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1. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
2. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
3.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
In an effort to discredit Zorro, Capt. Monestario has a Zorro impersonator rob a crown of jewels from the mission. Zorro must redeem his reputation.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 106
4. Zorro (1957–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro.
Stars: Guy Williams, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin, Don Diamond
Votes: 4,161
5.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
Double Trouble for Zorro
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
After witnessing a stranger's fencing skills, Capt. Monastario plans to discredit Zorro by disguising the stranger as Zorro, and have him rob the rich landowners during a social gathering--but the real Zorro arrives on the scene.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 99
6. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 198
7. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
8. The Still Alarm (1930)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Two hotel guests are told the hotel is on fire, but the other guests and firefighters seem unconcerned; one of the firemen even plays the violin.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Fred Allen, Clifton Webb, Harold Moffitt, Allen Vincent
Votes: 15
9. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
10. The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
A short-lived anthology series, sponsored by the Hudson Motor Car Company. The host was the theatrical showman and lyricist Billy Rose. The show was canceled due to a decline in the sales ... See full summary »
Stars: Billy Rose, Frank Albertson, Ludwig Donath, Walter Hampden
Votes: 33
11. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123
12.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
Zorro's Secret Passage
(1957)
TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Family, Western
A search for Zorro results in the wrong man being accused and it is up to Zorro to save him before it is too late.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 149
13.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Ghost of the Mission
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Don Diego uses a ghost story to keep Nacho Torres safe at the mission.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 126
14. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
15. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
16. Big Town (1950–1956)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama
"Big Town" was a long-running, highly-successful network radio series (1937- 1952) and film series ("I Cover the Underworld," "Underworld After Dark," and "Underworld Scandal") before ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick McVey, Mark Stevens, Jane Nigh, Mary K. Wells
Votes: 58
17. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 330
18. The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
30 min | Drama
A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young. In addition to hosting the series, she played the lead in various episodes.
Stars: Loretta Young, John Milton Kennedy, John Newland, Robert Foulk
Votes: 304
19. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
20. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
21.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
Zorro Saves a Friend
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Capt. Monastario arrests a man for being Zorro, and attempts to hang him. The real Zorro rides to the rescue.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 111
22. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 53
23. Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
A short-lived attempt to adapt the works of the veteran British writer William Somerset Maugham for a television audience. Introductions and epilogues often depicted the writer himself, and... See full summary »
Stars: W. Somerset Maugham, Robert H. Harris, Ross Martin, Joan Chandler
Votes: 42
24.
Zorro (1957–1959)
Episode:
Zorro Rides to the Mission
(1957)
TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Nacho Torres takes sanctuary in the church, and Capt. Monastario attempts to flush him out by being cruel to the Indian workers at the mission. Zorro must ride to the rescue.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Britt Lomond, Henry Calvin, Romney Brent
Votes: 136
25. Suspense (1949–1954)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, Robert H. Harris, John Baragrey
Votes: 359
26. Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
60 min | Drama
Dramatic anthology series presenting plays adopted from Pulitzer Prize winning stories, plays, novels, et cetera.
Stars: Elmer Davis, Charles Dingle, Richard Bishop, Joan Chandler
Votes: 50
27. Lamp Unto My Feet (1948–1979)
60 min | Talk-Show
One of Television's earliest religious series providing inspirational drama and readings. Aired usually on Sunday mornings.
Stars: Lyman Bryson, George Crothers, Abby Lewis, Arnold Moss
Votes: 29
28. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
60 min | Drama
An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies.
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jesse White, Carl Benton Reid, Grandon Rhodes
Votes: 235
29.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
Operation Cicero
(1956)
60 min | Drama
Germans hope to get secret information from a man whose code name is Cicero.
Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Maria Riva, Peter Lorre, Eduard Franz
Votes: 63
30. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale
Votes: 3,545 | Gross: $4.72M
31. Head Over Heels in Love (1937)
84 min | Musical
Jeanne, loved by radio engineer Pierre, falls instead for Marcel, an idle womanizer.
Director: Sonnie Hale | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Louis Borel, Robert Flemyng, Whitney Bourne
Votes: 74
32.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
A Cask of Amontillado
(1949)
24 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In World War II Italy, Count Montressor has watched with horror as his former stable boy became a powerful Nazi general. In the process, General Fortanato has murdered the Count's sister ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Romney Brent, Rex Marshall, Frank Marth
Votes: 90
33. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 205
34. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)
30 min | Adventure, Western
The adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.
Stars: Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing, Joyce Vanderveen
Votes: 279
35. The Virgin Queen (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson
Votes: 3,071
36.
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)
Episode:
Man on the Street
(1958)
30 min | Adventure, Western
A Creole aristocrat, with substantial land holdings in New Orleans, loses heavily at the crap tables. When he refuses to honor his IOU, Bowie offers him a partnership to develop the land in exchange for canceling the debt.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Scott Forbes, Romney Brent, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Oliver McGowan
Votes: 14
37. The Fugitive (1939)
76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, Romney Brent, Mary Clare
Votes: 314
38. The Catholic Hour (1953– )
60 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Frederick Rolf, Martin Sheen, Eugene Roche, Carolyn Coates
Votes: 21
39. To Hell with Hitler (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent
Votes: 369
40. The Middle Watch (1940)
87 min | Comedy
Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon. Then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney, Kay Walsh
Votes: 35
41. Ten Little Indians (1959 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Agatha Christie mystery in which one of ten suspects in an isolated island mansion is a killer. Who is It?
Directors: Paul Bogart, Philip F. Falcone, Leo Farrenkopf, Dan Zampino | Stars: Nina Foch, Barry Jones, Romney Brent, Peter Bathurst
Votes: 181
42. The Rat (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Anton Walbrook, Rene Ray, Beatrix Lehmann
Votes: 86
43. Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
Live anthology series featuring a wide format of stories (western, musical comedy, dramatic, et cetera).
Stars: William Gaxton, Frank Sutton, Ralph Riggs, Dane Clark
Votes: 37
44. Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956)
28 min | Adventure
The adventures of a woman who grew up in the jungle as she protects the beasts and the natives while encountering white hunters, native Africans, wild animals and slave traders.
Stars: Irish McCalla, Christian Drake, Neal the Chimp, Virgil Richardson
Votes: 137
45.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
A Bolt of Lightning
(1951)
60 min | Drama
The story of James Otis, a Boston attorney and American patriot who contested the right of British troops to search colonists' homes during the American Revolutionary War.
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Charlton Heston, Romney Brent, Rita Grapel, Celia Johnson
Votes: 64
46. Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
On a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis
Votes: 859
47. The Dominant Sex (1937)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
A British workingman's (Phillips Holmes) wife (Diana Churchill) insists on having a life of her own.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Diana Churchill, Romney Brent, Carol Goodner
Votes: 29
48. East Meets West (1936)
75 min | Drama, Romance
The son of a wealthy and powerful sultan is carrying on an affair with the wife of an infamous criminal. The father determines to end the affair, erase the shame of his son and bring the criminal to justice.
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: George Arliss, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Romney Brent
Votes: 54
49.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
All Hallow's Eve
(1952)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1880s London, Mr. Markheim stabs to death a pawnbroker whose wealth he has long envied. Markheim says he intends take some of the businessman's riches, marry, and become a saintly man. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Franchot Tone, Romney Brent, Francis Compton, Penny Hayes
Votes: 34
50. Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The daughter of a murdered financier is working as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Annabella, David Niven, Paul Lukas, Romney Brent
Votes: 309