Season 8

Kraft Television Theatre

Season 8

Sep 29, 1954 24 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

A Simple Matter

Sep 29, 1954

Episode 4

The Luck of Roaring Camp

Oct 20, 1954

Episode 5

Split Level

Oct 27, 1954

A young architect who's finding it tough to make his mark in the big city is faced with a great temptation.

Episode 9

Emma

Nov 24, 1954

Emma's a beautiful, intelligent heiress who cares for her elderly father. In desperate need of diversion, she involves herself in the romances and dalliances of her friends.

Episode 11

Career

Dec 08, 1954

Episode 15

One Hill, One River

Jan 05, 1955

Following the American Civil War, a Southern soldier returns home with the Union soldier who saved his life. When the Yankee falls for a Southern Belle, the resentments of the soldier's southern family quickly bubble to the surface.

Episode 16

Patterns

Jan 12, 1955 60 min

Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.

Episode 17

The Written Word

Jan 19, 1955

Episode 19

The Skin Game

Feb 02, 1955

Episode 20

Patterns (2nd Version)

Feb 09, 1955 60 min

The original presentation received such extensive praise, the same production crew and cast were hired for a highly unusual repeat live performance, thus becoming the first live drama in television history to be broadcast twice due to popularity. Both shows were performed and broadcast live. Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.

Episode 22

The Emperor Jones

Feb 23, 1955

Episode 25

The Story of Mary Surratt

Mar 25, 1955

Episode 30

Gramercy Ghost

Apr 20, 1955

When her elderly landlady dies, a young woman inherits her house and the resident ghost: a soldier of the American Revolution who cannot go to Heaven because he failed to deliver a message to George Washington.

Episode 31

A Seacoast in Bohemia

Apr 27, 1955

Episode 32

Flowers for 2-B

May 04, 1955

Episode 33

Judge Contain's Hotel

May 11, 1955

Episode 34

The Braveness of Christy Fellon

May 18, 1955

Since his recent retirement, Christy Fellon has taken to visiting with a night watchman friend. One night, a new element is added: a robber appears and is captured by Christy Fellon himself.

Episode 35

Million Dollar Rookie

May 25, 1955

Episode 36

A Woman for Tony

Jun 01, 1955

Episode 40

The Mob

Jun 29, 1955

Episode 43

In the La Banza

Jul 20, 1955

A young man trains his ten-year-old brother to be a boxer. The older brother's motivation is his own vanity and quest for success.

Episode 44

Meet a Body

Jul 27, 1955

Episode 45

Spur of the Moment

Aug 03, 1955

A medical lab specialist dreams of becoming a successful surgeon. One day when no doctor is available, he intervenes in an emergency to perform an operation. When the patient dies, he tries to clear himself of responsibility by implicating a nurse.

Episode 46

Two Times Two

Aug 10, 1955

A rural Southern woman is a mathematical whiz, but she's rather stay in the backwoods than be considered a genius in the big city.