Matinee Theater S1:E4

Beginning Now

Make Believe Mother

A man who left his wife and infant son turns up years later. He drops in for a visit at the home of his now-married son and grandchildren. His sudden appearance and penchant for gambling wreak havoc in his son's home.

The Persistent Image

A once successful writer, who now verges on the alcoholic, makes one last attempt to sell his latest work. When this fails, he must decide which is more important, personal integrity or money.

Progress and Minnie Sweeney

A young intern tries to convince his fiance she shouldn't have the responsibility of supporting her divorced sister and the sister's child.

The House on Wildwood Lane

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

One for the Road

An Apple for Miss Myrtle

The Man Without a Country

Jigsaw

An elderly father is being pressured by his family to sell his orange groves to a real estate developer. He resists but starts to reconsider when he considers that his tomboy grandaughter could use the money to develope her singing career.

She's the One with the Funny Face

All the Hoffmeyers in the World

During all the years of their married life, Helen has been bullied by her husband Phil--about the neglected house, her ill health and the care of their son. Lately, Phil has been seeing much of Ruth, their next-door-neighbor, whose husband Matt, according to Phil, is ""an unambitious cop."" A terrible accident reveals Phil as he really is.

The Aspern Papers

In a Korean battle five Americans become detached from their company. They take over a hut in which they find and capture two North Korean soldiers, and an orphaned youngster. The boy soon becomes their mascot.

Roman Fever

A shy school principal and a rising young attorney are both in love with the same woman. A man who looks a great deal like Abraham Lincoln arrives in town as a summer boarder and becomes involved in the situation.

Midsummer

The Lady Chooses

The daughter and sister of a pretty widown decide to play Cupid. Both want to marry her off to a likely suitor. - Tv Guide

The Courtship of Miles Standish

A Polish merchant learns that his teen-age son and daughter have been won over to communism. He laboriously arranges an escape from the country, with his rebellious son virtually his prisoner. Even in Sweden their trouble continues, as the son informs on a priest who has aided their escape. - Tv Guide

Dispossessed

One for the Road

A beautiful young socialite is found murdered.

The Touchstone

A middle-aged bachelor thus far has avoided matrimony. His friends, knowing he is in need of money, arrange a meeting with a prospective bride who might be willing to support a husband.

Wuthering Heights

A mother discovers she is falling in love with the man her daughter has married.

The Brass Ring

A meek little file clerk turns into a veritable tiger when his boss hires an efficiency expert. His file system has worked for 30 years. and he's not going to change it for an efficiency expert.

Jason

A husband has definite ideas about bringing up his children. He feels his way of life on an isolated island is better than letting his offspring be subjected to education and other ""cruelties"" of civilization.

Arrowsmith

Three generations come together to celebrate the grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. During the evening the newly wedded granddaughter insists on modeling her grandmother's wedding gown.

Passing Strange

A woman art instructor entering her 30s falls in love with a pupil younger than she. Her overbearing brother tries to convince the woman that the artist is only using her to further his career.

For These Services

Following the death of her husband, a widow insists on keeping his tailor shop open even though business is falling off. A long-time friend, who has been in love with her for many years, tries to convince the grief-stricken widow she is making a mistake by treating the shop as a shrine to her husband's memory.

Cordially - With Bombs

The White Oaks

An elderly man of letters supports his orphaned teen-age granddaughter. When he hires a young male secretary, the girl believes she has fallen in love. -Tv Guide

O'Toole from Moscow

The Milwaukee Rocket

A young couple moves into the ground floor apartment of a mansion owned by an elderly woman. The husband at first resents the fact that the old lady imposes on his wife to do household chores. Then they learn they have been made sole heirs in her will. -Tv Guide

This One is Different

A man is determined to prevent his teen-age daughter from leaving home and entering a convent - Tv Guide

Sins of the Fathers

This is the well-known story of Biblical times about Ruth, whose devotion to her mother-in-law tkes her into a new land among strangers.

See You on Sunday

When a confirmed bachelor who owns a restaurant tries to sell his special recipe for a salad dressing, he gets involved with a beautiful girl FBI agent.

Coming of Age

A young English couple decide that they will live with the groom's aged mother after the wedding. When the bride puts up her house for sale, her five brothers and sisters, whom she has not seen for years, descend upon her from all corners of the British Isles to try to prevent the sale.

