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Apr 1, 1948 · 29:16
For Eugene Field the contented life was made up of these things: his faith in god, his friends, his sense of humor, his…
Apr 1, 1953 · 24:39
Macdonald Carey narrates The Passion and Death of Our Lord in this Easter presentation of Family Theater.
Apr 10, 1947 · 29:00
John Slotts play Man Against Death is the story of David and Diane Bruce and is a story of inspiration that lead one…
Apr 10, 1957 · 30:26
Jimmy is set on going to college to secure his future as a lawyer but his father, Mr Adam Donner, is insistent that his…
Apr 11, 1951 · 29:20
Once upon a time in the town of Pineville USA the people were extremely depressed because it had rained Sunday afteer…
Apr 11, 1956 · 30:12
Most executive producers speak only to other producers - but Harry Moyles had been a screenwriter himself years before,…
Apr 12, 1950 · 29:20
In his fantasy story The Fifty-First Dragon the author Heywood Broun shows what power faith misplaced or unreal though…
Apr 13, 1949 · 30:00
The Mutual Broadcasting System in cooperation with Family Theater Incorporated presents Miss Ethel Barrymore in a…
Apr 13, 1955 · 30:12
The advice from Elsa is, that if you're a young lady, single, between the ages of 7 and 95, with a reasonable…
Apr 14, 1954 · 30:06
Jeff Chandler plays the part of a reporter as if he was there almost twenty centuries ago reporting from the streets on…
Apr 15, 1948 · 29:23
This is the story of Joe Stanley Page and his wife Betty who had been married four years and they wanted a child. On…
Apr 15, 1953 · 25:10
I remember the bus terminal. Jimmy had just told me about Anne, the other girl - the girl that he had fallen in love…
Apr 17, 1947 · 29:07
This is the story of a mans determination to provide for his family despite the lack of sleep he is getting. But in his…
Apr 18, 1951 · 29:10
It was the quiet after the storm, and Pat and Alicia Adams had said every hateful, hot word to each other that they…
Apr 18, 1956 · 30:04
A woman steals the prize from the winner of a slogan contest, which is a vacation in Bermuda. Whilst there, she finds…
Apr 19, 1950 · 25:00
Mike Mahoney is a simple kindly, honest man. He has been a taxi driver for 8 years for the Purple Taxi Company and in…
Apr 2, 1952 · 29:54
Betty and her Grandpa are taking a walk to a little babbling brook nearby, when they arrive they decide to take a…
Apr 20, 1949 · 30:00
When Bill and Cathy Collier lose their nine year old son Tommy, Cathy finds it hard to let go and leaves his room…
Apr 20, 1955 · 30:04
At the coroner's hearing of the deceased actress, Nora Lee Samson, or 'Delilah West' as she was known on stage; her…
Apr 21, 1954 · 29:47
Lou Clarke is a news reporter working for the news service. It's small town work, and he is a very ambitious reporter…
Apr 22, 1948 · 29:21
Eddie and Francis have only been together for a month but Eddie wants her to marry him and move with him to San…
Apr 22, 1953 · 22:00
Years before their appearance, Jules Verne foretold the submarine, the balloon, the aeroplane, the telephone, the long…
Apr 23, 1952 · 29:48
Cass Wiggins is a hick from Arkansas who just happens to be an amazing baseball pitcher. When the Hornets stop by at…
Apr 24, 1947 · 29:29
It was more than 25 years ago shortly after the first world war when young Ernie first came to Stanwark and headed for…
Apr 25, 1951 · 29:03
Unless you've been searching for it, you've likely never come across the little Irish town of Bulgari. It's one of…
Apr 25, 1956 · 30:07
A good story about a cheating gambler who is drafted into the thick of the fighting during the Korean war.
