Matinee Theater – Season 1
Episodes
Beginning Now
Make Believe Mother
A man who left his wife and infant son turns up years later. He drops in for a visit at the home of his now-married son and grandchildren. His sudden appearance and penchant for gambling wreak havoc in his son's home.
The Persistent Image
A once successful writer, who now verges on the alcoholic, makes one last attempt to sell his latest work. When this fails, he must decide which is more important, personal integrity or money.
I'm Straight with the World
This is the tragic love story of a man and woman who fall in love as youngsters, but each married another.
Progress and Minnie Sweeney
A young intern tries to convince his fiance she shouldn't have the responsibility of supporting her divorced sister and the sister's child.
The House on Wildwood Lane
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
One for the Road
An Apple for Miss Myrtle
The Man Without a Country
Jigsaw
An elderly father is being pressured by his family to sell his orange groves to a real estate developer. He resists but starts to reconsider when he considers that his tomboy grandaughter could use the money to develope her singing career.
She's the One with the Funny Face
All the Hoffmeyers in the World
During all the years of their married life, Helen has been bullied by her husband Phil--about the neglected house, her ill health and the care of their son. Lately, Phil has been seeing much of Ruth, their next-door-neighbor, whose husband Matt, according to Phil, is ""an unambitious cop."" A terrible accident reveals Phil as he really is.
The Aspern Papers
In a Korean battle five Americans become detached from their company. They take over a hut in which they find and capture two North Korean soldiers, and an orphaned youngster. The boy soon becomes their mascot.
Roman Fever
A shy school principal and a rising young attorney are both in love with the same woman. A man who looks a great deal like Abraham Lincoln arrives in town as a summer boarder and becomes involved in the situation.
Midsummer
The Lady Chooses
The daughter and sister of a pretty widown decide to play Cupid. Both want to marry her off to a likely suitor. - Tv Guide
The Courtship of Miles Standish
A Polish merchant learns that his teen-age son and daughter have been won over to communism. He laboriously arranges an escape from the country, with his rebellious son virtually his prisoner. Even in Sweden their trouble continues, as the son informs on a priest who has aided their escape. - Tv Guide
Dispossessed
One for the Road
A beautiful young socialite is found murdered.
The Touchstone
A middle-aged bachelor thus far has avoided matrimony. His friends, knowing he is in need of money, arrange a meeting with a prospective bride who might be willing to support a husband.
Wuthering Heights
A mother discovers she is falling in love with the man her daughter has married.
The Brass Ring
A meek little file clerk turns into a veritable tiger when his boss hires an efficiency expert. His file system has worked for 30 years. and he's not going to change it for an efficiency expert.
Jason
A husband has definite ideas about bringing up his children. He feels his way of life on an isolated island is better than letting his offspring be subjected to education and other ""cruelties"" of civilization.
Arrowsmith
Three generations come together to celebrate the grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. During the evening the newly wedded granddaughter insists on modeling her grandmother's wedding gown.
Passing Strange
A woman art instructor entering her 30s falls in love with a pupil younger than she. Her overbearing brother tries to convince the woman that the artist is only using her to further his career.
For These Services
Following the death of her husband, a widow insists on keeping his tailor shop open even though business is falling off. A long-time friend, who has been in love with her for many years, tries to convince the grief-stricken widow she is making a mistake by treating the shop as a shrine to her husband's memory.
Cordially - With Bombs
The White Oaks
An elderly man of letters supports his orphaned teen-age granddaughter. When he hires a young male secretary, the girl believes she has fallen in love. -Tv Guide
O'Toole from Moscow
The Milwaukee Rocket
A young couple moves into the ground floor apartment of a mansion owned by an elderly woman. The husband at first resents the fact that the old lady imposes on his wife to do household chores. Then they learn they have been made sole heirs in her will. -Tv Guide
This One is Different
A man is determined to prevent his teen-age daughter from leaving home and entering a convent - Tv Guide
Sins of the Fathers
This is the well-known story of Biblical times about Ruth, whose devotion to her mother-in-law tkes her into a new land among strangers.
See You on Sunday
When a confirmed bachelor who owns a restaurant tries to sell his special recipe for a salad dressing, he gets involved with a beautiful girl FBI agent.
Coming of Age
A young English couple decide that they will live with the groom's aged mother after the wedding. When the bride puts up her house for sale, her five brothers and sisters, whom she has not seen for years, descend upon her from all corners of the British Isles to try to prevent the sale.
