General Motors Theatre (1952)

Synopsis

General Motors Theatre was a Canadian television anthology series, which ran on CBC Television under its various titles from 1953 until 1961. First transmitted under the sponsored title on October 5, 1954, a new 60-minute drama would be presented each week. As suggested by the title, the programme was sponsored by the General Motors automobile company. It was effectively the same series as the unsponsored CBC Theatre, which had run its first season from December 1, 1953 to April 20, 1954, with General Motors becoming title sponsor for the second season.

First Air Date: 1952-09-18

Last Air Date: 1961-07-02

Number of Seasons: 9

Number of Episodes: 297

Networks: CBC Television

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William Shatner as N/A

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Justice (1952-09-18)

A clerk is jailed for forging a check to help a drunkard's wife.
Ep. 2: Angel Street (1952-09-25)

Could Mrs. Manningham really be going made? Or does her old house in London hold a sinister secret?
Ep. 3: Inspector General (1952-10-02)

When a stranger arrives in a small Russian town, it is assumed (wrongly) that he must be the feared government inspector, whose visit is expected at any moment.
Ep. 4: Payment Deferred (1952-10-09)

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Ep. 5: An Enemy of the People (1952-10-16)

Dr. Stockmann has discovered that the water supply for his town is polluted - but surprisingly few people seem to care.
Ep. 6: To Tell the Truth (1952-10-23)

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Ep. 7: Juno and the Paycock (1952-10-30)

During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
Ep. 8: Uncle Harry (1952-11-06)

Harry's invalid sister doesn't want him to marry. In fact, she doesn't want him to do anything except what she wants him to do. A man might get to resent that.
Ep. 9: All My Sons (1952-11-13)

During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever, but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
Ep. 10: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1952-11-20)

Elizabeth Barrett is in love with the poet Robert Browning. Her tyrant of a father disapproves. But why?
Ep. 11: Hilda Morgan (1952-11-27)

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Ep. 12: The Moneymakers (1952-12-04)

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Ep. 13: Nothing But the Truth (1952-12-11)

A young man bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth.
Ep. 14: School for Scandal (1953-01-01)

Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.
Ep. 15: By Candlelight (1953-01-22)

In this comedy of errors, a maid pretends to be a lady, a Prince poses as his valet, and his valet pretends to be him, the Prince.
Ep. 16: Candida (1953-01-29)

Adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, in which the idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.
Ep. 17: Playboy of the Western World (1953-02-05)

A strange youth impresses the women at a remote Irish pub spot by claiming to have murdered his father.
Ep. 18: Othello (1953-02-12)

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Ep. 19: Dr. Angelus (1953-02-19)

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Ep. 20: One John Smith (1953-02-26)

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Ep. 21: Ebb Tide (1953-03-05)

Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic who has set himself up as the local god.
Ep. 22: She Stoops to Conquer (1953-03-12)

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with a potential suitor. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper. Hilarity ensues.
Ep. 23: The First Mrs. Fraser (1953-03-19)

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Ep. 24: The Vigil (1953-04-02)

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Ep. 25: The Case of Prince Charming (1953-04-16)

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Ep. 26: Guilt (1953-04-23)

A passionate adulterous relationship provokes a murder.
Ep. 27: The Bridge (1953-04-30)

A French girl and American Engineer struggle to find love in war-torn France.
Ep. 28: Fortune My Foe (1953-05-07)

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