m

    An explorer returns home after 15 years and finds his wife and son bitter and reproachful over his long absence.

  2. 2. Ile

    1952-09-08 · 60m

    The captain of a whaling vessel whose indomitable will and greed for oil drives his men to mutiny and his wife to insanity.

  3. 3. Stone's Throw

    1952-09-15 · 60m

    A romantic comedy about a young writer and a rugged forest ranger in a vacation housing problem.

  4. 4. Happily, But Not Forever

    1952-09-22 · 60m

    The comedy deals with a college professor whose job is in jeopardy through an over-zealous student body.

  5. 5. A Message for Janice

    1952-09-29 · 60m

    Dave Carter attempts to deliver a message from his deceased comrad-in-arms to a young girl, he meets unexpected rebuffs from his buddy's parents.

  6. 6. A Legacy for Love

    1952-10-06 · 60m

    A Parisian model discovers that wealth doesn't solve all her problems.

  7. 7. The Country Lawyer

    1952-10-20 · 60m

    Story of a Country lawyer takes care of his community for 50 years.

  8. 8. Three Hours Between

    1952-10-27 · 60m

    Nancy Holmes childhood romance is revived when her first beau visits her at midnight to while away the hours between planes.

  9. 9. The Face of Autumn

    1952-11-03 · 60m

    A fight manager risks his family's savings to back the comeback of an ex-champ.

  10. 10. Something to Celebrate

    1952-11-10 · 60m

    A humble bookkeeper is out for that long-postponed raise from his boss.

  11. 11. The Man Who Struck It Rich

    1952-11-17 · 60m

    An Alaskan sourdough returns home from Alaska is faced with the problem of distributing his wealth.

  12. 12. The Hill

    1952-11-24 · 60m

    A hard-boiled newspaperwoman meets with some opposition from her male colleagues when she is assigned to Korea as a war correspondent.

  13. 13. Amo, Amas, Amat

    1952-12-01 · 60m

    A girl engaged to an intern too poor to marry, gets a job tutoring a rich young man.

  14. 14. Fear

    1952-12-08 · 60m

    A drama about the reunion of two men who haven't seen each other for 25 years. One is a millionaire philanthropist and the other an ex-con.

  15. 15. Song for a Banjo

    1952-12-15 · 60m

    A cattle drover is falsely accused of swindling his boss.

  16. 16. A Child is Born

    1952-12-22 · 60m

    Gene Lockhart and Fay Bainter will recreate the roles of the Innkeeper and his wife for the third year, of the Christmas television classic "A Child Is Born", Stephen Vincent Benet's story of the Nativity.

  17. 17. The Key

    1952-12-29 · 60m

    A shock victim of an airplane accident effects a small miracle by nursing a group of war veteran flyers similarly affected.

  18. 18. Two for Tea

    1953-01-05 · 60m

    A young man caught on the rebound becomes enmeshed in a hilarious series of matrimonial situations.

  19. 19. Thanks for a Lovely Evening

    1953-01-12 · 60m

    A shy business executive finds a romantic mentor in one of his brash truck drivers.

  20. 20. Ti Babette

    1953-01-19 · 60m

    A Canadian backwoods lass is transformed into a glamorous debutante.

  21. 21. The Inn of Eagles

    1953-01-26 · 60m

    A wartime bomber pilot returns after nine years to his squadron's rendezvous, where his sweetheart vowed she would wait for him.

  22. 22. The White Gown

    1953-02-02 · 60m

    A 16-year-old girl wears a very special dress on her first date with a college man and gives her parents anxious moments when she departs.

  23. 23. A Bouquet for Caroline

    1953-02-09 · 60m

    Story of a retired concert singer is unable to accept obscurity.

  24. 24. Miss Marlow at Play

    1953-02-16 · 60m

    A reigning headliner of the British stage is accused by an irate father, of stealing the affections of his son from the girl of his choice.

  25. 25. Autumn Nocturne

    1953-02-23 · 60m

    Story of two sanitarium patients on road to new health.

  26. 26. A Time for Heroes

    1953-03-02 · 60m

    A lonely adventurer returns home after 12 years to claim a son he had deserted.

  27. 27. One of These Things

    1953-03-09 · 60m

    A skilled and devastating "man about town" offers some sage advice about how to land your prey. The intended catch a lovely Angela Gray.

  28. 28. The Wednesday Wish

    1953-03-16 · 60m

    A compassionate matron has a fondness for hobos and a longing for a refrigerator with a light inside.

