Category: Directed by James Sheldon

  • Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) s04e12 – The Bells of Cockaigne

    Pat (no pun intended) television play about sweet old Pat (Gene Lockhart) who desperately wants to see Ireland again before he dies but might need to help struggling youngster James Dean instead. Dean’s phenomenal enough to carry the rest.
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  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) s05e13 – Harvest

    Dorothy Gish isn’t just top-billed in Harvest, host (and narrator) Robert Montgomery introduces the episode hyping her presence. So it’s a tad disappointing when it turns out Gish gets less and less to do throughout the hour-long television play. When she does get things to do, they happen off-screen. Instead of giving her an arc,…