The Ford Television Theatre

After two of his shows have failed on Broadway, a producer pins all his hopes on his forthcoming production.

Following her turn as the nation's First Lady, Dolley Madison's life continued to be colorful.

Sarah Caine, a successful newspaperwoman, refuses to marry because of her career. In Paris on an assignment she learns that her father, another journalist, is also there on a story. Raised by her mother to hate her father, she decides to scoop him on the story.

A murder witness is afraid to go to the police for fear of losing her parole, and the killer is tracking her down.

A successful female novelist leaves her husband after they disagree about the amount of time she devotes to her career. On the train, she discovers an anonymous suicide note, and is afraid her husband wrote it.

A highly paid executive has never quite forgiven his father for the harsh treatment he received as a child. Even when he receives word that his father is dying, he finds it hard to pay a last visit to the family farm.

A famous Italian swordsman dons a mask and secretly turns professional to earn money for his family. After earning international renown and enough money to keep his mother comfortable until her death, he retires, intending never to duel again.

Private detective Vic Chambers is hired by a dancer to crack a murder case she's a suspect in, but she too is murdered. The entire case seems to hinge on a single fingerprint. The search for the killer is complicated by the fact his leading suspect is his rival Scoop Donnelly.

A group of girls earn money for their set charity by posing for a calendar. One of them becomes interested in the photographer, but he shows her only indifference.

A newspaper publisher starts an attack on local police because of the high rate of juvenile delinquency in his city.

A young naval officer is assigned to the submarine his father commands. He has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child.

In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.

A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.

An escaped convict invades the home of a ordinary American family.

A district attorney tries to help a Korean War veteran who returns home in disgrace. Even though he has been cleared of treason by a military court, the ex-GI is the object of scorn and persecution by the community.

A police detective is killed during a crime syndicate investigation. The only suspect is a prison parolee who claims he is innocent, and later is used as a decoy to flush out the real killer.

A private investigator is hired by a pretty blonde to collect an envelope at a boxing match and deliver it to her the next day. What's in the envelope causes some inconvenience.

A young widow and her daughter, at the shore for their summer vacation, meet a young "beachcomber" who refuses to face reality.

Two newsreel cameramen are scooped on an important assignment.

A man, engaged to marry a young widow, investigates the ugly gossip surrounding the death of the widow's first husband.

At the expense of her beauty and femininity, a woman spends 15 years building up her husband's business. The contrasting loveliness of her sister prompts her to undertake a rejuvenating treatment and a scheme to test her husband's love.

A man is notified by the police that his former business partner has escaped from prison. This is concerning as the man has since married his former friend's wife and had planned the fraud for which his associate went to prison.

A jilted loan-company employee advances money to his ex-fiancee.

During World War II, a French Naval Officer is sent to Havana to locate an enemy refueling base. There he meets his ex-fiancee.

A war correspondent in Malaya goes to stay at the home of a middle-aged plantation owner.

The one normal member of a wacky family has a hard time convincing her sweetheart's pompous parents that she'd make a suitable daughter-in-law.

A successful Hollywood writing team can't seem to team up in a successful marriage. The wife discovers that the luscious leading lady for whom she and her husband are writing a picture is making a play for her husband.

The wife of a prizefighter promises her dying husband that their son will be a fighter.

Since her parent's death, a young woman has looked to her employer for guidance. When she marries a young artist who expresses his emotions on canvas rather that in words, she again turns to her employer for understanding.

Movie star Carlos Cortez arrives in New York, only to face a frenzied mob of fans. He is rescued by his agent's efficient secretary, whose concern for his welfare is purely personal.

A lonely puppeteer finds his only happiness in fashioning his puppets until he meets a beautiful girl who looks like his first puppet.

An attractive widow feels that her teenage daughter is too young to date the school basketball coach. But when the young man comes to call, the widow finds she's attracted to him herself.

After two years a gunman returns to the lawless frontier town he left, only to find it has become a respectable community. His presence is a threat to both the town and his former girlfriend.