Technique
A governess, in love with the father of her charge, is dismayed when she learns the widower is unaware of her feelings and plans to marry another woman. In her bitter disappointment, the governess turns the young boy against his prospective stepmother in an effort to prevent the marriage from taking place.
Gallin: All-American
The idyllic existence of an American college professor, who has moved with his second wife and two children to Mexico, is menaced by the sudden appearance of his first wife, who is determined to win him back.
Santa is No Saint
The fifth wealthiest woman in the world hires detectives to trail her fifth husband and ensure his faithfulness. The husband decides to regain his freedom by arranging his own ""death.""-Tv Guide
The Unwelcomed
The Red Sanders Story
Class of '58
Horns of the Dilemma
Little Girls Grow Up
A young man is trying to keep up pretenses even though the business he inherited from his father is failing. He is furious when a practical joker at the alumni reunion asks him if he needs a job. -NBC
The Shot
Mr. Krane
Yesterday is Gone
A wealthy industrialist offers to revive the dwindling industry in a small town. In his ruthless business dealings he threatens to ruin the town banker. The other prominent citizens are forced to choose between the banker and the industry the town needs so badly.- TV GUIDE
Double Door
The Happy Rest
The Gate
One Left Over
All the Trees in the Field
The Century Plant
Friday the 13th
The Old Maid
Mother Was a Bachelor
The Bottom of the River
The Carefree Tree
Interlude
The Big Box
Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher
Doc
The Amateur
Light and Shadow
Romney
O Promise Me
Hold My Hand and Run
Dark Possession
The Diamond
Susan and God
As Young As You Feel
The White Knight
The Anxious Years
The Heart of Mary Lincoln
The Middle Son
Valentine's Day
Summer Cannot Last
The Last Battlefield
The Catbird Seat
Dream House
The Runaways
The Ledger
When the Bough Breaks
I Want to March
Skylark
Tall, Dark Stranger
Anything But Love
Robin Daw
Letter to a Stranger
Dinner at Antoine's
The Mating of Watkins Tottle
Her Son's Wife
The Shining Palace
The Odd Ones
A Cowboy for Chris
The Rocking Chair
The Big Guy
Statute of Limitations
The Baron and the Banshees
Notebook Warrior
Temptation for a King
The White Knight
The Anxious Years
M is for the Many
Silent Partner
Winter in April
Bread Upon the Waters
The Giant Killer
The Book of Ruth
Singer in the Valley
The Heart of a Husband
From the Desk of Margaret Tydings
But You Look Like Sisters
The House of Seven Gables
Fiddlin' Man
The Hollow Woman
People in Glass
One of the Family
Young Hands, Young Feet
The Lark Shall Sing
In Dread of Winter
The Babylonian Heart
Ask Me No Questions
Whom Death Has Joined Together
The Wedding
The Reckoning
A Woman Named Ruby
The Bright Boy
The Carefree Tree
Graybeards and Witches
The Legend of Jenny Lind
Daughter of the Seventh Day
Night Must Fall
The 25th Hour
A Man and His Maid
Perspective
The Catamaran
Johnny Came Marching Home
A Family Affair
Blind Date
To Have and to Hold
Edwina Black
The Spare Room
The Bottle Imp
Brief Music
The Girl from Boro Park
To Whom It May Concern
Bachelor Buttons
The Children of Papa Juan
Herself Alone
Three for the Money
Taxi to the Moon
The Goodtime Boys
The American
Cause for Suspicion
Fight the Whole World
Autumn Crocus
George Has a Birthday
The Serpent's Tooth
Crime at Blossom's
The Luck of Amos Currie
Alison's House
Safe Place
The Guest Cottage
Forsaking All Others
Love, Honor and O'Day
The Damask Cheek
Moon Over
But Fear Itself
The Birthday Present
The Ghost of Greenwich Village
A college boy accidentally kills a girl who is trying to blackmail him.
The Young and the Damned
There's Always Juliet
Seasoned Timber
The Declaration
High Places
Black Chiffon
Class of '58
Marriage by the Millions
Backfire
The Bishop Misbehaves
Remittance
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Summer Pavilion
The Feast
A Full, Rich Life
The Reverberator
Woman at the Window
Another Sky
Letter of Introduction
An American divorcee, transplanted to Paris, receives a letter stating that she is about to be visited by a young man who doesn't know she is his mother.