  29. 29. One for the Road

    1953-03-23 · 60m

    Drama of a veteran newsman and his final big headline story.

  30. 30. The Brooch

    1953-04-02 · 60m

    A young man and his wife confront the meddling mother, take control of the unhappy situation, and live, presumably, happily ever after.

  31. 31. With Glory and Honor

    1953-04-09 · 60m

    Story of a tortured son of a man, condemned to die in the electric chair.

  32. 32. Measure for Greatness

    1953-04-16 · 60m

    The story of the parents of a pre-med student who feels that his family fails to live up to his ideals.

  33. 33. Long Distance

    1953-04-23 · 60m

    A frenzied wife tries desperately to halt the execution of her husband who is about to die in the electric chair.

  34. 34. The Ascent of Alfred Fishkettle

    1953-04-30 · 60m

    Story concerns a young man whose scientific experiments disturb his entire neighborhood, especially when he discovers how to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.

  35. 35. Listen, He's Proposing

    1953-05-07 · 60m

    A small-town girl whose on-again off-again romance keeps the neighbors guessing. Their curiosity reaches an all-time high when the word gets around that a proposal is in the offing.

  36. 36. The Betrayers

    1953-05-14 · 60m

    Story of a man unwittingly involved in hi-jacking, finds himself pursued by police and killers.

  37. 37. Tunnel Job

    1953-05-21 · 60m

    Dan Carmody is the boss of a construction job 1,500 feet below the surface of a river. The job is fraught with danger and turmoil when he must make a life or death decision.

  38. 38. Lost Sunday

    1953-05-28 · 60m

    A middle-aged school teacher is in a one-woman battle with the international date line and the Bon Voyage Travel Bureau, trying to get back a golden day she lost on her wistful trip around the World.

  39. 39. Ten Days to Forever

    1953-06-04 · 60m

    A little known custom in Mississippi, permits a life prisoner 10 days furlough after several years of good behavior; and what happens to aristocratic Jeff Foster, convicted murderer, on his 10-day return.

  40. 40. Make Believe Bride

    1953-06-11 · 60m

    A bewildered plane passenger agrees to pose as the husband of a fleeing and temporarily penniless, heiress who has just enough with her for the trip if she goes on the company's "half-fare-for-wives" plan.

  41. 41. Wind of the Way

    1953-06-18 · 60m

    A young widow of a war hero is reminded that "love is a gift not a debt".

  42. 42. This is Jimmy Merrill

    1953-06-25 · 60m

    When two feuding newscasters become involved in a mud-slinging campaign, an interesting situation is bound to develop. The instigator of the feud suddenly faces an expose of scandal in his own family.

  43. 43. Force of Circumstance

    1953-07-02 · 60m

    A man is jailed for the hit-and-run death of a child, even though he couldn't possibly have committed the crime. He struggles to free himself of a web of evidence that has sent him to prison.

  44. 44. The Tango

    1953-07-09 · 60m

    A frustrated dancer has been sitting next to the telephone for many years, waiting for a theatrical agent to keep his promise.

  45. 45. The Corporal and the Lady

    1953-07-16 · 60m

    A G.I. camp in Korea is plagued by a mysterious pin-up picture thief. A meek corporal suffers from a strange ailment - he objects to pin-up girls around the barracks, particularly when the happen to be his wife!

  46. 46. A Man in the Kitchen

    1953-07-23 · 60m

    An ad executive switches places with his wife while he writes the "Great American novel" at home.

  47. 47. The Odyssey of Jeffrey Sewell

    1953-07-30 · 60m

    A disdainful young man gets a lesson on modern art appreciation from a stern and knowing lady artist.

  48. 48. Something to Live For

    1953-08-06 · 60m

    The story concerns a retired stage star whose marriage to a theatrical producer is threatened by the ambitious and unscrupulous young star of his new play.

  49. 49. Lovely Day

    1953-08-13 · 60m

    Linda Russell is under strict instructions from husband Bill to have the family home good and ready for the dinner visit of Bill's efficiency obsessed boss Mr Marshall. Will she meet Bill's expectations or will the evening end in disaster.

  50. 50. Women Who Wait

    1953-08-20 · 60m

    The distraught wife of a pilot whose plan has crashed, realizes that another woman also awaits him just as fervently.

  51. 51. Some Call It Love

    1953-08-27 · 60m

    A Washington Senator has a difficult time convincing his secretary that she should marry him.

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