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Matinee Theater
Season: 01 Episode: 01
Date of premiere: 1955-10-31
Series description
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
Actors
John Conte
All episodes
Beginning Now
Season: 1 Episode: 1
Make Believe Mother
Season: 1 Episode: 2
The Persistent Image
Season: 1 Episode: 3
I'm Straight with the World
Season: 1 Episode: 4
Progress and Minnie Sweeney
Season: 1 Episode: 5
The House on Wildwood Lane
Season: 1 Episode: 6
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Season: 1 Episode: 7
One for the Road
Season: 1 Episode: 8
An Apple for Miss Myrtle
Season: 1 Episode: 9
The Man Without a Country
Season: 1 Episode: 10
Jigsaw
Season: 1 Episode: 11
She's the One with the Funny Face
Season: 1 Episode: 12
All the Hoffmeyers in the World
Season: 1 Episode: 13
The Aspern Papers
Season: 1 Episode: 14
Roman Fever
Season: 1 Episode: 15
Midsummer
Season: 1 Episode: 16
The Lady Chooses
Season: 1 Episode: 17
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Season: 1 Episode: 18
Dispossessed
Season: 1 Episode: 19
One for the Road
Season: 1 Episode: 20
The Touchstone
Season: 1 Episode: 21
Wuthering Heights
Season: 1 Episode: 22
The Brass Ring
Season: 1 Episode: 23
Jason
Season: 1 Episode: 24
Arrowsmith
Season: 1 Episode: 25
Passing Strange
Season: 1 Episode: 26
For These Services
Season: 1 Episode: 27
Cordially - With Bombs
Season: 1 Episode: 28
The White Oaks
Season: 1 Episode: 29
O'Toole from Moscow
Season: 1 Episode: 30
The Milwaukee Rocket
Season: 1 Episode: 31
This One is Different
Season: 1 Episode: 32
Sins of the Fathers
Season: 1 Episode: 33
See You on Sunday
Season: 1 Episode: 34
Coming of Age
Season: 1 Episode: 35
Technique
Season: 1 Episode: 36
Gallin: All-American
Season: 1 Episode: 37
Santa is No Saint
Season: 1 Episode: 38
The Unwelcomed
Season: 1 Episode: 39
The Red Sanders Story
Season: 1 Episode: 40
Class of '58
Season: 1 Episode: 41
Horns of the Dilemma
Season: 1 Episode: 42
Little Girls Grow Up
Season: 1 Episode: 43
The Shot
Season: 1 Episode: 44
Mr. Krane
Season: 1 Episode: 45
Yesterday is Gone
Season: 1 Episode: 46
Double Door
Season: 1 Episode: 47
The Happy Rest
Season: 1 Episode: 48
The Gate
Season: 1 Episode: 49
One Left Over
Season: 1 Episode: 50
All the Trees in the Field
Season: 1 Episode: 51
The Century Plant
Season: 1 Episode: 52
Friday the 13th
Season: 1 Episode: 53
The Old Maid
Season: 1 Episode: 54
Mother Was a Bachelor
Season: 1 Episode: 55
The Bottom of the River
Season: 1 Episode: 56
The Carefree Tree
Season: 1 Episode: 57
Interlude
Season: 1 Episode: 58
The Big Box
Season: 1 Episode: 59
Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher
Season: 1 Episode: 60
Doc
Season: 1 Episode: 61
The Amateur
Season: 1 Episode: 62
Light and Shadow
Season: 1 Episode: 63
Romney
Season: 1 Episode: 64
O Promise Me
Season: 1 Episode: 65
Hold My Hand and Run
Season: 1 Episode: 66
Dark Possession
Season: 1 Episode: 67
The Diamond
Season: 1 Episode: 68
Susan and God
Season: 1 Episode: 69
As Young As You Feel
Season: 1 Episode: 70
The White Knight
Season: 1 Episode: 71
The Anxious Years
Season: 1 Episode: 72
The Heart of Mary Lincoln
Season: 1 Episode: 73
The Middle Son
Season: 1 Episode: 74
Valentine's Day
Season: 1 Episode: 75
Summer Cannot Last
Season: 1 Episode: 76
The Last Battlefield
Season: 1 Episode: 77
The Catbird Seat
Season: 1 Episode: 78
Dream House
Season: 1 Episode: 79
The Runaways
Season: 1 Episode: 80
The Ledger
Season: 1 Episode: 81
When the Bough Breaks
Season: 1 Episode: 82
I Want to March
Season: 1 Episode: 83
Skylark
Season: 1 Episode: 84
Tall, Dark Stranger
Season: 1 Episode: 85
Anything But Love
Season: 1 Episode: 86
Robin Daw
Season: 1 Episode: 87
Letter to a Stranger
Season: 1 Episode: 88
Dinner at Antoine's
Season: 1 Episode: 89
The Mating of Watkins Tottle
Season: 1 Episode: 90
Her Son's Wife
Season: 1 Episode: 91
The Shining Palace
Season: 1 Episode: 92
The Odd Ones
Season: 1 Episode: 93
A Cowboy for Chris
Season: 1 Episode: 94
The Rocking Chair
Season: 1 Episode: 95
The Big Guy
Season: 1 Episode: 96
Statute of Limitations
Season: 1 Episode: 97
The Baron and the Banshees
Season: 1 Episode: 98
Notebook Warrior
Season: 1 Episode: 99
