Matinee Theater Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Beginning Now

2. Make Believe Mother

A man who left his wife and infant son turns up years later. He drops in for a visit at the home of his now-married son and grandchildren. His sudden appearance and penchant for gambling wreak havoc in his son's home.

3. The Persistent Image

A once successful writer, who now verges on the alcoholic, makes one last attempt to sell his latest work. When this fails, he must decide which is more important, personal integrity or money.

4. I'm Straight with the World

This is the tragic love story of a man and woman who fall in love as youngsters, but each married another.

5. Progress and Minnie Sweeney

A young intern tries to convince his fiance she shouldn't have the responsibility of supporting her divorced sister and the sister's child.

6. The House on Wildwood Lane

7. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

8. One for the Road

9. An Apple for Miss Myrtle

10. The Man Without a Country

11. Jigsaw

An elderly father is being pressured by his family to sell his orange groves to a real estate developer. He resists but starts to reconsider when he considers that his tomboy grandaughter could use the money to develope her singing career.

12. She's the One with the Funny Face

13. All the Hoffmeyers in the World

During all the years of their married life, Helen has been bullied by her husband Phil--about the neglected house, her ill health and the care of their son. Lately, Phil has been seeing much of Ruth, their next-door-neighbor, whose husband Matt, according to Phil, is ""an unambitious cop."" A terrible accident reveals Phil as he really is.

14. The Aspern Papers

In a Korean battle five Americans become detached from their company. They take over a hut in which they find and capture two North Korean soldiers, and an orphaned youngster. The boy soon becomes their mascot.

15. Roman Fever

A shy school principal and a rising young attorney are both in love with the same woman. A man who looks a great deal like Abraham Lincoln arrives in town as a summer boarder and becomes involved in the situation.

16. Midsummer

17. The Lady Chooses

The daughter and sister of a pretty widown decide to play Cupid. Both want to marry her off to a likely suitor. - Tv Guide

18. The Courtship of Miles Standish

A Polish merchant learns that his teen-age son and daughter have been won over to communism. He laboriously arranges an escape from the country, with his rebellious son virtually his prisoner. Even in Sweden their trouble continues, as the son informs on a priest who has aided their escape. - Tv Guide

19. Dispossessed

20. One for the Road

A beautiful young socialite is found murdered.

21. The Touchstone

A middle-aged bachelor thus far has avoided matrimony. His friends, knowing he is in need of money, arrange a meeting with a prospective bride who might be willing to support a husband.

22. Wuthering Heights

A mother discovers she is falling in love with the man her daughter has married.

23. The Brass Ring

A meek little file clerk turns into a veritable tiger when his boss hires an efficiency expert. His file system has worked for 30 years. and he's not going to change it for an efficiency expert.

24. Jason

A husband has definite ideas about bringing up his children. He feels his way of life on an isolated island is better than letting his offspring be subjected to education and other ""cruelties"" of civilization.

25. Arrowsmith

Three generations come together to celebrate the grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. During the evening the newly wedded granddaughter insists on modeling her grandmother's wedding gown.

26. Passing Strange

A woman art instructor entering her 30s falls in love with a pupil younger than she. Her overbearing brother tries to convince the woman that the artist is only using her to further his career.

27. For These Services

Following the death of her husband, a widow insists on keeping his tailor shop open even though business is falling off. A long-time friend, who has been in love with her for many years, tries to convince the grief-stricken widow she is making a mistake by treating the shop as a shrine to her husband's memory.

28. Cordially - With Bombs

29. The White Oaks

An elderly man of letters supports his orphaned teen-age granddaughter. When he hires a young male secretary, the girl believes she has fallen in love. -Tv Guide

30. O'Toole from Moscow

31. The Milwaukee Rocket

A young couple moves into the ground floor apartment of a mansion owned by an elderly woman. The husband at first resents the fact that the old lady imposes on his wife to do household chores. Then they learn they have been made sole heirs in her will. -Tv Guide

32. This One is Different

A man is determined to prevent his teen-age daughter from leaving home and entering a convent - Tv Guide

33. Sins of the Fathers

This is the well-known story of Biblical times about Ruth, whose devotion to her mother-in-law tkes her into a new land among strangers.

34. See You on Sunday

When a confirmed bachelor who owns a restaurant tries to sell his special recipe for a salad dressing, he gets involved with a beautiful girl FBI agent.

35. Coming of Age

A young English couple decide that they will live with the groom's aged mother after the wedding. When the bride puts up her house for sale, her five brothers and sisters, whom she has not seen for years, descend upon her from all corners of the British Isles to try to prevent the sale.

36. Technique

A governess, in love with the father of her charge, is dismayed when she learns the widower is unaware of her feelings and plans to marry another woman. In her bitter disappointment, the governess turns the young boy against his prospective stepmother in an effort to prevent the marriage from taking place.

37. Gallin: All-American

The idyllic existence of an American college professor, who has moved with his second wife and two children to Mexico, is menaced by the sudden appearance of his first wife, who is determined to win him back.

