Mr. Adams and Eve

Season 1

Famous Hollywood actors Eve Drake and Howard Adams, a married couple, are shown at home plus at work, usually to comedic effect. They wrangle with studio head J.B. Hafter and deal with their agent, the affable Steve.

Where to Watch Season 1

24 Episodes

The Young Actress
E1
The Young Actress
Typical
E2
TypicalHoward and Eve's agent suggests they star in a television series about a typical married couple. They refuse, then Eve begins wondering just how their marriage compares with other marriages. She decides to try an experiment.
They're Off and Running
E3
They're Off and Running
The Teen-Age Daughter
E4
The Teen-Age Daughter
This is Your Life
E5
This is Your Life
You Can't Go Home Again
E6
You Can't Go Home Again
The Proposal
E7
The ProposalA movie fan-magazine asks Howard and Eve for the exclusive story of their courtship, engagement and marriage. Everything goes along fine, until the question of who actually did the proposing.
Howard Goes to Jail
E8
Howard Goes to Jail
The Business Manager
E9
The Business ManagerFrancis X. Bushman, the matinee idol of silent films portrays the Adams' business manager.
The Torn-Shirt School of Acting
E10
The Torn-Shirt School of ActingHoward and Eve agree to work with an experimental summer-stock theater group. They aren't quite so pleased about their decision when they learn that the play they will appear in, is to be done in blank verse.
The Mothers
E11
The MothersHoward and Eve run into family problems. The mothers of both arrive for a visit at the same time. The two older women don't have much in common, which makes it difficult for Howard and Eve to keep them amused.
Academy Award
E12
Academy Award
Taken for Granted
E13
Taken for GrantedEve fibs to Howard that she and their agent had clandestine meetings.
Fulfilling Talents
E14
Fulfilling Talents
That Magazine
E15
That MagazineA magazine assigns a photographer and a reporter to cover a typical day in the life of Eve and Howard. They're pleased about the forthcoming publicity and have carefully rehearsed their own version of a day in their lives. But everything goes so far wrong that it seems the magazine will get a scoop -- that Eve and Howard are planning to divorce.
The Social Crowd
E16
The Social Crowd
Insomnia
E17
Insomnia
The Diet
E18
The DietA gift of a bathroom scale becomes a monster to Eve when she steps on it and learns that she's four pounds overweight. She launches herself on a rigid diet.
The Picture That Could Not Be Made
E19
The Picture That Could Not Be Made
The Fighter
E20
The FighterAfter Howard wins a prize fighter in a gin-rummy game, he decides to groom him for the ring. But Eve, insisting the pugilist comes under community property, has her own ideas about the training! She wants to make an actor out of their latest project.
The Rumor
E21
The RumorAt a crowded nightclub, Eve and Howard become separated. An enterprising press agent corners Eve, introduces her handsome client and arranges to have a photographer cover the meeting. Next morning the newspapers carry the news of the end of Eve's and Howard's marriage.
The Lost Two Hours
E22
The Lost Two Hours
The Bachelor
E23
The BachelorAn old boyfriend of Eve's gets the part of the other man in a movie starring Eve and Howard. There's no jealousy on Howard's part at all; in fact, he and the old boyfriend go out for a night on the town!
Separate Vacations
E24
Separate VacationsHoward and Eve decide to spend their vacation at home. But they suddenly find that they have nothing to talk about and become bored. Then a friend of theirs invites Howard to go deep-sea fishing with him, and his wife invites Eve to stay with her. But separate vacations create problems too.