Apr 26, 1950 · 29:07
Surly there are few among us who have not at one time or another been thrilled by the tales of romance and chivalry,…
Apr 27, 1949 · 29:31
Maggie Monahan is a nurse working on a deadbeat route. She befriends the bus driver, Lloyd who is a man who understands…
Apr 27, 1955 · 29:56
Annie's uncle is about to leave on a dangerous assignment the following day, in a Greyhound bus they have shielded with…
Apr 28, 1954 · 29:46
By December of the year 1911, two separate exploration parties, each taking a different route, were toiling across the…
Apr 29, 1948 · 29:24
In this heartwarming tale of family dynamics and personal growth Victor Jory, Scotty Beckett, and Joan Carroll deliver…
Apr 29, 1953 · 25:26
Step into a world of family dynamics and corporate intrigue with this delightful episode starring Scotty Beckett and…
Apr 3, 1947 · 29:00
Ethel Barrymore narrates The Passion adapted by John Slott for Family Theatre, the story of Jesus's death and…
Apr 3, 1957 · 29:51
Gayler has been thrown over by her sweetheart Bob for a prettier girl called Sharron. Aunt Lucy recounts the time she…
Apr 30, 1952 · 30:07
Lou Anders is a journalist, and he wants to publish a story about the biggest moment in history. For the first time in…
Apr 4, 1951 · 29:53
This is a simple story of a child's faith, a woman's love and a man's stubborn pride. This is also a story of spring,…
Apr 6, 1949 · 30:00
Hostess: Claudette Colbert You may think there’s nothing interesting about the job of the night elevator man but…
Apr 7, 1954 · 29:23
Edmund Gwenn as Grandpa who goes on a walk with his granddaughter and tells her the story of a little tree and how the…
Apr 8, 1948 · 29:46
This is the story of a boy, a kid on the street corner, it might be your corner, and it might be your boy. Not long ago…
Apr 8, 1953 · 25:04
In the newspaper recently, there was a mention of a Mr and Mrs John Dennis, celebrating their silver wedding…
Aug 1, 1951 · 30:00
Jimmy Gazolla played by Jimmy Durante stops to pick up three gallons of gas at a time for his Pierce Arrow and each…
Aug 1, 1956 · 29:33
Uncle Harley has finally retired from the mail service, and is leaving to go fishing at Eagle Lake shortly. However,…
Aug 10, 1949 · 29:08
Almost from the beginning of time men have dreamed of finding perpetual youth. Many legends have been told of strange…
Aug 10, 1955 · 30:58
Alan Kearns thinks that Jim is a bubble head, but since his daughter, Jinny is in love with him, Mr Kearns has made Jim…
Aug 11, 1954 · 29:35
Arnold Caster, a milkman, is doing his rounds, dreaming of how he can become a famous song writer when he breaks one of…
Aug 12, 1948 · 28:48
Host: Lloyd Nolan
Aug 12, 1953 · 25:03
Ed Sullivan returns as the host of Family Theatre. Jimmy is pacing up and down his cell. He's desperate to break out of…
Aug 13, 1952 · 29:08
The news reporters of the Korean War always reported the same thing, "action was limited and casualties were light".…
Aug 14, 1947 · 28:57
D G Latimer and his wife have lived in the little town of Pleasanter Kansas 24 years where they are considered solid…
Aug 14, 1957 · 24:37
Captain Nelson has worked for the CIC for just over a year when he is interviewing a man named Jones. Captain Nelson…
Aug 15, 1951 · 29:00
The folks of Valleydale still talk about the great courthouse battle, the controversy that raged for days and days and…
Aug 16, 1950 · 30:00
Donald was only a poor window trimmer in the towns leading and only department store, the Halliday Emporium. Of course…
Aug 17, 1949 · 29:03
It was on July 30th 1918 that in France was killed a young soldier who in his regrettably short span of thirty-two…
Aug 17, 1955 · 30:19
A disgruntled newspaper reporter wants to do an exposé on the unfairness of reading children's fantasy stories. As a…
Aug 18, 1954 · 29:37
Ed Robinson was campaigning to be Mayor, but sadly passed away before the votes went to ballot. The State law rules…
Aug 19, 1948 · 28:52
Hosted by Joan Leslie
Aug 19, 1953 · 25:11
Carolyn's well loved (and very wealthy!) uncle, Jim Franklin, has passed away. As his only living relative, spinster…
Aug 2, 1950 · 29:13
It’s been said that the glory of Holland lies in the soil of her tulip beds. Legend tells us that a black tulip once…
Aug 20, 1952 · 29:01
In this light-hearted comedy a young stewardess gets her first flight when a fellow crew member is struck down ill. She…
Aug 21, 1947 · 29:36
It was 26 years since Martin was a nine-year-old schoolboy with a teacher named Miss Margaret Rice. On his 9th birthday…
Aug 21, 1957 · 24:30
Nobody ever thought it could happen. Nobody ever believed there would be war here, in America. We were all sympathetic…
Aug 22, 1951 · 29:13
Seeds of Promise is a story of love and hope based on the legend Johnny Appleseed.
