General Electric Theater

3,25

1953

6.8 / 10

Episodes

EP 1: Pretending Makes It Do

Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so....

EP 2: Too Old for the Girl

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EP 3: Nora #1

An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pain and degradation....

EP 4: The High Green Wall

Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in the middle of nowhere, belonging to the affable M...

EP 5: The Long Way 'Round

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EP 6: Edison the Man

82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scien...

EP 7: The Road to Edinburgh

Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh....

EP 8: I'm a Fool

Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story of a heartsick and foolish farm boy who takes on a ...

EP 9: The Face Is Familiar

A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery....

EP 10: The Rider on the Pale Horse

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EP 11: Committed

Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves...

EP 12: The Dark, Dark Hours

A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner....

EP 13: Music for Christmas

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music....

EP 14: The White Steed

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EP 15: Amelia

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EP 16: D.P.

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EP 17: Yankee Pedler

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EP 18: The Martyr

1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush....

EP 19: The Big Shot

Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one condition that makes him want to refuse their off...

EP 20: The Return of Gentleman Jim

Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring....

EP 21: Love Is Eternal

When Lincoln and Mary Todd were married, he had the phrase, "Love is Eternal", inscribed in her wedding band. Though years of lone...

EP 22: The Bachelor's Bride

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EP 23: Episode 3.23

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EP 24: The Blond Dog

A struggling photographer runs over a dog while driving near the home of an actress. Little does he know that this insignificant a...

EP 26: The Bitter Choice

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EP 27: Clown

Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie....

EP 28: It Gives Me Great Pleasure

A traveling lecturer wants to retire and spend more time with her son....

EP 29: O, Lonely Moon

Embittered by his wife's death during the birth of their eighth child, an Irishman refuses to set eyes on the girl and acknowledge...

EP 30: The Windmill

An ex-gunfighter, after hiding his identity for years, enters a shooting contest to raise money for a windmill in hopes he can pro...

EP 31: Mr. Blue Ocean

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EP 32: Into the Night

A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have jus...

EP 33: A Man with a Vengeance

A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone....

EP 34: When in France

What better place for romance than in a classroom, especially a French class? That's the reasoning of a lonely boy and a lonely gi...

EP 35: The Half-Promised Land

Pio, a bartender in Capri, has dreamed all his life of going to America. He asks two American tourists to help him find a way to m...

EP 36: Star in the House

One-time film star plans her anniversary to be as romantic as her honeymoon....

EP 37: The Day He Got Fired

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Overview

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.

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Episodes >>

Pretending Makes It Do

Episode 1

Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the b...

Too Old for the Girl

Episode 2

...

Nora #1

Episode 3

An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pai...

The High Green Wall

Episode 4

Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in...

The Long Way 'Round

Episode 5

...

Edison the Man

Episode 6

82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and ...

The Road to Edinburgh

Episode 7

Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh....

I'm a Fool

Episode 8

Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story o...

The Face Is Familiar

Episode 9

A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge ...

The Rider on the Pale Horse

Episode 10

...

Committed

Episode 11

Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, ...

The Dark, Dark Hours

Episode 12

A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner....

Music for Christmas

Episode 13

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music....

The White Steed

Episode 14

...

Amelia

Episode 15

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D.P.

Episode 16

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Yankee Pedler

Episode 17

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The Martyr

Episode 18

1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush....

The Big Shot

Episode 19

Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one...

The Return of Gentleman Jim

Episode 20

Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring....

Love Is Eternal

Episode 21

When Lincoln and Mary Todd were married, he had the phrase, "Love is Eternal", i...

The Bachelor's Bride

Episode 22

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Episode 3.23

Episode 23

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The Blond Dog

Episode 24

A struggling photographer runs over a dog while driving near the home of an actr...

War and Peace on the Range

Episode 25

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The Bitter Choice

Episode 26

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Clown

Episode 27

Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie....

It Gives Me Great Pleasure

Episode 28

A traveling lecturer wants to retire and spend more time with her son....

O, Lonely Moon

Episode 29

Embittered by his wife's death during the birth of their eighth child, an Irishm...

The Windmill

Episode 30

An ex-gunfighter, after hiding his identity for years, enters a shooting contest...

Mr. Blue Ocean

Episode 31

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Into the Night

Episode 32

A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and ...

A Man with a Vengeance

Episode 33

A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on every...

When in France

Episode 34

What better place for romance than in a classroom, especially a French class? Th...

The Half-Promised Land

Episode 35

Pio, a bartender in Capri, has dreamed all his life of going to America. He asks...

Star in the House

Episode 36

One-time film star plans her anniversary to be as romantic as her honeymoon....

The Day He Got Fired

Episode 37

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