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    Post or Modify Date: September 29, 12
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 Series: "BEST PLAYS"
        NBC   SUSTAINED     HOST: John Chapman   Supervised by: William Welch
        Adaptations: Ernest Kinoy     Directors: Edward King & Fred Weihe
        Announcers: Fred Collins or Robert Denton
        Series began as a Summer Replacement for THEATER GUILD
                                                                                 
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91201    "WINTERSET"                       1  06-08-52  :59:40  Burgess Meredith, Maureen Stapleton

91202    "ON BORROWED TIME"                2  06-15-52 1:00:00  Parker Fennelly, Mildred Natwyck,
                                                                David Anderson, Agnes Young, Peter
                                                                Cappell, Teri Keene, Louie Van Rootin,
                                                                Carl Webber, Bill Griffith

91203    "ANGEL STREET"                    3  06-22-52 1:00:00  Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Melville
                                                                Cooper, Elizabeth Eustis, Marjorie
                                                                Maude

91204    "THE HASTY HEART"                 4  06-29-52  :58:10  Anne Burr, John Sylvester    AUTHOR:
                                                                John Patrick

91205    "ARSENIC & OLD LACE"              5  07-06-52 1:00:00  Boris Karloff, Donald Cook, Jean
                                                                Adair, Edgar Staley, Evelen Varden.

*na*     "THE DARK OF THE MOON"            6  07-13-52  :59:30* Alfred Drake   Based on the folk song:
                                                                "Barbara Ellen"

91207    "THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE"         7  07-20-52 1:01:50  Elliot Nugent, Martha Scott, Audry
                                                                Christie   Writer: Sutton Vane

111      "ALL MY SONS"                     8  07-27-52  :59:28  Ed Begley

91208    "OUTWARD BOUND"                   9  08-03-52  :59:30* Jean Adair, Alexander Scourby, Susan
                                                                Douglas, Chester Stratton, Loena
                                                                Powers, John Stanley, Norman Rose,
                                                                Wendall Holmes, William Pogmore
                                                                Writer: Sutton Vane

91209    "UNCLE HARRY"                    10  08-10-52  :55:46  Joseph Schildkraut, Agnes Moorehead
                                                                end missing

91210    "THE PHILADELPHIA STORY"         11  08-17-52  :55:50  Joan Alexander, Betty Furness, Myron
                                                                McCormack, Vera Allen, Joseph Curtin,
                                                                Carl Webber, William Quinn, Denise
                                                                Alexander, Edwin Jerome, Gene Leonard
                                                                About four minutes are missing fron
                                                                the second disc.

91211    "HOME OF THE BRAVE"              12  08-24-52 1:00:00  Russell Hardie, Peter Capell, Donald
                                                                Buka, Joseph Julian, Bill Lipton,
                                                                William Redfield, James Stevens, Jack
                                                                Lloyd    Writer: Arthur Laurentz

91212    "BLITHE SPIRIT"                  13  08-31-52  :59:30* John Loder, Mildred Natwick, Stoddard,
                                                                Ann Burr    Writer: Noel Coward

4383 B   "TONIGHT AT 8:30"                14  09-07-52  :37:50  Madeline Carroll      Middle portion
                                                                only

91214    "VICTORIA REGINA"                15  10-03-52  :59:50  Helen Hayes, Norman Rose, Leona
                                                                Powers, John Stanley, Irene Hubbard,
                                                                Robert Carrol, Guy Squall, Charles
                                                                Frances   Writer: Laurence Housman
                                                                Beginning of new season and Show moves
                                                                to Friday

91215    "SHE LOVES ME NOT"               16  10-10-52  :58:40  Eddie Bracken, Ann Thomas, Harry
                                                                Belliver

91216    "HIGH TOR"                       17  10-17-52  :58:40  Burgess Meredith, Maureen Stapleton,
                                                                Edgar Stacy   End cut

91217    "BIOGRAPHY"                      18  10-24-52  :59:00  Faye Emerson, Donald Buka    No ending

91218    "ELIZABETH THE QUEEN"            19  11-09-52 1:01:40  Eva LaGallienne, Richard Waring
                                                                Show of 10-31 Pre-Empted    Show moves
                                                                to Sunday .. back to hour-long format

91219    "THE MADWOMAN OF THE CHAILLOT"   20  11-16-52  :59:30  Aline MacMahon, Estelle Winwood, Irene
                                                                Hubbard, James Westerfield   Severe
                                                                volume drop last 5 minutes

91220    "MISSOURI LEGEND"                21  11-23-52 1:00:30  John Forsythe        The legend of
                                                                Jesse James "The Dirty Little Coward
                                                                That Shot Jim Howard"

91221    "ROPE"                           22  11-30-52  :59:50  Hurd Hatfield, Victor Jory   Author:
                                                                Patrick Hamilton

91222    "SKYLARK"                        23  12-07-52  :60:00* June Havoc, Donald Cook

91223    "CRAIG'S WIFE"                   24  12-14-52 1:00:10  Judith Evelyn, John Beal

91224    "NIGHT MUST FALL"                25  12-21-52  :59:50* Alfred Drake, Mary Boland, Carmen
                                                                Matthews

91225    "A BELL FOR ADANO"               26  12-28-52 1:01:30  Arthur Kennedy, Myron McCormick, Karl
                                                                Weber, Joseph DeSantis, Louis Sorin,
                                                                Tony Randell, Roger DeCaldwin, Louie
                                                                Van Rooten, Bill Griffis, Gilbert Mack

91226    "ACCENT ON YOUTH"                27  01-04-53  :59:50* Paul Lucas, Sally Forrest

91227    "MEN IN WHITE"                   28  01-11-53 1:01:10  Richard Basehart, Joan Lorring,
                                                                Patricia Neil, Santos Ortega, Bill
                                                                Adams, Joan Sheperd    Excess time due
                                                                to station info.

