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Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958. Its name is often seen as Matinee Theatre.

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958. Its name is often seen as Matinee Theatre.

Original Release

10/31/1955 on NBC

US Release

10/31/1955

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Jewel Box Monday, 02 September 1957
2 Molly Morgan Tuesday, 03 September 1957
3 Woman Alone Wednesday, 04 September 1957
4 Among Strangers Thursday, 05 September 1957
5 The Broom and the Groom Friday, 06 September 1957
6 The Adjustable Mr. Willing Monday, 09 September 1957
7 Freedom Comes Later Tuesday, 10 September 1957
8 In the Fog Wednesday, 11 September 1957
9 Son of Thirty-Seven Fathers Thursday, 12 September 1957
10 Hand-Me-Down Friday, 13 September 1957
11 Emma Monday, 16 September 1957
12 The Personal Equation Tuesday, 17 September 1957
13 Night Cry Wednesday, 18 September 1957
14 Mysterious Disappearance Thursday, 19 September 1957
15 The Impersonal Touch Friday, 20 September 1957
16 The Story of Sarah Monday, 23 September 1957
17 The Waiting Swan Tuesday, 24 September 1957
18 One Mummy Too Many Wednesday, 25 September 1957
19 Hearthstones Thursday, 26 September 1957
20 The Reluctant Heiress Friday, 27 September 1957
21 Father Came Home Tuesday, 15 October 1957
22 Villa of the Angels Wednesday, 16 October 1957
23 The Tone of Time Thursday, 17 October 1957
24 Almost Any Man Will Do Friday, 18 October 1957
25 Sing for Me Monday, 21 October 1957
26 Run for the Money Tuesday, 22 October 1957
27 Crusade for Freedom Wednesday, 23 October 1957
28 The Glass Hill Thursday, 24 October 1957
29 Out of the Frying Pan Friday, 25 October 1957
30 The Last Stop Monday, 28 October 1957
31 The Weak and the Strong Tuesday, 29 October 1957
32 Nine-Finger Jack Wednesday, 30 October 1957
33 Elementals Thursday, 31 October 1957
34 A Plumber in Paradise Friday, 01 November 1957
35 Something About a Dollar Monday, 04 November 1957
36 Return in Winter Thursday, 07 November 1957
37 Grandmama and the Grandfather Clock Friday, 08 November 1957
38 Aesop and Rhodope Monday, 11 November 1957
39 All Over the World Tuesday, 12 November 1957
40 The Ransom of Sigmund Freud Wednesday, 13 November 1957
41 Iris Thursday, 14 November 1957
42 Remember Me Kindly Friday, 15 November 1957
43 Embassy House Monday, 18 November 1957
44 Witness to Murder Tuesday, 19 November 1957
45 The Johnson House Wednesday, 20 November 1957
46 Out of My Darkness Thursday, 21 November 1957
47 The Tender Leaves Friday, 22 November 1957
48 Cadenza Monday, 25 November 1957
49 Green Shores Tuesday, 26 November 1957
50 Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent Friday, 29 November 1957
51 The Conversation Table Monday, 02 December 1957
52 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Wednesday, 04 December 1957
53 A Cloud for Jeni Friday, 06 December 1957
54 The Consul Monday, 09 December 1957
55 The Old Friend Tuesday, 10 December 1957
56 Give Me a Wand Wednesday, 11 December 1957
57 Black Sheep Run Thursday, 12 December 1957
58 Dark of the Moon Friday, 13 December 1957
59 The Gift and the Giver Monday, 16 December 1957
60 No Time for Comedy Tuesday, 17 December 1957
61 A Gentleman of Fortune Wednesday, 18 December 1957
62 The Gentleman Caller Thursday, 19 December 1957
63 In Twenty-Five Words or Less Monday, 23 December 1957
64 Sara Crewe Tuesday, 24 December 1957
65 Amahl and the Night Visitors Wednesday, 25 December 1957
66 The Little Minister Thursday, 26 December 1957
67 Daughter of Kings Tuesday, 31 December 1957
68 Survival Kit Thursday, 02 January 1958
69 A House with Golden Streets Friday, 03 January 1958
70 The Europeans Monday, 06 January 1958
71 The Collected Letters of Mr. Sage Tuesday, 07 January 1958
72 Two-Picture Deal Wednesday, 08 January 1958
73 The Great Obstacle Courtship Thursday, 09 January 1958
74 A Chance to Die Friday, 10 January 1958
