Season 3 (1953)

A Smile for Damger
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September 27, 1953 • 2h

A woman poses as an agent in the East.

Of Time and the River
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October 4, 1953 • 2h

Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", the deathbed scene.

A Queen's Way
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October 11, 1953 • 2h

This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.

McCoy of Abilene
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October 18, 1953 • 2h

The story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman.

Never kick a man upstairs
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October 25, 1953 • 2h

The story highlights the early career of "T.R." until the time he became President. It shows how, during those years, Roosevelt wa...Read more

The Imaginary Invalid
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November 1, 1953 • 2h

Moliere's rollicking satire tells the story of a wealthy fop, Argan, who fancies himself the victim of dozens of ailments. He acco...Read more

The Lonely Way
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November 8, 1953 • 2h

The moving story of John C. Fremont, one of the great American explorers of the last century is dramatized. Fremont whose explorat...Read more

Of Time and the River (II)
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November 15, 1953 • 2h

The story takes place during the hours just before Gant's demise. The remarkable man and his family are the long suffering wife wh...Read more

The Courtship of Miles Standish
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November 22, 1953 • 2h

The struggles of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth rock is dramatized. Beset by illness, food shortage and Indian marauders, the colo...Read more

The Last Voyage
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November 29, 1953 • 2h

The story of Benjamin Franklin's famous trip to Paris during the Revolutionary War and its importance for the American cause is dr...Read more

Asop and Rhodope
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December 13, 1953 • 2h

Slave and story teller Aesop is smitten with slave girl Rhodope.

Amahl and the Night Visitors
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December 20, 1953 • 2h

Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men, who stay the night, and are entertained by the villa...Read more

Blaze of Darkness
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December 27, 1953 • 2h

About the mid-seventeenth century John Milton used his fiery pen to espouse the cause of Oliver Cromwell against the throne, since...Read more

John Marshall and the Burr Case
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January 3, 1954 • 2h

The story of Chief Justice John Marshall and his dignity and impartiality during the trial of Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexa...Read more

Crusade to Liberty
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January 10, 1954 • 2h

James Edward Oglethorpe fought a single-handed battle against the debtor prisons of England. In 1732, Oglethorpe fights a losing b...Read more

The St. Cloud Storm
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January 17, 1954 • 2h

Jane Grey Swisshelm, pioneer newspaper woman, who in 1857 heeded her boss Horace Greeley's advice and headed Westward to the town ...Read more

King Richard II
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January 24, 1954 • 2h

The story of the King who believed he ruled by divine right and was completely heedless of his personal responsibility to his peop...Read more

Lone Star
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January 31, 1954 • 2h

Houston goes to Mexican Territory at the suggestion of his friend, President Andrew Jackson. He soon becomes involved in the cause...Read more

The Hands of Clara Schumann
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February 7, 1954 • 2h

Clara Weick's father strongly objected to her marrying a penniless young composer named Schumann. The law in Vienna then permitted...Read more

Crusader Against Cruelty
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February 14, 1954 • 2h

The true story of Henry Bergh and his fight against cruelty to children and animals is dramatized.

Miss Tracy of Mt. Vernon
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February 21, 1954 • 2h

Miss Tracy's story is told in order to preserve Washington's home as a national shrine in Mt. Vernon, neutral during the Civil War.

The Turbulent Air
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February 28, 1954 • 2h

he story of the co-discoverer of oxygen Lavoisier is dramatized.

The Good Samaritan
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March 7, 1954 • 2h

Story about a man who lives for almost 2,000 years in many nations at many times, attempting to imbue civilization with the meanin...Read more

The Road to Tara
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March 14, 1954 • 2h

Christian Patricius escapes from pagen Eire and returns in story of St. Patrick.

Out of Jules Verne
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March 21, 1954 • 2h

The program salutes the achievement of the father of science fiction. Despite his ardent desire to become a successful writer, Ver...Read more

The Ordeal of Thomas Jefferson
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March 28, 1954 • 2h

A period of history when Jefferson's enemies branded him as a traitor, spy and believer in "government by rabble". Alien and sedit...Read more

Young William Penn
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April 4, 1954 • 2h

The story of a young privileged son who was greatly affected by the preaching of Quaker minister Thomas Loe.

The Liberator
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April 11, 1954 • 2h

The story of Simon Bolivar who freed Venezuela from the tyranny of Spain.

The Story of Ruth
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April 18, 1954 • 2h

Ruth a childless widow and foreigner was helped by an older woman Naomi to overcome the many difficulties she faced.

Lafayette for Freedom
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April 25, 1954 • 2h

Episode 30 of Season 3 premiered on April 25, 1954

Petticoat Revolution
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May 2, 1954 • 2h

Story of Aimee Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

Portrait by Whistler
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May 9, 1954 • 2h

The drama describes the struggle of the famed artist to gain recognition and depicts the time that the sheriff almost takes away h...Read more

Moby Dick
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May 16, 1954 • 2h

A sea captain seeks vengeance upon a whale.

Serra and San Francisco
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May 23, 1954 • 2h

The story of the Catholic missionary Father Junipera Serra, who founded over 18 missions along the West Coast in the 1770's. His e...Read more

The Armour-Bearer
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May 30, 1954 • 2h

The moving story behind the founding of temple University in Philadelphia is told. The drama will relate how Russell Con well, fou...Read more

A Reckless Youth
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June 6, 1954 • 2h

The little known and humorous story of how Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) won his wife Olivia Langdon. Clemens manages to wangle an i...Read more

Come to the Window
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June 13, 1954 • 2h

Completely exhausted after a concert tour of the United Slates under the driving managership of P.T. Barnum, Jenny Lind decides to...Read more

Flight from Cathay
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June 20, 1954 • 2h

Chinese princess, Kukachin, is befriended by the adventurous Marco Polo. Young Polo, his father and uncle, although respected advi...Read more

Wife unto Caesar
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June 27, 1954 • 2h

The story unfolds as Calpurnia visits her husband on the battlefield and is ordered back to Rome and there learns of a plot agains...Read more

John Paul Jones
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July 4, 1954 • 2h

Historic drama about America's first naval hero. The historical drama reveals that John Paul, (his actual name) came to America af...Read more