Aug 23, 1950 · 29:21
Years before their appearance Jules Verne foretold the submarine, the balloon, the aeroplane, the telephone and many…
Aug 24, 1949 · 28:57
In a beautiful church, King Robert of Sicily let the voices of the choir wash over him and hearing the monotony of…
Aug 24, 1955 · 30:01
The drum and trumpet was a story which began with a man who was thirty years old, still single and living alone in a…
Aug 25, 1954 · 29:42
Amanda Gray was a chorus girl in a show called Nothing Much when she first met her husband, Clifford Leven, a drama…
Aug 26, 1953 · 25:14
Harry Johnson is a wonderful teacher. He's a fun, wise-cracking guy, and the kids love him, the teachers (all except…
Aug 27, 1952 · 29:13
Ed Robinson was campaigning to be Mayor, but sadly passed away before the votes went to ballot. The State law rules…
Aug 27, 1957 · 24:13
Greg has a new project breaking at the office, and they have hired a new copywriter called Sylvia Manners. She appears…
Aug 28, 1947 · 29:21
David Lee was a good friend with Mary but they were not girlfriend and boyfriend. However when David took her out it…
Aug 28, 1952 · 29:10
Ed Robinson was a wonderful man and popular candidate for Mayor. However when he dies suddenly Claude Archer a…
Aug 29, 1951 · 29:20
Janey has lied to George from her home town of Strawberry Point by writing him letters telling him she is a big success…
Aug 29, 1956 · 30:04
Jim's day started at around 3am, with what he thought was a really bad tooth ache. He decided to take some aspirin and…
Aug 3, 1949 · 28:57
The Bishop’s Candlesticks is the tale of one of fictions most famous criminals Jean Valjean and his strange encounter…
Aug 3, 1955 · 30:00
Needle Valley didn't look much different in 1866. Maybe four years of fighting had changed Link Barbour, but not the…
Aug 30, 1950 · 30:00
Eddie was a young boy when he met famous baseball player Biff Brannigan. Biff had given him a break as a young man and…
Aug 31, 1949 · 28:10
This is the story about the first train run ever made by the Denver Express, the number 17. The story begins in the…
Aug 31, 1955 · 29:50
It all began on the 21st June, 1921. Daniel O'Shea was finishing the milking when he ran into his brother-in-law -…
Aug 4, 1954 · 29:44
The story begins on the morning of the wedding of a lovely young couple, Joe Walsh and his sweetheart Jane. It had been…
Aug 5, 1948 · 28:51
Hostess: Ann Blyth
Aug 5, 1953 · 25:11
This is a story that you won't believe not that there's anything really incredible about it in fact there isn't an…
Aug 7, 1947 · 29:16
Bailey is a great reporter who has inherited a faulty gene, which means that he will go blind within a year. The…
Aug 7, 1957 · 24:22
The young man is a new soldier for the confederacy full of bravado and is afraid that the war will end before he even…
Aug 8, 1951 · 29:14
Step back in time with this gripping episode that tells the remarkable true story of four chaplains aboard a doomed…
Aug 8, 1956 · 30:10
If you're fortunate enough to have a clear night, you'll see the stars. This time when you look out, try to look a…
Aug 9, 1950 · 29:30
We are told it is the dream of every girl to be swept off her feet and carried away by a brave knight on a powerful…
Dec 1, 1948 · 30:00
Tim Striker came from one of Boston’s wealthiest families but accepted everyone as an equal. While a senior at manning…
Dec 1, 1954 · 29:27
The well-known radio show, "Defender of Justice", is making an attempt to bridge the gap from radio to television.…
Dec 11, 1947 · 28:40
Mr Potter, the manager of the Featherstone department store is running a Christmas promotion whereby the one-millionth…
Dec 12, 1951 · 29:30
Host and Narrator: William Bendix William Bendix narrates this wonderful fairy tale in which Harold Peary plays the…
Dec 12, 1956 · 29:58