75 Home on the Range Monday, 13 January 1958
76 The Makropoulos Incident Tuesday, 14 January 1958
77 More Than a Man Wednesday, 15 January 1958
78 Something Stolen, Something Blue Thursday, 16 January 1958
79 The Thunderbolt Friday, 17 January 1958
80 Daisy Mayme Monday, 20 January 1958
81 The Man Who Wanted to Hate Tuesday, 21 January 1958
82 The Golden Fleecing Wednesday, 22 January 1958
83 Forever and Ever Thursday, 23 January 1958
84 Decision Friday, 24 January 1958
85 Soldier's Boy Monday, 27 January 1958
86 The 10th Muse Thursday, 30 January 1958
87 Love Out of Town Friday, 31 January 1958
88 Cave-In Monday, 03 February 1958
89 The Iceman Tuesday, 04 February 1958
90 The Long, Long Laugh Wednesday, 05 February 1958
91 Charcoal Pink Monday, 10 February 1958
92 Monsieur Beaucaire Tuesday, 11 February 1958
93 Life Upon a Wicked Stage Wednesday, 12 February 1958
94 Without Fear or Favor Thursday, 13 February 1958
95 The Third Person Friday, 14 February 1958
96 Eden End Monday, 17 February 1958
97 Goodbye on Thursday Thursday, 20 February 1958
98 Marriage of Convenience Monday, 24 February 1958
99 The Suicide Club Tuesday, 25 February 1958
100 The Sixty-Fifth Floor Wednesday, 26 February 1958
101 The Hickory Heart Thursday, 27 February 1958
102 The Devil's Violin Friday, 28 February 1958
103 The Prophet Hosea Monday, 03 March 1958
104 The Vigilante Tuesday, 04 March 1958
105 Wednesday's Child Wednesday, 05 March 1958
106 Journey Into Darkness Thursday, 06 March 1958
107 Mrs. Moonlight Friday, 07 March 1958
108 The Mask of Venus Monday, 10 March 1958
109 With Love We Live Tuesday, 11 March 1958
110 You and I Wednesday, 12 March 1958
111 Career Angel Thursday, 13 March 1958
112 The Contingent Fee Friday, 14 March 1958
113 Anxious Night Tuesday, 18 March 1958
114 On Approval Wednesday, 19 March 1958
115 Dandy Dick Thursday, 20 March 1958
116 Hush, Mahala, Hush Friday, 21 March 1958
117 O'Rourke's House Tuesday, 25 March 1958
118 The Alleyway Wednesday, 26 March 1958
119 The Vagabond Thursday, 27 March 1958
120 The Silver Spider Friday, 28 March 1958
121 Design for Glory Tuesday, 01 April 1958
122 The Inspector General Wednesday, 02 April 1958
123 The Two Mrs. Carrolls Thursday, 03 April 1958
124 The Velvet Glove Friday, 04 April 1958
125 Death Takes a Holiday Tuesday, 08 April 1958
126 Man of the House Wednesday, 09 April 1958
127 A Case of Fear Thursday, 10 April 1958
128 Walk the Sky Friday, 11 April 1958
129 The Canterville Ghost Tuesday, 15 April 1958
130 Found Money Thursday, 17 April 1958
131 Washington Whispers Murder Friday, 18 April 1958
132 A Boy Grows Up Tuesday, 22 April 1958
133 The Phony Venus Wednesday, 23 April 1958
134 Some Blessed People Thursday, 24 April 1958
135 The Quiet Street Friday, 25 April 1958
136 Great Big Guy Tuesday, 29 April 1958
137 It Came from Out of Town Wednesday, 30 April 1958
138 Prosper's Old Mother Thursday, 01 May 1958
139 End of a Sentence Friday, 02 May 1958
140 Top Platter Tuesday, 06 May 1958
141 The Guest of Quesnay Wednesday, 07 May 1958
142 Good Housekeeping Thursday, 08 May 1958
143 Angel Street Friday, 09 May 1958
144 The Cause Monday, 12 May 1958
145 Much Ado About Nothing: Part 1 Tuesday, 20 May 1958
146 Much Ado About Nothing: Part 2 Wednesday, 21 May 1958
147 Day of Discoveries Thursday, 22 May 1958
148 The Young and the Fair Friday, 23 May 1958
149 The Riddle of Mary Murray Tuesday, 27 May 1958
150 The Gardenia Bush Wednesday, 28 May 1958
151 Button, Button Thursday, 29 May 1958
152 Hands Friday, 30 May 1958
153 The End of the Season Tuesday, 03 June 1958
154 Look Out for John Tucker Wednesday, 04 June 1958
155 The Road to Recovery Thursday, 05 June 1958
156 The Nightbird Crying Friday, 06 June 1958
157 The Story of Marcia Gordon Tuesday, 10 June 1958
158 Town in Turmoil Wednesday, 11 June 1958
159 Washington Square Thursday, 12 June 1958
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Directors

