About this season
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Episodes (39)
1. Tryout
Aired 2 October 1955 • 30 min
2. The Bounty Court Martial
Aired 9 October 1955 • 30 min
3. Lash of Fear
Aired 16 October 1955 • 30 min
A stagecoach driver and cavalry officer vie for the affections of a young lady traveling west with them.
4. Outpost at Home
Aired 23 October 1955 • 30 min
A young boy (army brat) Struggles between his father and a deserter
5. Shadow on the Heart
Aired 30 October 1955 • 30 min
While on duty on a lonely beach, a sailor meets a beautiful girl. It's love at first sight for the boy. But he learns that the girl is blind and pledged to marry another if her vision is restored.
6. Winner by Decision
Aired 6 November 1955 • 30 min
A promising and intelligent young man has great success in the ring. His mother wants him to continue his education, but his father and his manager want him to become a fighter.
7. Farewell to Kennedy
Aired 13 November 1955 • 30 min
A police detective discovers that his future father-in-law and fellow cop has taken a bribe.
8. Prosper's Old Mother
Aired 20 November 1955 • 30 min
Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.
9. From the Top
Aired 27 November 1955 • 30 min
A manager and his big time singing protegee have been engaged a long time. But he's too busy booking her to take time off for marriage. Finally, the strain of overwork becomes too much for the songstress.
10. Feathertop
Aired 4 December 1955 • 30 min
A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.
11. The Seeds of Hate
Aired 11 December 1955 • 30 min
A man is torn between his conscience and loyalty when a friend shoots an Indian in the back. Even though the Indian had been an idol of his son's, the man at first refuses to aid local townspeople in the arrest of the murderer.
12. Let It Rain
Aired 18 December 1955 • 30 min
A writer stops at a sleepy southern town intending to debunk a legend concerning a confederate soldier leaving a local girl for the battlefields, never to return. He soon realizes that he and a girl he's fallen in love with are descendants of those people.
13. A Child is Born
Aired 25 December 1955 • 30 min
A retelling of the Nativity story from the viewpoint of the innkeeper's wife.
14. Portrait of a Ballerina
Aired 1 January 1956 • 30 min
Set in 1882 Paris, a young girl gets her big break for the Paris Ballet after much sacrifice from her mother.
15. Esteban's Legacy
Aired 8 January 1956 • 30 min
A carpenter returns to his village, discouraged by his lack of success and respect.
16. The Ballad of Mender McClure
Aired 15 January 1956 • 30 min
A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish Ozark hillbilly.
17. The Muse and Mr. Parkinson
Aired 22 January 1956 • 30 min
Mr. Parkinson's life has followed a familiar pattern up to now: working at his brokerage job during the week and playing golf on weekends. He's a happy, ordinary chap -- until the fact that he is secretly a poet is brought to light.
18. In Summer Promise
Aired 29 January 1956 • 30 min
A young man becomes infatuated with the older Countess and the Countess falls for the young man, unaware that the young man plans to wed his childhood sweetheart.
19. The Song Caruso Sang
Aired 5 February 1956 • 30 min
20. Prologue to Glory
Aired 12 February 1956 • 30 min
21. The Honest Man
Aired 19 February 1956 • 30 min
A piano tuner, known for his honesty, is caught up in a crime when stolen jewels are hastily hidden in his tool bag. He doesn't realize he's got them until he gets to his girl's home, when her no-account brother hatches a scheme to blackmail him into surrendering the baubles to him, just as the thief is coming to recover them himself.
22. Try to Remember
Aired 26 February 1956 • 30 min
Police detective Dan "Irish" Murphy has a more than professional interest in finding the murderer of a door-to-door salesman. The man is found stabbed in Murphy's home, with Mrs. Murphy lying unconscious nearby.
23. A Letter from the Queen
Aired 4 March 1956 • 30 min
Once an internationally respected statesman, former Senator Ryder is now in his 90s, and his life is turned upside down when a young history scholar, Walter Shelley, decides he wants one of Ryder's treasures: a letter written to him by Queen Victoria.
24. Steinmetz
Aired 11 March 1956 • 30 min
The story of scientist Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the man who "made" lightning. He did research for General Electric and then went on to become a professor of Union College in Schenectady.
25. The Night Goes On
Aired 18 March 1956 • 30 min
An embittered spinster lives on her brother's ranch in Mexico. She becomes attracted to a young ranch hand, and when he doesn't return her affection she decides to get revenge.
26. Reflected Glory
Aired 25 March 1956 • 30 min
A successful actress is torn between the desire to marry and settle down, and the urge to continue her career on the stage. Her producer is against her plans to leave the stage, for a number of reasons.
27. The Easter Gift
Aired 1 April 1956 • 30 min
A family endures a difficult time and comes together during Easter.
28. Judy Garland Musical Special
Aired 8 April 1956 • 30 min
Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.
29. That's the Man!
Aired 15 April 1956 • 30 min
An honest, hard-working husband is accused of being a thief, though he is proven innocent, the incident has a great effect on his life.
30. The Lord's Dollar
Aired 22 April 1956 • 30 min
31. H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Port
Aired 29 April 1956 • 30 min
32. The Shunning
Aired 6 May 1956 • 30 min
An Amish girl decides to find adventure in a big city before getting married.
33. The Hat with the Roses
Aired 20 May 1956 • 30 min
When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.
34. The Golden Key
Aired 27 May 1956 • 30 min
A little boy in a small town hotel is the only one who believes that a washed up elderly employee used to be a top notch railroad brakeman.
35. O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun
Aired 3 June 1956 • 30 min
36. Exits and Entrances
Aired 10 June 1956 • 30 min
37. Alien Angel
Aired 17 June 1956 • 30 min
38. Emergency Call
Aired 24 June 1956 • 30 min
A frantic mother tries desperately to find her husband to inform him that their little girl has been hospitalized in severe shock after being hit by a car.
39. A Man with a Vengeance
Aired 1 July 1956 • 30 min
A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.