91228    "THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT"        29  01-25-53  :56:30  Fredric March, Florence Eldridge
                                                                Writer: Robert E. Sherwood     Show of
                                                                1-18 Pre-Empted for special broadcast
                                                                "End of an Era" starring Burgess
                                                                Meredith   End cut

91229    "CAMILLE"                        30  02-01-53 1:00:10  Eva LaGallienne, Richard Waring,
                                                                Writer: Alexandre Dumas Fils

91230    "JOHN LOVES MARY"                31  02-08-53  :59:50  Van Johnson, Nina Foch

*na*     "THE GLASS MENAGERIE"            32  02-15-53  :60:00* Geraldine Page, MacDonald Cary, Evelyn
                                                                Varden

7890 A   "MR. ROBERTS"                    33  04-17-53  :30:00* Tomas Heggen    No credits - Parts 2 &
                                                                4 only

91233    "SUSAN AND GOD"                  34  05-01-53  :54:46  Paul McGrath, Judith Evelyn, Vera
                                                                Allen   Author: Rachel Crothers  5
                                                                minutes missing at beginning of second
                                                                act

91234    "OF MICE AND MEN"                35  05-08-53  :59:00  Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quinn, Ralph
                                                                Bell.   Author: John Steinbeck

91235    "ST. HELENA"                     36  05-15-53  :60:00* Dennis King. Ralph Bell.   Author:
                                                                R.C. Sheriff

111      "SUMMER AND SMOKE"               37  05-22-53 1:00:18  Geraldine Page

91236    "THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE"   38  05-29-53  :60:00* Sir Cedric Hardwick   Author: Barry
                                                                Lyndon   Speed fluc in a couple of
                                                                places

91237    "AUTUMN CROCUS"                  39  06-05-53  :60:00* Walter Slezak, Carmen Matthews
                                                                Author: Dodie Smith

91238    "ANOTHER LANGUAGE"               40  06-21-53  :59:20  Faye Emerson, Ralph Bell   Author:
                                                                Rose Franklin   No show aired since
                                                                6-5  Time change to Sundays 8:30 -
                                                                9:30 for some stations only

91239    "THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE"        41  06-28-53  :58:00  John Forsythe, Joan Loring   Authors:
                                                                Marc Connelly and Frank Elser  No
                                                                ending Credits.

7892 C   "ARSENIC AND OLD LACE"           42  07-05-53  :30:00* Boris Karloff, Donald Cook, Edgar
                                                                Stehli   Author: Joseoh Kesserling
                                                                Incomplete - Parts 1 and 2 only

91241    "MACBETH"                        43  07-12-53  :57:40  Eva LaGallienne, Staats Cotsworth
                                                                Author: William Shakespeare   No
                                                                closing credits.

91242    "THE ROSE TATTOO"                44  07-19-53  :59:30* Eli Wallach, Maureen Stapleton
                                                                Author: Tenessee Williams

91243    "THERE'S ALWAYS JULIET"          45  08-02-53  :57:10  Margareite Phillips, Paul McGrath
                                                                Author: John Van Druten   Show of 7-26
                                                                Pre-empted.  "Kiss The Boys Goodbye"
                                                                slated for that date was re-scheduled
                                                                to 9-6-53

91244    "THE MALE ANIMAL"                46  08-09-53  :59:40  Elliot Nugent, Martha Scott, Ralph
                                                                Bell.   Author: Elliot Nugent and
                                                                James Thurber

91245    "DETECTIVE STORY"                47  08-16-53  :58:30  Wendell Corey, Alexander Scourby
                                                                Author: Sidney Kingsley

*na*     "LADIES IN RETIREMENT"           48  08-23-53  :60:00* Carmen Matthews, Evelyn Varden,
                                                                Mildred Natwick

91246    "TONIGHT AT 8:30"                49  08-30-53  :60:00* Madeline Carroll, Jerome Cowen
                                                                Author: Noel Coward

91247    "KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE"          50  09-06-53  :58:50  Helen Claire, Ralph Bell   Author:
                                                                Claire Boothe    Speed Problems

91248    "ETHAN FROME"                    51  09-13-53  :59:50  Geraldine Page   Author: Owen Davis
                                                                Speed problems

91249    "THE PETRIFIED FOREST"           52  09-20-53  :59:30  Cyril Richard, Ralph Bell.   Author:
                                                                Robert E. Sherwood   Final performance
                                                                of the series.  Some stations
                                                                re-played earlier shows for the next
                                                                two weeks, but the is the last new
                                                                performance.

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    Total Number of Titles:   52
    Total Number of Programs: 52
    Total Possible Episodes:  52        Missing Programs: 3       Total Programs in Collection: 49
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