Walter Grauman, Lamont Johnson, Boris Sagal, Allan A. Buckhantz, Sherman Marks, Alan Cooke, Albert McCleery, Livia Granito, Alan Hanson, Arthur Hiller, Robert Ellis Miller, Dennis Patrick, Larry Schwab, Pace Woods, Richard Goode, Tad Danielewski, Laurence Schwab Jr., Alan Neuman, Jim Jordan, John Drew Barrymore, George Cahan

Writers

Helene Hanff, George Lowther, Theodore Apstein, Robert Esson, Nicholas E. Baehr, S.S. Schweitzer, Robert Howard Lindsay, Warner Law, Harold Gast, Richard McCracken, Anthony Spinner, Kathleen Lindsey, Michael Dyne, Betty Ulius, William McCleery, Elizabeth Hart, Henry James, Greer Johnson, Lois Jacoby, Ellen McCracken, Peggy Phillips, Henry Misrock, Will Schneider, Herman Goldberg, Robert Wallsten, Richard Wendley, Edith Wharton, Jerome Ross, Nelia Gardner White, Robert E. Thompson, Harold Callen, Jack Laird, Samson Raphaelson, William Templeton, H.R. Hays, Marjorie Duhan Adler, Gail Ingram, Sheldon Stark, Alan Cooke, Dale Wasserman, Kay Arthur, Robert J. Shaw, Elihu Winer, Abby Mann, Doris Hursley, Frank Hursley, John Van Druten, George Bradshaw, Gertrude Schweitzer, Alvin Boretz, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack Paritz, Petr Krenek, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank Price, Lawrence Hazard, Ira Avery, Stephen Vincent Benét, David Davidson, Mort Thaw, Mac Shoub, David Lamson, Robert Carson, William Shakespeare, B.M. Atkinson Jr., Gore Vidal, John P. Marquand, Sophie Kerr, John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins, Sam Hall, Edward Everett Hale, Doris Gilbert, Wilton Schiller, Frank Craven, Rosemary Foster, Joan Cunningham, Margaret Culkin Banning, Bob Duncan, Gladys Schmitt, George Bernard Shaw, Thyra Samter Winslow, Robert Standish, William Kendall Clarke, Peter Barry, Katherine Lindsay, Gene Feldman, Max Wilk, Irving Phillips, Richard Harding Davis, Joseph Caldwell, Peggy Lamson, Alfred Brenner, Narda Stokes, Roger Garis, Harriet Frank Jr., A.A. Milne, Howard Berk, Elaine Ryan, Jane Avery, Fannie Hurst, Michele Cousin, Charles Mergendahl, Rosemary Casey, Alvin Sapinsley, Donald Symington, Robert Dozier, Don Stanford, Helen Cotton, Sumner Locke Elliott, A.B. Shiffrin, Arthur Wing Pinero, Dodie Smith, H.G. Wells, Emily Brontë, E. Jack Neuman, Booth Tarkington, Wanda Duncan, Jane Austen, Ellis St. Joseph, Barbara Davidson, Arnold Rabin, Howard Rodman, Oscar Wilde, Selwyn James, Rod Serling, Thomas Job, Roy Hargrave, Albert Meglin, Albert McCleery, Frank D. Gilroy, Bob Barbash, Herman Epstein, Carol Warner Gluck, William MacLeod Raine, Isabella Taves, Philip S. Goodman, Guy de Vry, Roger Marston, Rachel Crothers, Terrence Kilpatrick, George Sumner Albee, Theodore Ferro, Lesley Conger, Mathilde Ferro, Martha Wilkerson, Howard Gast, Susan Glaspell, Speed Lamkin, Glenn P. Wolfe, Ricky Zurex, Seymour Stern, James Elward, Aurand Harris, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Irving