It started very slowly, very naturally, as you would expect when you're waiting after midnight for a son or daughter…
Dec 14, 1949 · 28:40
You all know the story of the three wise men of the east, how they travelled from faraway to offer their gifts at the…
Dec 14, 1955 · 30:06
Frank Grant is one of the hottest salesmen around. He's the sales manager of a car dealership, and today he's got an…
Dec 15, 1948 · 24:19
Hosted by Shirley Temple.Little Steve’s daddy didn’t come back from the war so when he went his mother took him to…
Dec 15, 1954 · 30:01
The Cobbler's Window is originally from Russian author Leo Tolstoy's story - Where Love Is, There God Is Also. It is…
Dec 16, 1953 · 30:00
This is going to be the first real Christmas that the little orphaned oriental girl named Chickie has ever had and…
Dec 19, 1951 · 29:19
Family Theater present Charles Tazewell's classic Christmas fantasy A Lullaby of Christmas set in the framework of…
Dec 2, 1953 · 29:34
Step into a world of Cold War intrigue with this gripping tale of love, loyalty, and deception. Bill Thayer, an…
Dec 20, 1950 · 29:40
Joppe the Juggler eats a chicken belonging to a priest who is a cook. To atone for his eating the chicken that did not…
Dec 21, 1949 · 25:00
Loreta Young narrates Charles Tazewell story of a small boy who became The Littlest Angel. Once upon a time, Oh, many,…
Dec 21, 1955 · 30:04
A poor juggler of old France gives the mother of Christ the only present he can. With John Charles Thomas baritone and…
Dec 22, 1948 · 24:21
This is the story of a certain family on a certain Christmas Eve in London. It might all have happened in New York…
Dec 22, 1954 · 30:35
A poor juggler of old France gives the mother of the Christ child the only present that he can.
Dec 23, 1953 · 25:00
This is a heart-warming nativity play told through the eyes of Ruth a kind child who sometime ago was stricken by a…
Dec 24, 1952 · 25:24
Mobs of frantic people in the streets and stores, Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, the family dinner, makes it easy to…
Dec 25, 1947 · 29:04
Starring Baritone singer John Charles Thomas and John Nesbit, Irene Dunne is the hostess.In 1929 John Nesbit well known…
Dec 27, 1950 · 29:00
Loretta Young narrates Charles Tazewell story of a small boy who became The Littlest Angel. Once upon a time, Oh, many,…
Dec 28, 1949 · 28:37
The Cobbler's Window is Russian author Leo Tolstoy's story - Where Love Is, God Is. Martin is a cobbler who has been…
Dec 28, 1955 · 30:15
His name was Francis Thompson, and of all the lonely and obscure men who lived in London that year of 1887, none had…
Dec 29, 1948 · 30:00
John Charles Thomas baritone and celebrated story teller John Nesbit collaborate in words and music to present the…
Dec 29, 1954 · 30:21
Dr Zachary Balter is an American doctor who has been summoned overseas to consult on the illness suffered by a son of…
Dec 3, 1952 · 25:28
A few years ago he was a down and out bum in Manhattan but then something happened to give him a new start. It was a…
Dec 30, 1953 · 30:00
Host: Eddie Cantor Script written by: John T Kelley
Dec 31, 1952 · 25:15
Ann Blyth stars as Mary in this dramatization of the Presentation Of The Christ Child In The Temple according to the…
Dec 4, 1947 · 29:13
Jackie Porter had a great gift for music so her actor parents sent her away to board at Carlton School out in the…
Dec 5, 1951 · 25:00
This is the story of a man’s determination to provide for his family despite the lack of sleep he is getting. But in…
Dec 5, 1956 · 30:12
Carol has been badgering Phil to ask his boss, Mr Green, for a raise at work. However, Phil is less keen to rock the…
Dec 6, 1950 · 30:00
Host: J. Carrol Naish Raymond Burr stars as King Robert of Sicily. Written by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…
Dec 7, 1949 · 29:22
