Summary Information
“Kraft Television Theatre” Films 1957-1958
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51 reels of film (16 mm)
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Twenty-one episodes of Kraft Television Theatre, an hour-long dramatic anthology series that ran from 1947 to 1958, and its successors. The series aired on NBC except for the period between October 15, 1953 and January 6, 1955, when it aired on ABC. The name of the series was changed from Kraft Television Theatre to Kraft Theatre in April 1958 and to Kraft Mystery Theatre in June 1958. The executive producer was David Susskind. All the films are 16 mm kinescopes in black and white with sound and include commercials for Kraft products.
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Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by the David Susskind Estate in 1991 as part of the David Susskind Papers. Accession Number: M91-034
These films may be viewed on the Steenbeck only.
No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.
Contents List
DE 456-457
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"Polka," 1957 December 18 : Fiedler Cook's Production Adapted by Lee Pogostin Cast: Shelley Winters, Glenda Farrell, James Gregory, Phyllis Love, Torin Thatcher
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DE 444-445
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"Angry Harvest," 1958 April 23 : From the novel by Hermann Field and Stanislaw Mierzenski Director: Alex Segal Producer: Robert Herridge Cast: Theodore Bikel, Ina Balin, George Voskovec, Ludwig Donath,
Elliott Sullivan, Margot Lassner, John Van Dreelen, Ted Gunther
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DE 476-478
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"The Outcasts of Poker Flat," 1958 May 7 : From the short story by Bret Harte Adapted by Phil Reisman, Jr. Producer: Robert Herridge Director: Paul Stanley Cast: George C. Scott, Ruth White, Janet Ward, Larry Hagman, Lane
Bradley, Ford Rainey, Burton Mallory, Ramsey Williams, John Kellogg
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DE 458-459
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"All the King's Men" [Part I], 1958 May 14 : From the novel by Robert Penn Warren Adapted by Don Mankiewicz Producer: Robert Herridge Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Neville Brand, William Prince, Frank Conroy, Robert Emhardt, Fred
J. Scollay, Maureen Stapleton
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DE 460-461
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"All the King's Men" [Part II], 1958 May 21 : From the novel by Robert Penn Warren Adapted by Don Mankiewicz Producer: Robert Herridge Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Neville Brand, William Prince, Frank Conroy, Robert Emhardt, Fred
J. Scollay, Maureen Stapleton
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DE 478-479
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"Last of the Belles," 1958 June 4 : From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by James P. Cavanagh Producer: Alex March Director: Daniel Petrie Cast: Jody McCrea, Ann Williams, Al Morgenstern, Nicholas Pryor, Joan
Wetmore, Neil Vipond, Henry Sutton, Freeman Hammond, Mark Weston, Morris Rixon, Pat Patterson
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DE 419-420; DE 646-647
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"Killer's Choice," 1958 June 11 : From the novel by Evan Hunter Adapted by Alvin Boretz Producer: Alex March Director: Paul Bogart Cast: Michael Higgins, Staats Cotsworth, Joanne Linville, Martin Rudy,
Joan Copeland DE 419-420 is a user copy
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DE 381-382
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"Now, Will You Try for Murder," 1958 June 18 : Adapted from the novel by Harry Olesker Director: Frank Pacelli Producer: Alex March Cast: Lois Nettleton, Al Morgenstern, Fred J. Scollay, Thomas Carlin,
Carl Frank, David Bauer, Doreen Lang, Rebecca Sand, John Fiedler
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DE 345-346; DE 377-378
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"87th [Eighty Seventh] Precinct," 1958 June 25 : Writer: Larry Cohen Based on the characters created by Evan Hunter Director: Paul Bogart Producer: Alex March Cast: Robert Bray, Martin Rudy, Joseph Sullivan, Joan Copeland, Pat Henning DE 377-378 is a user copy without commercials
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DE 464-465
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"Next Door to Death," 1958 July 2 : Writer: Michael Dyne Based on the short story by Charlotte Armstrong Producer: Alex March Director: David Greene Cast: Patrick Macnee, Abigail Kellogg, Leora Dana, David Hurst, Martin Kosleck, Rex O'Malley
