Paul Hartman

CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.

Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.

Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.

По пьесе Марри Шисгала. Комедия о двух школьных друзьях Гарри и Милте, которые встречаются после долгого перерыва. Один из них успешен, второй - типичный лузер, но первый женат на нелюбимой женщине и хочет развестись с ней. Чтобы всё прошло гладко, он решает спихнуть её своему новому старому приятелю.

Джей Пайрпонт Финч, молодой, но настырный мойщик окон, покупает книгу «Как преуспеть в бизнесе, ничего не делая» и следуя ее советам устраивается на работу в огромную корпорацию «Всемирная компания калиток». Начав с почтового отделения, он быстро поднимается по карьерной лестнице на самый верх, умело используя советы из книги.

Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.

Maxwell Slaughter is a kind, heavyset guy who has reached the rank of master sergeant in the army. Admired by handsome young Sgt. Eustis Clay, Slaughter forms a close bond with his peer. Clay hopes to convince Slaughter to join him in a business venture outside of the service, but, in the meantime, he introduces the older officer to the beautiful young Bobby Jo Pepperdine, inadvertently creating trouble for both men.

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

Этот фильм посвящен событиям 1925 года в Дейтоне, штат Теннесси, когда школьный учитель был осужден за преподавание эволюционной теории, что в то время было запрещено. Несмотря на моральную победу адвоката (ранее протестовавшего против такого запрета) в этих дебатах, учитель был осужден и приговорен к штрафу в 100 долларов.

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's classic play stars Frank Sinatra who introduces the song, "Love and Marriage," which would go on to be immortalized as the theme song to the sitcom Married with Children.

Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.

Мечтающий выбраться за рубеж управляющий цирка из Чехословакии с установлением в его стране коммунистического режима решает взять судьбу в свои руки и вместе с цирком отправиться на Запад.