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The Best Episodes of Four Star Playhouse Season 1

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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 1 - My Wife Geraldine
    7.6/10(77 votes)

    #1 - My Wife Geraldine

    S1:E1

    Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 2 - Dante's Inferno
    6.8/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Dante's Inferno

    S1:E2

    Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 3 - The Lost Silk Hat
    5.5/10(60 votes)

    #3 - The Lost Silk Hat

    S1:E3

    Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writers:Ronald Colman, Milton Merlin

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  4. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 4 - Backstage
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #4 - Backstage

    S1:E4

    An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes $5 could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 5 - Welcome Home
    7.2/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Welcome Home

    S1:E5

    A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 6 - The Island
    6.5/10(48 votes)

    #6 - The Island

    S1:E6

    Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 7 - The Officer and the Lady
    7.0/10(54 votes)

    #7 - The Officer and the Lady

    S1:E7

    A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 8 - Knockout
    7.2/10(55 votes)

    #8 - Knockout

    S1:E8

    Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 9 - Man on a Train
    7.4/10(87 votes)

    #9 - Man on a Train

    S1:E9

    William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 10 - Trail's End
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Trail's End

    S1:E10

    A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 11 - Sound Off, My Love
    7.3/10(70 votes)

    #11 - Sound Off, My Love

    S1:E11

    Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 12 - The Man in the Box
    6.9/10(36 votes)

    #12 - The Man in the Box

    S1:E12

    Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 13 - No Identity
    7.0/10(53 votes)

    #13 - No Identity

    S1:E13

    Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 14 - The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
    5.7/10(44 votes)

    #14 - The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

    S1:E14

    After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 15 - The Last Voyage
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    #15 - The Last Voyage

    S1:E15

    Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 16 - Night Ride
    7.0/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Night Ride

    S1:E16

    Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 17 - The Ladies On His Mind
    5.2/10(55 votes)

    #17 - The Ladies On His Mind

    S1:E17

    A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 18 - To Whom It May Concern
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #18 - To Whom It May Concern

    S1:E18

    A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 19 - Shadowed
    6.9/10(42 votes)

    #19 - Shadowed

    S1:E19

    Past haunts politician running for Senator.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Seeleg Lester

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"My Wife Geraldine" is the best rated episode of "Four Star Playhouse" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by Robert Florey and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/1952. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Dante's Inferno".