Kraft Television Theatre (Season 8)

A Simple Matter (Episode 1)

Air date: 1954-09-29

The Luck of Roaring Camp (Episode 2)

Air date: 1954-10-20

Split Level (Episode 3)

Air date: 1954-10-27

Overview: A young architect who's finding it tough to make his mark in the big city is faced with a great temptation.

Emma (Episode 4)

Air date: 1954-11-24

Overview: Emma's a beautiful, intelligent heiress who cares for her elderly father. In desperate need of diversion, she involves herself in the romances and dalliances of her friends.

Career (Episode 5)

Air date: 1954-12-08

One Hill, One River (Episode 6)

Air date: 1955-01-05

Overview: Following the American Civil War, a Southern soldier returns home with the Union soldier who saved his life. When the Yankee falls for a Southern Belle, the resentments of the soldier's southern family quickly bubble to the surface.

Patterns (Episode 7)

Writer: Rod Serling

Air date: 1955-01-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.

The Written Word (Episode 8)

Air date: 1955-01-19

The Skin Game (Episode 9)

Air date: 1955-02-02

Patterns (2nd Version) (Episode 10)

Air date: 1955-02-09

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The original presentation received such extensive praise, the same production crew and cast were hired for a highly unusual repeat live performance, thus becoming the first live drama in television history to be broadcast twice due to popularity. Both shows were performed and broadcast live. Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.

The Emperor Jones (Episode 11)

Air date: 1955-02-23

The Story of Mary Surratt (Episode 12)

Air date: 1955-03-25

Gramercy Ghost (Episode 13)

Air date: 1955-04-20

Overview: When her elderly landlady dies, a young woman inherits her house and the resident ghost: a soldier of the American Revolution who cannot go to Heaven because he failed to deliver a message to George Washington.

A Seacoast in Bohemia (Episode 14)

Air date: 1955-04-27

Flowers for 2-B (Episode 15)

Air date: 1955-05-04

Judge Contain's Hotel (Episode 16)

Air date: 1955-05-11

The Braveness of Christy Fellon (Episode 17)

Air date: 1955-05-18

Overview: Since his recent retirement, Christy Fellon has taken to visiting with a night watchman friend. One night, a new element is added: a robber appears and is captured by Christy Fellon himself.

Million Dollar Rookie (Episode 18)

Air date: 1955-05-25

A Woman for Tony (Episode 19)

Air date: 1955-06-01

The Mob (Episode 20)

Air date: 1955-06-29

In the La Banza (Episode 21)

Air date: 1955-07-20

Overview: A young man trains his ten-year-old brother to be a boxer. The older brother's motivation is his own vanity and quest for success.

Meet a Body (Episode 22)

Air date: 1955-07-27

Spur of the Moment (Episode 23)

Air date: 1955-08-03

Overview: A medical lab specialist dreams of becoming a successful surgeon. One day when no doctor is available, he intervenes in an emergency to perform an operation. When the patient dies, he tries to clear himself of responsibility by implicating a nurse.

Two Times Two (Episode 24)

Air date: 1955-08-10

Overview: A rural Southern woman is a mathematical whiz, but she's rather stay in the backwoods than be considered a genius in the big city.