Temptation for a King
Season: 1 Episode: 100
The White Knight
Season: 1 Episode: 101
The Anxious Years
Season: 1 Episode: 102
M is for the Many
Season: 1 Episode: 103
Silent Partner
Season: 1 Episode: 104
Winter in April
Season: 1 Episode: 105
Bread Upon the Waters
Season: 1 Episode: 106
The Giant Killer
Season: 1 Episode: 107
The Book of Ruth
Season: 1 Episode: 108
Singer in the Valley
Season: 1 Episode: 109
The Heart of a Husband
Season: 1 Episode: 110
From the Desk of Margaret Tydings
Season: 1 Episode: 111
But You Look Like Sisters
Season: 1 Episode: 112
The House of Seven Gables
Season: 1 Episode: 113
Fiddlin' Man
Season: 1 Episode: 114
The Hollow Woman
Season: 1 Episode: 115
People in Glass
Season: 1 Episode: 116
One of the Family
Season: 1 Episode: 117
Young Hands, Young Feet
Season: 1 Episode: 118
The Lark Shall Sing
Season: 1 Episode: 119
In Dread of Winter
Season: 1 Episode: 120
The Babylonian Heart
Season: 1 Episode: 121
Ask Me No Questions
Season: 1 Episode: 122
Whom Death Has Joined Together
Season: 1 Episode: 123
The Wedding
Season: 1 Episode: 124
The Reckoning
Season: 1 Episode: 125
A Woman Named Ruby
Season: 1 Episode: 126
The Bright Boy
Season: 1 Episode: 127
The Carefree Tree
Season: 1 Episode: 128
Graybeards and Witches
Season: 1 Episode: 129
The Legend of Jenny Lind
Season: 1 Episode: 130
Daughter of the Seventh Day
Season: 1 Episode: 131
Night Must Fall
Season: 1 Episode: 132
The 25th Hour
Season: 1 Episode: 133
A Man and His Maid
Season: 1 Episode: 134
Perspective
Season: 1 Episode: 135
The Catamaran
Season: 1 Episode: 136
Johnny Came Marching Home
Season: 1 Episode: 137
A Family Affair
Season: 1 Episode: 138
Blind Date
Season: 1 Episode: 139
To Have and to Hold
Season: 1 Episode: 140
Edwina Black
Season: 1 Episode: 141
The Spare Room
Season: 1 Episode: 142
The Bottle Imp
Season: 1 Episode: 143
Brief Music
Season: 1 Episode: 144
The Girl from Boro Park
Season: 1 Episode: 145
To Whom It May Concern
Season: 1 Episode: 146
Bachelor Buttons
Season: 1 Episode: 147
The Children of Papa Juan
Season: 1 Episode: 148
Herself Alone
Season: 1 Episode: 149
Three for the Money
Season: 1 Episode: 150
Taxi to the Moon
Season: 1 Episode: 151
The Goodtime Boys
Season: 1 Episode: 152
The American
Season: 1 Episode: 153
Cause for Suspicion
Season: 1 Episode: 154
Fight the Whole World
Season: 1 Episode: 155
Autumn Crocus
Season: 1 Episode: 156
George Has a Birthday
Season: 1 Episode: 157
The Serpent's Tooth
Season: 1 Episode: 158
Crime at Blossom's
Season: 1 Episode: 159
The Luck of Amos Currie
Season: 1 Episode: 160
Alison's House
Season: 1 Episode: 161
Safe Place
Season: 1 Episode: 162
The Guest Cottage
Season: 1 Episode: 163
Forsaking All Others
Season: 1 Episode: 164
Love, Honor and O'Day
Season: 1 Episode: 165
The Damask Cheek
Season: 1 Episode: 166
Moon Over
Season: 1 Episode: 167
But Fear Itself
Season: 1 Episode: 168
The Birthday Present
Season: 1 Episode: 169
The Ghost of Greenwich Village
Season: 1 Episode: 170
The Young and the Damned
Season: 1 Episode: 171
There's Always Juliet
Season: 1 Episode: 172
Seasoned Timber
Season: 1 Episode: 173
The Declaration
Season: 1 Episode: 174
High Places
Season: 1 Episode: 175
Black Chiffon
Season: 1 Episode: 176
Class of '58
Season: 1 Episode: 177
Marriage by the Millions
Season: 1 Episode: 178
Backfire
Season: 1 Episode: 179
The Bishop Misbehaves
Season: 1 Episode: 180
Remittance
Season: 1 Episode: 181
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Season: 1 Episode: 182
Summer Pavilion
Season: 1 Episode: 183
The Feast
Season: 1 Episode: 184
A Full, Rich Life
Season: 1 Episode: 185
The Reverberator
Season: 1 Episode: 186
Woman at the Window
Season: 1 Episode: 187
Another Sky
Season: 1 Episode: 188
Letter of Introduction
Season: 1 Episode: 189
Home at Seven
Season: 1 Episode: 190
The Cypress Tree
Season: 1 Episode: 191
Belong to Me
Season: 1 Episode: 192
Pygmalion Jones
Season: 1 Episode: 193
Gretel
Season: 1 Episode: 194
Some Man Will Want You
Season: 1 Episode: 195
The Fall of the House of Usher
Season: 1 Episode: 196
Cupid Rode a Horse
Season: 1 Episode: 197
The Old Payola
Season: 1 Episode: 198
The Perfect Alibi
Season: 1 Episode: 199
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