Ford Theatre

1948•1h

Ford Theatre, spelled Ford Theater for the radio version and known as Ford Television Theatre for the TV version, was a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. At various times the television series appeared on all three major television networks, while the radio version was broadcast on two separate networks and on two separate coasts. Ford Theatre was named for its sponsor, the Ford Motor Company, which had an earlier success with its concert music series, The Ford Sunday Evening Hour.

Seasons

39 Episodes • Premiered 1948

1. Years Ago

Despite being raised in a financially strapped family, a young woman longs to be a respected actress and sets about trying to become one.

2. Joy to the World

3. Night Must Fall

An old woman hires a young man to help around the house. Unfortunately, she begins to be concerned that he is in fact psychotic.

4. The Man Who Came to Dinner

5. The Silver Cord

6. Outward Bound

7. Arsenic and Old Lace

8. One Sunday Afternoon

Biff Grimes is a small-town dentist whose girlfriend is stolen by a an old friend named Hugo. Biff plots his revenge when Hugo returns to town with a toothache.

9. Light Up the Sky

10. Something Old, Something New

11. Crossed and Double Crossed

12. So Many Things Happen

13. Heart of Gold

14. They Also Serve

15. It Happened in a Pawn Shop

16. This Is My Heart

17. The Sermon of the Gun

18. Adventure in Connecticut

19. The First Born

20. The Old Man's Bride

21. Margin for Fear

22. All's Fair in Love

23. Madame 44

24. My Daughter's Husband

25. The Bet

26. Double Exposure

27. To Any Soldier

28. Just What the Doctor Ordered

29. Allison, Ltd.

30. The Life of the Party

31. The Son-in-Law

32. The Lady and the Champ

33. Look for Tomorrow

34. Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

35. The Jewel

36. There's No Place Like Home

37. The Trestle

38. Malaya Incident

39. The People Versus Johnston

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