General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953
★★★☆☆ 6.4/10
📺 10 Seasons
🎬 303 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
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General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Seasons

Season 1
1953 • 6 Episodes
An elderly couple of naturalized Germans living in the U. S. discovers after 60 years of marital bliss that, technically, they were never married.
Season 2
1953 • 24 Episodes
A young refugee learns about American patriotism from a bandit.
Season 3
1954 • 37 Episodes
Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so.
Season 4
1955 • 39 Episodes
Season 5
1956 • 35 Episodes
Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.
Season 6
1957 • 32 Episodes
Season 7
1958 • 32 Episodes
A plumber receives a late night call for a job that turns out to be with a gang of jewel thieves.
Season 8
1959 • 33 Episodes
Season 9
1960 • 31 Episodes
Steve Allen played a bank executive who woke up one morning to find all his actions governed by what his neighbors -and boss thought. In a burst of independence, he decided to paint his house barn red, and when his neighbors objected, he blew his cork and painted it red, white and blue. That raised the roof, and the neighborhood called a meeting to decide whether to sue him for creating a public nuisance. Allen didn't like the colors anyway, and was ready to give in and repaint, but not until he could make his point about conformity before the meeting. This he did so well, everybody congratulated him as a courageous, forward-thinking individualist and urged him to keep the house just the way it was. He started to do this until, with a jolt, he realized he'd fallen into the trap of conformity again, and if he didn’t like the house the way it was, he was darn well gonna change it.
Season 10
1961 • 34 Episodes

Crew

Producer
Arnold Schulman

Network

CBS

Production

Theodora Productions, MCA Television, Revue Studios

Keywords

anthology