Matinee Theater
1955-1958, drama
60 minutes
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan...
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Beginning Now
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Make Believe Mother
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The Persistent Image
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I'm Straight with the World
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Progress and Minnie Sweeney
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The House on Wildwood Lane
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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One for the Road
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An Apple for Miss Myrtle
1955-11-10
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The Man Without a Country
1955-11-11
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Jigsaw
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She's the One with the Funny Face
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All the Hoffmeyers in the World
1955-11-16
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The Aspern Papers
1955-11-17
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Roman Fever
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Midsummer
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The Lady Chooses
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The Courtship of Miles Standish
1955-11-23
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Dispossessed
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One for the Road
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The Touchstone
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Wuthering Heights
1955-11-30
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The Brass Ring
1955-12-01
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Jason
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Arrowsmith
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Passing Strange
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For These Services
1955-12-07
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Cordially - With Bombs
1955-12-08
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The White Oaks
1955-12-09
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O'Toole from Moscow
1955-12-12
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The Milwaukee Rocket
1955-12-13
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This One is Different
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Sins of the Fathers
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See You on Sunday
1955-12-16
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Coming of Age
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Technique
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Gallin: All-American
1955-12-21
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Santa is No Saint
1955-12-22
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The Unwelcomed
1955-12-23
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The Red Sanders Story
1955-12-26
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Class of '58
1956-07-09
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Horns of the Dilemma
1955-12-28
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Little Girls Grow Up
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The Shot
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Mr. Krane
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Yesterday is Gone
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Double Door
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The Happy Rest
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The Gate
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One Left Over
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All the Trees in the Field
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The Century Plant
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Friday the 13th
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The Old Maid
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Mother Was a Bachelor
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The Bottom of the River
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The Carefree Tree
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Interlude
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The Big Box
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Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher
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Doc
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The Amateur
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Light and Shadow
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Romney
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O Promise Me
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Hold My Hand and Run
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Dark Possession
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The Diamond
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Susan and God
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As Young As You Feel
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The White Knight
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The Anxious Years
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The Heart of Mary Lincoln
1956-02-10
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The Middle Son
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Valentine's Day
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Summer Cannot Last
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The Last Battlefield
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The Catbird Seat
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Dream House
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The Runaways
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The Ledger
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When the Bough Breaks
1956-02-23
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I Want to March
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Skylark
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Tall, Dark Stranger
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Anything But Love
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Robin Daw
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Letter to a Stranger
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Dinner at Antoine's
1956-03-05
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The Mating of Watkins Tottle
1956-03-06
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Her Son's Wife
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The Shining Palace
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The Odd Ones
1956-03-09
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A Cowboy for Chris
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The Rocking Chair
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The Big Guy
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Statute of Limitations
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The Baron and the Banshees
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Notebook Warrior
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Temptation for a King
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The White Knight
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The Anxious Years
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M is for the Many
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Silent Partner
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Winter in April
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Bread Upon the Waters
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The Giant Killer
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The Book of Ruth
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Singer in the Valley
1956-04-02
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The Heart of a Husband
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From the Desk of Margaret Tydings
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But You Look Like Sisters
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The House of Seven Gables
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Fiddlin' Man
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The Hollow Woman
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People in Glass
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One of the Family
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Young Hands, Young Feet
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The Lark Shall Sing
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In Dread of Winter
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The Babylonian Heart
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Ask Me No Questions
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Whom Death Has Joined Together
1956-04-23
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The Wedding
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The Reckoning
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A Woman Named Ruby
1956-04-26
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The Bright Boy
1956-04-27
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The Carefree Tree
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Graybeards and Witches
1956-05-01
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The Legend of Jenny Lind
1956-05-02
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Daughter of the Seventh Day
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Night Must Fall
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The 25th Hour
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A Man and His Maid
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Perspective
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The Catamaran
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Johnny Came Marching Home
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A Family Affair
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Blind Date
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To Have and to Hold
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Edwina Black
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The Spare Room
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The Bottle Imp
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Brief Music
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The Girl from Boro Park
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To Whom It May Concern
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Bachelor Buttons
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The Children of Papa Juan
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Herself Alone
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Three for the Money
1956-05-31
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Taxi to the Moon
1956-06-01
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The Goodtime Boys
1956-06-04
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The American
1956-06-05
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Cause for Suspicion
1956-06-06
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Fight the Whole World
1956-06-07
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Autumn Crocus
1956-06-08
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George Has a Birthday
1956-06-11
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The Serpent's Tooth
1956-06-12
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Crime at Blossom's
1956-06-13
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The Luck of Amos Currie
1956-06-14
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Alison's House
1956-06-15
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Safe Place
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The Guest Cottage
1956-06-19
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Forsaking All Others
1956-06-20
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Love, Honor and O'Day
1956-06-21
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The Damask Cheek
1956-06-22
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167
Moon Over
1956-06-25
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But Fear Itself
1956-06-26
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169
The Birthday Present
1956-06-27
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The Ghost of Greenwich Village
1956-06-28
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The Young and the Damned
1956-06-29
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There's Always Juliet
1956-07-02
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Seasoned Timber
1956-07-03
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The Declaration
1956-07-04
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High Places
1956-07-05
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Black Chiffon
1956-07-06
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Class of '58
1956-07-09
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Marriage by the Millions
1956-07-11
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Backfire
1956-07-12
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The Bishop Misbehaves
1956-07-13
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Remittance
1956-07-16
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
1956-07-17
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Summer Pavilion
1956-07-18
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The Feast
1956-07-19
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A Full, Rich Life
1956-07-20
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The Reverberator
1956-07-23
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Woman at the Window
1956-07-24
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Another Sky
1956-07-25
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Letter of Introduction
1956-07-26
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Home at Seven
1956-07-27
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The Cypress Tree
1956-07-30
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Belong to Me
1956-07-31
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Pygmalion Jones
1956-08-01
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Gretel
1956-08-02
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Some Man Will Want You
1956-08-03
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The Fall of the House of Usher
1956-08-06
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Cupid Rode a Horse
1956-08-07
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The Old Payola
1956-08-08
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The Perfect Alibi
1956-08-10
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