Telephone Time

Season 1

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Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April 1958. Frank Baxter hosted the third and final season.

Where to Watch Season 1

17 Episodes

  • The Golden Junkman
    E1
    The Golden JunkmanTrue story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children. A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.
  • Man with a Beard
    E2
    Man with a Beard
  • Captain from Kopenick
    E3
    Captain from KopenickBased on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.
  • Borders Away
    E4
    Borders AwayThe WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine. This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war.
  • The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
    E5
    The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
  • The Stepmother
    E6
    The Stepmother
  • Time Bomb
    E7
    Time Bomb
  • Emperor Norton's Bridge
    E8
    Emperor Norton's Bridge
  • The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
    E9
    The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
  • Harry in Search of Himself
    E10
    Harry in Search of Himself
  • Felix the Fourth
    E11
    Felix the Fourth
  • Smith of Ecuador
    E12
    Smith of Ecuador
  • The Gingerbread Man
    E13
    The Gingerbread Man
  • Joyful Lunatic
    E14
    Joyful Lunatic
  • The Key
    E15
    The Key
  • Grandpa Changes the World
    E16
    Grandpa Changes the WorldFar more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to
  • Again the Stars
    E17
    Again the Stars

Cast of Season 1

  • John NesbittSelf - Host / Writer
  • Hal Roach, Jr.Producer

 

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