Richin, Margaret Cousins, Eve Greene, Caleb Gray, Margaret Kennedy, Benn W. Levy, Nikolay Gogol, James Gould Cozzens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Benchley, Dorothy Kilgallen, Walter Black, Mordaunt Shairp, Thomas Thompson, J.P. Miller, Josephine Lawrence, Lesley Storm, Edmond Kelso, Leopold Atlas, Bernard Slade, Lennox Robinson, Honoré de Balzac, Colette, George Eliot, Mari Sandoz, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte Armstrong, Ira Levin, J.M. Barrie, Patrick Hamilton, Samuel W. Taylor, Philip Barry Jr., William Mendrek, Lynn Root, Hagar Wilde, Jerome Kern, Louisa May Alcott, Paul Tabori, Henrik Ibsen, John Vlahos, Leo Guild, Joseph Liss, Reginald Lawrence, Joe Barry, Pearl S. Buck, Norman Jacob, William L. Stuart, Dan Beaumont, Irving Gaynor Neiman, Franklin Barton, Sonya Roberts, John Boruff, Stan Cutler, Ralph Rose Jr., Leonard Kantor, Leonard Stadd, Sylvia Regan, Arthur Arent, Judson O'Donnell, Richard Kollmar, Nelson Bond, Bret Harte, James Thurber, Irve Tunick, Jean Kerr, Rod Coneybeare, Viña Delmar, Alice Duer Miller, Silvia Richards, Lloyd Morris, Eileen Patrick, Daniel Morgan, Melba Marlett, James Hart, Robert T. Nathe, Melville Burke, Nikki Justin, Burnham Carter, Lee Rogow, Carl Leo Gass, C.P. Breen, Dorothy R. Stewart, Jack Oleck, Helen Taini, Gerard Murray, Howard Lawrence Davis, Elizabeth Denham, Hans Kades, Helen Root, S.V.P. Rand, Melba Redman, George Meredith, Allan Langdon Martin, David Eynon, Pamela F. Service, Thyra Ferre Bjorn, A.J. Richardson, Wood Fitchette, Stuart Dunham, Anita Leslie, Mary George Kochos, Betty Martin, Thelma Nurenberg, Marion C. Baker, Ross Claiborne, Frances Banks, James Skardon, Monique Jean, Malcolm Shaw, Dan Blue, Allen Swift, Eunice Luccock Corfman, Elizabeth Cadell, Jean Clifford Raymond, Ann Pinchot, Blanche Gregory, Naomi Lane Babson, Leslie Ford, Maxine Wood, Veronica Parker Jones, Jan Cox Speas, Eugene Raskin, Tim Kelly, Marjorie Worthington, Kenneth Evans, Randal C. Burrell, Joel Ross, Isabel Landis, Bernice Kelly Harris, Joseph Stocker, Charles Collins, Demma Oldham, Nathan Teitel, Sidney Paine, Mil Smith, I.A.R. White, Dick Moore, Hildegarde Dolson, Matt Taylor, Kurt Singer, Robert Hare Powell, Jim Davis, Charles Allen, Charles Cagle, Jean C. Beckett, Vivian Connell, Dale Fife, Sol Offsey, S. Brooke White, Anna Marie Barlow, Dick Lewine, Edward Hunt, B.L. Hunter, Jay Albert, Robert G. Deindorfer, Stanley D. Schneider, Joseph Di Reda, Nicolas Winter, Jack Wilson, Diana Tutton, Mary W. Ballard, James McConnaughey, Ann Elmo, A.L. Barker, Elaine Wolfe, Dorothy Tyler, Ray Lukshis, Berry Grove, Nancy Hale, Stuart Hawkins, Robert Easton, Robert Mason Patrick, Jacob Hay, Arthur Cavanaugh, Ben Zavin, William Noble, William Berney, Lucy Cores, Robert Claborne, Pamela Frankau, Elizabeth McFadden, Anthony Boucher, Arthur Geller, Philip Kalfur, Martin