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I have eight episodes from 16 mm prints of “O. Henry Playhouse.”
04 Two Renegades 13 February 1957
08 Blackjack Bargainer 9 March 1957
11 After 20 Years 3 April 1957
15 Sisters of the Golden Circle 17 April 1957
25: Christmas by Injunction July 13 1957
33: A Madison Square Arabian Knight 14 September 1957
35 The Buyer from Cactus City 28 September 1957
42 The Emancipation of Billy (final episode) 19 November 1957

BELOW IS INFO ABOUT THE EPISODES AND THE SERIES

In “Two Renegades,” the doctor was John Cassavetes. And the Northern prisoner was Charles Bronson.
In “Christmas by Injunction,” Cherokee is a kind generous man but doesn’t like women, children, or Christmas, as the town judge learns when Cherokee turns down a request for a party. O. Henry tells his publisher that’s because Cherokee once lost a wife and son. They disappeared. A boy California is caught stealing food but he gives the lad a job. The boy is caught stealing food again and Cherokee learns he’s walking it ten miles away. California had said he was an orphan but then it turns out he was taking it to his mother. Cherokee gives the boy time off for Christmas. Cherokee tells judge to have the party and invite California and his mother. Written by Donald Hyde, directed by Felix Feist, Tommy Kirk as “California.” John Doucette as “Cherokee.”
“The Buyer from Cactus City.” A dress shop owner asks his two models Gloria and Angela to entertain a buyer from Texas. The buyer John Platt knocks on O. Henry’s door to stay for a visit. Platt is a kindly shy Texas millionaire who is in town to buy dresses. But he is so shy, he isn’t looking forward to seeing live models. O. Henry suggests it can be done by looking at sketches. O. Henry takes Platt over to the dress shop. Gloria freaks out the shy Platt who will take all the dresses. The model is smitten with the kind Texan. But the Texan can’t wait to get back to Texas. Then the Texan sees Angela in a cowgirl outfit and for him, it’s love at first sight. But she’s got a boyfriend who rudely claims her. The tall Texan backs off. The other model Gloria asks the Texan out to dinner. Over dinner, Gloria likes his simple honesty but finds he is hung up on her roommate Angela so she will do she what she can to help him. Angela and her crusty boyfriend Paul return from a date. Paul presses for a kiss for the $11 he spent. She loves him but only for what he’s worth. Platt talks with O. Henry. The money-loving model Angela calls and apologizes for Paul and asks him out coyly. At dinner, Angela tells Paul what he wants to hear. They talk marriage. But she wants to travel not spend time on his ranch. That night at O. Henry’s, Platt paces. Platt decides to start acting like a Texan. He ropes the gal he wants. Gloria. Paul comes out and makes ungentlemanly remarks. Platt punches Paul. Angela comforts Paul. (This is a sweet story. But it loses the wordplay about mistaking Cactus City for Caracas in South America.) Written by Donald Hyde. Directed by Les Goodwin, Gloria Abbott. Angela Jearn.
“Sisters of the Golden Circle.” Directed by Peter Godfrey. Written by Donald Hyde. Adaptation by William Kozlenko. On a Hudson River cruise ship, a wife Kathy reminisces with her husband Phillip that a year ago, they were newlyweds. Kathy wants Phillip to recreate what he did a year ago and kiss her. Kathy sends Phillip to get the same drink he got her a year ago. While he’s away, Kathy sees a young couple walk by. Mr. and Mrs. James Williams, married a few hours. Mrs. Mary Williams wonders if it’s right to run away. Phillip comes back empty handed as the bar was a madhouse. James Williams sees police and takes off, telling his wife he’ll meet her at a hotel. Officer Muldoon see Phillip and take him for James Williams and arrest him. He forgot his wallet. Kathy won’t vouch for him. The cops take Phillip away. Police sergeant McTigue tells the story so far to O. Henry. The cop brings up Phillip. And he says he is Philip Thomas and threatens to sue. O. Henry gazes on, interested. The wife still won’t vouch for him. The one policeman who knows what James Williams looks like won’t be in till tomorrow, so Phillip will have to spend the night in jail. Kathy starts to walk out. O. Henry accosts her. O. Henry believes the husband. He asks her why. Kathy admits she’s his wife and will release him tomorrow. O. Henry asks the sergeant about James Williams’ crime. Williams was accused of stealing. O. Henry goes to see Williams’ former boss Mr. Bimmler. The boss says Williams stole $200 from the strong box because he got involved with a painted “high stepper.” O. Henry visits the pastor who married the Williams Father O’Connor. The pastor says they’re good kids. Back at the police station, O. Henry sees the real James Williams turn himself in to the sergeant. They came back because they couldn’t let another man suffer and even if they don’t believe him. The sergeant asks if they had their honeymoon. No. He tells them too. The boss called and found his $200. It was just misspelled. Phillip is brought up. He threatens to sue. Kathy explains it was all for love.

