This show aired for 10 seasons from 2153 to 9162 on the cbs network and was hosted by ronald reagan, who also appeared occasionally as part of an episodes cast. Occupying the sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 1 february 1953 to 27 may 1962, the general electric theater presented top hollywood and broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest. Below is a complete general electric theater episode list that spans the shows entire tv run. General electric theater season 8 cbs 19591960 general electric theater season 9 cbs 19601961 general electric theater season 10 cbs 19611962 general electric theater. Hosted by ken carpenter, the man with the golden voice, the show featured different stories each week, and featured high profile hollywood guest stars, such as cary grant, james mason, dana andrews, ronald reagan and joan fontaine. General electric theater soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. General electric theater season 5 episode the chess.
Lou costello and joyce jameson in general electric theater 1953. Sundays, following the last season of the former abc sitcom, the real mccoys, starring walter brennan and richard crenna, renamed on the cbs schedule as the mccoys. The series was sponsored by general electrics department of. General electric theater season 4 episode 16 simkl. A radio anthology series that debuted in 1953, general electric theater was originally a summer replacement for the bing crosby show. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Cd premiere of superb elmer bernstein score for landmark cbs television anthology series sponsored by general electric, hosted by ronald reagan. You can now add latest scene releases to your collection with add to trakt. Theater was a television program that presented an adaptation of novels, short stories, plays, film or general fiction on each episode, featuring working actors as well as hollywood starlets and stars in different roles every week. General electric theater, the television academy interviews.
Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Last year, general electric saw a glimpse of marketings future in entertainment by harking back to the past. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. The brand teamed with its agency bbdo new york, giant spoon, and slates panoply. General electric theater is an american anthology series. A man tells the story of his coming to adulthood when he left home at age 18 and learned the consequences of telling a lie to impress a girl. A wealthy woman with romantic designs a mischievous little girl with no one else to care for her. Michael reagan, adopted son of ronald reagan and jane wyman, contends that attorney general of the united states robert f. General electric theater this show aired for 10 seasons from 2153 to 9162 on the cbs network and was hosted by ronald reagan, who also appeared occasionally as part of an episodes cast. It was later known as the lyric theatre and finally glockners automatic theatre, the name under which it is listed at cinema treasures. General electric theater was an anthology series which was broadcast on cbs in the united states.
Not bad, really could have done without the awful laugh track though. Ones media general electric summer theater otr1cdgeneralelectric old time radio 1 mp3 cd 8 shows total playtime. General electric theater drama old time radio downloads. Watch general electric theater season 10, episode 35 the roman kid. The star and the story a syndicated anthology series hosted by henry fonda. The last full measure 2019 movies jan 20th once upon a winters date 2019 movies. Episodes of the oldtime radio series general electric theater. In 2015, the national geographic channel launched a new television series called breakthrough, focusing on scientific discovery. Full list of general electric theater episodes ranker. General electric theater s04e21 the honest man with zsa zsa gabor, charles bronson, jack benny. Ge true is a 33episode american anthology series sponsored by general electric. In the 1950s and early 1960s one of the largest companies in the world had a megaphone unlike any other. The general electric theater nobodys child season 7, episode 31 may 10, 1959 ronald reagan plays the owner of a store selling rare albums that finds himself caught between two females. Find out when and where you can watch general electric theater episodes with tvguides full tv listings youll never miss another moment from your favorite show.
General electric theater tv listings, tv schedule and. Photos from the individual general electric theater episodes are listed along with the general electric theater episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode. When ronald reagan hosted general electric theater. Season 9 episode 1 the man who thought for himself.
Season 3, episode 8 november 14, 1954 a bitter man reflects upon the time he took on a false identity to impress a pretty young woman and ended up losing her forever when his ruse was discovered. Nbcuniversal has been controlled by comcast since 2011, and fully owned by. General electric theater was an american anthology series hosted by ronald reagan that was broadcast on cbs radio and television. General electric theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. General electric theater 1953 was one of the finest, albeit shortlived, dramatic anthologies to air during the waning years of the golden age of radio. General electric was no newcomer to radio sponsorship by any means. Where to countdown general electric theater air dates. General electric theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, and fantasy. Ge podcast theater is an experimental partnership in branded podcast production between general electric, panoply, and the bbdo advertising agency. Ctva us anthology general electric theater revuecbs. Shop ge gtd120 dvdcd home theater system overstock. Kennedy pressured ge to cancel the general electric theater or at least to fire reagan as the host if the program were to continue. It was the first appearance of all three marx brothers together in the same scene since a night in casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in the story of mankind in 1957, and in pairs in love happy in 1949.
General electric theater tv series 19531962 the movie. General electrics, general electric theater made its television debut on february. A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish ozark hillbilly. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. Mom humors her son, but bob wants to convince the boy that his best buddy is imaginary. Hosted by ronald reagan, the series was sponsored by general electrics. Ge true aired a halfhour later than a predecessor series, general electric theater, hosted by ronald w.
Occupying the cushy sunday evening spot on cbs following the toast of the towned sullivan show from 2. Sportswriter mike thompson is in rome to cover a prizefight and becomes romantically involved with the attractive daught. When ronald reagan hosted general electric theater feb 17, 2019 by tomas kellner. The series was developed by the channel and ge, and produced by oscar winners ron howard and brian grazer. The incredible jewel robbery was an episode of general electric theater, broadcast by cbs on march 8, 1959. Reagan that was broadcast on cbs radio and television. General electric theatre decades tv network youtube. General electric theater simple english wikipedia, the. Themes from the general electric theater 1 2 3 next last last. Watch general electric theater season 10, episode 33 somebody please help me ruth hammond, a griefstricken young widow, allows herself to become a prisoner in her own home. Themes from the general electric theater download artwork. George renovated the electric theater, originally built in 1911, and adjacent properties and opened the new facilities in 2015. General electric theater the token, starrng dana andrews january 18, 1953.
Us anthology series chronological order us anthology series alphabetical order. Most, if not all, have a big name star as the lead. Sponsors season 1 cbs early 1953 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. Young randys insistence that his invisible friend tippytop is real causes friction between his mother and the man she intends to marry. The series was sponsored by general electrics department of public relations. The series was sponsored by general electrics department of publi. General electric theater season 9 episodes watch on kodi.
General electric theater season 4 episode 16 the ballad of mender mcclure. Due to the coronavirus covid19 health crisis events may be cancelled or postponed. Season 10 of general electric theater premiered on september 10, 1961. After an audition show on january 18, 1953, entitled. Elmer bernstein themes from the general electric theater. Reagan introduced each show and acted in some of them. The series was not dropped because of low ratings but.
Main street on april 2, 1902, and was the first location which tally operated as only a theater, rather than as an adjuct to his phonograph parlor. The general electric theater free episodes im a fool. In 1954, after several years of sporadic acting in minor westerns, reagan signed a lucrative contract to become the host of the general electric theater, a new television drama series. Watch general electric theater episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Lifeafter is general electrics new podcast podcaster news. General electric theater season 10 episodes watch on kodi. This was hardly kennedys intention, however, when he unscrupulously threatened to cancel government contracts with general electric unless the company fired the popular host of its sunday evening television show, general electric theater, according to reagan biographer and former aide thomas c. Ronald reagan corporate spokesman and rising conservative. Dark hours episode of general electric theater aired live from hollywood on december 12. The program featured live as well as filmed segments before it turned into a fully filmed show in 1957. Ge podcast theater returns with a new scifi thriller.
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