Family Theater introduced by Roddy McDowell brings you a story of an incident in the life of Don Quixote. In the…
Dec 7, 1955 · 30:22
Jim is the only man in his family, and feels like he's just surrounded by women all the time. All he wants to do is go…
Dec 8, 1948 · 24:07
Herbert is an advertising man with big ideas. In fact so big he wants to become a partner in Sealy's Slumber business…
Dec 8, 1954 · 30:07
Stanley, a sailor working on a boat of wealthy passengers is shipwrecked on a desert island during a storm with Miss…
Dec 9, 1953 · 29:37
Young Lonnie’s father is annoyed with him because he can’t stick to anything he decides to do. To help motivate young…
Feb 1, 1950 · 25:00
The Black Arrow is a Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel set in 15th century England during the War of the Roses when…
Feb 1, 1956 · 29:23
Daniel Jenkins and his wife Mary were always arguing, each trying to be unselfish and so make the other look bad. When…
Feb 10, 1954 · 29:52
A gentleman named Al Foates has called the house today a couple of times, but nobody wants to talk to him. So, he…
Feb 11, 1953 · 25:00
Mr Delaney has an amazing memory and simply cannot forget anything. He is also a nuclear scientist but tells his…
Feb 12, 1948 · 30:00
This is the story of man and woman who are almost forgotten in the pages of history. They are descendants of the…
Feb 13, 1947 · 29:15
Jim Mathews cannot forgive himself for his selfish pride and flees from his home and family though his wife had long…
Feb 13, 1952 · 29:35
You’ve probably heard these words, “In love of home the love of country had its rise.” Charles Dickens, an Englishman,…
Feb 13, 1957 · 30:02
It's Family Theatre's tenth anniversary, and the first day of its eleventh year on the air. Loretta Young gives an…
Feb 14, 1951 · 29:00
This is Family Theater’s fourth anniversary on the air and this story in words and music is a dedication to homes…
Feb 15, 1950 · 28:45
Quality Folks is another Irvin Cobb classic story featuring Old Judge Priest with Parley Baer playing the role of Judge…
Feb 15, 1956 · 29:45
On Gossett Avenue, an ordnance was recently passed for the building to be fully restored. The locals call it, the…
Feb 16, 1949 · 24:09
Spencer Tracy is the host of the show as Family Theater celebrates its second anniversary. This is the story of a man's…
Feb 16, 1955 · 30:00
Carolyn's well loved (and very wealthy!) uncle, Jim Franklin, has passed away. As his only living relative, spinster…
Feb 17, 1954 · 29:54
I've had ten years to think over what I did. Ten years since I decided to leave Korea in an American uniform and…
Feb 18, 1953 · 29:44
The task of serving and preserving our heritage, our way of life, the way of life that centers on the home has always…
Feb 19, 1948 · 27:10
Grace is an average American mother who likes to think of herself as up-to-date. She has kept in touch with some of the…
Feb 2, 1949 · 24:14
Destroying somebody's reputation with false idle talk is awfully easy but Mrs Atkins has always believed in Jessica and…
Feb 2, 1955 · 30:26
At war in Japan when news commentator Dan Coleman raises his head above the sandbags he encounters gunfire which…
Feb 20, 1947 · 29:40
When he becomes blind Will’s pride prevents him from keeping in touch with Peg Griffin and letting her love him. Host:…
Feb 20, 1952 · 29:31
Marie Johnson has gone away from the town, she’s gone away and there are many who will mourn her and somewhere mourning…
Feb 20, 1957 · 30:16
Sam Doran has been called to the hospital to see his estranged wife who has been in a serious road accident and is in…
Feb 21, 1951 · 29:06
A radio dramatization by Fred Lipp. Francis Thompson was one of England's most revered 19th century authors, whose…
Feb 22, 1950 · 25:00
Family Theater honors the anniversary of George Washington's birth by paying tribute to the unsung heroism of those…
