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The conflict between the Rabbi father and the son who disappoints him by seeking a secular career instead of a religious touches a Jewish cord, although it has a universal aspect.
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A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
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Art Linkletter hosts this episode organized around the theme of children. Jon Provost, Angela Cartwright and Teddy Rooney perform a musical version of Tom Sawyer; Ann Blyth portrays a new mother caring for infant with Ed Wynn voicing the baby's thoughts; and Vincent Price tries to prove that a chimp can learn more about art than a child.
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"Startime" presents an hour of songs, dances and comedy with Dean Martin as the host and his guests are Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and the dance team of Augie and Margo.
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A disgruntled bank employee executes an elaborate corporate sabotage against his employers.
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Season 1, Episode 7 - Musical variety episode featuring comedians and performers George Burns, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and George Jessel reliving their early days in vaudeville.
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Ethel Merman presents show tunes from her Broadway hits, with Hollywood stars Tab Hunter and Fess Parker, and comedian Tom Poston. Bobby Sherwood's trumpet áccompanies one Merman number.
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Sol Saks wrote this comedy about two single and lonely people who are paired by Albert Madden, who runs a matrimonial bureau.
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Three convicts hoping to escape from Devil's Island take refuge with a struggling storekeeper and his family, and are able to help them out of their difficulties.
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Peddler Azel Dorsey and a drifter wander into a town and help young Cindy find her prince, in this old- west take on the Cinderella fable.
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A one-hour musical Christmas celebration featuring Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, Marian Anderson, the Schola Cantorum, the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and others.
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In a small town, an old lady (Thelma Ritter) living in a large Victorian home has a visit from a man just out of the army (Audie Murphy).He's in town looking for a job and a place to stay, and he knew the woman's late son, so she gives him room and board and small tasks to do. Slowly though, he becomes more and more aggressive and paranoid until it's obvious he's a psychopath that wants to get rid of her and take over the house.
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Dean Martin is host for a second time this season; appearing in this show: musical comedy star Nanette Fabray, pianist Andre Previn and singer Fabian.
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A survey which employs dramatic re-creations to show how organized crime has infiltrated legitimate business and labor organizations is presented with Lloyd Nolan narrating.
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Jack Paar hosts a one-hour show the casual style of his late-hours stanza. Guests are singer Pat Suzuki, comics Jonathan Winters and Alice Pearce, dancer Betty Bruce, pantomimist Harry Minno, mimic singer Duke Hazlett, a novelty act called the Strong Brothers, and Jack's young daughter Randy.
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.An elderly inhabitant of a dingy Manhattan apartment, decides that his life has been a failure and prepares to hang himself when a researcher calls.. Tony Webster adapted this drama from his 1957 Broadway comedy.
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Ronald Reagan hosts a celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s.
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A Hollywood director struggles with the demands and egotism of a famous leading lady.
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Dave Garroway hosts this installment of Startime serving as a showcase for several talented young show-business professionals, each "sponsored" by an established performer.
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A wounded Confederate officer is sheltered by three women in a Missouri farmhouse.
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Ronald Reagan hosts a celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s that recall the greatest recordings made during the swing era.
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Jane Wyman hosts an hour of movie songs that won an Academy Award and features the five tunes nominated for this year's Oscar.
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Gore Vidal adapted this drama based on P.G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Ferenc Molnár's play "Jemand." about a mysterious countess in Monacco.
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This drama tells the story of an immoral juggler and how his faith in Hod is restored.
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A school crossing guard reprimands the PTA president for careless driving. He is later dismissed from his job on the basis of an anonymous note accusing him of being too friendly with little schoolgirls. His daughter's boyfriend takes up his cause, assuming that the PTA president sent the note out of spite. It turns out that the note was sent by a woman living across the street from the school, who knew the guard from another city, and feared he would expose her past life. Story is told with the same incident repeated from several different viewpoints.
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Figures from the worlds of politics and entertainment join forces to get people to vote in November. The political parties are represented by Vice President Richard Nixon, as well as by Paul Butler, Democratic national chairman; Massachusetts Sen. John Kennedy. Thruston Morton of Kentucky, Butler's Republican counterpart; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York; and Adlai Stevenson. The.program is nonpartisan, so instead of campaigning the men quote the words of other Americans on the subject of voting.
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A 20th anniversary tribute to the USO with host Bob Crosby and performances by performances by singer Jane Morgan, comedian Don Adams, and the vocal group The Modernaires. Film clips are shown of USO entertainers doing shows behind the lines during World War II and in Korea,
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Celeste Holm hosts a salute to the American country fair. Her guests are Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver, singers Marion Marlowe and Jaye P. Morgan, comedienne Hermione Gingold, character actress Margaret Hamilton, musical-comedy performer Peter Palmer and magician Carl Ballantine.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford is transported back in time to the England of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and he is in trouble the moment he arrives. A comedy based on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." andapted and produced by Roland Kibbee.
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Conductor-arranger Mitch Miller transfers his "Sing Along with Mitch" format from records to television. In this program he is joined by the vocal group Brothers Four, singers Leslie Uggams and Diana Trask, the Sing Along Chorus and an aggregation of singing children. The audience in the studio is encouraged to sing along
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An original musical, "So Help Me, Aphrodite" with Nanette Fabray playing Sally, a diner waitress owned by Ernest Jones, who earnestly wants to marry her. But Sally dreams of being famous - like Marie Antoinette or Pocahontas.
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