General Electric Theater

Pretending Makes It Do

Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so.

Too Old for the Girl

Nora #1

An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pain and degradation.

The High Green Wall

Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in the middle of nowhere, belonging to the affable Mr. McMaster. The latter doesn't want Henty to leave.

The Long Way 'Round

Edison the Man

82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.

The Road to Edinburgh

Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.

I'm a Fool

Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story of a heartsick and foolish farm boy who takes on a false identity to impress a beautiful girl and in so doing loses the love of his life forever.

The Face Is Familiar

A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery.

The Rider on the Pale Horse

Committed

Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence

The Dark, Dark Hours

A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner.

Music for Christmas

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music.

The White Steed

Amelia

D.P.

Yankee Pedler

The Martyr

1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush.

The Big Shot

Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one condition that makes him want to refuse their offer--they ask him to change his last name. His girlfriend convinces him that the name is unimportant if he can sing. Ray, as Pulaski, introduces a new single, "Path to Paradise."

The Return of Gentleman Jim

Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring.

Love Is Eternal

When Lincoln and Mary Todd were married, he had the phrase, "Love is Eternal", inscribed in her wedding band. Though years of loneliness and disappointment seem to disprove this sentiment, the historic pair finally realize its truth.

The Bachelor's Bride

Episode 3.23

The Blond Dog

A struggling photographer runs over a dog while driving near the home of an actress. Little does he know that this insignificant auto accident will lead to his involvement in murder.

War and Peace on the Range

A film producer of B-movie Westerns has to hire a big-name actor's relative who is extremely incompetent for the chosen epic film.

The Bitter Choice

Clown

Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.

It Gives Me Great Pleasure

A traveling lecturer wants to retire and spend more time with her son.

O, Lonely Moon

Embittered by his wife's death during the birth of their eighth child, an Irishman refuses to set eyes on the girl and acknowledges only seven children.

The Windmill

An ex-gunfighter, after hiding his identity for years, enters a shooting contest to raise money for a windmill in hopes he can provide water to his family farm.

Mr. Blue Ocean

Into the Night

A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store clerk during a robbery. They plan to flee to Mexico and need the couple to help get them through police roadblocks.

A Man with a Vengeance

A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.

When in France

What better place for romance than in a classroom, especially a French class? That's the reasoning of a lonely boy and a lonely girl who enroll in a French class with hopes of learning anything but the language.

The Half-Promised Land

Pio, a bartender in Capri, has dreamed all his life of going to America. He asks two American tourists to help him find a way to make his dream come true.

Star in the House

One-time film star plans her anniversary to be as romantic as her honeymoon.

The Day He Got Fired