Technique

A governess, in love with the father of her charge, is dismayed when she learns the widower is unaware of her feelings and plans to marry another woman. In her bitter disappointment, the governess turns the young boy against his prospective stepmother in an effort to prevent the marriage from taking place.

Gallin: All-American

The idyllic existence of an American college professor, who has moved with his second wife and two children to Mexico, is menaced by the sudden appearance of his first wife, who is determined to win him back.

Santa is No Saint

The fifth wealthiest woman in the world hires detectives to trail her fifth husband and ensure his faithfulness. The husband decides to regain his freedom by arranging his own ""death.""-Tv Guide

The Unwelcomed

The Red Sanders Story

Class of '58

Horns of the Dilemma

Little Girls Grow Up

A young man is trying to keep up pretenses even though the business he inherited from his father is failing. He is furious when a practical joker at the alumni reunion asks him if he needs a job. -NBC

The Shot

Mr. Krane

Yesterday is Gone

A wealthy industrialist offers to revive the dwindling industry in a small town. In his ruthless business dealings he threatens to ruin the town banker. The other prominent citizens are forced to choose between the banker and the industry the town needs so badly.- TV GUIDE

Double Door

The Happy Rest

The Gate

One Left Over

All the Trees in the Field

The Century Plant

Friday the 13th

The Old Maid

Mother Was a Bachelor

The Bottom of the River

The Carefree Tree

Interlude

The Big Box

Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher

Doc

The Amateur

Light and Shadow

Romney

O Promise Me

Hold My Hand and Run

Dark Possession

The Diamond

Susan and God

As Young As You Feel

The White Knight

The Anxious Years

The Heart of Mary Lincoln

The Middle Son

Valentine's Day

Summer Cannot Last

The Last Battlefield

The Catbird Seat

Dream House

The Runaways

The Ledger

When the Bough Breaks

I Want to March

Skylark

Tall, Dark Stranger

Anything But Love

Robin Daw

Letter to a Stranger

Dinner at Antoine's

The Mating of Watkins Tottle

Her Son's Wife

The Shining Palace

The Odd Ones

A Cowboy for Chris

The Rocking Chair

The Big Guy

Statute of Limitations

The Baron and the Banshees

Notebook Warrior

Temptation for a King

The White Knight

The Anxious Years

M is for the Many

Silent Partner

Winter in April

Bread Upon the Waters

The Giant Killer

The Book of Ruth

Singer in the Valley

The Heart of a Husband

From the Desk of Margaret Tydings

But You Look Like Sisters

The House of Seven Gables

Fiddlin' Man

The Hollow Woman

People in Glass

One of the Family

Young Hands, Young Feet

The Lark Shall Sing

In Dread of Winter

The Babylonian Heart

Ask Me No Questions

Whom Death Has Joined Together

The Wedding

The Reckoning

A Woman Named Ruby

The Bright Boy

The Carefree Tree

Graybeards and Witches

The Legend of Jenny Lind

Daughter of the Seventh Day

Night Must Fall

The 25th Hour

A Man and His Maid

Perspective

The Catamaran

Johnny Came Marching Home

A Family Affair

Blind Date

To Have and to Hold

Edwina Black

The Spare Room

The Bottle Imp

Brief Music

The Girl from Boro Park

To Whom It May Concern

Bachelor Buttons

The Children of Papa Juan

Herself Alone

Three for the Money

Taxi to the Moon

The Goodtime Boys

The American

Cause for Suspicion

Fight the Whole World

Autumn Crocus

George Has a Birthday

The Serpent's Tooth

Crime at Blossom's

The Luck of Amos Currie

Alison's House

Safe Place

The Guest Cottage

Forsaking All Others

Love, Honor and O'Day

The Damask Cheek

Moon Over

But Fear Itself

The Birthday Present

The Ghost of Greenwich Village

A college boy accidentally kills a girl who is trying to blackmail him.

The Young and the Damned

There's Always Juliet

Seasoned Timber

The Declaration

High Places

Black Chiffon

Class of '58

Marriage by the Millions

Backfire

The Bishop Misbehaves

Remittance

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Summer Pavilion

The Feast

A Full, Rich Life

The Reverberator

Woman at the Window

Another Sky

Letter of Introduction

An American divorcee, transplanted to Paris, receives a letter stating that she is about to be visited by a young man who doesn't know she is his mother.

Home at Seven

The Cypress Tree

Belong to Me

Pygmalion Jones

Gretel

Some Man Will Want You

The Fall of the House of Usher

Cupid Rode a Horse

The Old Payola

The Perfect Alibi