A woman learns that her son, reported missing in action, is alive and returning home from Korea.

A boxing promoter gets word that his conniving brother is returning home. Years before he turned into a cheating, crooked fighter, and now is slipping. He broke the heart of a girl that still loves him, He also must win one last fight-if his brother can help him.

Heiress Myla Marshall is a tabloid fixture for living the high life. The public, and her abusive ex-husband, are unaware of the son she's secretly kept at boarding schools since his birth. She was determined to save the child from the savage hands of his father. When news of the boy is leaked to the press, her hateful ex reappears and begins to rough her up. He ends up dead and Myla faces a murder trial.

On her son's fifth birthday a mother plants a lilac bush. When the boy dies, she flies into a fit of rage and attempts to destroy the bush.

Parents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name of her imaginary childhood friend, Dad arranges for one of the boys from the office to escort her. It turns out that Al really does exist.

During the Indochina War, a girl meets a young flier at a wedding. They fall in love, but the flier, sure he will be killed shortly, refuses to give up his reckless way of life.

An honest boy meets and falls in love with an engaged girl. The boy's less than honest family decides to help the romance along.

A wife is overcome with romance one afternoon, forgets she's married, and flirts with a handsome young doctor. She get caught up in the moment and makes a date with the man for that evening. Upon arriving home, she tells her husband about the silly predicament she's now in. Hubby decides the "other man" should come over as planned for a lesson on romance.

A man tries to capture the romance he and his wife once shared.

A man commits a robbery to meet payments on his fishing boat, accidentally blinding a girl in the process.

A man brings his fiance home to meet his teenage daughter.

Remember to Live

During a convention in a large city, a visiting family consisting of a man, his wife and daughter checks into a hotel. When the girl leaves, the wife's incessant nagging pushes the man into a rage building for years, and he snaps. He's going to murder his wife with a long sharp piece of glass

A middle-aged theatrical producer suddenly begins mixing with the younger set.

A girl misses a cue in a dramatic-school play. To everyone's surprise a man calls her, says he's a talent scout, and praises her acting.

A girl working in a book shop meets a young medical student.

Father Devlin has but one worldly possession - a dog named Spot.

Randy Evans decides to have himself killed. He figures the insurance money will cover his creditors and his money hungry ex-wife. While in jail for not paying his alimony, Evans meets a small time crook named Joe Green. Evans doesn't have the nerve to kill himself so he tries to convince Green into doing it for him. But, Green gives Evans a reason to live by reuniting him with his son.

A pretty lady horse-race handicapper has a streak of luck picking winners. This upsets the local bookies, who decide the only way to stop her betting is to get the lady married.

A former sheriff comes into conflict with a tough cattleman who refuses to recognize the law.

An amnesia victim tries to sell a valuable diamond pendant only to be chased by police.

A boxer strives for the middleweight championship in order to fund his friend's business venture.

When he is dumped by his fiancee, he meets a young woman who must bring her "fiance" home to meet her parents. Her new friend fills the bill.

A wealthy man, whose poor friend has stolen the man's fiancée, bets the friend a fortune that the friend can not spend ten years in solitary confinement, which bet the friend accepts, despite the love of the woman.

A father rejects his daughter's poor choice in a husband.

A woman saloon owner in California, known as gunslinger "Madame 44," is tried and acquitted for murder after defending herself from a claim jumper. Later, passing for respectability in New Orleans, a suitor threatens to expose her past.

A detective is arrested on a brutality charge.

A prospector sends his emissary to find him a bride and the emissary falls hopelessly in love with the woman.

When two struggling people, a musician and young woman, make a deal in a pawnshop to resolve their individual financial shortfalls, an attraction, complicated by the woman's licentious landlady and overbearing suitor, ensues.

A snowman is brought magically to life by children when they build him and place a locket around him.

An innocent lie imperils a happy marriage.

People try to find buried treasure in Florida.

A city siren threatens the nearing marriage of a young rancher.

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.