Season 2 • Episode 19
LatestA mischievous, well meaning, meddling busy body opens up an agency to bring couples together. After years of being a scorned woman Mae decides to turn the tables on her nemisis after her ex-husbands death. A variation of Hello Dolly!
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
Acting
Movie stars visibly adjusting to smaller screens.
Production
Fox recycling sets and costumes from theatrical features.
Direction
Veteran directors learning live TV on the fly.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fox literally stripped feature film budgets down to TV scale—some episodes used standing sets from CinemaScope productions that cost 100x more to build.
This series marks the exact moment when movie stars realized television wasn't 'beneath them'—it was unemployment insurance. The embarrassment is palpable and fascinating.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
