Classic TV Drama
Television's finest hours.
50m
Studio One - Sentence of Death
Studio One | Season 5, Episode 46 | Originally Aired - August 17th, 1953
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Listener
Popular entertainment from the mid-1950s. In this episode of anthology series "Four Star Playhouse". The episode was originally broadcast on 2 February 1956 on CBS. Please note that this episode ap...
24m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - A Spray of Bullets
An episode of 1950s anthology series "Four Star Playhouse". This episode aired 3 November 1955, and stars Dick Powell, Jean Howell, Robert J. Wilke, and Raymond Hatton.
59m
Studio One - A Bolt of Lightning
Studio One | Season 4, Episode 9 | Originally Aired - November 12th, 1951
59m
''Studio One'' - The Willow Cabin
An episode of "Studio One" titled "The Willow Cabin". This originally aired *live* on 27 February 1950 on CBS-TV, and this copy is complete with the original Westinghouse commercials. The drama sta...
25m
''Stage 7'' - The Deceiving Eye
The first episode of "Stage 7", an American anthology television series of 1955, which presented entertaining half-hour stories ranging from drama to comedy. In this dramatic episode, a professor...
24m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Last Voyage
Half-hour anthology series from the 1950s. Drama about a sea captain on his last voyage. This episode stars the great Charles Boyer, with the supporting cast consisting mainly of prolific character...
24m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Stand-In
A downbeat episode of "Four Star Playhouse", a popular 1950s anthology TV series. One never knows what to expect with this series. This episode was originally telecast 19 July 1956 on CBS, however ...
24m
''Stage 7'' - The Traveling Salesman
An episode of dramatic anthology series "Stage 7", starring George Montgomery, with supporting cast including Alan Hale Jr, Gloria Talbott, Karen Steele, Walter Baldwin, and Richard Reeves. This ...
24m
''Telephone Time'' - The Intruder
An episode of the 1950s half-hour anthology series. This episode aired 1957, and is set in 1956. It is about a housewife and her son, who are held hostage. It is based on a true story. Unfortunatel...
24m
''Ronald Colman T.V.'' - A String of Beads
IMDb says this aired as part of anthology series "Four Star Playhouse" on 21 January 1954. Cast includes a very attractive Angela Lansbury.
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Ladies on his Mind
An unusual episode of "Four Star Playhouse", a popular anthology TV series of the 1950s. This episode stars Ronald Colman, Elisabeth Fraser, Patricia Morison, and Hillary Brooke. This originally ai...
26m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Tusitala
Episode of half-hour anthology series. This episode stars David Niven, and is a period drama set in 1893. He portrays a man trying to stop a war from happening in Samoa. The episode was originally ...
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Never Explain
An episode of the popular anthology series "Four Star Playhouse". This episode stars David Niven as a man who refuses to have his kids go to regular school. It is a comedy-drama episode. I'd watch ...
The Mind Beyond (Playhouse, 1976)
British supernatural anthology series which aired as part of the BBC2 drama anthology series Playhouse (1974 - 83). The series featured actors such as Donald Pleasence, Janet Street-Porter, Jeremy ...
25m
''General Electric Theater'' - Winner by Decision
An episode of the anthology series "General Electric Theater". This dramatic episode features Harry Belafonte & Ethel Waters, and originally aired 6 November 1955. Please forgive the less-than-perf...
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Night Ride
An episode of the popular 1950s anthology series. In this episode, a small group of people are on the subway, and fear that one of the passengers is a homicidal maniac. Starring David Niven, Christ...
26m
''The Star and the Story'' - The Lie
An episode of 1950s American anthology series "The Star and the Story". This episodes stars Dan Duryea and Beverly Garland, and was originally telecast 22 January 1955. A woman tries to help a man ...
The Immortal - Complete Series 1970
The Immortal is an American television series, starring Christopher George as a man whose blood chemistry and resistance to almost all diseases (including old age) makes him both almost immor...
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - Masquerade
An episode of 1950s anthology series "Four Star Playhouse". This episode is under the "Star Performance" title used for repeats. This episode "Masquerade" is set during Mardi Gras, and stars Ida Lu...
29m
''DuPont Cavalcade Theater'' - A Chain of Hearts
A dated episode of "DuPont Cavalcade Theater", titled "A Chain of Hearts". This episode of the filmed US anthology series originally aired 1 November 1955 on ABC, and is presented here complete wit...
59m
''Studio One'' - Wintertime
An episode of dramatic anthology series "Studio One" titled "Wintertime". This episode aired *live* on 2 April 1951 on CBS, and this copy is complete with the original Westinghouse commercials. The...
58m
''Westinghouse Summer Theatre'' - The Rabbit
A 1951 episode of "Studio One" (actually the summer replacement version, "Westinghouse Summer Theatre") titled "The Rabbit". This episode is about a guy who works at a bank, and feels tormented b...
25m
''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Island
An episode of Four Star Playhouse titled The Island. Originally broadcast 4 December 1952 on CBS.
50m
Studio One - Confessions of a Nervous Man
Studio One | Season 6, Episode 11 | Originally Aired - November 30th, 1953
25m
''TV Reader's Digest'' - France's Greatest Detective
An episode of dramatic anthology series "TV Reader's Digest", originally broadcast 16 May 1955. This period drama episode is about a detective who introduces modern ideas to criminal identification.
25m
''Telephone Time'' - Chico and the Archbishop
Half-hour anthology series episode. This one stars Harry Bartell and Ricky Vera and is a period drama. In this episode, a parish priest tries to help a Mexican kid. Directed by Robert Florey. This ...
26m
''The Star and the Story'' - Payment in Kind
An episode of anthology series "The Star and the Story" titled "Payment in Kind", starring Howard Duff. Sound quality is iffy. Originally broadcast 28 January 1956.
25m
''Stage 7'' - The Long Count
An episode of mid-1950s anthology series "Stage 7", titled "The Long Count". This episode is a crime drama about a detective named McGraw, and stars Frank Lovejoy. Richard Deacon appears in a brief...
Studio One: The Story of Meg Mallory - Paul Nickell
"Studio One" The Story of Meg Mallory (1952) Director: Paul Nickell Writers: Worthington Miner, William Dozier Original Air Date: 31 March 1952 (Season 4, Episode 29) Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Wendy Drew