The 1950s were an especially fertile time for television drama. Day after day, a cavalcade of brilliant actors, writers and directors brought America's home audiences into the very center of the theater experience. This four-episode volume presents stories from three of the best anthology series of all time: The Star and The Story ("The Thin Line,") Four Star Playhouse ("Backstage," "The Returning") and Du Pont Theater ("The Frightened Witness.")
The Thin Line: After being confined to a mental hospital for attempting to murder his wife, a troubled amnesiac nervously returns to her.
Backstage: A stage director walking home in the rain rescues a distraught young woman from jumping off a bridge.
The Frightened Witness: A shopkeeper is threatened by a mobster after he witnesses a fatal hit-and-run.
The Returning: An English professor falls in love with a young woman in pre-war Japan and arranges to have her flown to America to join him there - but the attack on Pearl Harbor aborts their plan.
Film Collectors & Archivists: Alpha Video is actively looking for rare and
unusual pre-1943 motion pictures, in good condition, from Monogram, PRC,
Tiffany, Chesterfield, and other independent studios for release on DVD. We
are also interested in TV shows from the early 1950s. Share your passion
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