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Matinee Theater (1955)

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Matinee Theater

1955

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.

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Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 3 : 1957

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135 Episode

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Episode 7 - Lest We Forget
October. 23,1957

Episode 12 - Nine-Finger Jack
October. 30,1957

Episode 13 - Elementals
October. 31,1957

Episode 14 - Plummer in Paradise
November. 01,1957

Episode 15 - Something About a Dollar
November. 04,1957

Episode 16 - Return in Winter
November. 07,1957

Episode 17 - Grandmama and Grandfather
November. 08,1957

Episode 18 - Aesop and Rhodope
November. 11,1957

Episode 19 - All Over the World
November. 12,1957

Episode 20 - The Ransom of Sigmund Freud
November. 13,1957

Episode 21 - Iris
November. 14,1957

Episode 22 - Remember Me Kindly
November. 15,1957

Episode 23 - The Embassy House
November. 18,1957

Episode 24 - Witness to Murder
November. 19,1957

Episode 25 - The Johnson House
November. 20,1957

Episode 26 - Cadenza
November. 25,1957

Episode 27 - Green Shores
November. 26,1957

Episode 28 - A Question of Balance
November. 27,1957

Episode 29 - Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent
November. 29,1957

Episode 30 - The Conversation Tables
December. 02,1957

Episode 31 - Out of My Darkness
December. 03,1957

Episode 32 - The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
December. 04,1957

Episode 33 - The Broom and the Groom
December. 05,1957

Episode 34 - A Cloud for Jeni
December. 06,1957

Episode 35 - The Consul
December. 09,1957

Episode 36 - The Old Friend
December. 10,1957

Episode 37 - Give Me a Wand
December. 10,1957

Episode 38 - The Sure Thing
December. 11,1957

Episode 39 - Dark of the Moon
December. 12,1957

Episode 40 - The Giver and the Gift
December. 13,1957

Episode 41 - No Time for Comedy
December. 16,1957

Episode 42 - Gentleman of Fortune
December. 17,1957

Episode 43 - The Gentleman Caller
December. 18,1957

Episode 44 - Tender Leaves
December. 19,1957

Episode 45 - In 25 Words or Less
December. 20,1957

Episode 46 - Sara Crewe
December. 23,1957

Episode 47 - Amahl and the Night Visitors
December. 24,1957

Episode 48 - The Little Minister
December. 25,1957

Episode 49 - Daughter of Kings
December. 31,1957

Episode 50 - The Survival Kit
January. 02,1958

Episode 51 - The House with the Golden Street
January. 03,1958

Episode 52 - The Europeans
January. 06,1958

Episode 53 - The Collected Letters of Mr. Sage
January. 07,1958

Episode 54 - Two-Picture Deal
January. 08,1958

Episode 55 - The Great Obstacle Courtship
January. 09,1958

Episode 56 - A Chance to Die
January. 10,1958

Episode 57 - Home on the Range
January. 13,1958

Episode 58 - The Makropoulos Secret
January. 14,1958

Episode 59 - More Than a Man
January. 15,1958

Episode 60 - Something Stolen, Something New
January. 16,1958

Episode 61 - Thunderbolt
January. 17,1958

Episode 62 - Daisy Mayne
January. 20,1958

Episode 63 - The Man Who Wanted to Hate
January. 21,1958

Episode 64 - The Golden Fleecing
January. 22,1958

Episode 65 - Forever and Ever
January. 23,1958

Episode 66 - Decision
January. 24,1958

Episode 67 - Solider's Boy
January. 27,1958

Episode 68 - The Man with Pointed Toes
January. 28,1958

Episode 69 - Love Out of Town
January. 31,1958

Episode 70 - Cave-In
February. 03,1958

Episode 71 - The Iceman
February. 04,1958

Episode 72 - The Long, Long Laugh
February. 05,1958

Episode 73 - Man Without a Country
February. 06,1958

Episode 74 - The Odd Ones
February. 07,1958

Episode 75 - Monsieur Beaucaire
February. 11,1958

Episode 76 - Life Upon the Wicked Stage
February. 12,1958

Episode 77 - Without Fear or Favor
February. 13,1958

Episode 78 - The Third Person
February. 14,1958

Episode 79 - Eden End
February. 17,1958

Episode 80 - The 10th Muse
February. 18,1958

Episode 81 - Goodbye on Thursday
February. 20,1958

Episode 82 - Heart's Desire
February. 21,1958

Episode 83 - Marriage of Convenience
February. 24,1958

Episode 84 - The Suicide Club
February. 25,1958

Episode 85 - The 65th Floor
February. 26,1958

Episode 86 - The Hickory Heart
February. 27,1958

Episode 87 - The Devil's Violin
February. 28,1958

Episode 88 - Wednesday's Child
March. 04,1958

Episode 89 - Vigilante
March. 05,1958

Episode 90 - The Prophet Hosea
March. 07,1958

Episode 91 - Mrs. Moonlight
March. 10,1958

Episode 92 - With Love We Live
March. 11,1958

Episode 93 - You and I
March. 12,1958

Episode 94 - Career Angel
March. 13,1958

Episode 95 - Contingent Fire
March. 14,1958

Episode 96 - Anxious Night
March. 18,1958

Episode 97 - On Approval
March. 19,1958

Episode 98 - Dandy Dick
March. 20,1958

Episode 99 - Hush, Mahala, Hush
March. 21,1958

Episode 100 - O'Rourke's House
March. 25,1958

Episode 101 - The Alleyway
March. 26,1958

Episode 102 - The Vagabond
March. 27,1958

Episode 103 - The Silver Spider
March. 28,1958

Episode 104 - Design for Glory
April. 01,1958

Episode 105 - The Inspector General
April. 02,1958

Episode 106 - The Two Mrs. Carrolls
April. 03,1958

Episode 107 - The Velvet Glove
April. 04,1958

Episode 108 - Death Takes a Holiday
April. 08,1958

Episode 109 - Man of the House
April. 09,1958

Episode 110 - A Case of Fear
April. 10,1958

Episode 111 - Walk in the Sky
April. 11,1958

Episode 112 - The Canterville Ghost
April. 15,1958

Episode 113 - Found Money
April. 17,1958

Episode 114 - Washington Whispers Money
April. 18,1958

Episode 115 - A Boy Grows Up
April. 22,1958

Episode 116 - Phony Venus
April. 23,1958

Episode 117 - Some Blessed People
April. 24,1958

Episode 118 - The Quiet Street
April. 25,1958

Episode 119 - The Quest of Quesnay
May. 07,1958

Episode 120 - Angel Street
May. 09,1958

Episode 121 - The Cause
May. 12,1958

Episode 122 - Much Ado About Nothing, Part 1
May. 20,1958

Episode 123 - Much Ado About Nothing, Part 2
May. 21,1958

Episode 124 - Day of Discoveries
May. 22,1958

Episode 125 - The Young and the Fair
May. 23,1958

Episode 126 - The Riddle of Mary Murray
May. 27,1958

Episode 127 - Button Button
May. 29,1958

Episode 128 - The End of the Season
June. 03,1958

Episode 129 - Look Out for John Tucker
June. 04,1958

Episode 130 - The Road to Recovery
June. 05,1958

Episode 131 - The Nightbird's Crying
June. 06,1958

Episode 132 - The Story of Marcia Gordon
June. 10,1958

Episode 133 - Town in Turmoil
June. 11,1958

Episode 134 - Washington Square
June. 12,1958

Episode 135 - Course for Collision
June. 13,1958

Seasons 2 : 1956

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Seasons 1 : 1955

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199 Episode

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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.

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