Feb 22, 1956 · 29:43
By the fall of 1777, the Continental Army seemed on the verge of collapse, and the cause of American independence all…
Feb 24, 1954 · 29:50
The story begins in the home of Jim Steel, the president of a large and successful company, but who right now has…
Feb 25, 1953 · 25:20
Yan and his family are living happily in their country of Poland. Before the Communists came that is... Overnight, it…
Feb 26, 1948 · 29:19
This is a story of wonderland, of a man who owned one Pat O’Guire and of a little girl who had a grand adventure in one…
Feb 27, 1947 · 29:01
This story is kind of strange and unusual, a story that might never happen on earth or even heaven. Johnny Smith and…
Feb 27, 1952 · 29:59
It is just before Christmas and Pat and Alicia Adams had said every hateful, hot word to each other that they could.…
Feb 27, 1957 · 30:18
When congressman Arthur Bliss was assigned to go on a trip to Poland to learn about collectivized farming he also…
Feb 28, 1951 · 29:15
A saviour arises to brighten the dark skies of sixteenth century Ireland. Host: Don McNeill
Feb 29, 1956 · 28:55
Mr. Harrison has loads of good ideas to advance the company he works for but his boss Mr. Tucker is determined to keep…
Feb 3, 1954 · 29:48
Three men from the Board of Directors are waiting for the president of the company, J.L. to arrive and disclose the…
Feb 4, 1953 · 30:00
Only old-timers in New Plymouth remember that Lettie isn't a member of Clark Atwell's family. They recall the day Clark…
Feb 5, 1948 · 29:04
Family Theater celebrates its first anniversary and Gregory Peck as host sends out sincere thanks to its audience. This…
Feb 6, 1952 · 29:50
Emily is a great bally dancer and all her daughter wants to do is follow in her beautiful mother’s footsteps. However…
Feb 6, 1957 · 29:25
In this fantasy, Jim and Marian Jordan (better known as Fibber McGee and Molly), play Wallace and Agnes, tourists in…
Feb 7, 1951 · 29:00
Philip loves having fun with his family but then the pressure of work and a little too much drink leads him to have a…
Feb 8, 1950 · 25:00
The struggle for political power has had many examples throughout history. Though the ambitious strivers were an…
Feb 8, 1956 · 28:34
Catherine's parents have always liked Charlie since he and their daughter became childhood friends. However Catherine…
Feb 9, 1949 · 30:00
Host: Roddy Mrs Bixtby has five sons and three of them were already in the army and the other two wanted to sign up.…
Feb 9, 1955 · 30:15
Featuring Will Rogers Jr. as Abraham Lincoln the story follows a young Abe as he navigates financial struggles and…
Jan 1, 1948 · 29:21
J. Edgar Hoover is the host of this episode of Family Theater starring Ruth Hussey and Glenn Langham. In Another Year…
Jan 10, 1951 · 29:35
Bill Wyatt lived in the Washington territory in 1856. It was a wonderful country where families lived in peace with the…
Jan 11, 1950 · 28:44
The tragic yet triumphant story of Sydney Carton a man of gold promise who’d wasted every opportunity. He hated life,…
Jan 11, 1956 · 30:20
Our story today opens with a lady called Miss Fry on a hospital ward, talking with her physician about her recent…
Jan 12, 1949 · 30:00
This is the story of one of the great old-timers of Minstrels a man who believed the Minstrels could never die his name…
Jan 12, 1955 · 23:28
Jake Lavendish has called the police, because the hill in his south pasture just took off like a big bird, and he's…
Jan 13, 1954 · 30:05
A hackney cab driver picks up a fare to a fight at Madison Square Gardens. It gets him reminiscing about Billy Reardon…
Jan 14, 1953 · 30:00
Air steward Amy Wilson has just finished her 230th commercial flight. Mr Carson has just flown in from the flight from…
Jan 15, 1948 · 29:40
