Producers' Showcase - Season 3

Producers' Showcase - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesSep 17, 1956 - May 27, 1957
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Episodes

The Lord Don't Play Favorites
Season 3Episode 190 min

The Lord Don't Play Favorites

The story of small-time traveling circus stranded in a drought-stricken small Kansas town, subjected to huge fine by city fathers as a way of raising money to pay for a professional rain-maker, when the circus needed money to enter its trick horse in the county races, with circus duping yokels into paying the race fee to the circus ringmaster posing as the rainmaker.
Sep 17, 1956
The Letter
Season 3Episode 290 min

The Letter

The scene is a rubber plantation outside of Singapore. As the story opens, Mrs. Leslie Crosbie is shooting one Geoffrey Hammond. Leslie insists she acted in self-defense. An attorney friend of the family agrees to take her case, only to have her story wrecked by the appearance of a letter Leslie had written to Hammond.
Oct 15, 1956
Jack and the Beanstalk
Season 3Episode 390 min

Jack and the Beanstalk

As the Peddler who exchanges the magic beans for Jack's cow, Cyril sang THERE ONCE WAS A BOY AND HIS NAME WAS JACK and THIS IS THE ONE about the cow. Later in the plot, Cyril and Celeste Holm, revealed as having plotted to bring Jack to the Giant's land in order for him to slay the giant, sing THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE HARDER THEY FALL. This production seemed heavily influenced by the 1939 WIZARD OF OZ, in that everything turned out to be a dream, and the characters Jack met in the Giant's land were played mainly by the same actors he knew in his hometown, Billy Gilbert appearing as both the town bully and the giant.
Nov 12, 1956
Festival of Music II
Season 3Episode 490 min

Festival of Music II

The stage concert starring Victoria De Los Angeles, Barry Morrell, Elizabeth Doubleday, Virginio Assandri, Arthur Newman (in opening scene of Verdi's ""La Traviata""), Marian Anderson (""Heav'n, Heav'n,"" ""My Lord, What a Mornin',"" ""Roll, Jord'n Roll""), pianist Artur Rubenstein (Rachmaninoff's ""Rhapsodie on a Theme by Paganini,"") Alfred Wallenstein conducting the Symphony of the Air Orchestra, guitarist Andres Segovia (Gavotte by J.S. Bach, Allegretto by M. Torroba), Boris Christoff, Nicola Moscona, Michael Pollock, Kirk Jordan (Last Act Death Scene from Mussorgsky's ""Boris Gudonov""); large supporting cast.
Dec 10, 1956
Wide Wide World II
Season 3Episode 590 min

Wide Wide World II

Jan 6, 1957
Ruggles of Red Gap
Season 3Episode 690 min

Ruggles of Red Gap

The musical version of classic tale of English butler who is ""lost"" in a poker game by his noble English employer to a nouveau riche couple from out West, who charms the community and resigns from service to open a restaurant.
Feb 3, 1957
Mayerling
Season 3Episode 790 min

Mayerling

Mayerling is the title of an episode of the American television series Producers' Showcase made for NBC, which was aired in 24 February 1957 and released theatrically as a film in Europe. It was produced and directed by Anatole Litvak, who had previously directed the 1936 French film version of Mayerling. It starred Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer with Raymond Massey, Diana Wynyard, Basil Sydney, Judith Evelyn, Isobel Elsom, Lorne Greene, Nancy Marchand, David Opatoshu, Suzy Parker, Nehemiah Persoff, Pippa Scott and Lilia Skala. The story of Mayerling is based on the real life events of the tragic love affair between Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera and their mysterious death on January 30, 1889 in a hunting lodge in Lower Austria.
Feb 24, 1957
Romeo and Juliet
Season 3Episode 890 min

Romeo and Juliet

Tragic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliette unfold in this classic story.
Mar 4, 1957
The Great Sebastians
Season 3Episode 990 min

The Great Sebastians

Set in Prague in 1948, comedy-melodrama of vaudeville mind-reading team commanded by Communist general to entertain at a private party to use their talents to ferret out traitors; they are asked to falsely swear that the patriot Masaryk was depressed, thus excusing his apparent murder; they refuse, and escape by using their stage tricks.
Apr 1, 1957
Cinderella
Season 3Episode 1090 min

Cinderella

Classic fairy tale of Cinderella and her evil step sisters unfold as she longs for her prince.
Apr 29, 1957
Mr. Broadway
Season 3Episode 1190 min

Mr. Broadway

Musical version of rags-to-Vaudeville-riches life of George M. Cohan, musical numbers and choreography staged by Peter Gennaro; songs include ""Give My Regards to Broadway,"" ""Harrigan,"" ""Over There,"" ""Yankee Doodle Dandy,"" and ""You're a Grand Old Flag.
May 11, 1957
Festival of Magic
Season 3Episode 1290 min

Festival of Magic

Ernie Kovacs (who doubles as amateur magician whose acts fail miserably), features world famous magicians from seven countries performing their best-known acts: Milbourne Christopher (American who catches bullet in his teeth), Richard Cardini (British, performing sleight-of-hand), Robert Harbin (South African escape artist who gets out of strait jacket while suspended upside down in mid-air), June Merlin (Irish animal specialist who works with white mice and rabbits), Sorcar (India, buzz-sawing woman in half), Rene Septembre (France animal specialist), Mr. and Mrs. Li King Si (Chinese sword jugglers).
May 27, 1957

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