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The Best Episodes of Four Star Playhouse Season 1

Every episode of Four Star Playhouse Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Four Star Playhouse Season 1!

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;...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:CBS

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 72 votes. Directed by Robert Florey and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1952. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Dante's Inferno".

  • My Wife Geraldine
    7.6/10(72)

    #1 - My Wife Geraldine

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/25/1952

    Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • Dante's Inferno
    6.9/10(51)

    #2 - Dante's Inferno

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/2/1952

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lost Silk Hat
    5.5/10(55)

    #3 - The Lost Silk Hat

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/23/1952

    Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Ronald Colman, Milton Merlin

  • Backstage
    7.7/10(49)

    #4 - Backstage

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 11/6/1952

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Welcome Home
    7.3/10(38)

    #5 - Welcome Home

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 11/20/1952

    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: N/A

  • The Island
    6.5/10(45)

    #6 - The Island

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 12/4/1952

    Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • The Officer and the Lady
    7.0/10(48)

    #7 - The Officer and the Lady

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 12/18/1952

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Knockout
    7.3/10(50)

    #8 - Knockout

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 1/1/1953

    Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man on a Train
    7.5/10(75)

    #9 - Man on a Train

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 1/15/1953

    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: N/A

  • Trail's End
    NaN/10(0)

    #10 - Trail's End

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 1/29/1953

    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: N/A

  • Sound Off, My Love
    7.4/10(59)

    #11 - Sound Off, My Love

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 2/12/1953

    Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man in the Box
    7.0/10(32)

    #12 - The Man in the Box

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 2/26/1953

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

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • No Identity
    7.0/10(47)

    #13 - No Identity

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 3/12/1953

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

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
    5.7/10(38)

    #14 - The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 3/26/1953

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Voyage
    7.3/10(38)

    #15 - The Last Voyage

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 4/23/1953

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

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Ride
    7.0/10(47)

    #16 - Night Ride

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 5/7/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ladies On His Mind
    5.4/10(48)

    #17 - The Ladies On His Mind

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 5/21/1953

    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: N/A

  • To Whom It May Concern
    7.7/10(46)

    #18 - To Whom It May Concern

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 6/4/1953

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shadowed
    7.2/10(34)

    #19 - Shadowed

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 6/18/1953

    Past haunts politician running for Senator.

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Seeleg Lester