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DE 437-438; FF 987
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"Cop Killer," 1958 July 9 : Adapted by Art Wallace from the novel by George Bagby Producer: Alex March Director: William A. Graham Cast: Edward Binns, Fred J. Scollay, Martin Brooks, Paul Hartman, Rudy
Bond, Richard Bright, Harold Gary, John McQuade, Anne Meara, Fred Kareman, Frank Downing, Gino Ardito, Peter Turgeon, Robert Sinclair FF 987 is a user copy without commercials
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DE 470-471; DE 640-641
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"The Man Who Didn't Fly," 1958 July 16 : Writer: Jerome Coopersmith Based on a novel by Margot Bennet Producer: Alex March Director: Michael Dreyfuss Cast: William Shatner, Patricia Bosworth, Walter Brooke, Jonathan Harris, Louis Hector, Patricia Wheel, Milton Seltzer, Charles Mendick, Paul Mazursky, Robert Fitzsimmons DE 470-471 is a user copy
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DE 450-451; DE 644-645
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"Focus on Murder," 1958 July 23 : Writer: Mel Goldberg Based on the novel by George Harmon Coxe Producer: Alex March Director: William Corrigan Cast: Simon Oakland, Phyllis Hill, Olive Deering, Bill Zuckert, Roy Poole, Val Avery, Therese Hunter, Joey Walsh, James Bender, Ferdi Hoffman, Norman Shelly DE 450-451 is a user copy
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DE 466-467
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"Death Wears Many Faces," 1958 July 30 : Writer: Doug Taylor Producer: Alex March Director: Paul Bogart Cast: Mark Richman, Warren Berlinger, Robert Emhardt, Milton Selzer, Crahan Denton, Jane McArthur, Donald May, Martin Brooks, Clifton James, Paul Tremaine, Patty Duke
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DE 468-469
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"We Haven't Seen Her Lately," 1958 August 20 : Writer: Sumner Locke Elliott Based on the novel by E. X. Ferrars Producer: Alex March Director: Paul Bogart Cast: George C. Scott, Angela Thornton, Mary Finney, Myra Carter, Louis Edmonds, Patrick Horgan, Carolyn Brenner, Sasha Von Scherler, Stafford Dickens
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DE 439-440
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"Web of Guilt," 1958 August 27 : Writer: Mel Goldberg Producer: Alex March Director: William Corrigan Cast: Simon Oakland, Fred J. Scollay, Michael Higgins, Lois Wheeler, Ann Hilany, Jane Rose, Frank Thomas, David Bauer, Jay Barney, Tony Mitchell, James Dukas
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DE 411-412
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"Back Track," 1958 September 3 : Writer: Sam Elkin Producer: Alex March Director: Murray Golden Cast: John Baragrey, Victor Thorley, Phyllis Hill, Lawrence Weber, Ward Costello, Martin B. Rudy, Dan Morgan, Pat Henning
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DE 386-387
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"Trick or Treat," 1958 September 10 : Adapted for television by M.L. Davenport Based on the novel by Doris Miles Disney Producer: Alex March Director: David Greene Cast: Robert Pastene, Will Kuluva, Robert Mandan, Mary Finney, Perry
Wilson, Ellen McRae [Burstyn], Ken Harvey, Joseph Campanella, Alfred Sandor, Effie Afton, Anne Draper
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DE 347-348
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"A Cup of Kindness," 1958 September 17 : Writer: Alvin Boretz From a story by William Iverson Producer: Alex March Director: William A. Graham Cast: Philip Bourneuf, Norman Crane, Leo Penn, John McQuade, Read
Morgan, Jane Moultrie, W.W. Post, Freeman Hammond
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DE 454-455
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"Riddle of a Lady," 1958 September 24 : Writer: Jerome Coopersmith Based on the novel by Anthony Gilbert Producer: Alex March Director: Jack Klugman Cast: David White, David Hurst, Nancy Marchand, Clarice Blackburn, Lee Richardson, Joe Silver, Lisa Daniels, Myra Carter, Robert Eckles, Jeremiah Morris
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DE 388-389
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"Presumption of Innocence," 1958 October 1 : Writer: Harry Julian Fink Producer: Alex March Director: Michael Dreyfuss Cast: Philip Abbott, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin B. Rudy, Michael Wager,
Val Avery, Lois Nettleton
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