Episode Count: 34
Season:
1
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2
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3
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4
Year:
1957
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1958
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1959
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1960
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1961
Season 1, Episode 1: Crescendo
Original Air Date: 29 September 1957 "My Fair Lady" star Rex Harrison portrays a visiting Englishman who takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles. Highlights: Play it cool--dancers; The Mary had a little lamb cha-cha-cha--Channing; Go west, young man--Arnold, singers, dancers; Shine on, harvest moon, Baby bumblebee, Silvery moon--singers, dancers; Streets of Laredo--singers, dancers; Basin Street blues, Trouble I've seen--Armstrong; Blues in the night--Lee; Sit down, you're rockin' the boat--Kaye; Didn't it rain--Jackson; Bill Bailey--Miles, Murphy; The birth of the blues--Washington; blues sequence--Goodman, Carroll; jazz sequence--Goodmann, Armstrong.
Original Air Date: 28 October 1957
Original Air Date: 25 November 1957
Original Air Date: 20 December 1957
Original Air Date: 21 January 1958
Season 1, Episode 6: Aladdin
Original Air Date: 21 February 1958 Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television
Original Air Date: 27 March 1958
Original Air Date: 19 April 1958
Original Air Date: 9 May 1958
Original Air Date: 12 June 1958
Season 2, Episode 1: Harvey
Original Air Date: 22 September 1958
Original Air Date: 28 October 1958 An early TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Original Air Date: 13 November 1958
Original Air Date: 18 December 1958
Original Air Date: 28 January 1959
Season 2, Episode 6: Hamlet
Original Air Date: 24 February 1959
Original Air Date: 28 March 1959
Original Air Date: 23 April 1959
Season 2, Episode 9: Billy Budd
Original Air Date: 25 May 1959
Original Air Date: 28 September 1959
Original Air Date: 14 October 1959
Original Air Date: 9 November 1959 The original TV play which evolved into the hit musical, "Man of La Mancha".
Original Air Date: 4 December 1959
Season 3, Episode 5: Arrowsmith
Original Air Date: 17 January 1960
Original Air Date: 18 February 1960
Original Air Date: 5 March 1960
Season 3, Episode 8: Years Ago
Original Air Date: 21 April 1960
Original Air Date: 30 September 1960
Original Air Date: 18 October 1960
Original Air Date: 16 November 1960
Original Air Date: 18 December 1960
Original Air Date: 18 January 1961
Original Air Date: 18 February 1961
Original Air Date: 21 March 1961
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