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Episode Count: 34
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Year: 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Crescendo

Original Air Date: 29 September 1957
"My Fair Lady" star Rex Harrison portrays a visiting Englishman who takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles. Highlights: Play it cool--dancers; The Mary had a little lamb cha-cha-cha--Channing; Go west, young man--Arnold, singers, dancers; Shine on, harvest moon, Baby bumblebee, Silvery moon--singers, dancers; Streets of Laredo--singers, dancers; Basin Street blues, Trouble I've seen--Armstrong; Blues in the night--Lee; Sit down, you're rockin' the boat--Kaye; Didn't it rain--Jackson; Bill Bailey--Miles, Murphy; The birth of the blues--Washington; blues sequence--Goodman, Carroll; jazz sequence--Goodmann, Armstrong.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Prince and the Pauper

Original Air Date: 28 October 1957


Season 1, Episode 3: Beyond This Place

Original Air Date: 25 November 1957


Season 1, Episode 4: Junior Miss

Original Air Date: 20 December 1957


Season 1, Episode 5: The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Original Air Date: 21 January 1958


Season 1, Episode 6: Aladdin

Original Air Date: 21 February 1958
Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television

Season 1, Episode 7: A Tale of Two Cities

Original Air Date: 27 March 1958


Season 1, Episode 8: The Red Mill

Original Air Date: 19 April 1958


Season 1, Episode 9: Wuthering Heights

Original Air Date: 9 May 1958


Season 1, Episode 10: The Member of the Wedding

Original Air Date: 12 June 1958



Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Harvey

Original Air Date: 22 September 1958


Season 2, Episode 2: The Count of Monte Cristo

Original Air Date: 28 October 1958
An early TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Winslow Boy

Original Air Date: 13 November 1958


Season 2, Episode 4: The Hasty Heart

Original Air Date: 18 December 1958


Season 2, Episode 5: What Every Woman Knows

Original Air Date: 28 January 1959


Season 2, Episode 6: Hamlet

Original Air Date: 24 February 1959


Season 2, Episode 7: The Human Comedy

Original Air Date: 28 March 1959


Season 2, Episode 8: The Browning Version

Original Air Date: 23 April 1959


Season 2, Episode 9: Billy Budd

Original Air Date: 25 May 1959



Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Body and Soul

Original Air Date: 28 September 1959


Season 3, Episode 2: The Fallen Idol

Original Air Date: 14 October 1959


Season 3, Episode 3: I, Don Quixote

Original Air Date: 9 November 1959
The original TV play which evolved into the hit musical, "Man of La Mancha".

Season 3, Episode 4: Oliver Twist

Original Air Date: 4 December 1959


Season 3, Episode 5: Arrowsmith

Original Air Date: 17 January 1960


Season 3, Episode 6: Ethan Frome

Original Air Date: 18 February 1960


Season 3, Episode 7: Treasure Island

Original Air Date: 5 March 1960


Season 3, Episode 8: Years Ago

Original Air Date: 21 April 1960



Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Men in White

Original Air Date: 30 September 1960


Season 4, Episode 2: Those Ragtime Years

Original Air Date: 18 October 1960


Season 4, Episode 3: Heaven Can Wait

Original Air Date: 16 November 1960


Season 4, Episode 4: The Scarlet Pimpernel

Original Air Date: 18 December 1960


Season 4, Episode 5: The Prisoner of Zenda

Original Air Date: 18 January 1961


Season 4, Episode 6: The Lincoln Murder Case

Original Air Date: 18 February 1961


Season 4, Episode 7: The Night of the Storm

Original Air Date: 21 March 1961



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