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Matinee Theater S2 E69
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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A Dram of Poison
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Candle in the Dark
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Madame de Treymes
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Dracula
Julie
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Spare Your Pity
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Therese
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Refugee
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Miracle at Carville
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The Wisp End
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Head of the Family
Password
Late Love
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The Hex
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Home is the Hunted
Madam Ada
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Three Kids
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The Most Dangerous Man
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The Others
The Remarkable Mr. Jerome
Bobbie
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The Bridge
The Serpent's Tooth
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The Day Before the Wedding
Queen of Spades
Shadow and Substance
You Touched Me
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Papa's Wife
The Prizewinner
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Tongue of Silver
Peaceable Kingdom
The 19th Hole
Wedding in the Family
The Ways of Courage
Journey Into Darkness
Barricade at the Big Black
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The First Year
End of the Rope
We Won't Be Any Trouble
The Daughter of Mata Hari
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The Point of Cleaning
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The Flashing Stream
Thread That Runs So True
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Blind Man's Bluff
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The Short Safari of B'wana Ben
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Hymn to the Dedicated
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The Embattled Maiden
The Middle-Aged Freshman
Best Friend in Town
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Second-Hand Lover
The Avenging of Anne Leete
The Lonesome Husband
Puzzle in the Stars
The Gwendolyn Harleth Story
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The Dream That Was Fixed
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Bachelor Father
The Golden Door
Rain in the Morning
Eye of the Storm
Rich Man, Poor Man
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White-Headed Boy
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Mr. Wendigo
Stopover
A Light in the Sky
The Charmer
The Brief Candle
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The Price of Scandal
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Portrait in Mini
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The Richest Man in the World
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The First Captain
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One for All
Call It a Day
Ann Veronica
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The Forbidden Search
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Laugh a Little Tear
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Where Angels Fear
First Love
The Last Survivors
Time for Action
Haven's End
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Now or Never
Awakening
Angel Face
The Star Sapphire
Women Have Ways
Jewel Boy
Molly Morgan
Woman Alone
Among Strangers
The Adjustable Mr. Willing
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Son of 37 Fathers
Hand Me Down
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Personal Equation
Night Cry
The Mysterious Disappearance
The Impersonal Touch
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The Reluctant Heiress
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