THE O. HENRY PLAYHOUSE”
This 39-episode television series from 1957 was produced by Phillip N. Krasne and Jack J. Gross.
Each week, it opens with a narrator giving the theme of the story. Then an opening teaser. Then they show O. Henry pitching the story to his doubting editor Colonel Derbin. The Colonel guesses what will happen as O. Henry tells the story but O. Henry is always ahead of him and has an extra surprise up his sleeve. O. Henry often involves himself with the characters.
The TV scripts change and expand the stories. For example, in “Two Renegades,” the Northern doctor gets away, like in the story, but unlike the story, the Southern doctor gets executed. In “The Emancipation of Billy,” the son takes the important position but then finds a scandal involving his father.
The stories retain the twists and the sympathy but without the humor.
The staging is somewhat stodgy. For example, in “The Blackjack Bargainer,” the story calls for Goree to be so drunk, he forgets all about how he sold his feud. An actor would love to act that drunk. But they don’t show it. Maybe it was against TV standards and practices at the time.
O. Henry is played by Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962), a beloved character actor you’d recognize from many films. He had rumpled, unruly hair, burning eyes. In It’s a Wonderful Life, he was ne’er-do-well Uncle Billy, who lost the saving and loan’s $8000, which caused Jimmie Stewart’s character so much trouble. In Gone with the Wind, he played Scarlet O’Hara’s father, “the land is the only thing worth fighting for.” In Lost Horizon, he was a cocky embezzler. He was in Only Angels Have Wings, High Noon, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. In Stagecoach, Mitchell played Doc Boone, the drunken fatalistic doctor and the role won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Here is a listing from the Classic TV Archives at http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950.

O.HENRY PLAYHOUSE
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Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Gross-Krasne production
For First-Run Syndication
Executive producers Jack J. Gross and Philip N. Krasne
Produced by Donald Hyde

Background: Producers Jack J. Gross and Philip N. Krasne also produced television series "Adventures of a Jungle Boy" (1957), "Glencannon"(1957-58) starring Thomas Mitchell and "African Patrol" (1958-59) starring John Bentley.

O. Henry Playhouse Syndicated Program
US anthology series 1957 39 episodes x 30 min bw
42 titles listed here - some may be AKAs.

[01] REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE
23Jan57 copyright date
written for TV by George Waggner
Guest Cast: Ernest Borgnine and Jan Merlin

[02] MAN ABOUT TOWN
30Jan57 copyright date
written for TV by George Waggner
guest star Mona Freeman

[03] SAM PLUNKETT'S PROMISE
6Feb57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde
based on O. Henry's “The Theory and the Hound”

[04] TWO RENEGADES
13Feb57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper
guest star John Carradine

[05] THE MARIONETTES
20Feb57 copyright date
written for TV by George Waggner

[06] FOG IN SANTONE
27Feb57 copyright date
written for TV by George Waggner

[07] HEARTS AND HANDS
6Mar57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper

[08] THE WORLD AND THE DOOR
13Mar57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde

[09] THE GUILTY PARTY
20Mar57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper

[10] A RAMBLE IN APHASIA
27Mar57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper

[11] AFTER TWENTY YEARS
3Apr57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde

[12] A TRICK OF NATURE
10Apr57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde
based on O. Henry's “The Purple Dress”

[13] SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE
17Apr57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde

[14] HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO
27Apr57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde

[15] ONLY THE HORSE WOULD KNOW
4Mar57 copyright date
written for TV by Donald Hyde

[16] THE ATAVISM OF JOHN TOM LITTLE BEAR
11May57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper

[17] MILLER'S MILLIONS
(possibly an 'aka' for one listed below)
18May57 copyright date
guest star Otto Kruger

[18] THE BLACK JACK BARGAINER
25May57 copyright date
written for TV by Irving Cooper

[--] O. Henry's One Dollar's Worth
written for TV by Irving Cooper
19Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Fool Killer
written for TV by George Waggner
19Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Vanity and Some Sables
written for TV by George Waggner
19Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Girl
written for TV by Albert Isaac Bezzerides
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Christmas by Injunction
written for TV by Donald Hyde
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Georgia's Ruling
written for TV by Mary McCarthy
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Roads We Take
written for TV by Irving Cooper
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Sphinx Apple
written for TV by Irving Cooper
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Wit's End
written for TV by Donald Hyde.
21Feb57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Between Rounds
written for TV by George Waggner
1Mar57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Fourth in Salvadore
written for TV by George Waggner
1Mar57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Hypotheses of failure
written for TV by Irving Cooper
1Mar57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Hiding of Black Bill
written for TV by Irving Cooper
1Mar57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
written for TV by Irving Cooper
18Mar57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's A Madison Square Arabian knight
written for TV by Irving Cooper
8Apr57 copyright date

[--] The Lonely Man
written for TV by Donald Hyde.
based on O. Henry's “The Last of the Troubadours”
8Apr57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Buyer from Cactus City
written for TV by Donald Hyde
22Apr57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's Tobin's Palm
written for TV by George Waggner
16May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's A Service of Love
written for TV by Mary McCarthy
20May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Tale of the Tainted Tenner
written for TV by Irving Cooper
20May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Count and the Wedding Guest
written for TV by George Waggner
20May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Gentle Grafter
written for television by Dale Wasserman.
23May56 copyright date

[--] The Murderer
written for TV by Donald Hyde & Irving Cooper
based on O. Henry's “The Proof of the Pudding”
23May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Emancipation of Billy
written for TV by Donald Hyde
23May57 copyright date

[--] O. Henry's The Lotterman Affair
written for TV by Donald Hyde & Al C. Ward
28May57 copyright date