About this season
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
Episodes (31)
1. The Long Night
Aired 18 September 1960
The lives of the new family next door have a great impact on a housewife's own marriage.
2. At the Edge of the Desert
Aired 25 September 1960
3. Fair Exchange
Aired 2 October 1960 • 30 min
A wife reflects back on the time she went to the family's beach house alone after an argument with her husband. Loretta Young stars as an attractive married woman who receives a “confession” of love from a bachelor, but not until he dies does she discover the reason behind it.
4. Linda
Aired 9 October 1960
5. Switchblade
Aired 16 October 1960
A crazed maniac with a switchblade intimidates his friends and citizens of a small Midwestern town.
6. Love Between the Acts
Aired 23 October 1960
At a popular play, a widow believes her meddling aunt arranged to have a certain man sit next to her. James Philbrook (New Loretta Young Show co-star) plays the mystery man.
7. The Glass Cage
Aired 30 October 1960
Spurned and rejected by her family, a Southern belle finds romance then disappointment in New York city.
8. The Seducer
Aired 6 November 1960
A former actress does not approve of the content of the motion pictures her husband produces.
9. No Margin for Error
Aired 13 November 1960
10. Conditional Surrender
Aired 20 November 1960
A man who has been working closely with a young woman, asks his wife for a divorce. However, he's not prepared for her reaction.
11. The Night the Doorbell Rang
Aired 27 November 1960
12. These Few Years
Aired 11 December 1960
A wife's decides to leave a New Year's Eve party early to spend the evening with her family.
13. My Own Master
Aired 18 December 1960
A boy with an imaginary friend becomes more attaches to him with his real fami
14. Enter at Your Own Risk
Aired 8 January 1961
15. This Subtle Danger
Aired 15 January 1961
A husband's recovery from back surgery results in an increasing dependence on pain killers.
16. The Lie
Aired 22 January 1961 • 30 min
Loretta Young plays a Japanese governess who finds it necessary to make a personal sacrifice in order to keep the family she works for together.
17. Quiet Desperation
Aired 5 February 1961
The Perkins family contemplates breakup and separation as Victor's boss pressures him to move to Japan for his job.
18. The Golden Cord
Aired 12 February 1961
19. Double Edge
Aired 19 February 1961
20. The Choice
Aired 26 February 1961
21. When Queens Ride By
Aired 12 March 1961
22. The Preliminaries
Aired 19 March 1961
23. Woodlot
Aired 26 March 1961
24. Doesn't Everybody?
Aired 2 April 1961
A wealthy woman decides to assist fate - and pursues a bank vice president.
25. The Man Who Couldn't Smile
Aired 9 April 1961
26. Emergency in 114
Aired 23 April 1961
After an accident involving their son, a wife must locate her philandering husband.
27. 13 Donner Street
Aired 30 April 1961
28. Those at the Top
Aired 7 May 1961
29. The Wedding
Aired 21 May 1961
30. The Forbidden Guests
Aired 28 May 1961
After the death of her husband, a sculptress without children fixates on her statues.
31. Not in Our Stars
Aired 4 June 1961
A wife begins to believe her personal horoscope impacts what happens to her family.