The Eve Arden Show
| The Eve Arden Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | CBS Television Network |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 17, 1957 – March 25, 1958 |
The Eve Arden Show is a 26-episode American
1957–1958 season on CBS, alternately sponsored by Lever Brothers
and Shulton, Inc.
Overview
The show, starring
widowed mother of her twin daughters who works as writer and lecturer. It features actress Frances Bavier (the future Aunt Bee of The Andy Griffith Show) as Hammond's mother, Nora, who lives with the family. In eight of the 26 episodes, Allyn Joslyn
portrays George Howell, Hammond's agent and potential love interest.
The series was produced for Arden's Westhaven Enterprises by Desilu. The show was filmed with three cameras in front of a live audience, although a laugh track was used for sweetening purposes. The show was based on author Emily Kimbrough's book It Gives Me Great Pleasure.[1]
Eve Arden had enjoyed a very successful run on radio in the CBS program The Mothers-In-Law. The series was only moderately successful and lasted two years.
Cast
- Eve Arden as Liza Hammond
- Allyn Joslyn as George Howell
- Frances Bavier as Nora (six episodes)
- Gail Stone as Jenny Hammond (seven episodes)
- Karen Greene as Mary Hammond (seven episodes)
- Willard Waterman as Carl Foster (four episodes)
Guest stars include Philip Ahn, Mary Jane Croft, Bill Goodwin, Mary Beth Hughes, Kathryn Card and Danny Richards, Jr., as Liza's nephew, Melvin.
Episode list
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" ( pilot ) |
September 17, 1957 |
| 1-2 | "Housework" | September 24, 1957 |
| 1-3 | "Cover Girl" | October 1, 1957 |
| 1-4 | "The French View" | October 8, 1957 |
| 1-5 | "The New Liza Hammond" | October 15, 1957 |
| 1-6 | "Local Girl" | October 22, 1957 |
| 1-7 | "White Elephant Sale" | October 29, 1957 |
| 1-8 | "Liza and the Bombshell" | November 5, 1957 |
| 1-9 | "Liza Among the Courtrights" | November 19, 1957 |
| 1-10 | "Jenny's Unrequited Love" | November 26, 1957 |
| 1-11 | "Liza Hammond Enterprises" | December 3, 1957 |
| 1-12 | "The Montana Date" | December 10, 1957 |
| 1-13 | "Mary's First Date" | December 17, 1957 |
| 1-14 | "The Christmas Angel" | December 24, 1957 |
| 1-15 | "A Hotel Is Not A Home" | December 31, 1957 |
| 1-16 | "Safari" | January 7, 1958 |
| 1-17 | "The New Tenant" | January 14, 1958 |
| 1-18 | "Liza's Reunion Dance" | January 21, 1958 |
| 1-19 | "Mary's Report Card" | January 28, 1958 |
| 1-20 | "The Hollywood Offer" | February 4, 1958 |
| 1-21 | "The Rivals" | February 11, 1958 |
| 1-22 | "Liza's Nightmare" | February 18, 1958 |
| 1-23 | "Liza Meets Young Korea" | March 4, 1958 |
| 1-24 | "Ed Weston Returns" | March 11, 1958 |
| 1-25 | "Full Time Mother" | March 18, 1958 |
| 1-26 | "Liza and the Harvard Man" | March 25, 1958 |
DVD release
Four episodes of the series were released on Region 1 DVD on February 26, 2008 by Alpha Video.
External links
- "The Eve Arden Show" Old Time Radio
- The Eve Arden Show at IMDb
- Episode of The Eve Arden Show at the Internet Archive
References
- ISBN 978-0-7864-6812-6. Retrieved 2019-01-09.