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Medallion Theatre, aka Chrysler Medallion Theatre, is a 30-minute American anthology series that aired on CBS from July 11, 1953 to April 3, 1954. A total of thirty episodes aired live from New York. Henry Fonda, Claude Rains, and Janet Gaynor made their major television dramatic debuts on this series in various 1953 episodes. Others guest stars included Helen Hayes, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan, Jack Lemmon, Rod Steiger, and Roddy McDowell. Among its writers were Rod Serling and Robert Anderson. Directors included Ralph Nelson, Don Medford, Robert Stevens, and Seymour Robbie. The producer was William Spier.
Original Release
07/11/1953
US Release
07/11/1953
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Fonda | Dr. Martin Arrowsmith |
| Ronald Reagan | Jimmy Valentine |
| Helen Hayes | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Victor Jory | Jean Valjean |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Inspector Grodman |
| Conrad Nagel | Self - Host |
| Barry Jones | Bishop Bienvenu |
| Ben Gazzara | Dick |
| Sam Levene | Fight Manager |
| Marilyn Erskine | Sue |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Padre of San Pablo | Saturday, 12 September 1953 |
| 2 | The Bartlett Desk | Saturday, 19 September 1953 |
| 3 | The Big Bow Mystery | Saturday, 26 September 1953 |
| 4 | The Archer Case | Saturday, 03 October 1953 |
| 5 | The Trouble Train | Saturday, 10 October 1953 |
| 6 | Time for Heroes | Saturday, 17 October 1953 |
| 7 | Return Match | Saturday, 24 October 1953 |
| 8 | Gran'ma Rebel | Saturday, 31 October 1953 |
| 9 | Battle Hymn | Saturday, 07 November 1953 |
| 10 | The Bishop's Candlesticks | Saturday, 14 November 1953 |
| 11 | The Canterville Ghost | Saturday, 21 November 1953 |
| 12 | Dear Cynthia | Saturday, 28 November 1953 |
| 13 | Crimson Velvet | Saturday, 05 December 1953 |
| 14 | A Day in Town | Saturday, 12 December 1953 |
| 15 | Twenty-Four Men in a Plane | Saturday, 19 December 1953 |
| 16 | They Call Them the Meek | Saturday, 26 December 1953 |
| 17 | A Suitable Marriage | Saturday, 02 January 1954 |
| 18 | The Magic Touch | Saturday, 09 January 1954 |
| 19 | The Gentle Deception | Saturday, 16 January 1954 |
| 20 | The Blue Serge Suit | Saturday, 23 January 1954 |
| 21 | Book Overdue | Saturday, 30 January 1954 |
| 22 | The Teacher | Saturday, 06 February 1954 |
| 23 | The 39th Bomb | Saturday, 13 February 1954 |
| 24 | The Voyage Back | Saturday, 20 February 1954 |
| 25 | Homestead | Saturday, 27 February 1954 |
| 26 | Sinners | Saturday, 06 March 1954 |
| 27 | Flight to Fame | Saturday, 13 March 1954 |
| 28 | Contact with the West | Saturday, 20 March 1954 |
| 29 | The Alibi Kid | Saturday, 27 March 1954 |
| 30 | Safari | Saturday, 03 April 1954 |
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Directors
Don Medford, Ralph Nelson, Charles Powers, Robert Stevens
Writers
Ben Zavin, Rod Serling, Robert Tallman, Jerome Ross, Tad Mosel, A.J. Russell, Louis Pelletier, David Shaw, Marc Siegel, Robert Haines, John Langdon, Robert Wallsten, David Davidson, Robert Anderson, Margaret Lewerth, Lois Jacoby, Mary Eleanor Freeman, Ellen McCracken, Carol Warner Gluck, Nancy Moore, Robert Sloane, Thomas Phipps, Richard McCracken, Milton Geiger, Ernest Haycox, Evelyn Waugh, George Bellak, Oscar Wilde, Manya Starr, Norman Lessing, Shimon Wincelberg, Manuel Seff, Victor Hugo, Sinclair Lewis, Alexander Woollcott, Frank De Felitta
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Fonda | Dr. Martin Arrowsmith |
| Ronald Reagan | Jimmy Valentine |
| Helen Hayes | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Victor Jory | Jean Valjean |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Inspector Grodman |
| Conrad Nagel | Self - Host |
| Barry Jones | Bishop Bienvenu |
| Ben Gazzara | Dick |
| Sam Levene | Fight Manager |
| Marilyn Erskine | Sue |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Phil Stein | Producer |
| William Spier | Producer |