Jerry was over the Rocky Mountains flying eastward into the sunrise when the plane he was test flying crashed and burst…
Jan 16, 1952 · 30:03
In 1929 John Nesbit well known storyteller of radio and motion pictures discovered a manuscript written in the original…
Jan 16, 1957 · 30:07
Jane Carson isn't her real name, and her job as a stenographer in the state department isn't her real job. She works…
Jan 17, 1951 · 28:31
Hostess: Lucille Ball Jack Benny stars as the King obsessed with his gold and counting it. Then the queen and her…
Jan 18, 1950 · 29:01
Once upon a time long ago in a far off land lived a knight named Sir William. Sir William was different than all the…
Jan 18, 1956 · 29:43
This is a story about a visitor from Mars, the last living Martian and the important message he has for the people on…
Jan 19, 1949 · 30:00
Chris was all that Mary ever wanted and he was taken from her tragically in the war. Shortly after while still grieving…
Jan 19, 1955 · 30:03
Ma is a lovely old lady who has many stories to tell of her past, and an elegant one it was too. She sleeps on the…
Jan 2, 1957 · 30:19
A grape grower worries about his first harvest. Failure teaches him that there are more important harvests to be…
Jan 20, 1954 · 25:00
Hostess: Lucille Ball Written by: Robert Hugh Osullivan Announcer: Tony Lefrano
Jan 21, 1953 · 25:22
Buried treasure, what boy hasn’t envisioned him self searching out such a treasure returning triumphantly home to buy…
Jan 22, 1948 · 29:08
Connie Lamont was a chorus girl who had been in the line of the best Broadway hits for the last five years. But her…
Jan 23, 1952 · 29:55
Hostess: Debra Padget Donald O'Connor stars as Hector in this comedy episode of family Theater.
Jan 23, 1957 · 29:39
At a uranium boom camp in the mountains, the de facto community have decided to take the law into their own hands, and…
Jan 24, 1951 · 29:13
Mr Brannigan is the janitor in the block where Helen Jackson is a tenant. He has known her for a long time since she…
Jan 25, 1950 · 28:40
A Lodging For The Night by Robert Louis Stevenson concerns a man that was a baffling mixture of good and bad of the…
Jan 25, 1956 · 29:27
The staff of a railroad train are put the test when their train is carrying a large sum of money. James Gleason stars…
Jan 26, 1949 · 28:00
This play is a true story taken from the life of one of the greatest men of American Theater. The seventy year old…
Jan 26, 1955 · 30:25
You can kick around show business for a very long time, and get absolutely nowhere. In New York, you can go and sit in…
Jan 27, 1954 · 29:48
This is a heart-warming story of a disciplinarian sergeant who only had his boys’ safety at heart and wanted all of…
Jan 28, 1953 · 25:13
This is a story about a boy and his dog, a very unusual story about Spunky the boy and Pete the dog. Spunky and his…
Jan 29, 1948 · 29:05
When Dan Thomson is hit by his best friend at school and gets away with it, Dan and his brothers decide that he needs…
Jan 30, 1952 · 30:00
We have all heard of great actors who have literally lived their parts. This is the story of an actor who died his and…
Jan 30, 1957 · 29:36
Once On A Golden Afternoon was the original title Lewis Carroll gave to his famous story Alice in Wonderland. This is…
Jan 31, 1951 · 30:00
Hostess to introduce the show: Joan Leslie Family Theater present the wonderful story of the Adventures of Pinocchio.…
Jan 4, 1950 · 29:02
This is a story about Old Judge Priest and one of his many experiences with the more human side of every day events…
Jan 4, 1956 · 30:02
On a rescue mission in the sea, the men are discussing whether the mind plays tricks on you when you're in a fight to…
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Ah, Family Theater — a fine choice. Let me set a few more down beside it that I think you'll take to.
