Telephone Time - Season 1

Telephone Time - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes17
DatesApr 8, 1956 - Jul 29, 1956
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Episodes

The Golden Junkman
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Golden Junkman

True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children. A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.
Apr 8, 1956
Man With A Beard
Season 1Episode 230 min

Man With A Beard

Apr 15, 1956
Captain From Kopenick
Season 1Episode 330 min

Captain From Kopenick

Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.
Apr 22, 1956
Borders Away
Season 1Episode 430 min

Borders Away

The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine. This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war.
Apr 29, 1956
The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
Season 1Episode 530 min

The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

May 6, 1956
The Stepmother
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Stepmother

May 13, 1956
Time Bomb
Season 1Episode 730 min

Time Bomb

May 20, 1956
Emperor Norton's Bridge
Season 1Episode 830 min

Emperor Norton's Bridge

May 27, 1956
The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
Season 1Episode 930 min

The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

Jun 3, 1956
Harry in Search of Himself
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Harry in Search of Himself

Jun 10, 1956
Felix the Fourth
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Felix the Fourth

Jun 17, 1956
Smith of Ecuador
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Smith of Ecuador

Jun 24, 1956
The Gingerbread Man
Season 1Episode 1330 min

The Gingerbread Man

Jul 1, 1956
Joyful Lunatic
Season 1Episode 1430 min

Joyful Lunatic

Jul 8, 1956
The Key
Season 1Episode 1530 min

The Key

Jul 15, 1956
Grandpa Changes the World
Season 1Episode 1630 min

Grandpa Changes the World

Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to
Jul 22, 1956
Again the Stars
Season 1Episode 1730 min

Again the Stars

Jul 29, 1956

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