About this season
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation.
Episodes (23)
1. POW
Aired 27 October 1953 • 60 min
The story of the psychological torment of American soldiers after they return home from Commmunist prison camps.
2. Hope for a Harvest
Aired 10 November 1953 • 60 min
A story examining the seeming loss of the American work ethic, as well as the issues of racism and prejudice.
3. The Wedding
Aired 24 November 1953 • 60 min
4. The Man in Possession
Aired 8 December 1953 • 60 min
A penniless society girl falls in love with the handsome sheriff's man sent to keep an eye on her belongings.
5. The Vanishing Point
Aired 22 December 1953 • 60 min
In Paris, the Head of the Missing Persons Bureau disappears and his assistant, hoping for a promotion, searches for him.
6. Hedda Gabler
Aired 5 January 1954 • 60 min
In a small backward Norwegian town in the 1860s, a woman who is married to a scholar whom she does not love subtly asserts her power over the people in her life.
7. The Rise of Carthage
Aired 19 January 1954 • 60 min
A power-mad businessman finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage.
8. Papa Is All
Aired 2 February 1954 • 60 min
A story about a Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite family in the 1940s, in which the parents adhere to their faith while their two children desire to be more ""worldly"" until they feel the personal call to the Mennonite faith.
9. Highway
Aired 16 February 1954 • 60 min
10. Morning Star
Aired 2 March 1954 • 60 min
A story revolving around a widow and her extended family on New York's Lower East Side, spanning the years 1910-1931, including such historic events as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, World War I, and the Great Depression, events that shaped the lives and destinies of the family.
11. Welcome Home
Aired 16 March 1954 • 60 min
The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.
12. The Last Notch
Aired 30 March 1954 • 60 min
A story about a gunfighter who didn't particularly care for gunfighting.
13. Late Date
Aired 13 April 1954 • 60 min
14. The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham
Aired 27 April 1954 • 60 min
Though rough around the edges, a self-made man tries to get his daughter admitted to Boston's high society 400.
15. The End of Paul Dane
Aired 11 May 1954 • 60 min
A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients
16. The Great Chair
Aired 25 May 1954 • 60 min
17. Good for You
Aired 8 June 1954 • 60 min
18. Fearful Decision
Aired 22 June 1954 • 60 min
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, yet he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would ensure the boy's safety.
19. Haven's End
Aired 6 July 1954 • 60 min
20. A Garden in the Sea
Aired 20 July 1954 • 60 min
21. Oberstrasse Forty-Nine
Aired 3 August 1954 • 60 min
22. The Grand Tour
Aired 17 August 1954 • 60 min
23. Two
Aired 31 August 1954 • 60 min