The DuPont Show of the Week

- Season 1

(1961)

A look at American humor from slapstick to satire, featuring scenes from movie comedies and television programs, with sketches by George Burns.

In this tribute to Harold Arlen, singers perform many of his popular tunes, Bing Crosby recounts highlights of Arlen's career, and Arlen plays and sings some of his music.

An exploration of the life of Ernest Hemingway from his boyhood, through his years as a journalist and novelist, until his death.

A tribute to the USO on its 20th anniversary and to those of the entertainment world who have given their time and performed for the American armed forces at bases at home and abroad, in peace and war.

The story of a Nazi plot to win the war by flooding the free world with counterfeit English and American money. Seven prisoners of war are selected to carry out his plan.

A documentary combining sociology with humor that tells the story and history of the automobile -- from its pioneer days through the era of the "tin Lizzie" to 1961's traffic. Archival footage is included.

A musical variety show that tells the story of Florenz Ziegfeld and his Ziegfeld Follies and includes portrayals of some of the famous stars of that show. Joan Crawford hosts.

A documentary about the golden age of popular music, exploring Broadway musicals, the growth of the radio audience, the advent of the film musical, the jukebox craze, and the coming of swing and the big bands.

Today's theme is the Wonderful World of Toys. Harpo Marx acts as silent guide and Carol Burnett acts as narrator through toyland. Rube Goldberg interviews several children about scientific toys.

In Christmas settings, Waring and his 53-member glee club, orchestra, choir, vocal groups, and soloists perform unforgettable songs, including "America the Beautiful," "Stars and Stripes Forever," and "Silent Night."

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DiLuca, an American OSS captain, falls in love with Krys. When he learns she is a spy he tries to stop her from revealing what he thinks is true information to the Nazis.

This episode consists of the home movies taken by Ken Murray, entertainer and amateur cameraman, of Hollywood celebrities from 1927 to the present. Approximately 75 of Hollywood's top stars are seen.

Explores the appeal of the circus and traces its history from the Roman Circus Maximus through P.T. Barnum to today. There is archival footage of famous circus performers, such as Bird Millman and Alfredo Codona, and circus parades.

A dramatization of the trial of the Dutch painter and forger Hans Van Moegeren, who confessed to forging a dozen paintings of Jan Vermeer, one of which he sold to Field Marshall Hermann Goering.

A documentary that follows two emergency patrol car officers, Walter Chadwick and Eugene Corcoran, from the 14th Precinct in New York City as they answer calls throughout lower Manhattan.

In this story of George M. Cohan, the program includes performances of songs by Cohan and scenes from the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as Cohan.

A documentary about crime in America from pre-Revolutionary days to the present. Rare photos and Archival news footage include crime figures like Al Capone and John Dillinger.

A discussion on what makes a woman beautiful. Pictures various women from the early history to movie stars of the twentieth century and points out why they have been considered beautiful; examines the use of makeup for creating beauty.

The story of Alabama, a con man who romances rich widows and leaves them once he has obtained their money. In New Orleans, he meets an attractive widow, Constance, who is selling her business.

A docudrama based on the armed robbery of the Brink's Company in Boston on Jan. 17, 1950, the largest cash robbery in history, totaling $2,775,395.

Todays theme is the World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2.

A musical show exploring a century of fads and foibles including dance crazes, musical vogues, sports, fashion, and automobiles in America. Musical selections, commentary, archival footage, and still photos help portray the theme.

In World War II Italy, eight GI's pinned down by German gunfire are ordered to withdraw by nightfall. But one of them is trapped and must wait until nightfall to join the unit or get the help of his buddies to get out safely before then.

A documentary about Hurricane Carla, which struck the Gulf Coast of Texas in the early fall of 1961.

A documentary that provides an hour-by-hour account of the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, recalling the first 24 hours of the beachhead and the harrowing weeks preceding the largest military landing in history.

A movie idol, Billy Allen, dies at the peak of his career and is brought to his small Midwestern hometown or a hero's burial. When a Hollywood columnist suggests a memorial fund in his memory, the bitter truth about Billy is divulged.

Juan De Nunez finds himself in South America in a remote mountain village where the people (and the animals) have no eyes. In an old book, which they can neither "see" nor understand but regard as a sacred object, he discovers that there is something in the water that has caused this. The old book, written by the early settlers, indicates that their children were born blind, and that THEIR children were born (not only blind) but with no eyes! His love interest, Marina, is somehow different. When he holds a torch in front of her, she can actually follow the light. He ...

Magee, a writer, holes up at an isolated place in the country, Baldpate, where he hopes to have enough peace and quiet to complete a book. Unfortunately, some very alarming characters want to use the same place for less worthy endeavors.