Episodes
Revenge
September 10, 1957
A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been murdered. The jury frees the murderer on a phony plea of self-defense. Determined to see justice done, she decides to stay in town as a constant irritant to the murderer's conscience. She makes him so crazy, he picks a fight with one of his friends and is killed. Dismayed by her own vengefulness, the teacher decides that justice would be better served by true social reform. She campaigns successfully for women to be selected as jurors, which results in the second murderer being convicted and sent to prison.
Here Lies Francois Gold
September 17, 1957
Campaign For Marriage
September 24, 1957
The Gadfly
October 1, 1957
Hole in the Wall
October 8, 1957
The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink
October 15, 1957
Under Seventeen
October 22, 1957
The Other Van Gogh
October 29, 1957
Arithmetic Sailor
November 5, 1957
I Get Along Without You Very Well
November 12, 1957
Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song inspired by an anonymous poem, I get along without you very well. The year is 1938. Hoagy is asked to write a song to be introduced on Dick Powell's radio show. While going through his files, Hoagy discovers a nearly forgotten poem and promises a melody for it. He remembers little about the source of the poem except that a girl gave it to him at a college sorority party several years before. But the lyricist must grant permission before the music can be cleared for use on the radio. There ensues a desperate nation-wide search, aided by the broadcasts of Walter Winchell to find the author before air time.
Alice's Wedding Gown
November 19, 1957
The Rescue
November 26, 1957
Novel Appeal
December 3, 1957
An author frees an innocent man from prison.
Sam Houston's Decision
December 10, 1957
The Frying Pan
December 17, 1957
A Picture of the Magi
December 24, 1957
Death of a Nobody
December 31, 1957
Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows
January 7, 1958
Cavalry Surgeon
January 14, 1958
The story of a military surgeon who in a moment of crisis has to perform an action repugnant to his very nature. The story of a cavalry skirmish in the Mexican War and of two men who fought with different philosophies and methods toward the same end. One lived heroically and one died a hero.
A Stubborn Fool
January 21, 1958
Flight for Life
January 28, 1958
The Immortal Eye
February 4, 1958
Recipe for Success
February 11, 1958
Renowned chef Henri Charpentier--the man who invented Crepes Suzette--recalls the "good old days" with famed actress Sarah Bernhardt. He recalls for her how he went from being one of the world's most famous--and richest--chefs to his situation now, with his business gone and his once considerable fortune dissipated.
The Checkered Flag
February 18, 1958
Story of an unsung racing mechanic who because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needed was the confidence in himself to succeed. Based on the true story of Bud and Gina Hand.
The Vestris
February 25, 1958
In the spring of 1828, the bark Vestris, is 16 days out enroute from England to Boston. The weather is fair, but the captain's ailing wife suddenly has a vision telling her (in a message written on a blackboard) to have the ship change course. At first the captain refuses, but when the weather changes and his wife becomes sicker, he reluctantly agrees. As a result, they find and rescue three survivors of a shipwreck. One of the three is a doctor, and appears to be the ""spirit"" seen by the wife. He saves her life. As it turns out, the message on the blackboard is in his handwriting. Curiously, the doctor is as puzzled as everyone else by the wife's vision.
War Against War
March 4, 1958
The Quality of Mercy
March 11, 1958
Man of Principle
March 25, 1958
Hiero II, king of ancient Syracuse, orders a gold crown to be made as an offering to the gods. The gold is delivered to a goldsmith and the man's wife persuades him to substitute silver for some of the gold.
Trail Blazer
April 1, 1958