38. Santa is No Saint

The fifth wealthiest woman in the world hires detectives to trail her fifth husband and ensure his faithfulness. The husband decides to regain his freedom by arranging his own ""death.""-Tv Guide

39. The Unwelcomed

40. The Red Sanders Story

41. Class of '58

42. Horns of the Dilemma

43. Little Girls Grow Up

A young man is trying to keep up pretenses even though the business he inherited from his father is failing. He is furious when a practical joker at the alumni reunion asks him if he needs a job. -NBC

44. The Shot

45. Mr. Krane

46. Yesterday is Gone

A wealthy industrialist offers to revive the dwindling industry in a small town. In his ruthless business dealings he threatens to ruin the town banker. The other prominent citizens are forced to choose between the banker and the industry the town needs so badly.- TV GUIDE

47. Double Door

48. The Happy Rest

49. The Gate

50. One Left Over

51. All the Trees in the Field

52. The Century Plant

53. Friday the 13th

54. The Old Maid

55. Mother Was a Bachelor

56. The Bottom of the River

57. The Carefree Tree

58. Interlude

59. The Big Box

60. Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher

61. Doc

62. The Amateur

63. Light and Shadow

64. Romney

65. O Promise Me

66. Hold My Hand and Run

67. Dark Possession

68. The Diamond

69. Susan and God

70. As Young As You Feel

71. The White Knight

72. The Anxious Years

73. The Heart of Mary Lincoln

74. The Middle Son

75. Valentine's Day

76. Summer Cannot Last

77. The Last Battlefield

78. The Catbird Seat

79. Dream House

80. The Runaways

81. The Ledger

82. When the Bough Breaks

83. I Want to March

84. Skylark

85. Tall, Dark Stranger

86. Anything But Love

87. Robin Daw

88. Letter to a Stranger

89. Dinner at Antoine's

90. The Mating of Watkins Tottle

91. Her Son's Wife

92. The Shining Palace

93. The Odd Ones

94. A Cowboy for Chris

95. The Rocking Chair

96. The Big Guy

97. Statute of Limitations

98. The Baron and the Banshees

99. Notebook Warrior

100. Temptation for a King

101. The White Knight

102. The Anxious Years

103. M is for the Many

104. Silent Partner

105. Winter in April

106. Bread Upon the Waters

107. The Giant Killer

108. The Book of Ruth

109. Singer in the Valley

110. The Heart of a Husband

111. From the Desk of Margaret Tydings

112. But You Look Like Sisters

113. The House of Seven Gables

114. Fiddlin' Man

115. The Hollow Woman

116. People in Glass

117. One of the Family

118. Young Hands, Young Feet

119. The Lark Shall Sing

120. In Dread of Winter

121. The Babylonian Heart

122. Ask Me No Questions

123. Whom Death Has Joined Together

124. The Wedding

125. The Reckoning

126. A Woman Named Ruby

127. The Bright Boy

128. The Carefree Tree

129. Graybeards and Witches

130. The Legend of Jenny Lind

131. Daughter of the Seventh Day

132. Night Must Fall

133. The 25th Hour

134. A Man and His Maid

135. Perspective

136. The Catamaran

137. Johnny Came Marching Home

138. A Family Affair

139. Blind Date

140. To Have and to Hold

141. Edwina Black

142. The Spare Room

143. The Bottle Imp

144. Brief Music

145. The Girl from Boro Park

146. To Whom It May Concern

147. Bachelor Buttons

148. The Children of Papa Juan

149. Herself Alone

150. Three for the Money

151. Taxi to the Moon

152. The Goodtime Boys

153. The American

154. Cause for Suspicion

155. Fight the Whole World

156. Autumn Crocus

157. George Has a Birthday

158. The Serpent's Tooth

159. Crime at Blossom's

160. The Luck of Amos Currie

161. Alison's House

162. Safe Place

163. The Guest Cottage

164. Forsaking All Others

165. Love, Honor and O'Day

166. The Damask Cheek

167. Moon Over

168. But Fear Itself

169. The Birthday Present

170. The Ghost of Greenwich Village

A college boy accidentally kills a girl who is trying to blackmail him.

171. The Young and the Damned

172. There's Always Juliet

173. Seasoned Timber

174. The Declaration

175. High Places

176. Black Chiffon

177. Class of '58

178. Marriage by the Millions

179. Backfire

180. The Bishop Misbehaves

181. Remittance

182. Beg, Borrow or Steal

183. Summer Pavilion

184. The Feast

185. A Full, Rich Life

186. The Reverberator

187. Woman at the Window

188. Another Sky

189. Letter of Introduction

An American divorcee, transplanted to Paris, receives a letter stating that she is about to be visited by a young man who doesn't know she is his mother.

190. Home at Seven

191. The Cypress Tree

192. Belong to Me

193. Pygmalion Jones

194. Gretel

195. Some Man Will Want You

196. The Fall of the House of Usher

197. Cupid Rode a Horse

198. The Old Payola

199. The Perfect Alibi Finale