Vale, Harold Brodkey, Arthur Rabin, Alberto Casella, Jack Balch, Bob Corcoran, John H. Secondari, James Truex, Mary Jane Waldo, Lemora Mattingly Weber, Phyllis Duganne, Zelda Popkin, Martin Grupsmith, Myna Lockwood, Vance Bourjaily, Jacqueline Rhodes, Lucille Duffy, William Altman, Bruce Kimes, Jean Leslie, Claire Wallis, Richard Stern, William Brandon, Lois Landauer, Mona Kent, George Emerson Brewer Jr., Bertram Bloch, Sheppard Kerman, Howard Richardson, Philip Freund, Mikhail Rykoff, Paula Fox, Hila Colman, Virginia Rooks, William Kozlenko, Joseph Shearing, Bill Barrett, Dorothy Rood Stewart, Jenette Letton, Francis Letton, Joanna Brodkey, Seamus White, Dean Harens, Stephen R. Callahan, Ted Prideaux, Kenneth Phillips Britton, Elsie Milnes, Andrew Rosenthal, Elswyth Thane, Aldyth Morris, N.R. Nash, Christie Munro, Eileen Mason, Nedra Tyre, Vera Blackwell, Jess Gregg, Rachel Grieve, Robert James, Robert Pollock, Bob Rodgers, Donald Windham, Mazo de la Roche, Dorothy Canfield, Lawrence Langner, Oscar Schisgall, Charles Morgan, Edwin Rutt, James Blumgarten, Mary Eunice McCarthy, Robert Arthur, Matt Taylor, James Carhardt, George Kelly, Giraud Chester, Reita Lambert, Virginia Faulkner, Anna Steese Richardson, Émile Zola, William Morum, William Dinner, Wilhelm Speyer, Jack Lewis, Biff McGuire, Martin Donovan, Boris Sagal, Walter Grauman, Emlyn Williams, David Chandler, Karel Čapek, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Barré Lyndon, Gerald Sanford, N. Richard Nash, Stafford Dickens, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Steve Gethers, Walter Ferris, Luigi Pirandello, Robert Nathan, Bernard Schubert, Marjorie Kellogg, Luther Reed, James Warner Bellah, Budd Schulberg, Newt Arnold, Peter Berneis, Sinclair Lewis, John Cecil Holm, David Karp, Ben Hecht, Shelley Smith, Herman Raucher, R.C. Sherriff, Alec Coppel, Blanche Hanalis, Bram Stoker, George Baxt, Charlotte Brontë, Harry Julian Fink, Gian Carlo Menotti, Mary Shelley, Keith Winter, I.A.R. Wylie, Brenda Weisberg, John Steinbeck, Arnold M. Auerbach, Jay Presson Allen, Irving Elman, Louis S. Peterson, Emmet Lavery, Paul Vincent Carroll, Robert Emmett, Arnold Schulman, Francis Swann, Harry W. Junkin, Sol Saks, Guy de Maupassant, Meyer Dolinsky, Bernard C. Schoenfeld, A.J. Russell, Alexander Pushkin, Marc Brandel, Adrian Spies, Charles Dickens, Daphne Du Maurier, Hal Hackady, S.N. Behrman, Harlan Ware, George Bellak, George Bruce, Mark Twain, Frederick Lonsdale, Zoe Akins, Will Lorin, John W. Bloch, Tennessee Williams, Therese Lewis, Frederick J. Jackson, Leonard Freeman, Winston Churchill, Meade Roberts, Irwin Shaw, Philip Barry, Eugene Francis, Larry Williams, Aldous Huxley, J.B. Priestley, Charles Lederer, Frank De Felitta, Alfred Ryder

Cast

Producers

Editors

Helen Taini, Rosemary Foster, Jay Freund, Anthony Spinner, Frank Price

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