Startime
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Startime

6.8/10 1959 1 Season 33 Episodes Ended

Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.

Season 1 Episodes

E1
The Wonderful World of Entertainment
60 min 1959

A musical variety show revolving around the music of the 1930s through 1950s, in which the history of show business—incl…

E2
The Jazz Singer
60 min 1959

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a …

E3
The Turn of the Screw
82 min 1959

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and groun…

E4
The Secret World of Kids
60 min 1959

Art Linkletter's variety episode pays tribute to children with guests Richard M. and his mother Hannah Nixon; comedian E…

E5
The Dean Martin Show
60 min 1959

An hour of songs, dances and comedy with Dean Martin as the host and his guests are Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, and th…

E6
The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks
60 min 1959

A disgruntled bank employee executes an elaborate corporate sabotage against his employers.

E7
George Burns in the Big Time
50 min 1959

A musical variety episode featuring comedians and performers George Burns, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and George Jessel r…

E8
Merman on Broadway
50 min 1959

Ethel Merman presents showtunes from her Broadway hits, with Hollywood stars Tab Hunter and Fess Parker, and comedian To…

E9
Something Special
60 min 1959

Two lonely singles are paired by a matrimonial bureau.

E10
My Three Angels
75 min 1959

Three convicts escaping from Devil's Island take refuge with a struggling storekeeper and his family, and are able to he…

E11
Cindy's Fella
60 min 1959

Peddler Azel Dorsey and a drifter wander into a town and help young Cindy find her prince, in this old-west take on the …

E12
Christmas Startime with Leonard Bernstein
60 min 1959

A musical Christmas celebration featuring Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, Marian Anderson, the Schola Cant…

E13
Meet Cyd Charisse
60 min 1959

A musical variety show starring dancer Cyd Charisse, with guest stars Eve Arden; James Mitchell; Charisse's husband, sin…

E14
The Man
60 min 1960

In a small town, elderly Mrs. Gillis, who in a large Victorian home, receives a visit from a man just out of the army. H…

E15
The Dean Martin Show
60 min 1960

Dean Martin returns to host; appearing in this show: musical comedy star Nanette Fabray, pianist André Previn, and singe…

E16
Crime, Inc.
60 min 1960

A survey employing dramatic recreations show how organized crime has infiltrated legitimate business and labor organizat…

E17
The Wonderful World of Jack Paar
60 min 1960

Jack Paar hosts a show in the casual style of his late-hours stanza. Guests include singer Pat Suzuki, comics Jonathan W…

E18
The Greatest Man Alive
60 min 1960

An elderly inhabitant of a dingy Manhattan apartment, decides that his life has been a failure and prepares to hang hims…

E19
The Swingin' Years
60 min 1960

Ronald Reagan hosts a celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s.

E20
Closed Set
60 min 1960

Hollywood starlet Julie Forbes has used ruthless and vindictive tactics to reach the top and maintains her popularity in…

E21
Talent Scouts
60 min 1960

Dave Garroway hosts this showcase for several talented young show-business professionals, each 'sponsored' by an establi…

E22
Jeff McCleod, the Last Reb
60 min 1960

Set within the twenty-four hours of April 17, 1865, in and around the Tressler farm in Missouri, Confederate soldier Cap…

E23
The Swingin', Singin' Years
60 min 1960

Ronald Reagan returns to hosts anotjer celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s that recall the greatest r…

E24
Academy Award Songs
60 min 1960

Jane Wyman hosts a showcase of movie songs that won an Academy Award and features the five tunes nominated for this year…

E25
Dear Arthur
60 min 1960

Sophisticated international rogue Fred Cortin has devoted a lifetime to the study and practice of imaginative confidence…

E26
The Young Juggler
60 min 1960

Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illu…

E27
Incident at a Corner
60 min 1960

A school crossing guard reprimands the PTA president for careless driving. He is later dismissed from his job on the bas…

E28
Well, What About You?
60 min 1960

Figures from politics and entertainment join forces to get people to vote in November. The parties are represented by Vi…

E29
Soldiers in Greasepaint
60 min 1960

A 20th anniversary tribute to the USO with host Bob Crosby and performances by singer Jane Morgan, comedian Don Adams, a…

E30
Fun Fair
60 min 1960

Celeste Holm hosts a salute to the American county fair. Her guests include Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver, singers Ma…

E31
Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur
60 min 1960

Tennessee Ernie Ford is transported back to England in the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

E32
Sing Along with Mitch
60 min 1960

Conductor-arranger Mitch Miller transfers his 'Sing Along with Mitch' format from records to television. In this program…

E33
The Nanette Fabray Show
60 min 1960

An original musical, 'So Help Me, Aphrodite', with Nanette Fabray starring as Sally, a diner waitress owned by Ernest Jo…

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